[beemerboy88]

I have this installed as guided in this thread. Running both programs in VMWare. All seems OK except it will not connect to my K-CAN USB. A few questions:

1) The networks connector in ICOM and ISTA VMs are both Custom (Vnet2). But when I look at properties, both are set to Vnet0. I tried resetting to Vnet2, but they keep going back to Vnet0. Is that OK?

2) I run the D-CAN version of ICOM VM snapshot, then the ISTA VM program. Does the order of starting matter?

3) I noticed that my USB D-CAN was connected to ISTA VM and not to ICOM VM. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting to ICOM VM but that did not help. But I assume D-CAN should be active on the ICOM VM, right? It shows up under Device manager as COM9, which I also assume is the correct port(?).

4) I noticed detailed process in a PDF to set up for D-CAN vs other interfaces. Do I need to do all those steps or have those already been done in the VMs included?

If anyone who has gotten this running with D-CAN can give advice, I would appreciate.

I've set most of it up for you so to use k+dcan usb:

1. start ista and wait until it fully loads up to the main screen (may take 5-10 minutes).

2. start icom emulator using k+dcan snapshot

3. connect dcan usb and make it active in the icom vm only. Drivers should then self install. Set com port to com9 and latency timer to 1. (take a snapshot and label it "k+dcan configured" and next time start it using that snapshot).

4. then run ifhsrv32.exe from the icom vm desktop.

5. now go to ista and start a session. icom should appear in connection manager.

note: if icom does not appears then it means either:

a) you have not applied the mod correctly. Recheck that it got saved when you unmounted the vmdk.
b) the vms are not set to custom(vmnet2). They should be set by default to this.

6. Test. Best to do a quick test without it connected to a car first (led on k+dcan should start to flash if it is set up correctly).


Here's some videos I created a while ago which may help. Some of it does not apply (i.e the dongle part) but it should give you an idea on how to use the software. (run them "as administrator").