Quote Originally Posted by gn3dr
Quote Originally Posted by Dod
Yeah, please do. I'm in the middle of an engine swap and the dash and sooooo many other things need to be changed itd be as handy for me to have my own gear.

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Well I got the discs and cables last night and installed them on a netbook. Everything went OK although it took a while.
Didn't read any of the manuals but plugged it in today and got it to read error codes with INPA on my car so that much is working fine. Was able to look at the live data as well.

I've an E36 so there is probably a lot of functionality that isn't available compared to the later cars.
Now to figure out the error codes and which ones I should react to vs. which ones are always there once you plug it in in a certain state.
do you really can see live data on your e36 via usb cable?
to read e36 propertly you have to have tiny ads interface and use rs232
port.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tiny-ADS-Interface-for-BMW-INPA-DIS-EDIABAS-/261213787804?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item3 cd18e169c
i did set my self with this stuff, altough it took me a long time, and to get laptop with real rs323 port, but at least now i can see older e36's