Recommended tools and softwares to program
 

Hello All,

I've been searching around and found BMW Scanner on ebay at a knocked off price. I would like to see anyone in this forum ever tried those and what do you guys think? I would like to be able to read code, re-program the modules such as day time running light, windows up and down, key memory and etc.

get the INPA software from the seller in Romania ($30) and it comes with the USB cable. He includes instructions on how to get it running, I think you need a laptop with 2 GB ram and Windows XP is preferable.

You can run inpa with the software for diagnostics, and get NCSExpert running to do coding on the modules. Lots of research to be done beforehand though as its a complex program to learn. Good luck!

Thanks for the info. I do have an old IBM with intel centrino which I can load windows XP. By any chance do you know the seller name in ebay? Isn't there two versions: serial port and usb port?

i have USB version - i don't think they make laptops with serial ports any longer... if yours has the serial port, you might want to try it...

Hey Bobby,

Is this the guy you bought your from?

There is also 16 to 20 pin adapter

I actually haven't bought the software, but that link looks fine to me and seems to be the family of sellers that others have used.

And for your 2003 you shouldn't need the 16 to 20 pin adapter, that was only on early E53's (1999-2001 I believe)

good luck!

I just bought the cable and software from that Romanian Ebay seller. Installed everything over the weekend, and seems to be working fine. So far, I've only been able to (sort of) figure out the DIS system. At least enough to reset (and keep resetting) my suspension inactive message until a replacement height sensor gets here.

So what is the biggest difference between the SSS Progman coding and NCS Expert? Just the capability as far as what can be coded? I haven't really gotten into SSS yet.

Hey Sweep_the_leg,

What email user did you bought your from? If you still have the link that is awsome.

Same guy in the links you posted ("catastefy"). Takes a while to ship, given that it's coming from Romania, but he's very responsive to questions. So far, so good with the software and cable.

Cool I'll place an order.

BMW USB OBD Diagnostic Cable Inpa Ediabas NCS Expert DIS V57 SSS V32 GT1 Progman | eBay

I got it last week, works very good, I just setup my ride height from scratch and deleleted all my codes, and reset my tranny and TC adaptations

I will b researching and plan on becoming lower mainland BCs programmer/diagnostic expert

SSSProgman is so much more user friendly, but not as powerful as NCSExpert. It was intended for dealer-level coding, while NCSExpert was used for factory setting. SSSProgman is also much slower but pretty safe to use. Be very careful with NCSExpert if you don't know what you're doing. Modules aren't cheap.

That's basically what I figured. I know just enough to be dangerous when it comes to a lot of things, and that includes this kind of software. I think I'll be steering clear of NCSExpert for now.

I bought mine from bmwfanatiq too. Quick communication, every time. Helpful guy. I plan to use mine on an Apple Macbook running Parallels, we'll see how it works. Haven't received it yet.

He wont' ship to Australia ...... :dunno:

search in xcardiag.com you can find a lot of obd2 tools and softwares to program

Yeah I dont know why.
Maybe we could get someone to buy some for us, and we could get them shipped over here.
Anyone interested in making a deal?

Well, here's the thing - see, there's the economy approach as many of you (alright, "us") have taken.

For the crowd that's gotta have the "stuff," though, I note that whatever this is, for just shy of $1M (yep, sure enough, that's a dollar sign!), this thing oughta give you warp drive and stealth mode to boot! :bustingup :D

I'm not so sure the translator for the screen shot did quite as good a job as intended, though..... :fired:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

:wtf:

When I borrowed the GT1 I booted up SSSProgman and it was very easy to use, I was going to try to activate my rear fog line to get the rear fogs working but it wouldn't let me code the module since I disabled PDC (I could put the fuse back in and retry but I was limited on time and figured that I wouldn't be able to code that anyway without NCSExpert)

But SSS was very easy to figure out, I watched when my car was coded with NCS and lets just say I was glad I wasn't the one doing it!

hello, this time I bought the KDCAN cable from bmwfanatiq but bought it directly from the website BMWMOTION
I like the new setup as it's done from a menu, last one had to be installed manually by reading and watching some videos, great tool :thumbup:

Per forum recommendation I purchased the Romanian software. I dedicated a Windows based laptop with XP for the programs. I also purchased the dash command app with a bluetooth adaptor for an Ipad for easy on the road monitoring.

I had some difficulty with the install but did get it done after significant trial and error.
For others it has been seamless and easy.

One reason I dedicated a laptop was because if all the programs are installed they use significant hard drive space.

Without a clue of what I was doing I messed around in NCS---the result was that I inadvertently deleted the software on my Nav unit.

Thus far, anything I have done has not been intuitive, makes it more difficult.

There is a forum dedicated to utilizing diagnostic/programming software. BMW forum. Diagnostics, coding, programming, repair BMW vehicles. - Powered by vBulletin. My pea brain is very intimidated by the knowledge there and since I don't know the proper lingo, and the sophistication of the conversations are so complicated (to me)I have not asked a question.

I like the Ipad app. There is also one for the android phone.

The biggest issue--Let's say I am watching O2 operation. I know of nothing that even
tells me a reading in the green means all is OK. Further, if the readings side to side are both in the green but one is a very different than the other is that still OK, nothing that tells me what the reading should be. I have either had to figure it out by myself or ask somebody, neither which should be the case.