[matrix76]

Originally Posted by Grant@DetailAddict

Remake your profile and try again.

I'll give it a try, thank you

[zeroXTC]

Originally Posted by Grant@DetailAddict

Make sure ignition is on. Make sure Latency is set to 1 not 16. Make sure tune is off.

Where do you set "tune" off?

[Sea4tec]

Hello from Portugal, i have just installed myself the Garmim 3790T bought from BMW GERMANY and mounted it on my E82 123D 09", i have gone to a BMW Dealer here in Portugal in order to code it (i thinks it needs the NAVP option installed in order for the sound to come out from the car speakers but they said they have never done that and that they have connect it to the computer and find no way to do that....i thing they just don´t know what they are doing... Can anyone give me some light about this? Many thanks!!!

[AW128i]

Originally Posted by Sea4tec

Hello from Portugal, i have just installed myself the Garmim 3790T bought from BMW GERMANY and mounted it on my E82 123D 09", i have gone to a BMW Dealer here in Portugal in order to code it (i thinks it needs the NAVP option installed in order for the sound to come out from the car speakers but they said they have never done that and that they have connect it to the computer and find no way to do that....i thing they just don´t know what they are doing... Can anyone give me some light about this? Many thanks!!!

I had the same BMW portable nav installed in my car and my dealer struggled with the coding as well. Took them two days to figure it out with BMW tech support. I can't offer any insight as to what exactly was changed, but I can tell you that "NAVP" was added to the VO.

[Elliott@DetailAddict]

Originally Posted by zeroXTC

Where do you set "tune" off?

Different for every tune. On JB4 you use the steering wheel controls to turn the map to 0

[Kazuki_1010]

Hi! I'm a newbie here from Japan! I learned how to install NCS Expert and were able to code some on my E90. Thank you everyone!

Now, I have an question. where can I get the latest NCS expert(maybe set of INPA and EDIBAS) I have the updated DATEN files for E89, but can't figure out how to apply those files.

Thank you for your help!

[justa3series]

What verson of the E89 files are you trying to update? You don't need to update unless car won't work with current files.

[AU335i]

hey guys, trying to figure out the coding for my car... followed the DIY PDF exactly and dont know what's going on...

whenever i open INPA, the white circles dont turn black

whenever I open NCS Expert and get to step 40 i get the error:

Vin is Faulty
COAPI-2020: no answer from ECU
IFH-0009: No response from controlunit


any help appreciated!

[jphughan]

Originally Posted by AU335i

hey guys, trying to figure out the coding for my car... followed the DIY PDF exactly and dont know what's going on...

whenever i open INPA, the white circles dont turn black

whenever I open NCS Expert and get to step 40 i get the error:

Vin is Faulty
COAPI-2020: no answer from ECU
IFH-0009: No response from controlunit


any help appreciated!

If even your Battery circle isn't black, it means you have no connection at all, so try this:

- Make sure that the Pin 8 debacle doesn't apply to you or that you have the right cable if it does. This has been discussed multiple times recently in this thread.

- Try updating your drivers (search a few posts back for the link) and then set your Latency to 1. If you still see the FIFO buffer option you're not using the latest ones. Also make sure your cable is set to COM1.

- Make sure you're on a 32-bit version of Windows. 64-bit does not work.

- Make sure you're in Ignition On mode, not radio readiness or engine on. If you have Comfort Access, this means pushing the Start button twice. If you don't, it means keyfob in the slot and pushing the Start button once.

- Make sure you have sufficiently new daten files. V41 is the current revision, I believe, though if you're coding an 08 335i as in your sig, V39 should be fine.

- Make sure you first connect the cable to the car, then to your laptop, then switch the car to ignition, then open INPA. I'm not sure whether that exact sequence matters but I've always used it successfully.

[AU335i]

Originally Posted by jphughan

If even your Battery circle isn't black, it means you have no connection at all, so try this:

- Make sure that the Pin 8 debacle doesn't apply to you or that you have the right cable if it does. This has been discussed multiple times recently in this thread.

