[blisstik]

This is awesome for skipping the first Windows 7 installation. The only place I got stuck was the LADEN.BAT which is not part of this zip.

Fortunately, I found a workaround:

If you don't have laden.bat file go to daten folder and copy all files with .000, .DAT
, .ASC extensions to /NCSEXPER/DATEN.
And all another files copy to
/NCSEXPER/DATEN/E60 (folder of your vehicle data).

Source: http://codinge90.com/wp-content/uplo...-NCSExpert.pdf

Originally Posted by vaska85

Hey guys!!!! What's up?
At first, I must say thanks to 808AWD325xi for his wonderful work.
His work is valuable for us, fellow members.
Once again thumbs up!!!

I set up this project on windows 7 Home (download link in #11 post of this thread). FIY this copy has 30 days trial.

Since I had to reinstall windows twice, i thought it's a good idea to keep those 2 folders forever to
avoid second installation and now I want to share with you all the files pack that is necessery for
the project to be set up.
Package includes:
1.Folders from 1st install.
2.Pached files
3.Ms framework
4.standard tools 2.12
5.all the manuals mentiond above.
6.Translations files.
7.Other fun stuff
It's all in there!!!! Enjoy!!!!

Once again, this 2 folders come from windows 7 Home. I can't confirm if they are system specific. Maybe somone will report the usability of them on other system.

Here you are:

https://mega.co.nz/#!AgRHlZhR!vx3ynI...PvWXpCfRHySaSY

SP daten 50.2 exclusively for E89:

https://mega.co.nz/#!o8AhCAYT!os_TsB...qbxkOrpxLsYO6o

[LAWLence]

Having some issues with this. Could be the cable, but I've successfully coded an '01 M3 with the same cable before.

I'm coding a 6/08 build E91.

NCSExpert says "Chassis is faulty"
INPA says "No response from control unit"
Battery and ignition indicators are accurate though.

I tried de-soldering pin 7/8, but still getting the same errors. FTDI chipset with the latest drivers. Any ideas?

[cryptomit]

You have wrong cable, I will PM you with directions to a good cable which will work with cars after 03/2008 and up to 2013.

[pgendreau]

Afternoon all,. long time "lurker" and first time poster. Greetings from Central Ohio.

I'm a long time BMW owner and tinker by nature, so I'm trying to venture into coding to keep from having to pay my dealer for something I think i should be able to do easily. Or so I thought. I just replaced my CCC and wanted to try and recode that as my first coding project. I've already done a number of mechanical project thanks to the help of some of these forum (Crossover tube, Alternator bracket gasket, etc)

Unfortunately, I too am (and have for the last several weeks) stumbling through the BMW standard tools setup. I've tried to read up on every forum DIY I can lay my hands on, to no avail. I've install and uninstalled multiple time with no luck to date.

Im running Win7 Enterprise 64Bit (tried XP mode even) on a dell laptop

I've been able to connect to the car to confirm battery and ignition (black dots on), but thats as far as i can get,..as I end up with a slew of errors when I try to go any further; Chassis faulty, etc.

I work in the technology field with dual engineering degrees(doesn't mean I'm smart I guess, must be the details im missing) , so thought this would be easier than I've experienced, but I'm guessing I'm missing or haven't done something "simple" to be able to read the modules in my E64.

My most recent error is: D_motor.SYS-0006:GROUP OBJECT FILE ERROR. Program will be stopped

Any insight or further guidance would be much appreciated

Thx,.

Percy G

[wildcatcrazy69]

Did you import the DATENs after the install, and how many files do you have in your EC-APPS\INPA\SGDAT folder?

[pgendreau]

Problem solved !,. cryptomit helped me get it squared away ! So helpful !

[jjlittle64]

I have seen this asked a few times on this thread, but never answered. I was able to get the program running correctly on my 328i (E85). When I set up the program I downloaded just the E85 daten files. I would like to read my X5 also. I went back and downloaded the 23 part daten files. It seems to include all of the models. I am reinstalling the program to include the larger daten files but do not know how to adjust the DIY to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

[CertifiedOfficial]

Originally Posted by jjlittle64

I have seen this asked a few times on this thread, but never answered. I was able to get the program running correctly on my 328i (E85). When I set up the program I downloaded just the E85 daten files. I would like to read my X5 also. I went back and downloaded the 23 part daten files. It seems to include all of the models. I am reinstalling the program to include the larger daten files but do not know how to adjust the DIY to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

If you're just updating the daten files, you don't need to reinstall the program do to that, you just need to copy over the files from wherever you unzip them to the model-specific daten subfolder where the old ones are.

[Shamu4Life]

Hello All.

After sitting through the extensive download of the INPA from OP's original post, I can now offer you all the download quicker via MEGA. Here's the link: https://mega.co.nz/#!L8RihJKY!ybUxTA...kc6puGadjoSxok

[Mr Aryan]

Hi there,
While installing the files, when I reach step 5, I get below errors.
can someone help?

[siphor1989]

Originally Posted by Mr Aryan

Hi there,
While installing the files, when I reach step 5, I get below errors.
can someone help?

Move your setup files to your C: drive root directory and try again.


Thanks to the OP for this guide. I've been downloading and installing so many different so called "complete" files which none of them have worked. I either had INPA that partially worked but was all in german or it'll be in english but can't actually read any of the car modules. Finally have a fully working (more like 90% since there are still some less common modules that can't be read) INPA, NCS expert, and winkfp!

*Note* There's also no need to reinstall windows. Just delete INPA 5.0.2 after you saved a copy of the SGDAT and CFGDAT files then proceed to installing bmw standard tools 2.12.

