Looking for Cheapest Verified KDCAN Cable

Insane435 · 03-01-2019, 01:42 PM

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Nickco43 · 03-01-2019, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Any ebay or amazon cable works for coding.

Insane435 · 03-01-2019, 05:24 PM

Looks like alot of people have had issues with some of them. Guess ill just look for a good review seller on ebay

ctuna · 03-01-2019, 06:11 PM

You get what you pay for and you pay for what you get.
There was a time that this board recamended the 100 dollar
one stop electronics cable. Now the 45 dollar Bimmergeeks
cable it to expensive for peace of mind!

rjahl · 03-01-2019, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

BimmerGeeks,

No question,best you can buy. Firmware is upgraded to avoid Ediabas software bugs.

KClemente · 03-02-2019, 12:11 AM

It really depends on how much you're going to use the cable and how tech savvy you are.

A $20 ebay or amazon k+dcan cable will work just fine, but MAKE SURE you get one with the green motherboard inside. The white board cables will eventually overheat and burn out. Been verified on other forums that green board cables are the most reliable.

Also quick tip to save ~1 hour of frustration: After installing drivers, plug the cable to your laptop, go into device manager, find the cable and set the port to COM1. Inpa only recognizes com1 unless you change some settings

rjahl · 03-02-2019, 09:03 AM

I guess it depends on your goals. On my E85 I used a cheep cable for years, coding and flashing. I did end up installing a switch to link pin 7 and 8. It had a fake FTDI chip so I had to be careful with Windows and driver updates. Real FTDI drivers don't work with the fake chip. Nothing spectacular, cable just stops working.

The same cable was useless for any advanced work on my E89 so I changed up.

The eBay cables will probably work on your E90 for coding but I would not update any software with it. The software bug in Ediabas will brick your TCU and a few other modules if you attempt flashing them.

Choice is yours to make.

Bmwneedsworkagain · 03-06-2019, 11:43 AM

If you just want to do diagnostic then any cable is fine. If you are doing programming or coding, DO NOT USE THE CHEAP CABLE, use the Bimmergeeks one. I used the cheap cable from Amazon and it wouldn't update my GM transmission, kept giving an error. My car was undriveable for 5 days until the Bimmergeeks cable which fixed it on the first try.

ChuckThomas · 03-09-2019, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BimmerGeeks

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Shoot us a PM, we'll get you a discount on our cable. Proven and tested.

I need that discount

mecheng77 · 03-09-2019, 09:47 AM

Like others have said, if you are coding get the bimmer geeks. My green board cable sometimes is not recognized by my computer I have to reset the computer. Fine for diagnostics only

mweisdorfer · 03-09-2019, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Just get the bimmergeeks cable for $44.00 and it will serve every need regarding coding & programing.

rjahl · 03-09-2019, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Just get the bimmergeeks cable for $44.00 and it will serve every need regarding coding & programing.

+1

Years ago finding a good cable was a crap shoot. You could spend anything between 30-100 bucks for the same unverified POS. Software was also much harder to get. I probably downloaded a dozen INPA packages from turrents and none of them worked correctly or ran on anything other than Windows XP.

Today life is so much easier, trail has been firmly blazed and beat down by those before you. For the price of a tank gas, Pick up the BimmerGeeks cable download the software they make available and move on.

rjahl · 03-09-2019, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Just get the bimmergeeks cable for $44.00 and it will serve every need regarding coding & programing.

+1

Years ago finding a good cable was a crap shoot. You could spend anything between 30-100 bucks for the same unverified POS. Software was also much harder to get. I probably downloaded a dozen INPA packages from turrents and none of them worked correctly or ran on anything other than Windows XP.

Today life is so much easier, trail has been firmly blazed and beat down by those before you. For the price of a tank gas, Pick up the BimmerGeeks cable download the software they make available and move on.

rjahl · 03-09-2019, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insane435

What is everyone using today for a KDCAN cable?

What exactly do i need for a cable for a 2011 BMW 328? I see alot of different information in the threads.

What is the cheapest US seller cable available?

Just get the bimmergeeks cable for $44.00 and it will serve every need regarding coding & programing.

+1

Years ago finding a good cable was a crap shoot. You could spend anything between 30-100 bucks for the same unverified POS. Software was also much harder to get. I probably downloaded a dozen INPA packages from turrents and none of them worked correctly or ran on anything other than Windows XP.

Today life is so much easier, trail has been firmly blazed and beat down by those before you. For the price of a tank gas, Pick up the BimmerGeeks cable download the software they make available and move on.

Terraphantm · 03-10-2019, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjahl

BimmerGeeks,

No question,best you can buy. Firmware is upgraded to avoid Ediabas software bugs.

Just to be clear, it's not an Ediabas bug. It's a bug in the default firmware for all these cables. They'd cause problems no matter what software you used.

