ICOM DIY/GUIDE [compatible with NCSEXPERT, WINKFP, et. al]

[newtoe46]

This guide will cover the steps required to get a genuine icom [Should work with a clone] to work with the EDIABAS protocol and BMW Standard Tools 2.11. The guide assumes BMW Standard Tools has been properly installed and configured. The guide arose out of the need for one; since this info is held very secretly in other forums or written in poor chicken scratch English.

What you will need

1. http://www.4shared.com/rar/vfqycv4I/ITool_Radar.html
   Password: {bimmerforums}
2. ICOM

Steps

• Plug in the ICOM into the OBDII port
• Edit EDIABAS.INI with the following
  Interface= REMOTE
  Remotehost= "self-assigned ip address"
• Plug in the ICOM into your laptops Ethernet port
• Wait until it self assigns an ip address
• Open iTools radar (extract to your Program Files directory, not Program Files (x86) if 64 bit)
• Your ICOM will appear in the window with a self assigned IP address i.e [169.254.xxx.xxx]*may be different in your case. adjust accordingly for the rest of the guide.
• Highlight your ICOM in iTools radar and click on RESERVE*important!

That's it! Open up INPA and the status LED's will now work--so will the entire EDIABAS suite.

Remote.ini contains settings for both MOST and DiagBus, how do you control which one is used during flash?

• By defining Interface = REMOTE:NAME in EDIABAS.INI
  
  
  • REMOTE:MOST (To use MOST)
  • REMOTE: DiagBus (To use DiagBus)

You can use only one bus at a time, switching require ediabas restart.

If anyone has anything to add--feel free. Have yet to make it work through into a GT1 VM (may just have to adjust subnets on the virtual network interfaces to match the IANA self assigned ip address). If you have a K+DCAN cable it may just be easier to use that for GT1.

By using this method you bypass all of this; as you can see saving yourself alot of time and headache. Since STATIC_IP is only required for EDIABAS functionality but DHCP is a must for ISTA/P, ISID usage.

1. Put this on blank txt file called "user.settings"

ConnectionMode = STATIC_IP Ip = 192.168.68.85 Netmask = 255.255.255.0 Gateway = 192.168.68.99

2.Set you laptop to static ip: 192.168.68.99

3.Download firmware files from ISIS server to your laptop.

4.Put file user.settings on FAT32 formated USB stick on the root of the stick.

5.Power off ICOM and connect usb stick to it.

6.Power on ICOM with stick connected and you will see the ICOM start falshing red.

7.Wait till all leds is greeen and connect ethernet cable between ICOM and your laptop and disconnect USB stick.

8.Start a webbrowser : 192.168.68.85:600809.Login to the ICOM and start firmware update with files witch already downloaded from server to your laptop.

10.After updates is finnish power off your ICOM for 5 minutes and power on again,after that you will see your ICOM in WSM.

Use connection mode DHCP and IP,Netmask to 0.0.0.0

[BMWPlanetDude]

This guide will cover the steps required to get a genuine icom [Should work with a clone] to work with the EDIABAS protocol and BMW Standard Tools 2.11. The guide assumes BMW Standard Tools has been properly installed and configured. The guide arose out of the need for one; since this info is held very secretly in other forums or written in poor chicken scratch English.

What you will need

1. <a href="http://www.4shared.com/folder/TbRKra87/itools.html">iTools Radar</a>
   Password: {bimmerforums}
2. ICOM

Steps

• Plug in the ICOM into the OBDII port
• Edit EDIABAS.INI with the following
  Interface= REMOTE
  Remotehost= "self-assigned ip address"
• Plug in the ICOM into your laptops Ethernet port
• Wait until it self assigns an ip address
• Open iTools radar
• Your ICOM will appear in the window with a self assigned IP address i.e [169.254.xxx.xxx]*may be different in your case. adjust accordingly for the rest of the guide.
• Highlight your ICOM in iTools radar and click on RESERVE*important!

That's it! Open up INPA and the status LED's will now work--so will the entire EDIABAS suite.

If anyone has anything to add--feel free. Have yet to make it work through into a GT1 VM (may just have to adjust subnets on the virtual network interfaces to match the IANA self assigned ip address). If you have a K+DCAN cable it may just be easier to use that for GT1.

