What a PITA, stay away from this solution! The black serial cable below only works on OBD1 cars like pre 2001 e39 and this will work for all K CAN (e36, e39, e46, e53, e63).īMW ICOM Rheingold not only comes with basic ISTA-D ISTA-P diagnostic & programming software, it comes with lots of engineering software, INPA, EDIABAS, WinKFP, NCS-expert, NCS-dummy etc. When you first got INPA, you have to run a carsoft test to “initiate” the lead every time. The scanner comes with INPA OBD, ADS interface and none ADS cable for all all systems (K-line and CAN-BUS) of BMW series and OBDII diagnostic system.ĬarSoftware interface can be modified to work with INPA, but it is not recommended. This is a interface contains four software of BMW scanner INPA K DCAN cable + BMW DASH E6x V2.1.0 + BMW Scanner V1.4.0 + BMW Scanner V2.10 cable. Set up of this cable is straight forward, no drivers required. It works just fine on E46/E39 with either the round 20 pin connector under the bonnet or the OBD2 port in the drover’s footwell. This is a cheap interface & is readily available plus requires no modification. Here’s a picture of the Ediabas ADS interface:

It works fine on the e36, e39 & e63 (note my e63 is pre-March 2007) from my personal experience. Unfortunately the ADS interface seems to be the hardest to get & most expensive of all the interfaces. Hera’s an image of what this cable looks like:Įdiabas ADS/OBD interface Serial Port cableĪs mentioned previously the ADS interface is a different protocol, if you don’t have an ADS interface with an e36 then what you’ll be able to read with a regular OBD cable is limited. There are two versions of this utility, a fancy GUI & a MS DOS one. However you will also need to install the K+D CAN utility, this allows you the ability to switch it from a K CAN device for pre-2007 cars (see list above) to a DCAN cable. This cable is a USB enabled device, again you will need to install the USB to serial drivers. This does 2001-on cars right up to & including 2011 cars (may be limited by the hookie software for cars after June 2008 on a diminishing basis as the car gets newer). With the USB K+D CAN type cables there are a few installation steps, drivers & a little software that you need to make them work properly. This is the current most used cable for INPA.

Here list all possible INPA hardware cables.įirst of all, INPA software can be downloaded free here:īmw inpa software freedown and setup instructionīMW INPA K+DCAN cable with FT232RL chip Ediabas ADS/OBD interface Non-ADS Ediabas OBDII RS232 interface INPA + 140+2.01+2.10 4 in 1 BMW Scanner Carsoft 6.5 interface BMW ICOM A2+B+C emulator Many FTDI FT232RL based cables can be modified to work with INPA software for BMW diagnosis.

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