Each source has its own installation method and those are not discussed here. NOTE: While there are multiple sources to procure ISTA+ and “install” on a laptop, the following instructions apply only to ISTA+ obtained on this site, and specifically asked for and received through the Rheingold/ISTA-D request thread. If more required, add to SQLiteDBs folder, which will need more space.

This version discusses included English Databases only.

This version has hardware check removed, however, future versions MAY not have this feature.

Minimum 20+GB HDD free space for ISTA+ Diagnostics with ONE language, and minimum 100GB for Programming Data.

2.2Ghz CPU – 2 core minimum, core i5 or i7 recommended.

Minimum system configuration is now hard coded into the program, although the standalone versions have this check removed.

Information research for repair and maintenance.

Vehicle identification for specific vehicle management.

Following is a short breakup of each feature within ISTA+: E Series Programming is not supported in ISTA+.īMW officially breaks up the new ISTA+ application capability into two parts – Diagnostics and Programming. ISTA+ can be used to diagnose ALL cars BUT program only F-/I-/G-/Mini/RR series cars and beyond. BMW now provides these files as deltas to original programming (SDP) data. Programming (or also called Service Data) in ISTA+ is required for programming F-/I-/G-/Mini/RR cars. So, ISTA-P will be used for Programming on E-series only and ISTA+ will be everything else. That is, ISTA-P will contain all chassis data until around August 2017, then BMW plans to phase out all BN2020 vehicle data in ISTA-P. This document only discusses ISTA+.Įventually, based on the direction that the company is taking, ISTA-D and ISTA-P for F-/I-/G-/Mini/RR series cars will be rolled up into ISTA+ for diagnostics AND programming. Rheingold became ISTA-D (D stands for Diagnostics) and BMW’s programming application (not discussed in this document) used the same nomenclature, ISTA except with a P (for programming) or ISTA-P. Rheingold in actuality is the folder that contains the main application and data. Way back when, during the initial development of this tool, BMW used DIS (Diagnostics Information System), and as the programs evolved and due to the nature of the file naming conventions utilized by BMW, the workshop system became known as Rheingold in the enthusiast world. ISTA stands for Integrated Service Technical Application. ISTA is a workshop system that contains BMW AG Data and Information. Tested version: Use ISTA-D 4.08.12 ISTA-P 3.63.0.400 with relief !5pIW1DyY!jYoL2TxwI1WyWfuudfN4nA (unknown security) Free version: Go to BMW forums and download ista+ for freeīMW forums such as bimmerfest, bimmerpost,bimmerforums, bimmerboard etc etc.

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