BMW ISTA Connection Error with the Car
Problem:After successfully installing
BMW ISTA Software, we find an error when we try to connect to the car. Will see the VIN but this message is displayed. “The vehicle could not be identified successfully. Check vehicle interface and ‘PAD active’.”

Opened up the EDIABAS.ini file and it looked exactly like below, we didn’t see any lines that mention “connection” or “STD” or “Standard”;#################;# EDIABAS 7.3.0 #;#################;================================================= ============================[Configuration];================================================= ============================Interface = REMOTESimulation = 0EcuPath = C:EDIABASECUSimulationPath = C:EDIABASSIMTracePath = C:WindowsTempTraceSize = 1024ApiTrace = 0IfhTrace = 0; IfhnTrace = 0; SystemTraceSys = 0; SystemTraceBip = 0; SystemTraceIfh = 0; SystemTraceNet = 0; BipDebugLevel = 0; BipErrorLevel = 0UbattHandling = 0IgnitionHandling = 0ClampHandling = 0RetryComm = 1SystemResults = 1TaskPriority = 0; CodeMapping = C:EDIABASBINansi2oem.tab; LoadWin32 = 0NetworkProtocol = TCP; — neu ab EDIABAS 7.2.0 —————————————————ShowIcon = 0LogLevel = 0TraceBuffering = 1TraceHistory = 999TraceSync = 1; TraceWriter =;================================================= ============================[TCP];================================================= ============================RemoteHost = LMUC203404Port = 6801TimeoutConnect = 2000TimeoutReceive = 2000TimeoutFunction = 10000; TimeResponsePending = 5000; DisconnectOnApiEnd = 1; InitCmd0 = FE,04,00,03,01; InitCmd1 = FD,05,00,03,01;================================================= ============================[XEthernet];================================================= ============================RemoteHost = AutodetectHeaderFormat = 0TesterAddress = F4,F5ControlPort = 6811DiagnosticPort = 6801TimeoutConnect = 20000;================================================= ============================[IfhProxy];================================================= ============================Port = 6700;================================================= ============================; End Of File EDIABAS.ini;================================================= ============================Solution:Change Interface = REMOTE to Interface = STD:OBD and change port settings to port 1 and latency 1ms
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