By using this method you bypass all of this; as you can see saving yourself alot of time and headache. Since STATIC_IP is only required for EDIABAS functionality but DHCP is a must for ISTA/P, ISID usage.

Thank you

[pepsicola]

I have tried and it worked great.
Only problem I encounter is, after I reserved the ICOM, and I forgot to release it after I finish.
Now when I plug the icom in, it always shows N/A, how do I clear this?
I tried another computer, it works fine, so it's definitely not the ICOM, must be something I can clear on the computer.

[Harrycz4]

Hello I tried it today and got this error.. ???? any Idea pleas?

[Beemer187]

Hello I tried it today and got this error.. ???? any Idea pleas?

Place the itool radar folder in the program files directory.

[Harrycz4]

Place the itool radar folder in the program files directory.

Thank you work now...

[nasserkarbassi]

Hi, thanks for all the info
what is the actual phrase in ediabas.ini for """""Remotehost= "self-assigned ip address"""""""""?
do u have a guide for connecting ENET cable to INPA? (I mean ediabas.ini configuration)
regards, nasserkarbassi@yahoo.com

[newtoe46]

Hi, thanks for all the info
what is the actual phrase in ediabas.ini for """""Remotehost= "self-assigned ip address"""""""""?
do u have a guide for connecting ENET cable to INPA? (I mean ediabas.ini configuration)
regards, nasserkarbassi@yahoo.com

It is whatever IP the ICOM gets from the PC.

I'm not familiar with the ENET cable.

[makkan00]

Hi
Tried to download the file, but its giving error that password is incorrect.
OP any help?

[rdg]

Thanks but how do I make use of the MOST channel e.g. to flash CCC via MOST? The MOST channel runs on another port (6802), should I put that in ediabas.ini? Is there a better way to be able to choose MOST vs DiagBus without having to restart ediabas? Also, how do I switch between MOST/Async, MOST/Sync and MOST/Control sub-channels?

Yes, I am also interested in howto config the ICOM for MOST coding. Can not get it to work.

Have you fixed it Rustamabd? I am from NL to..
PM me if you can.

[aimanad]

This guide will cover the steps required to get a genuine icom [Should work with a clone] to work with the EDIABAS protocol and BMW Standard Tools 2.11. The guide assumes BMW Standard Tools has been properly installed and configured. The guide arose out of the need for one; since this info is held very secretly in other forums or written in poor chicken scratch English.

What you will need

1. <a href="http://www.4shared.com/folder/TbRKra87/itools.html">iTools Radar</a>
   Password: {bimmerforums}
2. ICOM

Steps

• Plug in the ICOM into the OBDII port
• Edit EDIABAS.INI with the following
  Interface= REMOTE
  Remotehost= "self-assigned ip address"
• Plug in the ICOM into your laptops Ethernet port
• Wait until it self assigns an ip address
• Open iTools radar
• Your ICOM will appear in the window with a self assigned IP address i.e [169.254.xxx.xxx]*may be different in your case. adjust accordingly for the rest of the guide.
• Highlight your ICOM in iTools radar and click on RESERVE*important!

That's it! Open up INPA and the status LED's will now work--so will the entire EDIABAS suite.

If anyone has anything to add--feel free. Have yet to make it work through into a GT1 VM (may just have to adjust subnets on the virtual network interfaces to match the IANA self assigned ip address). If you have a K+DCAN cable it may just be easier to use that for GT1.

By using this method you bypass all of this; as you can see saving yourself alot of time and headache. Since STATIC_IP is only required for EDIABAS functionality but DHCP is a must for ISTA/P, ISID usage.

hello
iam trying to access the download but the password is wrong
i cannot download the itool radar.
please your advice
thanks

[Qwerti]

Hi all!
My question is: is it possible to use ICOM with DIS. I have tried it more times but it did't work. I have ICOM with newest firmware and DIS v57 on a vmware machine. DIS is working fine with a DCAN cable.
Settings of ICOM:

DiscoverMode: STATIC_IP
IP: 192.168.68.85
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.68.99