The proper firmware makes it as dependable as an ICOM.

ctuna · 03-10-2019, 03:58 PM

does that mean you can avoid the must have and icom
for most bus module programming?
I don't get this issue as all the most bus modules except
the L7 amp have serial lines.
The other thing I have read is that the ICOM cables have some
buffer memory where as K/D cans don't.

Insane435 · 03-10-2019, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjahl

+1

Years ago finding a good cable was a crap shoot. You could spend anything between 30-100 bucks for the same unverified POS. Software was also much harder to get. I probably downloaded a dozen INPA packages from turrents and none of them worked correctly or ran on anything other than Windows XP.

Today life is so much easier, trail has been firmly blazed and beat down by those before you. For the price of a tank gas, Pick up the BimmerGeeks cable download the software they make available and move on.

What is this software for? Does it make E car coding easy? I have a remote coder who was going to do this for me.

ctuna · 03-10-2019, 10:32 PM

What do you mean by E car . Al the e series cars going back
to I don't know when.
Looks like you have an F car.
If you want to buy something with canned coding look at
the Bimmergeeks pro tool . It also looks like this will be more
powerful shortly. By canned coding I mean there is stuff it already
does that does not require any computer knowledge on your part.
If you want something really complete the Inpa suite and Ista D
is the way to go if you are not adverse to working with your
computer and learning new stuff.

Insane435 · 03-11-2019, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctuna

What do you mean by E car . Al the e series cars going back
to I don't know when.
Looks like you have an F car.
If you want to buy something with canned coding look at
the Bimmergeeks pro tool . It also looks like this will be more
powerful shortly. By canned coding I mean there is stuff it already
does that does not require any computer knowledge on your part.
If you want something really complete the Inpa suite and Ista D
is the way to go if you are not adverse to working with your
computer and learning new stuff.

I have an E & F.

I am just trying to diagnose the cause of my TPMS failure on my e90. And if its too hard to figure out, then the ability to code it out and disconnect the main module.

Can that be done with a canned program?

Insane435 · 03-15-2019, 08:26 AM

I ended up buying the bimmergeeks cable. Looks like its the way to go.

Now i need to figure out if i can diagnosis the issue on tpms or just shut it down all together.

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KClemente Private First Class 105 Rep 183 Posts Drives: E90 335i Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Illinois iTrader: (0)	It really depends on how much you're going to use the cable and how tech savvy you are. A $20 ebay or amazon k+dcan cable will work just fine, but MAKE SURE you get one with the green motherboard inside. The white board cables will eventually overheat and burn out. Been verified on other forums that green board cables are the most reliable. Also quick tip to save ~1 hour of frustration: After installing drivers, plug the cable to your laptop, go into device manager, find the cable and set the port to COM1. Inpa only recognizes com1 unless you change some settings __________________ Cars give me headaches.
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rjahl Colonel 996 Rep 2,287 Posts Drives: Z4 35is Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tampa iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 Z4 35is [0.00]	I guess it depends on your goals. On my E85 I used a cheep cable for years, coding and flashing. I did end up installing a switch to link pin 7 and 8. It had a fake FTDI chip so I had to be careful with Windows and driver updates. Real FTDI drivers don't work with the fake chip. Nothing spectacular, cable just stops working. The same cable was useless for any advanced work on my E89 so I changed up. The eBay cables will probably work on your E90 for coding but I would not update any software with it. The software bug in Ediabas will brick your TCU and a few other modules if you attempt flashing them. Choice is yours to make.
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mecheng77 Colonel 1006 Rep 2,243 Posts Drives: 2007 328i / 2014 M235i Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Ontario Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List [0.00] [0.00]	Like others have said, if you are coding get the bimmer geeks. My green board cable sometimes is not recognized by my computer I have to reset the computer. Fine for diagnostics only
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ctuna Lieutenant General 1917 Rep 13,107 Posts Drives: 325xi 06 wagon MT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca iTrader: (0)	does that mean you can avoid the must have and icom for most bus module programming? I don't get this issue as all the most bus modules except the L7 amp have serial lines. The other thing I have read is that the ICOM cables have some buffer memory where as K/D cans don't.
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ctuna Lieutenant General 1917 Rep 13,107 Posts Drives: 325xi 06 wagon MT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca iTrader: (0)	What do you mean by E car . Al the e series cars going back to I don't know when. Looks like you have an F car. If you want to buy something with canned coding look at the Bimmergeeks pro tool . It also looks like this will be more powerful shortly. By canned coding I mean there is stuff it already does that does not require any computer knowledge on your part. If you want something really complete the Inpa suite and Ista D is the way to go if you are not adverse to working with your computer and learning new stuff.
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Insane435 Major 478 Rep 1,468 Posts Drives: 435ix M Sport EWG Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Michigan iTrader: (1)	I ended up buying the bimmergeeks cable. Looks like its the way to go. Now i need to figure out if i can diagnosis the issue on tpms or just shut it down all together.
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