biz77

Have you tried basic coding with NCS Expert? Is that working?

rice_rocket88

I have not yet. .was interested in the tcu flash mainly. .coding is the extra icing..but not that important to me.

biz77

I would see if you can do basic coding through NCS Expert:

• Open Coding Tool
• Open NCSExpert
• FileàLoad Profile – load Expertmodus (Offen) profile
• Click “OK”
• Click F1: “VIN/ZCS/FA”
• Click F3: “ZCS/FA | ECU”
• Select chassis (E60)
• Click “OK”
• Choose ECU – select “CAS”
• Click “OK”
• You should now have VIN and FA appearing. FA is VO code.
• Select F6 “BACK”
• Select F4 “Process ECU”
• Select module to process from the pop-up
• Click “OK”
• Select F4 “Read ECU”
• Window will pop up with .TRC file. Close it.
• Go back to coding tool and select “Load TRC-File”
• You should get a list of all settings available in the module.
• Use “search” button to find parameter. Click “Search next” until you find the parameter you are looking for.
• Select parameter value, for example “nicht_aktiv”
• Pop up box will appear to alter the value. There may be a tick box for a “quick change” from “nicht_aktiv” to “aktiv” for example. In some cases you may have to input the data, “wert_04” for example.
• Once value is changed, click “OK”
• Click “Save MAN-File”
• Click “YES” on pop-up
• Click “SAVE” on pop-up
• Click “YES” on pop-up: “Do you want to backup the MAN-File?”
• Click “SAVE” on popup.
• Go back to NCSExpert and click F2 “Change Job”
• Select “SG-Codieren”
• Click “OK”
• Click F3 “Execute job”
• Close coding tool
• Click “Yes” on popup: “Do you want to empty the MAN-File?”
• Done!

rice_rocket88

Ok I'll give it a go tomorrow!

rackhacker9275

Cant wait to get my cable... Thanks for all the input PEEPS..

rice_rocket88

Biz77 it worked like a charm.. I coded the turn off legal disclaimer and it disappeared.


Just to be sure, I coded the auto eject key when start button held down and it worked too!

But... I now don't know the source of my error with the TCU flash..

biz77

And I'm afraid I can't be of much more help. I would wait for Ken to get back to you. My only suggestion would be to try updating all of your Daten files to the newest version.

rice_rocket88

Okay just one question about updating the Daten files...

So the instructions I got were to open bmwcoding tools, then update the sp-daten, then update the winpfk. This takes a few minutes, even hangs for a few seconds, but resumes fine.

Do I have to do this every single time before I open the winpfk to try the flash? Although I am pretty sure I did this and still got the error.. it's worth trying it again.

I also tried looking up the error and got a few answers:
1) the voltage of my car battery has to be above 13V .. ie I need to hook it up to a charger. This seems odd since nobody mentions I have to.
2) I need to change the communication settings in winpfk .. which I tried to, no luck, different errors
3) my cable isn't set to latency 1 .. but I have verified this over and over it is still com1 latency 1 every single time I plug it into the same port.

biz77

Once you update the daten files, they are updated. No need to do it every time.


I did not use a battery charger or any other type of power supply when I flashed mine.


Have you tried asking on bmwcoding.com?

biz77

What daten version are you using by the way?