[Bimmer540]

Can someone post how to flash with e-sys

[DayvG]

Can someone post how to flash with e-sys

[Node]

ISTA+ is for programming and diagnostics. However many people prefer E-Sys for flashing ECU's especially with retrofitted components. 

Would never flash a car with retrofitted components... Neither with ISTA nor with E-Sys... Unless you know exactly what was done and how, else its purely asking for trouble. Will spend hours fixing codings after that. The same with US cars imported to Europe and semi-converted... Never met an owner who would pay for that work.

[Bimmer540]

With esys must i choose all or blFlash, swDeploy, etc?

I would like to know wat this abbreviations mean?

[DayvG]

ISTA+ is for programming and diagnostics. However many people prefer E-Sys for flashing ECU's especially with retrofitted components. 

Would never flash a car with retrofitted components... Neither with ISTA nor with E-Sys... Unless you know exactly what was done and how, else its purely asking for trouble. Will spend hours fixing codings after that. The same with US cars imported to Europe and semi-converted... Never met an owner who would pay for that work.

I’ve retrofitted EVO, ASD, 6WB,ACC, KAFAS, new DSC, park assist, auto trunk and everything gets flashed to latest ilevel with the exception of the EVO to save the black screen boots. There’s probably some other things I’ve forgotten. E-Sys is an amazing tool once you learn how to use it.

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With esys must i choose all or blFlash, swDeploy, etc?

I would like to know wat this abbreviations mean?

If you use the latest versions of ESYS it will automatically select what you need. If I remember rightly BLFlash is boot loaded, CDDEPLOY is CAFD injection. SWdeploy is software.

[Node]

I’ve retrofitted EVO, ASD, 6WB,ACC, KAFAS, new DSC, park assist, auto trunk and everything gets flashed to latest ilevel with the exception of the EVO to save the black screen boots. There’s probably some other things I’ve forgotten. E-Sys is an amazing tool once you learn how to use it.

The words "I've retrofitted" are the keyword here. I have no problem flashing when I've retrofitted something. I'm talking about car where someone did something and then customer asks to fix something what requires flashing! Customer may not even be original owner for whom that was done and has no idea that something was retrofitted at all!!!

[DayvG]

I’ve retrofitted EVO, ASD, 6WB,ACC, KAFAS, new DSC, park assist, auto trunk and everything gets flashed to latest ilevel with the exception of the EVO to save the black screen boots. There’s probably some other things I’ve forgotten. E-Sys is an amazing tool once you learn how to use it.

The words "I've retrofitted" are the keyword here. I have no problem flashing when I've retrofitted something. I'm talking about car where someone did something and then customer asks to fix something what requires flashing! Customer may not even be original owner for whom that was done and has no idea that something was retrofitted at all!!!

That makes perfect sense mate, I only play with my car so it’s only ever my work

[Twointje]

ICOM is a separate computer which handles all protocols itself and has connection to a car through multiple busses (D-CAN, K-CAN, ENET) at the same time. It also has internal measurement for car voltage, etc.

F10 is able to talk via D-CAN and ENET. Strictly speaking both of these are connected to ZGM which then "translates" messages and forward to other units in a car via appropriate buses. As long as your ZGM is functioning properly there is no difference. However ENET bus needs much more complicate software to run, and early ZGMs do have issues to be programmed over this bus (you can use search on this forum to find workarounds).

So basically, ICOM can monitor car voltage, ignition status and other things itself and stop communication with a car if prerequisites are not met. ENET cable will pump data to a car in any case. If your power supply has ample amperage to keep constant car voltage, this may not be an issue.

As Spirit said flashing a car is always a risk. Its just smaller (and potentially easier recoverable) with the right tools.

I personally prefer ISTA+ for flashing because its "run and enjoy". It knows which units need to be programmed with ignition on and which with it off. It also runs all required initializations afterwards. With E-Sys you more or less need to know all of that yourself and do manually. But when flashing fails seriously, E-Sys is the only tool to do recovery.

Do you mean ista p because i think ista+ is not for programming just diagnostic ?

ISTA+ is for programming and diagnostics. However many people prefer E-Sys for flashing ECU's especially with retrofitted components. 

I can provide admin licenses for a cleaner easier to update version of ISTA+

DavyG what do you mean with ( 
I can provide admin licenses for a cleaner easier to update version of ISTA+ ) Is this a different version of ista-D then the one from Sedoy?

[DayvG]

I can create an ISPI Admin License that will give you licenses for ISTA+ ISTA D etc that update using ISTA Launcher rather than the Launcher Console that is available. You just download the files in a similar way but they are installed using the BMW software which use the license created to load. It also means you can use ISTA P without loaders (unless you need emulators). It is not standalone and it only requires you to download the smaller update files each time an update is released.

Its a cleaner solution and works in the same way it does in a BMW workshop but without the online access to BMW servers. Files are located in C:\SharedStorage and are installed using BMW ISPI ISTA launcher.

[Bimmer540]

what is the advantage over standalone