I'm trying to trace an odd problem on my M50'd touring,and I think a scanner thingy may help.
I've trawled through 30 odd pages of them on ebay,but they all all seem to be OBD2,with an oblong 16 pin car connector.All I have is the big round socket.
What kit do I need,please?
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Anything that you would recommend?universal wrote:buy an adaptor, 20 pin bmw to 16 pin obd11, then use a scanner with that.
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You need an ADS/OBD box first of all, then the excellent diagnostic software from BM Technic on the M3 Cutters forum, which will give you dealer level diagnostics, etc., straight out of the box.
Unfortunately BM Technic appear to have recently gone 'belly up' and the software (and support) are no longer available, although there is someone on ebay selling hacked versions of his program.
Unfortunately BM Technic appear to have recently gone 'belly up' and the software (and support) are no longer available, although there is someone on ebay selling hacked versions of his program.
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So,Brian,just a reader and a cable will not help?
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I expect your knowledge of these fancy computer things is similar to mine, and you will never get these cheap INPA things to install on your laptop.
TBH, I've no idea what a scanner connected top one of these 20 pin - OBD2 leads might do, if anything, but the BM Technic stuff is (was) the real deal and worked perfectly without any geek input.
TBH, I've no idea what a scanner connected top one of these 20 pin - OBD2 leads might do, if anything, but the BM Technic stuff is (was) the real deal and worked perfectly without any geek input.
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I've ordered a cheap scanner as well,I have an intermittent fault that I do not understand and was hoping that a fault code would point me in the right direction.Brianmoooore wrote:I expect your knowledge of these fancy computer things is similar to mine, and you will never get these cheap INPA things to install on your laptop.
TBH, I've no idea what a scanner connected top one of these 20 pin - OBD2 leads might do, if anything, but the BM Technic stuff is (was) the real deal and worked perfectly without any geek input.
Oh well,when it arrives,I'll try it and see!
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Scanner and connecting cable have arrived.
Installed to the touring,the scanner tells me that it fails to connect to the ECU,so it's back to trial and error(mostly error!)to isolate my problem.
Plugged the scanner into 'er indoors 02 plate Micra and it showed no fault codes present,so at least the gadget will earn it's keep.
Installed to the touring,the scanner tells me that it fails to connect to the ECU,so it's back to trial and error(mostly error!)to isolate my problem.
Plugged the scanner into 'er indoors 02 plate Micra and it showed no fault codes present,so at least the gadget will earn it's keep.
Youth is wasted on the young.