INPA is working perfectly both with version 7.3.0 and 6.4.7 of EDIABAS with these settings when I set iToolRadar to reserve.
What I have tried first:

All 3 network adapter of the virtual machine is bridged, remotehost of DIS in EDIABAS.INI is set to 192.168.68.85, and the same setting written into /etc/hosts -file. I can ping it from virtual machine and apitest is also running, but I can not see diaghead in connection setup.
Another try:

The virtual machine is configured as if I used it with DCAN cable, and version 6.4.7 of EDIABAS is running on machine, and diagheadc emulator v1.2. So I can see the emulated diaghead in connection setup, but it is still not working. The problem is that if I set in EDIABAS.INI to use ICOM, interface = REMOTE and Remotehost = 192.168.68.85. And the head is set to reserve with iToolRadar. Inpa is running so but IFHSRV32.exe can not get started.

Windows firewall is off.

Does somebody have any idea to get this stuff work. ISID 3.1 is working perfectly if DiscoverMode APIPA. I need DIS because I know pretty much all of it but I need to learn ISID.

Thanks!

[Seb530DA]

You better have to learn how ISTA/D is working, it's way better than the old, slow, ugly and buggy DIS... In the help section of ISTA/D you have plenty of instructions.

[djcwardog]

Thanks to the OP for putting this up. Like a few others, I found I need to update a few modules on the car and the CAN cable is not sufficient, so I recently bought a used ICOM A+B+C with no software - and no idea how to use it! With my "hybrid" car (CIC/combox in an e63 6er - that model never saw a combox OEM) I became comfortable with NCS, INPA, TIS/DIS, WinKFP, etc. I used those tools to code and to flash "downgrade" my ZBE module when I wanted my original CCC High iDrive controller to work with my "new" CIC. Now I have retrofitted the later multi-button controller.

I understand that ISTA is not needed for what I want to do. I read that its use is really for times when you want to run your whole car through an update session (what my dealer did for me soon after I bought mine used) - not for single modules?

If we can stick with WinKFP and Tool32 for our limited needs, then this guide is welcome and here's hoping for a smooth v41 update to my CIC: 63, 62, A0... Bring on ConnectedDrive!

[djcwardog]

OK, I am almost there. First off, be sure that you have the exact folder name: ITOOL RADAR. No "S" on tool, and a space between the words. This is the folder that the program expects to see in your "Program Files" directory. Once I got the folder name exactly, my errors went away and the program loaded up. I could not get the ICOM to work with INPA - yet. I used "REMOTE" in the .ini file per this thread and I got an IP Address to resolve for the ICOM - then I set it to "RESERVE." For tomorrow I will try "STATIC_IP" instead of Remote...trying Qwerti's solution. Once I get INPA to work then I am confident that the other tools will work also. Of course, I did not get far enough to determine if my MOST (ICOM B) reader works...

[newtoe46]

Yes, I am also interested in howto config the ICOM for MOST coding. Can not get it to work.

Have you fixed it Rustamabd? I am from NL to..
PM me if you can.

I haven't had a chance to look into MOST coding through NCSEXPERT. I rarely deal with newer chassis.

Reset password to {bimmerforums}

[stevlover]

I have BMW rheingold 3.41 i also have a genuine icom and also usb d-can cable but i cant seem to connect to the vehicle does anyone have any instructions on how to connect i keep getting this error message about "unable to identify vehicle"

[Jynkky]

Still, my question is unanswered: How to switch the ICOM to use the MOST channel for flashing CCC/CIC/etc? What to put in InitCmd0? Same as for OPPS, FE 04 00 85, or something else?

How about this?
Ediabas.ini to port 6802 and what else?

[jansbmw]

I cannot get inpa to use Icom I added:
Interface = REMOTE
RemoteHost = 169.254.92.38
Port = 6801
at the top of ediabas.ini and commented out:
;Interface = STD:OBD

ITool Radar reserves the head but inpa gives error code:

EDIABAS-Error
ApiInit: Error #159
NET-0009: TIMEOUT
API initialization error
No API calls possible!

INPALOAD.exe shows interface as blank but if I uncomment the std:obd interface it std:obd shows in INPALOAD.exe.