- Try updating your drivers (search a few posts back for the link) and then set your Latency to 1. If you still see the FIFO buffer option you're not using the latest ones. Also make sure your cable is set to COM1.

- Make sure you're on a 32-bit version of Windows. 64-bit does not work.

- Make sure you're in Ignition On mode, not radio readiness or engine on. If you have Comfort Access, this means pushing the Start button twice. If you don't, it means keyfob in the slot and pushing the Start button once.

- Make sure you have sufficiently new daten files. V41 is the current revision, I believe, though if you're coding an 08 335i as in your sig, V39 should be fine.

- Make sure you first connect the cable to the car, then to your laptop, then switch the car to ignition, then open INPA. I'm not sure whether that exact sequence matters but I've always used it successfully.

thanks for the reply! after reading over your possible solutions I feel like it's the first one.

I don't see fifo option in INPA whenever i do that part of the DIY guide but i heard some people just skipped INPA and are fine so I skip that step as well.

My car is an 08 335i coupe build date is 10/07 or 11/07. I forgot, but I'm not too sure about the Pin 8 thing...

i'm using my uncle's cable and software that he successfully uses on his 2005 545i... i'll keep searching about the Pin 8 thing but any specific posts in this thread you can link me too would be very much helpful! thank you.

[jphughan]

Originally Posted by AU335i

thanks for the reply! after reading over your possible solutions I feel like it's the first one.

I don't see fifo option in INPA whenever i do that part of the DIY guide but i heard some people just skipped INPA and are fine so I skip that step as well.

My car is an 08 335i coupe build date is 10/07 or 11/07. I forgot, but I'm not too sure about the Pin 8 thing...

i'm using my uncle's cable and software that he successfully uses on his 2005 545i... i'll keep searching about the Pin 8 thing but any specific posts in this thread you can link me too would be very much helpful! thank you.

With that build date your car should work with a cable regardless of whether Pin 8 is active. I believe the E60s require that Pin 8 exist and cars built 3/09 onward require that it not exist, but yours should work with either.

The FIFO buffers option is in the Advanced settings for the cable in Device Manager. Follow the instructions in the DIY for that, but like I said, if you're using the right drivers, the screen you have there won't match the screenshot. Rather than having a FIFO buffers setting you should have (among other things) a Latency setting which you'll need to set to 1.

[AU335i]

Originally Posted by jphughan

With that build date your car should work with a cable regardless of whether Pin 8 is active. I believe the E60s require that Pin 8 exist and cars built 3/09 onward require that it not exist, but yours should work with either.

The FIFO buffers option is in the Advanced settings for the cable in Device Manager. Follow the instructions in the DIY for that, but like I said, if you're using the right drivers, the screen you have there won't match the screenshot. Rather than having a FIFO buffers setting you should have (among other things) a Latency setting which you'll need to set to 1.

what else could be the problem if it's not the Pin 8 issue?

hmm yeah his e60 works fine with everything (cable/software), but when we try it on mine, the circles dont turn black.

and yeah I'm pretty sure I have an updated driver because I dont have the "Fifo settings option" but I did set the latency to 1 and still got the same error...

btw, will NCS expert not work either if i I don't restart my computer after the obdscan? that part of the DIY is kinda confusing... just a thought, but we didnt restart the computer and it still worked for my uncle's e60... just trying to list possibilities...

[jphughan]

Originally Posted by AU335i

what else could be the problem if it's not the Pin 8 issue?

hmm yeah his e60 works fine with everything (cable/software), but when we try it on mine, the circles dont turn black.

and yeah I'm pretty sure I have an updated driver because I dont have the "Fifo settings option" but I did set the latency to 1 and still got the same error...

btw, will NCS expert not work either if i I don't restart my computer after the obdscan? that part of the DIY is kinda confusing... just a thought, but we didnt restart the computer and it still worked for my uncle's e60... just trying to list possibilities...

