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Inpa Manual
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INPA MANUAL
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Since BST (BMW Standard Tools) was designed for Win XP 32bit operating systems users have faced issues with tools like WinKFP and NCSExpert since
Win 7 64bit systems have been introduced. Running in XP compatibility mode just wasn't enough. Presenting you with several errors or not running at all.
Only solution was to install on a XP system or like me... XP VMware. Well that all changed with BST 2.12 which works on 32 or 64bit systems.
WIN 7/8, 32/64bit OS
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STEP 2: INSTALLING INPA (will need it after coding certain modules such as DME for CAS or EWS Alignment)
Download and install my version of INPA 5.06 with Fxx Support by simply replacing the existing folders with the folders provided in the INPA I send
you(request by PM only):
Replace C:\EC-Apps\INPA
Replace C:\EDIABAS
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Copy and replace contents in the .zip file with contents in C:\NCSEXPER\BIN. Now NSCExpert is in English but you will find the Hot Keys do not work.
This is a bug a fellow MHH member discovered and haven't really worked on trying to fix it so for the time being just click on the F# key with your
mouse.
Not done yet with NCSExpert. Need to import profiles to NCSExpert. How? well download the PFL.zip and copy and replace all contents from PFL.zip
to[b]C:\NCSExpert\PFL. (you will also find a lot more PFL's by searching for NCSExpert profiles in Google)
Now you have a working WinKFP and NCSExpert with profiles loaded on your PC we can continue to Step 4.
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Configure your DCAN/INPA cable. If you followed my steps correctly than your EDIABAS should already be configured to STD:OBD for use with the INPA
cable. If not you can download ediabas-konfigurator from here if it is not already in your C:\EDIABAS\Ediabas-Konfigurator folder. This tool allows you
to easily change the ediabas.ini to your desired interface. So if you are switching from INPA to E-Sys you could use this to switch from STD:OBD to ENET.
Now to set your COM Port we must first find which COM port is being used for your cable.
Connect your cable to your PC (some may require a 12v supply to power the cable)
Allow the device drivers to install (for best driver use the driver that came with your cable. If not then let windows install the best suitable driver for it)
Navigate to Control Panel, Device Manager, and scroll to Ports (COM & LPT)... see pic bellow
So in my case it's COM5. So we need to change this in the obd.ini file located in the c:\ediabas\bin folder. But first lets make some changes to the cable.
Right click on your INPA cable driver for example mine is labelled "USB Serial Port" and click on properties. Now in the property window click on the
advanced tab.
Now every driver is different but the important part is the settings such as latency timer and received and transmit bytes. See pic bellow for the ideal
settings. You may also change the COM port number here as well for tutorial I left it at 5. Once your changes are done we can proceed by clicking OK to
accept the changes. No close all windows to return to the desktop.
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STEP 5: CHANGING THE OBD.INI
Navigate to C:\EDIABAS\BIN and find file obd.ini and open it with an editor such as notepad.
[OBD]
Port=Com1
Hardware=USB
So we need to change the Port to reflect our INPA cable which in our case is COM port 5. So change it to look like this...
[OBD]
Port=Com5
Hardware=USB
Very important to remember which USB port you connected your cable to as plugging it into a different USB port will allocate the INPA cable to a
different COM port and neither tool will see the cable until the original USB port is used again or changed in device manager and obd.ini as mentioned
above.
Now to test if your cable installed correctly. Plug it into the vehicle's OBD port and open INPA. You should look like this...
Image has been scaled down 37% (1008x542). Click this bar to view original image (1600x860). Click image to open in new window.
If not follow the above steps again and correct your error.
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STEP 6: SPDATEN FILES
Download and install SPDaten files of your choice (always recommend the latest) in this case it is 53 Once downloaded you can now follow the
instructions provided bellow labelled "How_to_start_WinKFP.pdf" this will explain how to import the SPDaten files to WinKFP.
For NCSExpert to install or update the daten files, copy the files from SP-daten-E##\daten to the C:\NCSEXPER\DATEN\E##\ (where E## is whatever
chassis you're updating). You will also want to copy the files from SP-daten-E##\SGDAT to C:\NCSEXPER\SGDAT (they're not separated into different
chassis in NCS Expert, so you just want to copy and paste everything to that directory. Overwrite everything it asks about). Then copy the files from SP-
daten-E##\ECU to C:\EDIABAS\ECU
After copying the daten files to c:\NCSEXPER\DATEN\E## copy the following files to the following locations:
Cheers!