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any ideas on how to get past this error?

[litany]

Ave guys
I still have same problem as jansbmw above. May someone know how to solve out.
Thanx

[EWBR]

What kind of OS you use? My system is running under XP in a VMWare environment. I reserve the head with ITool (IP 169.254.92.38) the Network Adapter on the notebook is for "receive automatically IP address" configured. works perfect.

Here is the Ediabas.ini:

;#################
;# EDIABAS 7.3.0 #
;#################
;================================================= ============================
[Configuration]
;================================================= ============================
Interface =REMOTE
Simulation = 0
EcuPath =C:\EDIABAS\ECU
SimulationPath =C:\EDIABAS\SIM
TracePath =C:\EDIABAS\TRACE
TraceSize = 1024
ApiTrace = 0
IfhTrace = 0
; IfhnTrace = 0
; SystemTraceSys = 0
; SystemTraceBip = 0
; SystemTraceIfh = 0
; SystemTraceNet = 0
; BipDebugLevel = 0
; BipErrorLevel = 0
UbattHandling = 0
IgnitionHandling = 0
ClampHandling = 0
RetryComm = 1
SystemResults = 1
TaskPriority = 0
; CodeMapping = C:\EC-Apps\EDIABAS\BIN\ansi2oem.tab
; LoadWin32 = 0
NetworkProtocol = TCP
; --- neu ab EDIABAS 7.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------
ShowIcon = 1
LogLevel = 0
TraceBuffering = 0
TraceHistory = 0
TraceSync = 1
; TraceWriter = <FilePathName>
;================================================= ============================
[TCP]
;================================================= ============================
;RemoteHost = self-assigned ip address
RemoteHost = 169.254.92.38
Port = 6801
TimeoutConnect = 2000
TimeoutReceive = 2000
TimeoutFunction = 10000
; TimeResponsePending = 5000
; DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1
; InitCmd0 = FE,04,00,03,01
; InitCmd1 = FD,05,00,03,01

[StudieJP]

I am getting an BMW-VCI@Unsupported in Win7 64bit. Any idea?

[lynxbmw]

For ICOM you can put this in ediabas.ini:
Interface = REMOTE
RemoteHost = 169.254.92.38
Port = 6801

Before each use don't forget to Reserve the ICOM using itools or via the web interface (port 60080)

Still, my question is unanswered: How to switch the ICOM to use the MOST channel for flashing CCC/CIC/etc? What to put in InitCmd0? Same as for OPPS, FE 04 00 85, or something else?

Good, now to get MOST working you need to adjust settings in REMOTE.ini, not EDIABAS.ini.
See my REMOTE.ini for example.

;#### Remote.ini Musterdatei für OPPS Firmware Version kleiner 625 ####


[Base]
ek_info = Einfacher Betrieb im Automatik - Router Modus
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port = 6801
InitCmd0 = FE 04 00 85
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


[DiagBus]
ek_info = Mehrfachbetrieb: Nutzt nur K-Line, gibt MOST frei
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port = 6801
InitCmd0 = FE 05 00 80 05
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


[MOST]
ek_info = Mehrfachbetrieb: Nutzt MOST, gibt K-Line frei
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port = 6802
InitCmd0 = FE 05 00 80 01
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


[MOST_CTRL]
ek_info = Mehrfachbetrieb: Nutzt MOST, Asynchronkanal gesperrt, gibt K-Line frei
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port =6802
InitCmd0 = FE 05 00 80 01
;Asynchron ausschalten
InitCmd1 = FD 05 00 03 00
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


[MOST_ASYNC]
ek_info = Mehrfachbetrieb: Nutzt MOST mit Asynchronkanal, gibt K-Line frei
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port =6802
InitCmd0 = FE 05 00 80 01
;Asynchron einschalten
InitCmd1 = FD 05 00 03 01
;Ab 190 Bytes Telegrammlängen Asynchronkanal benutzen
InitCmd2 = FD 06 00 97 BE 00
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


