2018

Installation ISTA-D & ISTA-P with

ICOM, K-DCAN & ENET adapters.
Errors & their solutions.

ALL OPERATIONS DESCRIBED BELOW REFER TO STANDALONE VERSIONS

 Installation ISTA-P
Install the NetworkTool (only required for K-DCAN). Installation and setup is described in chapter
Setting K-DCAN adapter. Unzip the file ISTA-P x.xx.x.xxx.7z, for example in D:\BMW\ISTA-P.

Start using ISTA-P Loader. Its setting is below.

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 Setting ISTA-P Loader program

Copy ISTA-P Loader folder in C:\Program Files . Run C:\Program Files\ISTA-P Loader\BMW ISTA-P
Loader.exe. Enter the license key from the Activation Key.txt file in the same folder, and click Continue.
After that ISTA-P Loader closes.

Start ISTA-P Loader again and select Manual Search.

Choose the path ISTA-P installation.

Next, choose the language, screen resolution, and put a check in front of Expert Mode.

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 This is followed by a warning about ISTA-P problem with scaling of text. In Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, the
default is 125%. We need to put 100%. Put a check mark and are continuing.

In the next window, you can write anything you like or do not write anything on your discretion. Hit
SAVE and continue.

Next, choose the emulator starts for K-DCAN or ENET adapter. For ICOM, it is not necessary.

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 Next choose the brand to launch BMW Cars, BMW I, BMW Motorcycles, MINI or Rolls Royce.

If you need to change the language, screen resolution or dealer information, it is possible to reset the
ISTA-P Loader. To do this, in the upper right corner click the "i" then the Reset Settings, and then ISTA-P
Loader closes.

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 The program also has installation Patched EDIABAS 7.3.0 and NetworkTool.

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 Setting K-DCAN adapter

Start the installation EDIABAS one of the following methods :

1. Start Patched_EDIABAS_7.3.0.msi file.

2. Start BMW_Standard_Tools_Setup_2.12.0.exe file.
3. From the interface ISTA-P Loader 6+ version.

I will show the installation of the first version.

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 By default, com port set to 9. Open the file with any text editor C:\EDIABAS\BIN\obd.ini. Change the
Port=Com9 line at Port=Com1 and save.

Connect K-DCAN adapter to the computer and install the driver. I am using the latest driver from
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm site. Then we go to the Device Manager and open the
settings of your adapter USB Serial Port (COMx).

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 Then fill in all as in the screenshot below.

Change setting ISTA-D in VCI Configuration tab as shown on the screenshot below.

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 Some adapters need to switch modes to work with K-Line or DCAN. For this purpose, there is a utility
D-CAN.exe. On the right, select Com port, the left mode.

Do not forget about one more nuance. For the E-series until 2008 with K-Line, you need to solder a
jumper between pins 7 and 8 of your adapter. Or to use a special adapter. To communicate with the E-
series the year and above 2008, as well as the F-series, this should not be a jumper.

Personally, I used the adapter with the switch, which, incidentally, did not need the above mentioned
utility D-CAN.exe.

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 Installation NetworkTool

Run the installation NetworkTool one of the following methods :

1. Start NetworkTool.exe file.

2. From the interface ISTA-P Loader 6+ version.

I will show the installation of the first version. The utility will run a few seconds. Then a window will
appear with the message that you need to restart the computer, wait for this message!

After restarting the network connection "Network Connection" (Loopback Adapter) , rename to USB
(renamed network connection as well as a file or folder). After renaming, click on it, right-click and disable.

We go to the properties of the connection and prescribes the following (TCP / IPv4) IP 169.254.0.8
Mask 255.255.0.0. This setting is finished. On some systems, it is not necessary to do all of these settings,
as the utility makes it herself. Why she does it on certain systems, the question is not for me, but I
recommend that you always check the settings after installation.

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 Setting ENET adapter

Install EDIABAS one of the following methods :

1. Start Patched_EDIABAS_7.3.0.msi file.

2. Start BMW_Standard_Tools_Setup_2.12.0.exe file.
3. From the interface ISTA-P Loader 6+ version.

Set up Your Ethernet adaptor as shown in screenshot below.

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 Setting ENET for ISTA-P

Disable Your antivirus, firewall & turn off WIFI. Connect ENET cable to car & PC. Turn on ignition and
wait a couple minutes. Launch ISTA-P Loader. Click the ENET ICOM emulator button. ZGW search will
now open.

