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If you use a USB port laptop may lead to bad connection of the carsoft interface.
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What other accessories required to install carsoft?įirst of all, you need a laptop with serial port.
#CARSOFT BMW SCANNER HOW TO#
The following are some tips listed for how to use the Carsoft diagnostic interface. I named my laptop "diaghead" in attempt to get DIS working, this is likley not neccesarry.Step-by-step guide of using BMW Carsoft 6.5Ĭarsoft has released to the newest version V6.5 which supporting on-board diagnostic function of BMW community. Did not need to edit hosts file on either computer Did not need to bridge ethernet connections Contrary to popular suggestion, I did not need to use the diagnostic head emulaor If you see something like this, then you have read the data from the module, and you can begin further diagnostics
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You will likely receive errors about battery power, click Ok to these:Īfter this, select manual to identify your vehicle:Ĭhoose your vehicle and press the arrow to continue: Select your model of car, and press the arrow to continue: Exit the remaining screens by pressing “9” and enter.Īfter the system reboots, and DIS comes up again, click on Diagnosis and the following screen appears: If the test was not successful, there is likely a network communication problem.Įxit the screen by typing in “0” and pressing enter. Then type “2” and press enter to run “API test” - If you see the following menu, the test is successful:
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Under the DIS item, click on Calibrating Touch-Screen.Įnter password (dealer #) and the following screen will appear:Įnter “1” to Configure EDIABAS and press enter: Open VmWare, and edit your DIS virtual machine to only have one Ethernet adapter, and assign it to VMnet1: Open Windows Explorer and navigate to “C:\EDIABAS\Bin” and launch the file IFHSrv32.exe.Ī windows does not open, it simply places an icon on your task bar:
Open “Manage Virtual Networks” for VMWare and proceed to the Host Virtual Network Mapping tab:Ĭlick the arrow beside VMnet1 and click Subnet:Įnter 192.168.68.0 for IP Address and press OK: Now that INPA is working, we can get DIS to work with the same interface. If it fails, you need to get your communications with your interface and CarSoft working before continuing: When the test completes you can close CarSoft. Start CarSoft, and perform a diagnosis of the DDE: Perhaps this is initialize the interface, if you have more information about this, please let me know. Note: I have found it is necessary to run CarSoft once to get the interface to work with INPA. Receive and Transmit Buffers are set to 8 Open Device Manager, and make certain that your port is: Proceed to the Advanced tab, and press the Environment Variables button:įind the Path system variable, highlight it and press EditĪt the end of the path statement, add a semicolon, and the path “C:\ediabas\bin” then press OKĪttach your CarSoft interface cables to the diagnostic port under the hood, and to your computer. Press Windows+Break to open System Properties: Navigate to the folder “C:\EDIABAS\Hardware\OBD” and launch the file OBDSetup.exeĪ screen similar to this will appear, just press any key to close it: Locate the line for “remotehost” and “port” adjust to “192.168.68.1” and “6801” respectively Locate the file EDIABAS.INI, and open it with notepad Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder “C:\Ediabas\Bin” Press End when the installation has completed Select OBD as interface and press Continue Place check marks on the option for Complete next to EDIABAS and INPA, then press Continue Select BMW Group Recertification programs USA and press Continue Leave C:\ as destination drive, and press Continue Navigate to the “:\Referenz\INSTALL” folder Here is an article I wrote up to help anyone else who may be as frustrated as I was trying to get this to work:īegin by inserting the CD or mounting the image I bought BMW Carsoft 6.5 from VTOOLSHOP.After many weeks of reading, and struggling, finding sparse bits of information here and there, I have finally got DIS working and communicating with my E36, while using the CarSoft interface. view real time data from your car as it runs
can diagnose and reset DME, Aibag, ZKE, EGS and Instrument cluster fault codes as well as initiating autolocking options, changing between display units (temp in F or C, distance in miles or kilometres etc.), viewing live data and resetting service and oil change intervals. can view O2 sensor readings, timing, vanos advance, rpm, coolant temperature, airflow, injector signals etc. change odometer reading from miles to KM
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