V3 Lite Released! 3/27/17 - Preloaded VMWare/VBox Image - Coding/Diag/Programming

nate16 · 02-11-2016, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kookie

Hi nate what seedbox are you using.

PM me and i'll see if i can setup a seed.
Current one only has 100gb disk space

Hey kookie,

I'm running off of seedboxes.cc, I'm almost at my 6TB/mo cap though so I might drop off soon!

loknar · 02-12-2016, 12:13 PM

I just finished downloading V2 after a week. My car broke down (see thread I started) before I could test it. Damn if only that stupid INPA would have worked maybe I could have prevented my ordeal.

Can I use ISTA on my 2007/07 car? Is it included in V2?

nate16 · 02-12-2016, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loknar

I just finished downloading V2 after a week. My car broke down (see thread I started) before I could test it. Damn if only that stupid INPA would have worked maybe I could have prevented my ordeal.

Can I use ISTA on my 2007/07 car? Is it included in V2?

ISTA/Rheingold is included in both v1 and v2

Sorry to hear about your car.

For a 2007 you will need a K+DCAN cable

N54Twin · 02-12-2016, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate16

V2 Has been released!!
Included is everything in V1 with these additional features, this should be an almost complete image of tools needed on a regular basis.

New in V2:
Reduced VM ram to 2GB (Increase this if your computer will support it)
ISTA/P 3.56.1.002
ISTA/P Loader 4.5 with K+DCAN and ENET ICOM Emulator
ETK 01.2016 with Prices
Switched to UBlock Origin from AdBlock Plus in Chrome
CutePDF Writer for saving diagnostic reports via print to PDF
Additional help files and documentation.
Couple little tools such as K-Line to DCAN Switcher, EasyConnect Tester
All Windows Updates Completed
Theme switched to Windows Classic for quicker operation.

VM Size is now 205GB Extracted and just under 100GB Compressed

Make sure to keep resolution at at least 1280x1024 for proper ISTA/P operation.

I will only be seeding V2 as of tonight 1/31.

Please provide feedback and rep if you enjoyed this!

Download Info:
http://pastebin.com/76B4DJHh

Enjoy!

Downloading......

BadAndy · 02-12-2016, 05:56 PM

Nice download speed... You must be sitting in your ISP's rep office.

N54Twin · 02-12-2016, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadAndy

Nice download speed... You must be sitting in your ISP's rep office.

My bed actually

loknar · 02-13-2016, 07:42 AM

Wow BMW needs a lot of files.

Got it up and running after a week of download !.

My k+dcan is mapped to com3 and com1 is in use.

My laptop is too slow for vmware. I'm considering converting the vmdx to physical and jam my hd in there. Any advice?

Probably gonna delete all the snapshots. Trying now to see if it improves performance. Let me know if that's a bad idea.

N54Twin · 02-13-2016, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loknar

Wow BMW needs a lot of files.

Got it up and running after a week of download !.

My k+dcan is mapped to com3 and com1 is in use.

My laptop is too slow for vmware. I'm considering converting the vmdx to physical and jam my hd in there. Any advice?

Probably gonna delete all the snapshots. Trying now to see if it improves performance. Let me know if that's a bad idea.

How do u open this type of file?

Can you help me?

loknar · 02-14-2016, 08:21 AM

You mean vmx file? Vmware workstation but you can try with freeware oracle virtualbox

loknar · 02-14-2016, 09:07 AM

So here's what I did to convert this vm into a physical disk:

I put a laptop SATA disk in my pc that has a terabyte of free space and installed the V2 vm on it. My target system is an old acer notebook. I anticipated driver issues so I download acer drivers on a thumb drive and proceeded:

0) our vm is 500GB and my physical disk is only 250 GB so this required an extra step:
a) in workstation, delete snapshots, clean and release unused space.
b) Use vmware converter standalone to copy the workstation vm into a new workstation vm with a modified disk of 225 GB - better safe than sorry. The converter is the best option I think.