Well actually, come to think of it, it's possible that the cable you have doesn't even support DCAN. Cars built before 3/2006 use K-Line, after which they were switched to DCAN. All newer cables support both K-Line and DCAN, but if you have a cable that only supports K-Line that would explain why you can code your uncle's car and can't even get the Battery circle on yours even though you're using the same computer, same software, and same configuration.

[AU335i]

Originally Posted by jphughan

Well actually, come to think of it, it's possible that the cable you have doesn't even support DCAN. The E60 only requires K-Line and all newer cables support K-Line and DCAN, but your car requires DCAN and I guess if the cable you have is old enough, it's possible it doesn't support DCAN.

If the same computer with the same config and software can code an E60 but can't even get the Battery circle to light up on yours, that would be my best guess.

that's what i think it is, he told me his cable was really cheap (30$ compared to the one advertised here for like 100$) so I'm guessing its the K-Line only cable...


I dont mind buying a new cable, however, the problem now is, my uncle is from Atlanta,GA and i'm only in town for the weekend... I tried downloading the programs to my computer but I have Windows Vista- 64 bit and found out the programs wont work... so I'm not sure what to do...

[jphughan]

Originally Posted by AU335i

that's what i think it is, he told me his cable was really cheap (30$ compared to the one advertised here for like 100$) so I'm guessing its the K-Line only cable...


I dont mind buying a new cable, however, the problem now is, my uncle is from Atlanta,GA and i'm only in town for the weekend... I tried downloading the programs to my computer but I have Windows Vista- 64 bit and found out the programs wont work... so I'm not sure what to do...

Yeah, if your cable was $30, it's definitely not DCAN. The cable you want is http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-I...motiveQ5fTools -- when I bought this cable the seller was accepting offers of $90, so try that.

If you have Vista 64-bit you either need to get a Windows XP machine or a virtual machine running through software that supports USB device redirection. Serial port remapping may also work but I haven't tried that approach. I personally use Windows Virtual PC (believe it requires Windows 7) but I've heard VMware does the job as well.

[AU335i]

Originally Posted by jphughan

Yeah, if your cable was $30, it's definitely not DCAN. The cable you want is http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-I...motiveQ5fTools -- when I bought this cable the seller was accepting offers of $90, so try that.

If you have Vista 64-bit you either need to get a Windows XP machine or a virtual machine running through software that supports USB device redirection. Serial port remapping may also work but I haven't tried that approach. I personally use Windows Virtual PC (believe it requires Windows 7) but I've heard VMware does the job as well.

thanks for your help man! Gonna try a new cable and VMware since my uncle had it already and I'll see if it works...

p.s. will the cable mentioned in the first post work? it's advertised cheaper on E-Bay just in case the other guy doesn't do $90

[jphughan]

Originally Posted by AU335i

thanks for your help man! Gonna try a new cable and VMware since my uncle had it already and I'll see if it works...

p.s. will the cable mentioned in the first post work? it's advertised cheaper on E-Bay just in case the other guy doesn't do $90

I'm not sure -- the seller I linked to and used myself has participated in this thread a while back and hasn't had any quality issues that some people have found with other sellers.

[justa3series]

Can anyone read from TCUM ecu? with there cable?

[matrix76]

Just did a few basic codes in CAS KOMBI & NFRM and everything worked great. I just have this now???

Also restored to orginal files and no change.

[matrix76]

Just completed a blank.man file in all the three modules to reset them to factory and no change. Still shows the same symbol in the dash,

[DESI4life10]

Drive around for a bit and see if the error resets itself.

[Dracon]

Originally Posted by matrix76

Just completed a blank.man file in all the three modules to reset them to factory and no change. Still shows the same symbol in the dash,

It looks like the service intervals may be been reset/zero'd out during coding. I think you can use Tool32 to restore them back to what they were (if you wrote down the values). Or you may be able just to reset them and they'll be reset like the service was just performed.