Good stock, on REAL BMW ICOM Next A hardware. There are currently STILL Out Of Stock on B and C. That was in 2011.Īt that time they where Out Of Stock on the B and C. So, ICOM is best, BMW wants you to buy this from API International, last quote I got from them was $4259.45 for A, B, & C. With the BMW factory connector, the ICOM Next A, you have a huge pipe, and the ICOM is like a reservoir, data accumulates in the ICOM and ISTA-P executes the command releasing it to the car, when it is best. This warning is copied from BMW OSS doc’s online.Ī wireless connection between the PTT and PC must not be used!!!! A momentary interruption of traffic can cause irreparable damage to ECUs!!!!Į31, E34, E26 (318i) will not connect with J2534, if you want these cars, you need the ICOM. The dealer can usually recover that module. If interrupted, good luck, car might need to go to the Dealer. The J box transfers large amounts of data like a small diameter water pipe, it trickles data, and will get the job done if it is not interrupted. That is why BMW has to say ICOM detection may take as long as 15 minutes!īuy the fastest system that you can put Win 7, SVC Pack 1 Ultimate/Professional/Enterprise.Ī J-2534 box for programming BMW’s works, slowly and with risks. (BMW advice on processor speed has not changed in 3-4 years) Is the newest BMW factory connector, the ICOM Next A, and the B and C parts!īMW Minimum system requirements are way too low. Thirty minutes later and the car is very happy, no DTC’s.Īre you still wondering about buying a J2534 or an ICOM? $1200 later and now its 4:30, John comes back with the new part. Superseded part number, 10 + in stock, the fail all the time, hence the new part. Once connected with the ICOM we flashed it and it failed.Ĭalled the Dealer parts and checked stock. Now we can go back to the E60 and flashing that AMPT.
J-2534 is NOT high on their “to be done soon” list’s as no dealer uses this device.Īll BMW Dealers use the factory ICOM! That is their top priority.īMW updated the main software, they did not bother to update or test the BMW-PTT drivers and they do not currently work with the ISTA 3.5+.
He explained what we all know as real in the after market shops.īMW is legally mandated to provide J-2534 access, so they do, when they get around to it. We where quickly connected, spent about two minutes with the support agent. We worked on the software long enough without success to call Drew Tech support. We fought it remotely long enough to decide we needed to roll out with the ICOM NextA around 10:30 AM. We could not get the Cardaq to pop in the VCI connection manager of the ISTA-P.
NPįollowed all advice on the BMW site for a successful install including the BMW PTT.
Installed ISTA-P on a WIN 7 64 bit running 8 GGB’s of RAM. Installed all drivers that Drew still had up on that site. We tried to use a Cardaq + that is no longer supported by Drew Technologies. He has a 2006 BMW E60 with the AMPT module that was intermittent On/Off. They recently bought the Universal scanner from Taiwan and the diagnostic PC, an $11,000 package from us. Luke from Sterling Service in Littleton, Colorado called us, we have exclusively provided diagnostics for that shop now for more than 15 years. We just got this from Drew Technologies on Friday the 13Th!