1) start the vm make sure it works well, uninstall vmware tools because that might cause problem on a real physical machine.
2) delete all partitions on the target physical disk. You may need disk part for this.
3) add target disk as a physical disk to the vm
4) download clonezilla.org Ubuntu disk is file and mount it to your vm, start your vm to utilities to modify the vms bios so it boots on cdrom, make sure clonezilla.iso is connected to your vm when you save bios setting and boot.
5) start clonezilla with defaults except choosing disk to disk and expert options. Make sure you know your disks. Instruct clonezilla to create new partitions on your target, matching your targets size.
6) shut down pc, move disk to the laptop and let windows work it's magic. Windows will detect problems most likely start checkdisk and fix everything then need a reboot. Activate windows update and let it run a very slow reboot. If the magic fails as it often does, and you dont have wifi so windows update can't find drivers, use thumb drive to download drivers on it.
7) Finally I went in disk management to claim the extra disk space by expanding your partition.

If these steps are not clear, Google it. There are much better gives than mine for each step. But pm me if you still can't figure it out. I hope all this conversion won't after our bmw programs.

And acer no longer supports windows 7 officially. Damn them. I remember I wanted windows 10 last year and they didn't support it, only 7. Now they ONLY support 10 an 8.

ACC · 02-14-2016, 03:50 PM

Nate, thanks for the work. This is great.

loknar, My COM1 is also in use. VMWare set my cable up as COM3. Did you just change the odb.ini to COM3 to get it to work?

loknar · 02-14-2016, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACC

Nate, thanks for the work. This is great.

loknar, My COM1 is also in use. VMWare set my cable up as COM3. Did you just change the odb.ini to COM3 to get it to work?

I know about the ini but worry about other program. Need nate's advice. I can't make it work yet. I'll test tomorrow when I see my car. I have a k+dcan

PichaDis11 · 02-15-2016, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACC

Nate, thanks for the work. This is great.

loknar, My COM1 is also in use. VMWare set my cable up as COM3. Did you just change the odb.ini to COM3 to get it to work?

They need to match. So whatever com port is set to the cable needs to be in the Com port in the old.ini file settings.

nate16 · 02-15-2016, 09:15 AM

Picha is correct, I would recommend changing the COM of whatever is using COM1 to like COM7 or something. I find the tools work best when you assign COM1 to the K+DCAN. Also, then you won't need to mess with your obd.ini file

-Nate

loknar · 02-17-2016, 10:19 AM

Only changing the EDIABAS ini file com port setting is enough for all programs to work with COM3?

The other solution is to re-assign like you said but...

I couldn't find out what is using COM1. Even displaying hidden hardware, there is nothing else in device manager that shows COM1.

Yet COM1 and COM10 show up "in use" in the combo box that allows to re-assign the COM3 port in advance settings. Note: this combobox allows to use COM1 even if it's in use - with a warning about conflicts.

Since this is a VM, we should have the same stuff. Because Nate never experienced this, I presume this COM1 is used by your (unplugged) cable. To test this, try unplugging your usual cable and use a different one. See if COM1 is reserved "ïn use"by device manager.

Although I never noticed this problem before; and I've used 5 different usb serial cables. However, this was before BMW and I didn't care about which COM port, only configured the SOFTWARE in a settings menu to automatically detect the port used by the interface.

deeLow · 02-17-2016, 05:19 PM

I always would get that COM1 in use. I just hit accept and force changed it. No problems and I've done tons of coding.

It's a VM thing that's all.

64-bit · 02-17-2016, 08:14 PM

Can u guys send me a link where I can buy a good K+DCAN cable?

I just don't want to waist money on the cheap stuff then discover that it will not on my 2016 F80

Thank you.

BTW, im an IT if u have any issues with VM or .ova files pls let me know

wildcatcrazy · 02-17-2016, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 64-bit

Can u guys send me a link where I can buy a good K+DCAN cable?

I just don't want to waist money on the cheap stuff then discover that it will not on my 2016 F80

Thank you.

