How to install BMW INPA EDIABAS software on Win XP

BMW INPA Ediabas full English version installation tutorial here. Enjoy yourself!

This New BMW INPA K+CAN is great designed With FT232RQ Chip has a Switch which turns LEFT is for 7 pin, RIGHT is for 8 pin (8 pin is for K-LINE protocol, old DCAN cable cannot do this).

K+DCAN Cable software: 5.0.2

The guidance especially for Windows XP users.

 

Prepare:

Before installing, delete all version of INPA-ADS from your computer.

For example: rename INPA into “_INPA”, EDIABAS into “_EDIABAS” etc.

Insert CD to disk E:\ and open it, there will be a file named “INPACANinstall” which will guide you how to install in detail.

Step1: Open “01_Step1” file in the root of CD disk and copy folder “EC-APPS” onto disk C:\

Step2: Run the file “01_Step1\NFS\Entpackt\disk1\SETUP.EXE”

Choose “Windows XP” and click next

Choose “User Mode” and click next

Choose 1 Parametrieren einer neuen Konfiguration ohne Daten

->OBD

-> “Kein API-TRACE”

-> “Kein IFH-TRACE”

-> “Komfort(.IPO)” and click next

Then press any key to continue

This step Complete

! RE-BOOT YOUR COMPUTER

Step3: Run the file “02_Setup2\INSTALL\Instprog.exe”

-Choose English, press continue

-While choosing the HDD disk C:\ for initial setup, do not change, the installation must be on drive C:\ only, press continue

-Choose configuration “BMW Group Rectification Programs UK” and press continue

-Activate all spare boxes with:

EDIABAS 6.4.3 – UPDATE

INPA 5.0.1- UPDATE

NCS Expert 3.0.8 – Complete

-Press continue to start installation and press End to exit the installation

Step4: Run the file “03_Setup3\INSTALL\Instprog.exe”

-Choose English, press continue, press continue again

-While choosing the HDD disk C:\ for initial setup, do not change, the installation must be on drive C:\ only, press continue

-Choose configuration “BMW Group Rectification Programs UK” and press continue

-Activate all spare boxes with:

INPA 5.0.1- UPDATE

NCS Expert 3.0.8 – UPDATE

-Press continue to start installation and press End to exit the installation

Step5:

Find the file C:\EC-APPS\INPA\CFGDAT named “inpa.ini” and replace it with the file “inpa.ini” that is in the root directory of CD disk

Step6: Plug the adapter into spare USB-Port and install drivers manually

Copy the “Driver_D_CAN_USB” file onto disk C:\

Choose install from a list of specific location

Select the folder “Driver_D_CAN_USB”

You may install the same driver again

Complete driver installation

Then Change the number of COM-port to the value from 2 to 4, also change the value of Latency Timer from 16 to 1.

Step7: open disk C:\EDIABAS\BIN\Ediabas.ini

In the file “EDIABAS.ini”

“Interface = STD:OBD” must be choosen

Step8: in the file C:\Windows\OBD.INI, put the number of USB-COM-port to the value that you remember in step 3

Step9: Run the file “Driver_D_CAN_USB\OBDSetup.exe”

After doing these, you should RE-BOOT the computer again!

Step10: test

–Connect BMW car with laptop via INPA cable ( via USB Port and OBDII port)

-Turn ignition on

-Run the INPA from: C:\EC-APPS\INPA\BIN\inpaload.exe

-Choose the model of BMW and type of modells you want to see

-Close the soft and disconnect the INPA cable from USB Port each time you change the car connect.

Done!