How to use ISTA+, ISTA D for beginners K Dcan cable. How to diagnose your BMW with ista car software 

These videos will be a must to anyone who picks up ISTA in the future! I’ve had it over a year and just started messing with it last week. Took me days to understand what you went over in 19 mins 😂 can’t wait for the next vids!

Thanks for this mate. Will take me a while to get used to this software looking forward to more videos as always 🤝.

Informative and well presented. Excellent content

Thanks for your excellent content! I have a couple of questions about getting ISTA+ software and hardware. I do plan to run ISTA+ on a PC laptop for portability. Any particular brand of PC and its configurations that you would suggest; in addition where I can acquire INSTA+ software to support BMW G30. Also any cables (i.e. ICOM, ethenet cable, etc.) required? Your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Great work , nice vid , definitely recommending this site

Very good video. Thank you.

Interesting and educating.

Great vid! It would be great if you did additional videos. Please do!

Thanks. I've always wanted to learn this. Going to subscribe. 👍🏽

thank you my brother!!!

Awesome 👏

Hi, thanks for the video. This is the exact video i need to complete my BMW specialization. I need help installing and use of ISTA P and D and how to buy subscriptions.

hello i have a 2005 bmw x5 e53 3.0 L engine. i got the vehicle scanned and the dme seems to be the problem. I got a code equivalent to P0302 which says it is misfiring. There are new ignition coils and spark plugs. the wiring to the ignition coil is good. Moreover, the vehicle was involved in an accident as ran overboard and i believe water may have entered the dme. Also i bought a donor dme and was trying to code it with inpa to the vehicle, is possible to code a used dme? If not i can replace the entire system with a ecu, immobiliser and key?

I think you need to connect to the vehicle at least 1 time prior to choose by VIN(at least for 7 digit). I am getting VIN is invalid or has not been assigned. I'm waiting on my cable and wanted to see if I could find a bit easier to understand manuals but no luck yet. If I still get that error after getting my cable I'll update.

Hi, watched your intro video about clearing codes and just wondered if removing the battery terminals and connecting them together does the same without having to have ista, Thanks in advance, Roger

Quick question for a beginner to ISTA, to use on an F15, do I need to use only an Ethernet cable? I am not seeing the diagnostic fault tree, so is it the cable issue on my ISTA the problem? Thanks, excellent overview, so very much appreciated.

Great video as always. Ignition ON as in the Car needs to be running ? Also, are you running ISTA+ on Windows XP or Windows 7/8/10 ? Thank you.

Quick question. I did my E38 following your video and the "Window" to switch off ignition and remove key never disappeared. I had to manually cancel it. Have you encountered this before ? Thanks

Hi, I've recently bought an F11 BMW and want some software as I like to recode and fault find myself. I've always had VW and have used Vagvom for years. Is this similar to use ? And could someone tell me what I need and put a link on please. Based in the UK 👍🏼

Very helpful tutorial. I noticed that on my 2005 E46, I cannot get any detailed description of the codes, is this normal?

Hi just watched your video as thinking of getting ista for my f11 could you tell me wot cable I need for it and does it go in the obd2 or engine bay cheers

I ran ISTA and found some faults but they say 'Existent = No' which I assume is good. Any harm in deleting all the codes and running the test again?

Is there a online training in BMW ista software use you can recommend thank you.

Very helpful for a beginner👍 where can I find part 2?

Can INSTA be used to restore data on my bricked FRM Module on my 2012 R59?

I have problem ista+ communicating with all the modules. Even 3 dealerships are not able to communicate with all modules. Any thoughts on what could be causing the failure to communicate? I can send you screenshots of the vehicle test results if that helps.

Could you possibley explain why ISTA+ v 4.32.15 will connect to an E84 but give a license error when trying to connect to an E38?

Did you make another videos on how to use ISTA, because i can't find it

Hello can ista+/p after download be used offline for diagnostics and programming?

Great educational video...thabks....i have a 2002 mini cooper....wbat version ot ista is righr for older vehicles!??

Hi Mate .... Love your video on how to use ISTA .... i have a stupid question .... is the K+DCAN cable ok to use on a F 20 M135 i bmw

i would like some help with acquiring this program could someone steer me in the right direction? personal use with my F10

Can you diagnose F/G series wit Dcan cable or you must swich to E cable

My d can cable has black switch with 4 modes, my ista+ has 6 options to make connections like ediabas Icom etc i dont even know what to choose and why

This is an awesome video but where do I find the rest

you never left the other man info for contact

Hi, the ISTA programme keep stuck at the vehicle identification loading part and doesnt want to go beyond that. any idea whats wrong?

very nice. how do i watch other videos ?. Kindly reply

I do need some help with my setup my “Ethernet cable unplugged” msg is beating me, get in touch pls

What is the minimum specs of laptop has to be to do all this, the specs of my laptop is Windows 11, 4 GB of memory 64 GB of storage is that good enough if not please tell me the minimum specs I need

Hello where is the website of the subscriber you partnered with..?

Hello everyone, everytime i want to open a repair direction this error shows up "The selected document is without content". Does anyone know why this happens and how I can fix that? You would really help me :)

Please help me for install ista+ , because i have installed but not working, always said " the identified vehicle is incompatible with the current brand setting, check correct brand setting and repeat the identification, processing the case was cancelled by system" Please help me to fix that , i'm really dont know about that , i buy the aplication ista+, but i can't instal this aplication, 🙏🏻🙏🏻, please help me

Would be improbable to expect an answer after the video's been online for a year - great video - but you literally don't show the connection process to the car. You don't show the car interface selection in ISTA or what other settings you use for the laptop to actually "talk" to the car (eg, brand is BMW/MINI or BMW PKW?). Have a 2012 530xD F11 and can't get the ISTA to connect, tried most settings and two cables today - one silver saying "K-DCAN INPA Compatible" on the OBD plug - and one black, a VCDS clone (the latter one was kinda last ditch effort). ISTA just doesn't locate the car - no car connected. Do I have to have the ENET LAN cable with an F11? Do I have to use an older Win7 laptop (the one I used today was freshly installed Win10 just for this purpose). An answer would be appreciated, greetings from Latvia.

Could you share the link of the website to buy enet and d can cable

Ever plan on a second part?

Where do I get the program from to download on my laptop

Is there a way to make the initial vehicle test faster? 😂

How can I clear certain selected faults instead of clearing everything? What is the steps?

Link for Samir's site doesn't work anymore

Hi, I could do with some help with my ista+. Can you help me please?

Where's the second part please?

Why is my control unit tree, control unit list, and operations report grayed out?

Hello this is me again I live in USA how can I reach Samir thru email can you help me. Thank you

Where are u

What is the difference/benefits between ISTA+, ISTA D and INPA? Thanks in advance 🙏

Where can I get ista+

Hi, Thank you very much for the informative video. Have you made a video on how to adjust an electronic wastegate calibrate with Ista+? Is it possible to use Ista+ to activate a DPF regeneration? Thanks in advance:-))