[culture]

Can someone point me in the right direction of an updated INPA installation on Windows 10 or Apple tutorial? There’s nothing on YouTube or these forums that I could see. Also, this may be a dumb question but is it only available on windows and not Apple? Thanks in advance for your help and I apologize if there’s a tutorial/thread already posted out there that I have missed.

[ctuna]

If you want to run on a Apple product you need to run it under
a virtual machine (that emulates windows)
Which is a whole new thing to learn for most people.

https://www.virtualbox.org/

Bimmergeeks.net for a cable and downloads.

You need to take this to the coding sub forum for more info.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=368

There are many threads there on installation some of which are kind
of dated.

diagnostic manual ista/inpa
https://bimmerprofs.com/diagnostics-inpa-part-1/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...xo19teM9vkTF-C
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...7x8H3pN8h1fMuF
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...-P-actually-do

Ista is way better for diagnostics and repair.

[culture]

Originally Posted by ctuna

If you want to run on a Apple product you need to run it under
a virtual machine

https://www.virtualbox.org/

Okay. Wasn’t sure if that would work or not so thanks for clearing it up. Do you happen to know where I can find links for the downloads or any diy threads?

[culture]

Originally Posted by culture

Okay. Wasn’t sure if that would work or not so thanks for clearing it up. Do you happen to know where I can find links for the downloads or any diy threads?

Nevermind. Didn’t read your entire reply. My fault.

[ctuna]

You better reread my post it's right in there.

Bimmergeeks.net for a cable and downloads.

There has to be about 10 versions of how to download and set
it up on the coding subforum the Bimmergeeks.net downloads
are current the instructions for setup are in the download
and its current enough to work on an 08 and most any other e90.

Start with the Standard Tools download for the Inpa suite.

[NGEE]

Bottomless pit of despair. Arcane concepts. Alchemy. ISTA. Rheingold. Datens. EDIABAS. Untranslatable German. Misinformation. Posts with links that don't work. Soldering pin #8. New Zealand. Radioshack FFS. Windows XP? Jesus Christ.

"If you cant figure out the install or something isn't working, there are other versions floating around the web you can try."



What a fucking mess. Hire an expert.

[6ixSpd]

You must be blind as hell because there is literally a subforum called BMW CODING that has multiple threads on how to set this up.

Sheesh, can you be any more pathetic?

[ctuna]

there are many useful subforums here

http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16

http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=378

It can take a little time to navigate this forum.

[lowrydr310]

Originally Posted by NGEE

Bottomless pit of despair. Arcane concepts. Alchemy. ISTA. Rheingold. Datens. EDIABAS. Untranslatable German. Misinformation. Posts with links that don't work. Soldering pin #8. New Zealand. Radioshack FFS. Windows XP? Jesus Christ.

"If you cant figure out the install or something isn't working, there are other versions floating around the web you can try."

What a fucking mess. Hire an expert.

So true...well said.

I couldn't find one single "follow these steps" tutorial that worked exactly but fortunately I know a little bit about computers, embedded systems, and a very crude understanding of German such that I was able to figure it out (no radio shack, soldering, or XP required, but Jesus may have been watching over me). I'm tempted to help some friends with coding but I don't want to break anything and get blamed.

[NGEE]

Originally Posted by 6ixSpd

You must be blind as hell because there is literally a subforum called BMW CODING that has multiple threads on how to set this up.

Hilarious - that's what I was referring to.

[Greyfox]

The Bimmergeeks downloads have the installation instructions inside them.

[hassmaschine]

I don't recommend running BMW tools on a Mac with a Windows emulator if you are flashing. It causes too many problems with the serial port - but coding should be fine.

Also when following the Bimmergeeks instructions, I recommend skipping the part where it says to "delete the old folders in the C drive" and just copy the new ones over top.

[e90reborn]

Originally Posted by NGEE

Bottomless pit of despair. Arcane concepts. Alchemy. ISTA. Rheingold. Datens. EDIABAS. Untranslatable German. Misinformation. Posts with links that don't work. Soldering pin #8. New Zealand. Radioshack FFS. Windows XP? Jesus Christ.

"If you cant figure out the install or something isn't working, there are other versions floating around the web you can try."



What a fucking mess. Hire an expert.

[ctuna]

The only small differences with Windows 10 the command
prompt is now the power shell and yoo must select the admin
version. And Windows 10 does not like you to have Admin
privileges even if you are Admin. Especially the Home version
as compared to the Pro version.

[N54Society]

Easiest way to get this "up and running" is to just use the Oracle VirtualBox images. Not sure why people bother going through the painful installation when there is a VM image you can use.

[hassmaschine]

It's not painful at all IMO. and emulators can cause issues with flashing in my experience.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Originally Posted by NGEE

Hilarious - that's what I was referring to.

Exactly.

Half the stickies have no links or deleted files that don't exist anymore.

I was lucky enough to find someone on the F30 forums that I think was his website he made for ISTA/Rheingold but his website is now down and I was lucky to get it. I'm thinking of uploading it there back.

Bimmergeeks do have INPA though

[Greyfox]

I've been collecting software for a year or two... have a fairly extensive collection up on Mega at this point.