[BeastMode335i]

Do you guys run the ifhsvr32.exe before you run INPA..??

[BeastMode335i]

About halfway through the initial steps it says that the previous steps were kinda nullified.. Does that mean this thread will be getting an update..?? Sorry, just got confused after I did the first bunch of steps than was told to start over lol..

Thanks!

[loetek]

First of all, thank you for a great tutorial. I performed all of the steps exactly as described. I am using Windows XP SP3. The one problem I have is that the error reports are in German. I read in another post that is because the EDIABAS/ecu folder is from SP Daten E89. If I use the original EDIABAS/ecu folder from INPA 5.0.2 install then the error reports are in English.

My question is: Is this the correct way to do this? How many files do you have in your EDIABAS/ecu folder?

Right now, I have 231 .Grp files and 728 .Prg files (from INPA 5.0.2 install).

If I use the files from SP Daten E89 ecu, I have 80 .Grp files and 271 .Prg files.

So it is 959 files (INPA 5.0.2) vs. 359 files with SP Daten E89.

What is the correct way to get all English - including the error reports?

Thanks!!

[808AWD325xi]

Originally Posted by loetek

First of all, thank you for a great tutorial. I performed all of the steps exactly as described. I am using Windows XP SP3. The one problem I have is that the error reports are in German. I read in another post that is because the EDIABAS/ecu folder is from SP Daten E89. If I use the original EDIABAS/ecu folder from INPA 5.0.2 install then the error reports are in English.

My question is: Is this the correct way to do this? How many files do you have in your EDIABAS/ecu folder?

Right now, I have 231 .Grp files and 728 .Prg files (from INPA 5.0.2 install).

If I use the files from SP Daten E89 ecu, I have 80 .Grp files and 271 .Prg files.

So it is 959 files (INPA 5.0.2) vs. 359 files with SP Daten E89.

What is the correct way to get all English - including the error reports?

Thanks!!

Your welcome !!

Unfortunately, it will never be all English. As mentioned in the first post, this DIY captures the latest English metric INPA scripts (*.IPO files) and configuration files from INPA 5.0.2 and manually integrates them along with the SP Daten for a fully functional installation of BMW Standard Tools 2.12.

The latest SP Daten files are German metric only. Thus when you integrate the German metric SGBD ECU description files (*.PRG) and group files (*.GRP) from the SP Daten, the language variants do not match.

Screenshot from the original post:


In addition, you may also see version mismatch errors as a result. Refer to this post:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...11&postcount=7

[loetek]

Yes, I got some mismatch errors which I just clicked through. The thing that I don't understand is the difference in files between Sp Daten E89 ecu and INPA 5.0.2 ecu. If I use Sp Daten E89 ecu files in EDIABAS/ecu the error reports comes out in German. If I delete those files and use INPA 5.0.2 ecu files, then the error reports are in English.

Are the E89 ecu files newer and more current than INPA 5.0.2 ecu files? As I stated previously, the number of files in each folder is different. I just don't know why or what they are? My next experiment will be to combine the 2 folders. There were some overwrites, but I haven't hooked it up to the car yet. I am guessing the error reports will again be in German.

I don't understand exactly what files are needed in the EDIABAS/ecu folder. How many files are in your your EDIABAS/ecu folder?

Thanks!!

[808AWD325xi]

Originally Posted by loetek

Yes, I got some mismatch errors which I just clicked through. The thing that I don't understand is the difference in files between Sp Daten E89 ecu and INPA 5.0.2 ecu. If I use Sp Daten E89 ecu files in EDIABAS/ecu the error reports comes out in German. If I delete those files and use INPA 5.0.2 ecu files, then the error reports are in English.

Are the E89 ecu files newer and more current than INPA 5.0.2 ecu files? As I stated previously, the number of files in each folder is different. I just don't know why or what they are? My next experiment will be to combine the 2 folders. There were some overwrites, but I haven't hooked it up to the car yet. I am guessing the error reports will again be in German.

I don't understand exactly what files are needed in the EDIABAS/ecu folder. How many files are in your your EDIABAS/ecu folder?

Thanks!!

Yes, INPA 5.0.2 is old. The SP Daten files from ISTA/P are much newer.

The group files (*.GRP) are used by EDIABAS to select the correct ECU description files (*.PRG) when trying to communicate with an ECU. The ECU description files contain jobs. As ECUs undergo hardware revisions and software updates, newer ECU description files are released. All of the programs in BMW Standard Tools 2.12 rely upon these files. i.e. WinKFP, NCS-Expert, et. al. If you begin mixing in older ECU description files, needed jobs could be missing and all kinds of unpredictable things could occur.

That being said, I would advise that you proceed cautiously if using ECU description files that were packaged with INPA 5.0.2.

[vaska85]

Originally Posted by pgendreau

Problem solved !,. cryptomit helped me get it squared away ! So helpful !

Could you please share your experience on solving this mysterious problem? Thank you in advance!

[loetek]

OK, I have reinstalled everything from the beginning just as you described. I am getting pretty good at this procedure. LOL I will just leave well enough alone. My current EDIABAS/ecu folder has 359 files in it. Thanks for the assistance.

[e90austin]

thank you!!!!

[datbimmer]

Did anyone get this to work on Windows 8 or 10 ? I currently have it up and running on Windows 7 x86. Thinking about upgrading the OS on my laptop but want to make sure everything will still work.

[jc_bmw]

My coding setup works on Windows 10 64bit (also worked on Windows 8.1 64 bit)