Don't bother. I ordered on september 3rd, have not received it and my emails have so far been ignored. Unfortunately it seems as though these people are out of business but couldn't be bothered to take down the site. Now I'm out $66.

Hi, I have tested it on my 1993 Euro M3 E36 (S50B30):
- Works perfectly with Test0 software.
- With BMW INPA software I can enter in every module (included VNC) except Engine ECU.
But isn't an ADS interface problem , with other E36 (320i, 318i) I can enter in every module included Engine ECU.

Greeting from Italy

I do have a test procedure that doesn't need anything more than a multimeter that tests almost everything except rise/fall times. I haven't used it in a while and I'll have to think on it and get back to you. But the cables are all tested before shipping so unless something has actually happened to damage it you should be pretty confident to expect that it works. At least so far the only nonworking boards I've seen were from physical damage.

Using INPA on some Dell laptops requires a nonstandard ADS driver that doesn't come with INPA. Somewhere on bimmerforums.com I found some discussion about it and a link to download the driver, but it doesn't apply to all Dell laptops and I've never had to use it myself and I don't know any more than that.

Note, I was able to test the computer side of the cable just to make sure the wiring was correct. It was not. Please check the lot that was used for shipments around 7-22-2019. I know of at least one other person having trouble with the cable. Please contact me at the email associated with this post as I have other questions.

Yes I think an ADS interface is what you need for that but there are too many variations to keep track of with certainty. I'd recommend you check with the knowledge base at bimmerforums.com to make sure you're using a recommended setup.

What I can say with certainty is that if you don't have pin 15 then you don't require an ADS interface because that pin is used for the L line and that's only used for the older ADS-only modules. That's the common wisdom on the internet, and my experience with reverse-engineering the hardware has confirmed that pretty well I think. It's possible though the the software situation may add unexpected complications, although for an E39 I thought I was pretty sure that both an ADS or an OBD interface (plus a 20 pin round adapter since you don't have the OBD2 port under the dash) should work without complications. Unfortunately my knowledge is mostly limited to the hardware itself, and for anything else I usually refer people to bimmerforums.com which is where I learned mostly everything about the various interfaces and softwares, most of which I have long forgotten since I only own one E36 myself and I haven't had to mess with my INPA laptop since years ago.

I'm sorry I can't give a more useful answer, but I don't want to pretend I'm certain when I'm not. Normally for an E39 without pin 15 I'd recommend a cheap ebay OBD USB adapter with INPA, and it surprises me to hear that this hasn't worked for you.

Yes as long as any model has the 20 pin connector under the hood you can be sure it will work with an ads interface and inpa. Although if pin 15 is not populated in your connector then you don't require an ads interface and can use one of the many cheaper usb obd interfaces found on ebay and elsewhere. This would also remove the annoying need for the physical com port.

You can expect any ads-compatible interface to work well with inpa including this one, as bmw designed inpa to work with ads interfaces and I designed this interface to work like their original one.

There's no support from me except for the hardware itself. I'm super familiar with the hardware I designed of course, but I've never been an expert on the software and I've forgotten plenty that I used to know. I always send people to bimmerforums.com as the most useful and authoritative source of information for bmw diagnostic software that I've found. There are people there who really know the stuff well, and most questions have already been asked and answered there.

Any usb adapter should almost certainly not work. It's because BMW wrote the software to interface with an i386 hardware rs232 port directly at 0x3f8 rather than use the windows api for serial ports which would have allowed it to work with usb ones. The different voltages are not the reason for this incompatibility. I've documented this somewhere with oscilloscope screenshots showing the difference between the signals output by a real rs232 port versus a usb one, but I can't remember where to find it to link to it. Someone could fix this problem by hacking BMW's ADS driver for windows to use a different com port api. I saw some stuff on a russian forum a few years ago that led me to think that someone may already have done this.

Tiny ADS outputs the 0 to 5 volt range natively but it won't be damaged by inputting the -12 to +12 volt range. This is the primary purpose for diodes D1,D2,D7,D8 and to some extent resistors R1,R2.

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?233-Diagnostic-Software

This is the best resource I think.

Sure.

There is no access. You would have to open the shell to use it. It would be much easier to just use a jumper wire, and I'd recommend doing that instead.

Sorry for the confusion. There won't be any problems or delays with the delivery of the shipment. Please refer to the answer to Maxi. Again I'm very sorry USPS doesn't have a decent website for tracking. They updated the website last year and it's had this bug ever since. It's like my whole country assumes that this is the only country in existence. It's very frustrating and I apologize on behalf of us all.

Sorry I didn't notice this earlier but I think I had already replied to you by email. I trust you've received the shipment already. The only error is that the USPS tracking website has a bug that detects your postal code as a valid US one and assumes the package is destined for a US address. It doesn't affect the delivery of the package in any way. I'm really sorry my country's postal system has a shit website.

Paypal provides the shipping address unless you override it. The tracking number is sent automatically by email when it ships.

All orders get a tracking number, although not all countries' postal systems use them.

Yes everything ships from USA. I don't know what the transit time to Latvia is but maybe you can google to find out. Most countries take between 2 weeks and 2 months but obviously that's a big window and not very helpful to you. I've only shipped a few packages to Latvia and I never learned when they arrived.

Don't worry. It will. Paypal doesn't make it obvious but the shipping will be calculated and added some time before checkout is complete. If somehow it doesn't then I guess you get free shipping. ;)

I'm sorry for the confusion. I'd do something about it but of course it's quite out of my control. It's been this way for a long time.

Yes, all ADS interfaces are intended for use with GT1/DIS and INPA.

A driver is only required by INPA/EDIABAS and it's included on the INPA install disc.

I think it could be made to work, but not out of the box. You'd surely be better off with a different interface if you have a choice.

Assuming you didn't have a choice:

It looks like bmwhat uses a standard USB K-line OBD adapter. Tiny ADS is an ADS-only interface, but (if I recall correctly) any ADS interface becomes an OBD interface if you short together pins 15 and 20. If you then attach a USB-RS232 adapter, you'll have a makeshift USB K-line OBD adapter.

It should work in a pinch, but USB K-line OBD adapters are very cheap so it's likely not worth the trouble otherwise.

also I would like to know if it is compatible with Progman 32

If you'd like to email me your order number, I'll check on it to make sure nothing looks wrong. You can just reply to the order confirmation email as this will contain the necessary information. I have multiple orders from 2014-05-03 that are still in transit so I'm not sure which is yours, though they do all appear normal.

Rarely, international shipments do get lost, but it's too soon to worry about that yet. Usually the best first advice is to call your customs office and make sure they aren't holding it, as this happens more often than anyone wants.