I've got one of these now, it's absolutely fantastic... love how compact and sturdy it is. Regarding the oil service reset, I guess all I need to unscrew the OBD housing on the cable and press the button inside? Hadn't even thought about it yet, but my oil service has been on red for months now, might as well sort it out.
No!, connect pin 7 of the round 20 pin diagnostic port to a good chassis earth for 3 -5 seconds with the ignition on (i.e. dash warning lights on but engine not running). Then turn the ignition off, and back on and you should see green across the board.
I know about that, just thought there might be a simpler method using the TinyADS interface cable that's all!
Last edited by flyfishvt; 03-17-2014 at 07:47 AM.
Bleed your cooling system http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1709482The ULTIMATE OEM Alarm/Keyless thread http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1792200
I agree with everyone else that it is so simple to just use a wire, but to answer the question: If you have the tiny ads interface inside the 20 pin connecter then yes you could, if you wanted to, open up the connector to use the service reset button on the tiny ads board. I'd prefer using a wire wire to messing with the screws on the interface though. If your tiny ads board was outside the connector, then you'd find using the reset button a lot nicer of course.
Gonna open mine and see if I can fabricate a rod or button to actuate that without having to open it again, nice and clean way to do this without having to decipher the pin numbering.
My M3 is 1 of 2
I have bought a Tiny ADS interface
I use a really serial port (COM1) on a Compaq deskpro
Com port settings is default
OS is Win XP SP3
INPA 5.0.1 EDIABAS 6.4.3 version
I use a 1-to-1 DSUB9 serial cable between ADS and PC
EDIABAS.ini file is modified: Interface =ADS
ADSSETUP.exe file was run by MS-DOS prompt and say: sucessfull
The power and the ignition green LED on interface is lights on,BUT INPA write: "power OFF" and "ignition OFF"
The interface DSR and RI output signals is OK.
Can you help me in this problem?
Used mine today to diagnose an 'Electronic transmisson control module' indicator lamp on my daughter 1999 Z3 2.3, worked great with an IBM Thinkpad T30 running XP.
( the 'Electronic transmisson control module' indicator lamp was for a '39 plausibilitaet (sic) Signal Brake light switch / Brake (sic) light test switch' / '162 Brake signal' issue...Nice job BMW...really? )
This is an old thread, but I wanted to add an update with my experience getting the "tiny ADS" cable talking successfully to a 1996 e36 (ADS with ODBII).
* Laptop: Thinkpad T21 with physical DE-9 nine-pin serial port
* Windows XP SP3
* Tiny ADS cable
* INPA/EDIABAS from the disc from www.bcables.com (INPA 5.00/EDIABAS 7.3.0)
I installed INPA/EDIABAS from the bcables.com disc. It puts all the EDIABAS.INI and obd.ini files in place, sets up the environment variables, etc.
Then I edited the EDIABAS.INI files in C:\EDIABAS\bin and C:\EDIABAS1\bin to have:
Interface=STD:ADS
I also edited the three separate obd.ini files I found in C:\EDIABAS\bin, C:\EDIABAS1\bin and C:\WINDOWS to have:
[OBD]
Hardware=ADS
Port=Com1
RETRY=ON
In the Windows XP hardware "Device Manager", I made sure that the "Communications Port (COM1)" device had its "Port Settings" tab with the values:
* Bits per second: 9600
* Data bits: 8
* Parity: None
* Stop bits: 1
* Flow control: None
Then I hit "Advanced..." and made sure "Use FIFO buffers (requires 16550 compatible UART)" was checked and both "Receive Buffer" and "Transmit Buffer" were set to "8".
The "Resources" tab for the COM1 port showed
* I/O Range: 03F8-03FF
* IRQ: 04
At that point, I launched "INPALOAD.exe" and was able to see the battery and ignition indicators. Once the ignition was on (but the engine was not running) I was able to interact with the various systems in the car.
Hopefully this helps someone get up and running with the "Tiny ADS" cable in less time than it took me.
Afaik does Ediabas 7.3.0 not support ADS interfaces anymore. Try 6.4.3
Last edited by Sebastian46; 09-21-2016 at 12:49 PM.