Enter Your car’s ZGW IP and click Continue. Then wait for emulator running notifications to appear.

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 On loader main screen choose relevant brand. ISTA-P will now launch.

Select ENET in connection manager.

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 When ISTA-P asks for ignition ON/OFF during programming use the KL15 controls located in the
notification area of the taskbar or the hotkeys.

Look Hotkeys in ISTA-P Loader program.

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 Setting ENET for ISTA-D

Disable Your antivirus, firewall & turn off WIFI. Connect ENET cable to car & PC. Turn on ignition and
wait a couple minutes. Run ISTA-D, then open settings and select VCI Config tab and fill all how on
screenshot below.

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 Then select ENET mode with empty IP-Address field during connection setup.

Alternatively you could select other mode of connection in VCI Config tab.

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 In that case You will see VIN & IP address as on screenshot below. Select your ENET connection
from the list and press Set up connection button.

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 Setting ICOM adapter

ICOM Connect to a PC via a LAN cable and powered it through the diagnostic connector. Run IToolRadar
and wait until your ICOM will appear in it. IP address at all the screenshots below, from my ICOM. You will
most likely be 169.254.92.38 or even any. All of the examples below, will be presented with the IP address
of my ICOM. You everywhere write your IP.

Open the browser and type in the address bar 169.254.33.45:58000/?countrycode=de. In the window
that opens, select the LAN Settings and fill as in the screenshot below. At the end click Save Changes.

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 If in your ICOM installed WIFI card, select the WLAN Settings and fill as in the screenshot below. At the
end click Save Changes.

Next, choose the Device Configuration and choose in line Mode the ISPI-Next. At the end click Save
Changes.

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 Configuring connectivity ICOM through WIFI

For the connection of ICOM through WIFI and need a virtual router. Here is a list of virtual routers,
checked by me on the operability :

1. mHotspot
2. MyPublicWiFi
3. VirtualRouter
4. VirtualRouterPlus
5. Wi-Fi_Point.

There is one problem, if you have Wi-Fi card INTEL installed in your PC, ICOM can't be connected. A
card is required, either Atheros or Broadcom.

I personally use a Wi-Fi_Point, it's free and does not require installation, so the show tune from his
example. Settings of the other is no different.

And so, we run the Wi-Fi_Point and in the window that opens, click Настройки. In the field, enter the
SSID - ICOM, пароль - 12345678, that is the same that was introduced into the WLAN Settings window
in the web interface of ICOM. Put a check mark, as shown below, and click
Сохранить. Then click Старт.

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 After the launch of the virtual router in the Network Connections menu, there is the Local Area
Connection (Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter) , in my case ICOM. Then go to its settings. Fill in
all as in the screenshots below.

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 Click OK and continue to the ISTA-D. Start ISTA-D and change setting inVCI Configuration tab as shown
on the screenshot below.

Next, go to the diagnosis. If when reading the vehicle the following window appears, set the cross to
the right of Free, in the box. On the resulting query Set ICOM [ICOMxxxxxxx] as a standard ICOM ? ,
answer Yes.

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 Firmware update ICOM
Open the browser and type in the address bar 169.254.33.45:60080. Do not forget that you can have
a different IP. In the window that opens, enter:

User name: root

Password: NZY11502.

In the next window, click Update Firmware.

Next, select the update file ICOM-BootImage-xx-xx-xx.bin, the latest version at the time of the update,
and click Send the file. In ICOM start flashing red LEDs.

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 In the next window click Update Firmware after the successful upgrade.

Next, select the update file ICOM-ApplicationImage-xx-xx-xx.bin, the latest version at the time of the
update, and click Send the file.

We are waiting for the update. In the next window, click Reboot. After that ICOM should reboot.

All done.

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 If after upgrade, you can not go to the web interface of ICOM, it is likely that the IP has changed. All
what you need to recover the firmware of the ICOM is in the archive Restore ICOM.7z . To assign a
standard IP 169.254.92.38, take a clean USB flash drive and copy the files USER.settings and
user.settings.log, insert the USB flash drive into an available ICOM and wait when the running track will
replace the LED color from red to green, and then the flash drive can be removed. If you need another IP,
edit the file in Notepad USER.settings, before being copied to a USB flash drive.

