Tuesday, February 7, 2017

How to install BMW INPA EDIABAS software on Win XP



BMW INPA Ediabas full English version installation tutorial here. Enjoy yourself!

This New BMW INPA K+CAN is great designed With FT232RQ Chip has a Switch which turns LEFT is for 7 pin, RIGHT is for 8 pin (8 pin is for K-LINE protocol, old DCAN cable cannot do this).

K+DCAN Cable software: 5.0.2

The guidance especially for Windows XP users.

Prepare:
Before installing, delete all version of INPA-ADS from your computer.
For example: rename INPA into _INPA, EDIABAS into _EDIABAS etc.

Insert CD to disk E:\ and open it, there will be a file named INPACANinstall which will guide you how to install in detail.

Step1: Open 01_Step1 file in the root of CD disk and copy folder EC-APPS onto disk C:\

Step2: Run the file 01_Step1\NFS\Entpackt\disk1\SETUP.EXE
Choose Windows XP and click next
Choose User Mode and click next
Choose 1 Parametrieren einer neuen Konfiguration ohne Daten
->OBD
-> Kein API-TRACE 
-> Kein IFH-TRACE 
-> Komfort(.IPO) and click next
Then press any key to continue
This step Complete
! RE-BOOT YOUR COMPUTER

Step3: Run the file 02_Setup2\INSTALL\Instprog.exe
-Choose English, press continue
-While choosing the HDD disk C:\ for initial setup, do not change, the installation must be on drive C:\ only, press continue
-Choose configuration BMW Group Rectification Programs UK and press continue
-Activate all spare boxes with:
EDIABAS 6.4.3 - UPDATE
INPA 5.0.1- UPDATE
NCS Expert 3.0.8 - Complete
-Press continue to start installation and press End to exit the installation

Step4: Run the file 03_Setup3\INSTALL\Instprog.exe
-Choose English, press continue, press continue again
-While choosing the HDD disk C:\ for initial setup, do not change, the installation must be on drive C:\ only, press continue
-Choose configuration BMW Group Rectification Programs UK and press continue
-Activate all spare boxes with:
INPA 5.0.1- UPDATE
NCS Expert 3.0.8 - UPDATE
-Press continue to start installation and press End to exit the installation

Step5: 
Find the file C:\EC-APPS\INPA\CFGDAT named inpa.ini and replace it with the file inpa.ini that is in the root directory of CD disk

Step6: Plug the adapter into spare USB-Port and install drivers manually
Copy the Driver_D_CAN_USB file onto disk C:\
Choose install from a list of specific location
Select the folder Driver_D_CAN_USB
You may install the same driver again
Complete driver installation
Then Change the number of COM-port to the value from 2 to 4, also change the value of Latency Timer from 16 to 1.

 

Step7: open disk C:\EDIABAS\BIN\Ediabas.ini
In the file EDIABAS.ini 
Interface = STD:OBD must be choosen

Step8: in the file C:\Windows\OBD.INI, put the number of USB-COM-port to the value that you remember in step 3

Step9: Run the file Driver_D_CAN_USB\OBDSetup.exe

After doing these, you should RE-BOOT the computer again!

Step10: test
-Connect BMW car with laptop via INPA cable ( via USB Port and OBDII port)
-Turn ignition on
-Run the INPA from: C:\EC-APPS\INPA\BIN\inpaload.exe
-Choose the model of BMW and type of modells you want to see
-Close the soft and disconnect the INPA cable from USB Port each time you change the car connect.

Done!

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