[AUTO_ASYNC]
ek_info = Einfachbetrieb mit automatischer Umschaltung K-Line / MOST, Kontroll / Asynchronkanal
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port = 6802
; Router auf MOST
InitCmd0 = FE 04 00 01
;Asynchron einschalten
InitCmd1 = FD 05 00 03 01
;Ab 190 Bytes Telegrammlängen Asynchronkanal benutzen
InitCmd2 = FD 06 00 97 BE 00
; Router wieder auf Automatik
InitCmd3 = FE 04 00 00
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


[MOST_MASTER]
ek_info = OPPS Most-Master und Clock-Master
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port = 6802
InitCmd0 = FE 04 00 01
InitCmd1 = FD 06 00 01 01 01
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1


;#### Remote.ini Musterdatei für OPPS Firmware Version ab 625 ####


; Ab Firmware Version 625 ist das OBD Interface fest auf Port 6801 und das MOST Interface
; fest auf Port 6802. Parallelbetrieb sofort erlaubt.
; Obacht! Router Kommandos sind ab dieser Version _verboten_ (Init CMDs mit FE am Anfang)


[OBD_ab625]
ek_info = OPPS Betrieb mit OBD Interface, also K-Line oder D-CAN
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
;Dieser Port hat _immer_ das OBD Interface, also K-Line oder D-CAN
port = 6801


[MOST_CTRL_ab625]
ek_info = OPPS Betrieb mit MOST Interface, Asynchronkanal gesperrt
RemoteHost = 169.254.33.45
; Dieser Port hat _immer_ das MOST Interface
port = 6802
; Asynchronkanal sperren
InitCmd0= FD 05 00 03 00


[MOST_ASYNC_ab625]
ek_info = OPPS Betrieb mit MOST Interface, Asynchronkanal erlaubt
RemoteHost = 169.254.33.45
; Dieser Port hat _immer_ das MOST Interface
port =6802
; Asynchronkanal erlauben
InitCmd0= FD 05 00 03 01
; ab 0 Bytes Asynchronkanal benutzen
InitCmd1= FD 06 00 97 00 00
; Bei Steuergeräten, die den Asynchronkanal nicht unterstützen,
; und bei Telegrammen Mit SID != 0x36 wird automatisch der Kontrollkanal verwendet


[MOST_MASTER_ab625]
ek_info = OPPS Most-Master und Clock-Master
RemoteHost=169.254.33.45
port =6802
InitCmd0 = FD 06 00 01 01 01
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1

[shawnsheridan]

What is the benefit or reason for using MOST vs DiagBus for flashing devices on MOST ring? Speed?

And since Remote.ini contains settings for both MOST and DiagBus, how do you control which one is used during flash?

[lynxbmw]

What is the benefit or reason for using MOST vs DiagBus for flashing devices on MOST ring? Speed?

Don't have deep knowledge on that, but I think speed is faster on MOST.

And since Remote.ini contains settings for both MOST and DiagBus, how do you control which one is used during flash?

By defining Interface = REMOTE:name in EDIABAS.ini
e.g.
Interface = REMOTE:MOST # for using MOST
Interface = REMOTEiagBus # for DiagBus

That's all you need in EDIABAS.ini
Don't specify host and port as they are already defined in REMOTE.ini

Thanks but how do I make use of the MOST channel e.g. to flash CCC via MOST? The MOST channel runs on another port (6802), should I put that in ediabas.ini? Is there a better way to be able to choose MOST vs DiagBus without having to restart ediabas?

Nope, you cannot switch without restart ediabas, because you can declare only 1 port per profile.

Also, how do I switch between MOST/Async, MOST/Sync and MOST/Control sub-channels?

You can talk to only one of them, switching require ediabas restart, or you can use multiple init commands, e.g.

[AUTO_ASYNC]
ek_info = Einfachbetrieb mit automatischer Umschaltung K-Line / MOST, Kontroll / Asynchronkanal
RemoteHost=opps_name
port = 6802
; Router auf MOST
InitCmd0 = FE 04 00 01
;Asynchron einschalten
InitCmd1 = FD 05 00 03 01
;Ab 190 Bytes Telegrammlängen Asynchronkanal benutzen
InitCmd2 = FD 06 00 97 BE 00
; Router wieder auf Automatik
InitCmd3 = FE 04 00 00
DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1