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Note: How to activate Ediabas support in Rheingold:ДЇind line with parameter To configure ICOM to work with Ediabas, I-tool radar is used to check ICOM ip address and then Easењњonnect can be used to configure ediabas and to lock the ICOM. Of course ICOM can handle these cars via ethernet connection, even with INPA. This ADS thing talks directly to COM-port i/o memory addresses, so laptop must have native COM port.

It can be found from E-bay, and it is called Tiny ADS. There is also ADS interface available, it can be used with INPA on ADSВ cars. If it is K-line, then K+DCAN and obd-20pin adapter can be used. 20-pin connector type is K-line or ADS, depending on theВ chassisВ model. If there are both of these connectors available, then 20-pin must be used as OBD-2 is then connected only to DME/DDE and EGS. There are 20-pin connectors inВ engineВ compartment on all cars made approximately before year 2000, even if they have OBD-2 connector too. F-series cars can use K+DCAN for diagnosis and ENET for diagnosis + coding and programming.

E39, E46 and later E38, and allВ chassisВ models made after these are equipped with K-line or D-CAN, so K+DCAN cable (combinated interface that has both K-line and D-CAN) is good for these cars.

ADS cars are E36, E34, beginning of E38 production and allВ chassisВ models that are older than these. So to use Rheingold with ADS cars, ICOM is mandatory. If the interface works with INPA or Tool32, then it works with Rheingold too.ДЄDS interface is not supported, as Rheingold requires Ediabas 7.x, and only Ediabas 6.x and older has ADS support. Setting for Ediabas.ini can be found in Rheingold settings, under VCI tab (if the config file has been configured correctly). This means that INPA K+DCANВ can be used directly with Rheingold, as long as the Ediabas (which comes with BMW Standard Tools) is configured for this interfaces. INPA and Rheingold, how to choose for different BMW cars?ДЄll Rheingold versions have native support for Ediabas 7.x, this option just needs to be activated from istagui config file. You can have ISTA/P & ISTA/D installed on aВ laptopВ aside INPA, WinKFP, and INPA without any issues. It has aВ modernВ interface, is 100% English (or available in a multiple other languages), and is complete in that it does not require additional Test Procedures. While INPA can be set for English User Interface, most of the Test Procedures, which can be difficult to find, are in German.Д«etween the two, ISTA/D is simply a better option. INPA (interpreter for test procedures) is older factoryВ floorВ diagnostic software, designed to run test procedures. I donвЂ™t know for sure, as I do not do any Exx work, but I doubt ICOM Emulator would work for older ADS connector. You can find versions of ISTA/D with an ICOM Emulator builtin, that allows you to use it with an ENET Interface for Fxx cars and a DCAN Interface for Exx cars. The ICOM вЂњCвЂќ Connection is for the older BMW ADS 20-pin round вЂњPacmanвЂќ connector inВ EngineВ Bay.

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ISTA/P & ISTA/D are designed to be used with an ICOM Interface, and with full ICOM-A-B-C, you can connect to older cars. Likewise, ISTA/P is the replacement for older delaership SSS Progman programming software. ISTA/D is the replacement for older dealership DIS diagnostic software. ISTA/D (aka Rheingold) is the current dealership diagnostic software for all Exx and FxxВ cars. INPA and ISTA/D (Rheingold), which one better? If used incorrectly, programs which communicate via EDIABAS have the potential to destroy computer modules, making replacement the only viable option. NCS and NFS are not particularly user-friendly and require fairly intimate knowledge of BMW systems to use. For example INPA communicates with EDIABAS to perform diagnostics, NCS to perform coding and NFS to perform programming functions. The bottom line with INPA is if you do not understand what a particular function does, you are probably better off leaving that function alone, but having said that, the level of diagnostic functionality is truly exceptional.Д®DIABAS can accomplish virtually any programming/diagnostic or coding function, but since it is only a computer protocol, requires seperate programs to interface between the user and EDIABAS so that it can receive and trasmit instructions. INPA is a powerful and comprehensive diagnostic tool but there is no simple handbook available that I know of which will comprehensively explain its operation or functions. INPAВ is a diagnostic interpreter program that communicates with your car using BMWвЂ™s own factory developed Electronic Diagnosis and Information protocol (EDIABAS).