Im looking for ISTA or INPA Software. Need some advise.

[workingonit]

Originally Posted by RocketyMan

Nobody seemed to mention (that I read) to you that the e-net and the K-D CAN cable are two completely different protocols. The E53 cannot use the e-net cable--wrong protocol, and therefore you can only use the K-D CAN cable with the appropriate FTDI chip (with drivers)....

Couple things to keep in mind.
1. ISTA D is very big -- plan for about 100 gb of storage needed (this is because it has tons of pictures, diagrams, and all BMWs from OBD era up to late models)
2. Get bimmer tools. This use to be readily available on bimmergeeks.net along with the appropriate sp-daten files
3. There are TONS of resources out there to help you with any problems installing/running the SW on your laptop. Once you get this down and start talking about it with your buddies, they'll then start asking you to code seat belt reminder out in their car...or code in their racing seats, or update to LCI tail lights...list goes on.

4. Lastly, if that all seems too complicated for you and you are not "computer-litterate" -- then yeah, go for the foxwell.

In a previous post in this thread, I stated that the E53 could only use the K-can cable, not the D-can, nor E-net cable.

In addition, I also stated that

Originally Posted by workingonit

About INPA and ISTA: I installed INPA successfully on a Windows 11 laptop, but was unable to get ISTA to work, due to not having enough ram (mine only has 4gb, and less than 2gb available for ISTA...a no-go situation). It wasn't easy to find and install the work-arounds neccessary to make INPA work, and since the Foxwell has been working well enough for my X5's problems, I've barely delved into INPA, so far.

I used something called "Mike's Easy BMW Tools" for the initial downloads of INPA, NCS, WinKfp, etc. I haven't even tried to open the latter three, since I'm not coding anything. I watched a Youtube video by Evan Goyuk to get me started, but had to do a lot of research to get it loaded on my ARM64 Win 11 laptop (it'd be no problem on a regular Win 10 device, especially if it's got 8gb ram). I got the ISTA download from the BIMMERFEST software sub-forum, but as I said, it wouldn't work for me, so I uninstalled it.

I got the INPA link (Mike's Easy BMW tools from somewhere on BimmerFest, and the ISTA link(s) from a member on BimmerFest, too
ISTA+_v.4.32.1x Standalone (ISTA+ App v.4.32.15 & SDP v.4.32.12)
https://mega.nz/file/lxICmKiY#SONIGY...L4b1qFdmZJkEK8

and

v.71.0_SP-Daten
https://mega.nz/folder/xxQjnRQQ#x48t6uU1RNoSb0axk3IlDg

I don't know if those links from June '23 are still any good, but there they are.

My problem with ISTA wasn't the file size, but the lack of ram my laptop has. Since I can't run it, I deleted it, and will rely on INPA, BimmerTools (Torque Pro & OBDLink apps as well), and my Foxwell, most of all.

I did install the PC version of OBDLink (OBDWiz) on my laptop, so I have another diagnostic app to fiddle with.

Coding isn't in my future, since I'm more-or-less computer illiterate (though I was able to configure my Win 11 ARM64-based laptop to run INPA, despite everyone I asked online said that it wasn't possible); but if I get a more capable laptop to use, then I'll try ISTA again, just because.

[RocketyMan]

Originally Posted by workingonit

In a previous post in this thread, I stated that the E53 could only use the K-can cable, not the D-can, nor E-net cable.

Good. Glad it was mentioned before me.