If the upgrade process there was a failure at some point or the ICOM does not restart at the end, then
you're out of luck and will have to pick up the soldering iron. But before you blow off flash chip, try to roll
back using ICOM_Restore.bin file and repeat the update again. Copy ICOM_Restore.bin to clean flash
drive, insert it into the ICOM, press and hold theReset button on the ICOM, supply it with power. All LEDs
will light up red and then release the button and press it three times all LEDs flash red. We wait for about
a minute and restart ICOM. If you revert failed and the ICOM observed non-standard symptoms, you have
to change the flash chip. Very often when you upgrade falls the flash chip K9F2G08U0BPCB0. A sure sign
of fall flash chip is a small amount of free space.

Symptoms of the fall of the flash chip:

1. ICOM-BootImage upgrade success, ICOM-ApplicationImage not, at the time of download ICOM

LED flashes red.
2. At boot time, ICOM flashing green LED and is not loaded.
3. At the first seconds of the boot ICOM, the LED flashes red, but then turns green and ICOM
loaded.
4. In the beginning, all the LEDs flash red on and off.
5. ICOM is loaded, but the program is constantly changing status.

I warn fans to remove the chip, with the ax, nichrome filament, blades, needles, ICOM card in a very
delicate and the slightest overheating or attempt to raise the legs lead to the detachment filament
tracks. The board under the flash chip a lot of empty dimes, which are easy to fly off even with careful
removal flash. This need not be scared as they are empty, and are not connected to other components.

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 If you restore the firmware has failed, and you have seen one of the above symptoms:

1. Remove flash chip K9F2G08U0BPCB0.

2. Soldering a new one.
3. Restore via USB drive with ICOM_Restore.bin.
4. Update the firmware via the web interface.

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 Errors & their solutions

This error have several reasons:

1. Not all vcredist installed. Basically vcredist 2013 x86 and vcredist 2015 x86.
2. Do not RCleanerV4.4.exe was launched or it is not fully worked. There were traces in the
registry from a previous installation.
3. Clean the hosts file.
4. There is no bases in SQLiteDBs folder.

This is perhaps the most common error. When this error, check the contents of the folder SQLiteDBs.
Not properly or not fully unpacked base. An example of how it should look like the content is in the chapter
Installation ISTA-D. Also, this error occurs when you first start ISTA-D if the above named folder does not
contain the base EN, because the default interface language is English. Just change the language setting
on yours and, if that database is in a folder, the error no longer appears.

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 It's simple, is not applied ISTA-D Reg Fix from the Tools folder. Or not applied for their bit. Use it again,
sometimes changes to the registry are not made immediately, on some systems.

Again, check the contents of the folder SQLiteDBs. Not properly or not fully unpacked base. As you
can see on the screenshot, the base even in the list of missing.
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 Squares instead of images. The problem with this error in the username folder. When you install
Windows, it was necessary to enter a user name in the Latin alphabet. Cyrillic program does not digest.
Decisions of the two, or create a second user with the name in Latin, or reinstall Windows.

Here ISTA-D requests to update the firmware of ICOM. How do that you can read in the chapter
Firmware update ICOM.

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 These two faults indicate that your time to a computer in the trash. The one on the left says about the
lack of free space on the disk where you installed ISTA-D. It must be 150 or more GB of free space. It can
be ignored and click not OK, and X in the upper right corner. The one on the right speaks for itself. Exits
two, use a modified ISTA-D, or buy a normal PC.

This error indicates that someone has not read the chapter Setting K-DCAN adapter , and incorrectly
configured EDIABAS or NetworkTool. No connection to the adapter. Or your K-DCAN is dead.

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 Here you again need to update the firmware ICOM or re unpack ISTA-P with 7-zip.

Anyone who sees such a screen when you try to connect to the car, when setting VCI"HO-ICOM / ENET
local network" through WIFI, the problem lies in your WIFI card driver. Try to roll back the driver to the
older version. For example, I have a WIFI card Atheros AR956x. On Win7 and Win10 everything works like
clockwork, and Win8.1 refused. The driver was 10.0.0.326, rolled to 10.0.0.285 and everything worked
fine. From the principle I tried to update the driver again, and again everything stopped working. So try
to play around with drivers and find a best one.

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 There is another common error. If after starting ISTAGUI.exe nothing happens and does not return any
errors, check the installation of netFramework 4.6.2, without it ISTA will not run.

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