Is there anyone in the Lancs area, the nearer to Blackool the better, that could help me to get ISTA working on my laptop. I have tried to follow every guide I can find, all to no avail as it won't talk to either my E70 or E46.

Cheers in advance,

John.

Hi John

Sorry mate I am in deepest Sunny Sussex 😅

But let's try an see if I can help, before I got ISTA I used BMW 1.4.0 which is a great program for any BMW up to around 2006 Then I got INPA a much bigger program while it allowed better diagnostics it is a bit slower to use, so I brought ISTA about 5 years ago.

First ISTA is a massive program which takes ages to load properly the first time. When I first used it I was convinced it was not working. It took almost 10 mins + to suddenly start talking to the car ?? So a few questions

My version runs on a Windows 10 lap top dedicated to just ISTA/INPA and the guy I brought from gives online back up (I have spoken to him a few times for advice) So where did you buy and do they offer support (bit of a stupid question or you wouldn't be here)

I tried unsuccessfully to get mine running with an Ethernet cable just couldn't get the drivers to load correctly. Mine runs fine with a USB D-Kan cable So what Coms cable are you using

I would advise leaving your laptop running for at least 20 mins to ensure ISTA is fully loaded, make certain that the cars battery is fully charged with a booster pack or spare battery on standby. Then plug in and again wait if all is good the Program should recognise the car and start to populate the Information screen Let It Finish

If you are still having issues it is most likely Drivers that need removing and reloading

Hope this helps

Dave

It's a DKan usb cable that I used to use with my old laptop that ran INPA, but given that was mostly in German so I bought a much newer Dell pc and installed ISTA but have never been able to get it to talk to the car. Have installed .INI file that I downloaded, and many other things. I am guessing the cable still works but my old laptop died so am unable to check it.