BTW, im an IT if u have any issues with VM or .ova files pls let me know

For the F series, you need enet cable with esys. KDCAN won't work. You can pick up enet cables almost anywhere and they pretty much all work.

Gtrain · 02-19-2016, 05:43 PM

Since this was created on VM Workstation 12, if you have and older version of Workstation this would not work.

Alternatively you can use Oracle VirtualBox which is free.

After you install Oracle VirtualBox, you can hit new and hit hide description
Name the Virtual Machine
Select Microsoft Windows
Select Windows 7
Set your memory size to 2048 or larger depending on your machine
Under hard drive section, select Use an existing virtual hard drive
Then find the *********.vmdk location
Hit Create

Now you should be able to start the BMW Coding Virtual Machine in Oracle VirtualBox

HardCoal99 · 02-20-2016, 08:50 PM

Nate, thank you for your efforts. I'm giving this a shot and downloading now.

Hoping a few others join the torrent to speed things up. :-)

tdavis42 · 02-22-2016, 07:17 PM

Just what I was looking for! I am a new to BMW and want to make sure I am downloading the right version V1 vs. V2 as V2 is 2x as large. I have a 2008 328i E90. Can I download V1 and have all the tools minus the cable to work on my car?

PichaDis11 · 02-22-2016, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdavis42

Just what I was looking for! I am a new to BMW and want to make sure I am downloading the right version V1 vs. V2 as V2 is 2x as large. I have a 2008 328i E90. Can I download V1 and have all the tools minus the cable to work on my car?

depends on the work you want do.. V1 has ISATA D (Rheingold) Mainly diagnostics. Plus other BMW Standard tools software.

