I'll update my profile with info on both the cars ( 2.0 litre lockdown 1 project, now on the road and the recently acquired 2. If you're able to link me to a suitable cable and 20 pin adapter that will work with my software download and old windows 7 laptop, that would be massively appreciated. So, as it stands now, thanks to the folks above, I've learnt that my old laptop only has a VGA and not a true serial port.
I found it on a BMW coding face book group and it's referred to in other you tube videos I've seen. A one hit bundle of software containing INPA etc, collated by "Mike" into a one hit simplified file download. īoth my cars are 99 facelifts, so it looks like the usb cable is the way to go. After this start though, it appears that I may be pushing my ability somewhat. I've been reading up on the foxwell 530 for a while but wanted to try the Inpa laptop route initially to perhaps enable more advanced coding, relating to a specific issue on my 2.8 project (coding module, eep1 fault on the binacle and subsequent mileage correction.
txt file thats included is a translation reference that you dump in the CFGDAT folder. Important: It is NOT usually necessary to change the Windows input language to work with multiple languages in Office. I did recently read that thread and noted it in my little BMW reference book, but obviously hadn't taken in the information sufficiently. B bluewater328 Registered Joined 14 Posts 5 Bascially, no version will be completely translated, but it's about as far as you can go. For example, if the default input language for the Windows operating system is Japanese, the default language for all Office programs is also Japanese.