BMW scan tool verses INPA with laptop
02-16-2018, 12:04 AM
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I use both but Carly does about 90% of what I want.
02-16-2018, 03:07 PM
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My Ride: 2010 528xi
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I use Carly also for my coding, battery reset and service reset, although Carly may show error codes that may be generic, and Carly has also been known to show codes but in actuality they ended up being false, that's when Inpa kicks in and actually just used it to reinitialize my rain solar sensor and clear codes the right way
02-17-2018, 02:30 PM
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02-17-2018, 02:32 PM
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My Ride: 528xi loaded
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I keep hearing carly keeps charging you for different things. I do hear good things about it though.
02-18-2018, 06:14 AM
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I am not sure if links are allowed.
Do a google with bimmergeeks as the search. You will see it as the first result. Download standard tools.
I was going to buy the cable from them but they were out of the office for awhile. I bought it from twisted tuning because it is the same bummergeek pro cable.
Do a google with bimmergeeks as the search. You will see it as the first result. Download standard tools.
I was going to buy the cable from them but they were out of the office for awhile. I bought it from twisted tuning because it is the same bummergeek pro cable.
02-19-2018, 12:15 AM
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I am not sure if links are allowed.
Do a google with bimmergeeks as the search. You will see it as the first result. Download standard tools.
I was going to buy the cable from them but they were out of the office for awhile. I bought it from twisted tuning because it is the same bummergeek pro cable.
Do a google with bimmergeeks as the search. You will see it as the first result. Download standard tools.
I was going to buy the cable from them but they were out of the office for awhile. I bought it from twisted tuning because it is the same bummergeek pro cable.
02-19-2018, 01:42 PM
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Well sure with some coding. Carly is the easy way with only what they give you for coding options.
With NCS-Expert and the other tools you can code whatever.
I needed to register my battery( done with Toolset32) and code out my headlight washers(NCS-Expert).
The registering would have been extra with Carly and the headlight washer coding wasn't available with Carly.
So I won with BMW Standard tools and a little homework.
I am not an expert but can get it done. It all depends what your goals are. I wanted an open ended solution.
With NCS-Expert and the other tools you can code whatever.
I needed to register my battery( done with Toolset32) and code out my headlight washers(NCS-Expert).
The registering would have been extra with Carly and the headlight washer coding wasn't available with Carly.
So I won with BMW Standard tools and a little homework.
I am not an expert but can get it done. It all depends what your goals are. I wanted an open ended solution.
02-19-2018, 03:38 PM
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Well sure with some coding. Carly is the easy way with only what they give you for coding options.
With NCS-Expert and the other tools you can code whatever.
I needed to register my battery( done with Toolset32) and code out my headlight washers(NCS-Expert).
The registering would have been extra with Carly and the headlight washer coding wasn't available with Carly.
So I won with BMW Standard tools and a little homework.
I am not an expert but can get it done. It all depends what your goals are. I wanted an open ended solution.
With NCS-Expert and the other tools you can code whatever.
I needed to register my battery( done with Toolset32) and code out my headlight washers(NCS-Expert).
The registering would have been extra with Carly and the headlight washer coding wasn't available with Carly.
So I won with BMW Standard tools and a little homework.
I am not an expert but can get it done. It all depends what your goals are. I wanted an open ended solution.
02-22-2018, 11:17 PM
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My Ride: 2007 E60 530XI
Model Year: 2007
Engine: 3.0
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Hey my fellow bmw e60 enthusiasts!
New to the site and got a question.
ok. Got an 07 530xi,had it a couple years with 122k on the clock. Did some normal bmw repairs like waterpump, altinator, and of course the battery. I'm running into the more complicated bmw repairs that would require some diagnostic work like "" the dredded red steering wheel on the dash"" it was on the car when I originally bought it btw. Another issue will be the "lcm" light module causing the headlight and blinkers to intermittently work with the "pull over!" On the i-drive.
question:
Would the bimmergeeks pro-cable and k+dcan/inpa download work well for my e60 platform as far as all around diagnosing, programming/reprogramming/updating/coding and registering components on the car.
and if I buy the cable they offer do you know if they send the software on a disk or do I have to download it from the home page.
thanks in advance guys!
New to the site and got a question.
ok. Got an 07 530xi,had it a couple years with 122k on the clock. Did some normal bmw repairs like waterpump, altinator, and of course the battery. I'm running into the more complicated bmw repairs that would require some diagnostic work like "" the dredded red steering wheel on the dash"" it was on the car when I originally bought it btw. Another issue will be the "lcm" light module causing the headlight and blinkers to intermittently work with the "pull over!" On the i-drive.
question:
Would the bimmergeeks pro-cable and k+dcan/inpa download work well for my e60 platform as far as all around diagnosing, programming/reprogramming/updating/coding and registering components on the car.
and if I buy the cable they offer do you know if they send the software on a disk or do I have to download it from the home page.
thanks in advance guys!
02-24-2018, 07:06 PM
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Hey my fellow bmw e60 enthusiasts!
New to the site and got a question.
ok. Got an 07 530xi,had it a couple years with 122k on the clock. Did some normal bmw repairs like waterpump, altinator, and of course the battery. I'm running into the more complicated bmw repairs that would require some diagnostic work like "" the dredded red steering wheel on the dash"" it was on the car when I originally bought it btw. Another issue will be the "lcm" light module causing the headlight and blinkers to intermittently work with the "pull over!" On the i-drive.
question:
Would the bimmergeeks pro-cable and k+dcan/inpa download work well for my e60 platform as far as all around diagnosing, programming/reprogramming/updating/coding and registering components on the car.
and if I buy the cable they offer do you know if they send the software on a disk or do I have to download it from the home page.
thanks in advance guys!
New to the site and got a question.
ok. Got an 07 530xi,had it a couple years with 122k on the clock. Did some normal bmw repairs like waterpump, altinator, and of course the battery. I'm running into the more complicated bmw repairs that would require some diagnostic work like "" the dredded red steering wheel on the dash"" it was on the car when I originally bought it btw. Another issue will be the "lcm" light module causing the headlight and blinkers to intermittently work with the "pull over!" On the i-drive.
question:
Would the bimmergeeks pro-cable and k+dcan/inpa download work well for my e60 platform as far as all around diagnosing, programming/reprogramming/updating/coding and registering components on the car.
and if I buy the cable they offer do you know if they send the software on a disk or do I have to download it from the home page.
thanks in advance guys!