[icandolikeyoo]

Hello everyone, 

   the last time I was here was in 2015 and since then I had for BMW diagnostics and coding only those programs: 

- BMW Scanner
- INPA
- NCS Expert

We all got E models from around the year 2000 in our family so there was really no need to change anything about that and I got really good at those 3 apps over time. Before that I used Carsoft so you can imagine how uplifting that change was. Recently my brother bought a slightly damaged F model for cheap and asked me if I could get a reader for that too. After making myself smart on the internet I found out that the best way would be to just jump right in  and I bought an ESYS cable with the ESYS SW and ISTA+. I got it all working and did my first diagnose of my E46 model on a DCAN cable in ISTA+ no problem. The program found even more errors then the BMW Scanner and INPA would. 

I educated myself a bit about the ISTA versions but I still lack a bit of knowledge. Could please anyone tell me what the difference is between P and D and +? Is the + a combo of D and P? And what exactly can I do in expert mode (P version has it, D version no idea and + probably has it but nobody knows how to access it yet)? Or better yet: can the expert mode replace the NCS coding for me or is there someting I am missing? 

Sorry if this is too long to read, just tried to shortly introduce myself and be polite   Thanks for any replies in advance