deeveus 81 Report post Posted October 2, 2014 Anyone here in the know about scanner tools? Seen the Snap on ones which cost the earth. Would ideally like something I can USB to a tablet/laptop. There's loads on TradeMe, would prefer something that does Euro and Crapanese cars. Cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1052 Report post Posted October 2, 2014 If you want to use it on your BMW's, I'd go BMW specific. You can read codes, plus fit new modules or set options etc, plus a lot of the generic readers give very generic fault codes. For the E39, I use the BMW stuff (INPA, DIS, WINKFP etc) and BMW Scanner - the two of them can be had for around NZ$100 total and can do everything I'd ever need. I've recoded an E53 X5 LCM to our E39 then turned off angel eye cold checks, coded a brand new ABS module, changed settings for anything I possibly could and fiddled with a bunch of things I shouldn't. Plus I can go from 2.5 to 3.0 and load the correct software in the DME Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1870 Report post Posted October 2, 2014 I bought a cable off ebay, scored an old laptop from work and installed inpa and dis. Does the job quite well. Our resident know it all for bmw diagnostics and coding will probably chime in soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HaNs 226 Report post Posted October 2, 2014 Get a basic autel one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
