[pepcitros]

Good morning, I bought a BMW E87 118D and want to know which machine is best for diagnosis. BMW Scanner 1.4, BMW scanner 2.01, Impa. I have the scanner 1.4 and K + DCAN USB interface cable (INPA Compatible) Thank you.

[Bimmer540]

This is the best:

ISTA-D 3.56.31.17089 Standalone version:

http://cartechnology.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=17153

[rs@chip]

Hi..m8.. your Bmw-scaner 3 in 1 is not perfect,but good tool for acessing eeprom/flash dumps from diferent modules and also diagnostic..It work fine on older E-series..for K-dcan interface you can use Inpa 5.06 and also Ista d/p with bimerboy88's icom emulator(loader)like snypertje say for diagnostic is best to use Ista-d..standalone version..all that you have on forum..
good luck

[targa9]

ISTA-D is what the BMW Dealer network uses now so it gives you the exact same diagnostic capability as a Main Dealer.

INPA used to be used by BMW a long time ago (1990's maybe). It is fast to boot up and does a fair bit but it's basic and doesn't properly support a lot of cars now.

BMW Scanner is written for independent garages and is not produced by BMW themselves. It won't do everything ISTA-D does but I have seen it do some quick and dirty setting changes that the Main Dealer software wouldn't allow you to do.