Installing INPA \ EDIABAS 6.4.3

 

• Begin by inserting the CD or mounting the image

 

 

• Navigate to the “<CD DRIVE>:\Referenz\INSTALL” folder
• Launch the file “Instprog.exe”

 

 

• Select English, then press Continue

 

 

• Press Continue

 

 

• Leave C:\ as destination drive, and press Continue

 

 

• Select BMW Group Recertification programs USA and press Continue

 

• Place check marks on the option for Complete next to EDIABAS and INPA, then press Continue

 

 

• Select OBD as interface and press Continue

 

 

• Press End when the installation has completed

 

 

• Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder “C:\Ediabas\Bin”
• Locate the file EDIABAS.INI, and open it with notepad

 

 

• Locate the line for “remotehost” and “port” adjust to “192.168.68.1” and “6801” respectively

 

• Save and close the file.

 

• Navigate to the folder “C:\EDIABAS\Hardware\OBD” and launch the file OBDSetup.exe

 

 

• This screen will appear, just press any key to close it:

 

• Press Windows+Break to open System Properties:

 

• Proceed to the Advanced tab, and press the Environment Variables button:

 

• Find the Path system variable, highlight it and press Edit

 

• At the end of the path statement, add a semicolon, and the path “C:\ediabas\bin” then press OK

 

 

Using CarSoft Interface with INPA

 

• Attach your CarSoft interface cables to the diagnostic port under the hood, and to your computer. If you are using a USB\Serial adapter, Open Device Manager, and make certain that it is assigned to COM 1:

 

Note: I have found it is necessary to run CarSoft once to get the interface to work with INPA. Perhaps this is initialize the interface, if you have more information about this, please let me know.

 

• Start CarSoft, and perform a diagnosis of the DDE:

 

When the test completes you can close CarSoft. If it fails, you need to get your communications with your interface and CarSoft working before continuing:

 

• Start INPA with the shortcut INPA(_.IPO)

 

 

• Try and perform a test. ( My car is an E36 328i)

 

 

DIS with INPA interface

 

Now that INPA is working, we can get DIS to work with the same interface.

 

• Open “Manage Virtual Networks” for VMWare and proceed to the Host Virtual Network Mapping tab:

 

 

• Click the arrow beside VMnet1 and click Subnet:

 

 

• Enter 192.168.68.0 for IP Address and press OK:

 

 

• Open Windows Explorer and navigate to “C:\EDIABAS\Bin” and launch the file IFHSrv32.exe.

 

 

• A windows does not open, it simply places an icon on your task bar:

 

 

• Open VmWare, and edit your DIS virtual machine to only have one Ethernet adapter, and assign it to VMnet1:

 

 

• Start the DIS Virtual Machine:

 

• Click on Administration:

 

• Under the DIS item, click on Calibrating Touch-Screen.
• Enter password (dealer #) and the following screen will appear:

 

 

• Enter “1” to Configure EDIABAS and press enter:
• Then type “2” and press enter to run “API test” - If you see the following menu, the test is successful:

If the test was not successful, there is likely a network communication problem.

 

• Exit the screen by typing in “0” and pressing enter. Exit the remaining screens by pressing “9” and enter.
• The system will reboot, and DIS will come up.
• Open Administration again, and under Config, select System

 

 

• Enter IP address 192.168.68.20, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.68.1 and press OK

 

 

• Press the back arrow, and you will be notified that the system will be restarted:

 

 

• After the system reboots, and DIS comes up again, click on Diagnosis and the following screen appears:

 

 

• Select your model of car, and press the arrow to continue:

 

• You will likely receive errors about battery power, click Ok to these:

 

 

• After this, select manual to identify your vehicle:

 

 

• Choose your vehicle and press the arrow to continue:

 

 

• Choose a module, and press the arrow:

 

 

• If you see something like this, then you have read the data from the module, and you can begin further diagnostics