Correct, only EDAIBAS v6.4.3 or v 6.4.7 supports ADS.
I can't believe I waited so long to buy a complete Tiny ADS connector after finding this thread several years ago.
Anyone with good computer skills who enjoys working on modern classic BMWs from model year 1995 and older really owes it to themselves to pick one of these up, along with an appropriate laptop (such as an IBM T30, or a newer laptop with a docking station) with a proper RS232 serial port.
Brilliant work.
Last edited by Shock(/\)ave; 05-07-2017 at 10:19 PM.
Thank you for your work!. I want do build the Interface with throughe hole components, but I cant`t open the PCB-File with Geda PCB. Can anybody help me?
Sorry for me bad english :-)
Hello everyone, did anyone try to independently produce this interface from benemorius? Who got it? I built three copies and all have the same problem. They only connect to machines with OBD (tried on ms41 \ ms43 m52 / m54) But these control units do not need such a complicated scheme, a rather simple inpa d-can ((when trying to connect to a car with ADS, inpa gives an error IFH-0010. I tried it on motronic 1.7.3 and ms40.1 and on the dashboard in E36, I also checked it on knowingly faulty software with which another ADS adapter worked.
Who can tell in which part of the scheme to look for errors? Where exactly is the part responsible for ADS? Thanks in advance to everyone who will help you figure it out.
Can Anyone help me out, I bought my K+DCAN cable that came with a cd of inpa. I have already set up inpa and ncs expert, but I dont have winKFP, is that a separate download or is it on my cd as well?
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What version of Ediabas do you have and is ADS selected in ediabas.ini?
If you have a working K-line OBD, then ADS will not work as STD:OBD will be set in ediabas.ini.
You need to edit the file each time you switch interace.
ADS als requires a 32-bit operating system (to run NTVDM 16-bit environment) not supported in 64-bit Windows.
1998 BMW M3 3.2 Cabrio Alpinweiί III on Schwarz German spec 1 of 12
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Hi everyone!
I tried to diagnose my E36 318i from August 1995 with this setup:
-BMW 20pin to 16 pin obd2 adapter
-K+DCAN USB Interface(INPA Compatible)
-INPA 5.0.1
-EDIABAS 6.4.3 Package 1.2
With this setup I sucessfully diagnosed the ABS module and the Air bag system but nothing else. I could not diagnose the engine(M43B18) which I really want to do.
What should I try next? Different software version might help? or this Tiny ADS interface will diagnose more moduls? I have read something about shorting pin 7 and pin 8 together on the adapter, what does that do?
If someone could help me I would really appreciate it!
Any sys or ifh errors?
In ediabas/doku is a faq and error doc.
1998 BMW M3 3.2 Cabrio Alpinweiί III on Schwarz German spec 1 of 12
SMG SRA PDC AUC OBC GSM HK UURS IHKA FGR MFL
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The error code I get is IFH-0006, I checked the error doc but its in German, I tried to translate it but still cant understand what this error code is about
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Hi all, sorry for putting this here but I figured since most of the founding information for the tool is here on Bimmerforums it might be a good spot to try. I haven't been able to make contact with anyone at Openlabs about an order for the 20-pin ADS interface I put it in on the 25th of November. I've emailed and also left a comment on the Tiny ADS Shop page.
Does anyone have a different way to contact Openlabs or benemorius so I can follow this up?
Didn't you get a tracking code? I'm waiting for mine as well.
I did get a confirmation email and tracking code.
1998 BMW M3 3.2 Cabrio Alpinweiί III on Schwarz German spec 1 of 12
SMG SRA PDC AUC OBC GSM HK UURS IHKA FGR MFL
IG: https://www.instagram.com/iflok/
My order was placed on november 23th.
Confirmation of shipment on the 25th.
Mine also only says label created.
But I also know that our customs can take a damn long time before an item gets cleared, so right now I'm just waiting.
I've heared from more than a few people that he is hard to reach. We had many questions regarding his OpenOBC board, but never got any reply.
1998 BMW M3 3.2 Cabrio Alpinweiί III on Schwarz German spec 1 of 12
SMG SRA PDC AUC OBC GSM HK UURS IHKA FGR MFL
IG: https://www.instagram.com/iflok/
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