PA Soft vs Off the shelf scan tool (Schwaben)

[CapeX5]

I go to my Foxwell 9 times out of 10. It is just easier to navigate, get up and running, etc. It won't really do any coding, but will help you diagnose, monitor and control modules much easier than PA or INPA.

[Bdc101]

Originally Posted by oldskewel

Nothing at all complicated about getting PA Soft running on Win10.

Here is my post on the temp re-code, with installation comments at the end:
https://xoutpost.com/1163383-post52.html

OK, I've followed this guide from FTDI and the thread below:
https://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Doc...ndows%2010.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLhlfDmmog

https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...dows-10-a.html


I've been beating my head against this for an hour and I can't get the drivers to be recognized by Windows. I've downloaded them but Device Manager won't recognize them as applicable to this device. Since this was so simple for you, do you have any ideas for me to try?

[oldskewel]

Originally Posted by Bdc101

OK, I've followed this guide from FTDI and the thread below:
https://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Doc...ndows%2010.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZLhlfDmmog

https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...dows-10-a.html


I've been beating my head against this for an hour and I can't get the drivers to be recognized by Windows. I've downloaded them but Device Manager won't recognize them as applicable to this device. Since this was so simple for you, do you have any ideas for me to try?

There is a lot of bad, wrong, almost right info out there on the interwebs.
I don't know about those other links you cite, but the one I cited:

https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpo...72&postcount=1

Did it for me, when read carefully and followed exactly. Since it was posted in 2012 and worked for me in 2019, I expect it is still valid. Also, those instructions refer to Win7, and I did it on Win10-64-bit, further suggesting they are rock solid.

[Overboost]

[Bdc101]

Originally Posted by oldskewel

There is a lot of bad, wrong, almost right info out there on the interwebs.
I don't know about those other links you cite, but the one I cited:

https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpo...72&postcount=1

Did it for me, when read carefully and followed exactly. Since it was posted in 2012 and worked for me in 2019, I expect it is still valid. Also, those instructions refer to Win7, and I did it on Win10-64-bit, further suggesting they are rock solid.

Hey! That did it! Thank you!

[oldskewel]

Originally Posted by Bdc101

Hey! That did it! Thank you!

Very glad to hear that. Well done.

[Bdc101]

Alright you all, BMW scanner worked fine on my laptop the last time I tried it. But last night I fired it up again and it wouldn't connect. Every module it said "not found" and when I tried to ID the vehicle it just failed every time.



I tried the key in the "on" and the "run" positions, but neither one changed anything. I rebooted my PC and it didn't help. I tried connecting the cable before and after I booted up the BMW scanner program as well.



Anybody want to guess what I am doing wrong?

[wpoll]

Windows Updates have probably messed up the drivers - check the software can communicate with the adapter.

[oldskewel]

Originally Posted by wpoll

Windows Updates have probably messed up the drivers - check the software can communicate with the adapter.

That's my guess too.

Nothing you did wrong. Just that the world changed while you were minding your own business.

I would follow the installation instructions as if you are starting all over again - that 2012 link I reference a few posts up. That may force Windows to re-recognize things.

If not, what Windows do you have? What exactly works and what is the failure?

[Bdc101]

I just walked through the steps in the post you mentioned again, with no success.



When I connect the cable and open BMW scanner, if I try to ID the car it says "Connection failure: cannot connect to IKE" and then "cannot connect to EWS" and then stops there. If I double click on any module, it just takes a minute and says "not found."



It's different from when I open BMW scanner when the cable plugged into the laptop but not the car, or disconnected entirely from the laptop: when I do that, it just says "hardware not ready" when I try to ID the car.



This tells me that the laptop is talking to the adapter, but cannot talk to the car. Am I interpreting that correctly?