"Coding" cable same as AutoEnginuity or Bavarian Tech cable?

Surly73 · 05-16-2012, 12:57 PM

Maybe a stupid question - are these cables the same? Or can either an AE or BT cable also be used for coding?

I'm planning to buy a scantool (either AE or BT) as well as get into coding. No need to buy duplicated equipment.

RevC · 05-16-2012, 01:30 PM

no, you will need a DCAN+ INPA cable to code. ask me how i know

try reading the sticky's or doing a search, they can answer most of your questions in the future.

Elliott@DetailAddict · 05-16-2012, 01:50 PM

Been asked plenty of times before.

+1 to RevC

Surly73 · 05-16-2012, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RevC

no, you will need a DCAN+ INPA cable to code. ask me how i know

try reading the sticky's or doing a search, they can answer most of your questions in the future.

I have been reading the stickies, but the ones I have found, at least, are self-contained. They haven't said whether it is or is not the same as cables used for other purposes. They just say "go buy this...".

Thanks for the 100% confirmation.

GenePoole · 05-16-2012, 10:30 PM

BT cables use the FTDI USB to RS232 chipset, but they are NOT compatible with K+DCAN cables. You need BT cable for BT software and a K+DCAN for INPA/NCS/etc. No interchange between the two is possible--at least as far as I've been able to ascertain.

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GenePoole Lieutenant 46 Rep 541 Posts Drives: 2012 F30 328i Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brighton, IL iTrader: (0)	BT cables use the FTDI USB to RS232 chipset, but they are NOT compatible with K+DCAN cables. You need BT cable for BT software and a K+DCAN for INPA/NCS/etc. No interchange between the two is possible--at least as far as I've been able to ascertain.
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