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loknar Private First Class 46 Rep 166 Posts Drives: 335i e90 iDrive Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	I just finished downloading V2 after a week. My car broke down (see thread I started) before I could test it. Damn if only that stupid INPA would have worked maybe I could have prevented my ordeal. Can I use ISTA on my 2007/07 car? Is it included in V2?
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loknar Private First Class 46 Rep 166 Posts Drives: 335i e90 iDrive Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Wow BMW needs a lot of files. Got it up and running after a week of download !. My k+dcan is mapped to com3 and com1 is in use. My laptop is too slow for vmware. I'm considering converting the vmdx to physical and jam my hd in there. Any advice? Probably gonna delete all the snapshots. Trying now to see if it improves performance. Let me know if that's a bad idea. Last edited by loknar; 02-13-2016 at 08:37 AM..
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02-14-2016, 09:07 AM	#76
loknar Private First Class 46 Rep 166 Posts Drives: 335i e90 iDrive Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	So here's what I did to convert this vm into a physical disk: I put a laptop SATA disk in my pc that has a terabyte of free space and installed the V2 vm on it. My target system is an old acer notebook. I anticipated driver issues so I download acer drivers on a thumb drive and proceeded: 0) our vm is 500GB and my physical disk is only 250 GB so this required an extra step: a) in workstation, delete snapshots, clean and release unused space. b) Use vmware converter standalone to copy the workstation vm into a new workstation vm with a modified disk of 225 GB - better safe than sorry. The converter is the best option I think. 1) start the vm make sure it works well, uninstall vmware tools because that might cause problem on a real physical machine. 2) delete all partitions on the target physical disk. You may need disk part for this. 3) add target disk as a physical disk to the vm 4) download clonezilla.org Ubuntu disk is file and mount it to your vm, start your vm to utilities to modify the vms bios so it boots on cdrom, make sure clonezilla.iso is connected to your vm when you save bios setting and boot. 5) start clonezilla with defaults except choosing disk to disk and expert options. Make sure you know your disks. Instruct clonezilla to create new partitions on your target, matching your targets size. 6) shut down pc, move disk to the laptop and let windows work it's magic. Windows will detect problems most likely start checkdisk and fix everything then need a reboot. Activate windows update and let it run a very slow reboot. If the magic fails as it often does, and you dont have wifi so windows update can't find drivers, use thumb drive to download drivers on it. 7) Finally I went in disk management to claim the extra disk space by expanding your partition. If these steps are not clear, Google it. There are much better gives than mine for each step. But pm me if you still can't figure it out. I hope all this conversion won't after our bmw programs. And acer no longer supports windows 7 officially. Damn them. I remember I wanted windows 10 last year and they didn't support it, only 7. Now they ONLY support 10 an 8. Last edited by loknar; 02-14-2016 at 10:28 AM..
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ACC Private 0 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 335I Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: USA iTrader: (8)	Nate, thanks for the work. This is great. loknar, My COM1 is also in use. VMWare set my cable up as COM3. Did you just change the odb.ini to COM3 to get it to work?
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nate16 Banned 172 Rep 327 Posts Drives: 2017 F80 YMB ZCP Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Peabody, MA iTrader: (1)	Picha is correct, I would recommend changing the COM of whatever is using COM1 to like COM7 or something. I find the tools work best when you assign COM1 to the K+DCAN. Also, then you won't need to mess with your obd.ini file -Nate
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02-17-2016, 10:19 AM	#81
loknar Private First Class 46 Rep 166 Posts Drives: 335i e90 iDrive Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Only changing the EDIABAS ini file com port setting is enough for all programs to work with COM3? The other solution is to re-assign like you said but... I couldn't find out what is using COM1. Even displaying hidden hardware, there is nothing else in device manager that shows COM1. Yet COM1 and COM10 show up "in use" in the combo box that allows to re-assign the COM3 port in advance settings. Note: this combobox allows to use COM1 even if it's in use - with a warning about conflicts. Since this is a VM, we should have the same stuff. Because Nate never experienced this, I presume this COM1 is used by your (unplugged) cable. To test this, try unplugging your usual cable and use a different one. See if COM1 is reserved "ïn use"by device manager. Although I never noticed this problem before; and I've used 5 different usb serial cables. However, this was before BMW and I didn't care about which COM port, only configured the SOFTWARE in a settings menu to automatically detect the port used by the interface.
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deeLow DOPE 148 Rep 758 Posts Drives: F80 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Earth iTrader: (2)	I always would get that COM1 in use. I just hit accept and force changed it. No problems and I've done tons of coding. It's a VM thing that's all.
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64-bit Major 309 Rep 1,086 Posts Drives: 19 Ford Raptor - On Order Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (1)	Can u guys send me a link where I can buy a good K+DCAN cable? I just don't want to waist money on the cheap stuff then discover that it will not on my 2016 F80 Thank you. BTW, im an IT if u have any issues with VM or .ova files pls let me know __________________ 2016 M3, Mineral White, SO Leather, MANUAL - ED 11/26/2015 2013 335i, Blue, M-Sport, Auto w/Sport Trans - ED 06/10/2013
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Gtrain Colonel 144 Rep 2,018 Posts Drives: something slowwwww Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC iTrader: (21)	Since this was created on VM Workstation 12, if you have and older version of Workstation this would not work. Alternatively you can use Oracle VirtualBox which is free. After you install Oracle VirtualBox, you can hit new and hit hide description Name the Virtual Machine Select Microsoft Windows Select Windows 7 Set your memory size to 2048 or larger depending on your machine Under hard drive section, select Use an existing virtual hard drive Then find the *********.vmdk location Hit Create Now you should be able to start the BMW Coding Virtual Machine in Oracle VirtualBox
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02-20-2016, 08:50 PM	#86
HardCoal99 Enlisted Member 3 Rep 31 Posts Drives: 2009 335xi Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Allentown, PA iTrader: (0)	Nate, thank you for your efforts. I'm giving this a shot and downloading now. Hoping a few others join the torrent to speed things up. :-) __________________ 2009 335xi Le Mans Blue; JB4 - Map 5; flashed, VSRF DPs, VSRF Intercooler, transmission flash, VSRF chargepipe, LED interior, Angel Eyes, Glossy Black Grill, spolier, Rear Fog Light Mod, backup camera mod, 2020 Nav. Maps;
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