[jigger]

hi basically ive done a lot of reading up on forum regarding coding so today connected up cable from cableshack and software provived...inpa loads up shows the 2 black dots but doesn`t show me any information about my car..i try to load the vif to show modules and i get a language variant error...anyone got any ideas how to sort it out...2009 335d...

[jc_bmw]

Language variant error sound ok
do you have anything in your CFG folder in your INPA directory? Sounds like you are missing it or the text file

[wildcatcrazy]

Originally Posted by jigger

hi basically ive done a lot of reading up on forum regarding coding so today connected up cable from cableshack and software provived...inpa loads up shows the 2 black dots but doesn`t show me any information about my car..i try to load the vif to show modules and i get a language variant error...anyone got any ideas how to sort it out...2009 335d...

Language variant error only means you have a mixture of English and German, which is very common. You should be able to select ok and continue.

[jigger]

Originally Posted by jc_bmw

Language variant error sound ok
do you have anything in your CFG folder in your INPA directory? Sounds like you are missing it or the text file

i just looked in that folder and theres plenty of files.

[jigger]

Originally Posted by wildcatcrazy

Language variant error only means you have a mixture of English and German, which is very common. You should be able to select ok and continue.

doesnt show me any modules or information about car

[wildcatcrazy]

Originally Posted by jigger

doesnt show me any modules or information about car

I can use team viewer to help you out. Go to teamviewer.com and click on join remote control session, then pm me your user id and pword.

[jigger]

appreciate that offer ....im waiting on vendor to get bac to me first and if i dont get it sorted then your help would be great...was hoping it was something simple

[jc_bmw]

is there anything in your INPA.ini?

[jigger]

Originally Posted by jc_bmw

is there anything in your INPA.ini?

i dont see any folders named that....

[jc_bmw]

inside CFG you should see INPA.ini open it with notepad to see if there is anything inside

[jigger]

Originally Posted by jc_bmw

inside CFG you should see INPA.ini open it with notepad to see if there is anything inside

yep plenty files in there ending eng and ger....english and german i presume

[jigger]

ok heres where i am now..apparantly an adaptor was supplied for older models i think but its not needed on mine..so i can go into inpa now and read vif as follows..

can someone explain this to me job status ok...does that mean theres no updates....
because when i go into winkfp and choose update zusb there is nothing coming up in the box i would think all modules would be listed here

and if i try putting say cas zusb no in it comes up with this error

so can someone tell me if im doing summit wrong or is settings wrong....

[cryptomit]

Did you import all necessary files to WINKFP?

[jigger]

just found out i only had daten coding files and not programme files.i purchased as a package...dl v.53 just now so hopefully try again once updated to winkfp..thx for reply

[cryptomit]

Download full sp-daten - it weights about 10 GB for your car. You will find there DATA folder which has to be imported to WINKFP, to

c:\EC-APPS\NFS\DATA

SGDAT to:

c:\EC-APPS\NFS\SGDAT

And that's it.

[jigger]

thx ..do i have to import files through winkfp or can i just copy the files to the above folders....how will i know if its worked without plugging into car again..thx

[LMB335IS]

Have you guys never heard of the BMW coding tool? It will automatically update all your daten and winKFP with the click of a mouse. PM me for the zip or link to the zip and explanation of it.

[jigger]

i have it but everytime i choose sp source and daten it keeps saying not a valid spdaten file...although everything is there

[cryptomit]

Yes, you can just copy files there, its not necessary to do it using winkfp.

[wildcatcrazy69]

Originally Posted by cryptomit

Yes, you can just copy files there, its not necessary to do it using winkfp.

Although, I have just recently found it's easier to import the assembly line using WinKFP and allowing it to "merge" the data. Of course, this is really only important if you work on multiple chassis.

Because, if you just use the coding tool to update WinKFP, it will remove the prior chassis's data prior to importing the new chassis.

[jigger]

thx for all reply guys hopefully be able to check again tonight.....

[LMB335IS]

Originally Posted by jigger

i have it but everytime i choose sp source and daten it keeps saying not a valid spdaten file...although everything is there

Choose your E89 folder in your C drive as the source. I use the coding tool because I code multiple platforms but even if you're just doing the E89 it sure beats the hell out of all the copy and pasting. Not to mention how easy it is to use when you're doing simple aktiv/nicht aktiv coding changes. I made a youtube video for beginners to help out some friends that were having trouble getting started. I'd be happy to share with anyone that wants a look.