An ICOM is more than just a cable however, it has its own network adapter, mac address, cpu, cooling etc etc. ICOM is BMW official cable, its predocessor was an OPPS unit. In ISTA-D you have a connection manager or how you wish to connect the computer to the odb port. Some clever russians keep leaking the ISTA-D installer and it can easily be installed on any windows operating system.
it also has wiring diagrams and guides on changing parts. ISTA-D you can do all diagnostic functions, battery registrations etc etc. Installed on the ISID is a program called ISTA-D (recent versions are codenamed ‘Rheingold’) All updates are downloaded to the ISIS.įrom there the ISIS updates ISID (diagnostics) tablets and ISSS (programming) if applicable.
ISIS is a BMW server platform for dealers. This is good information for those who want to know if ISTA-D provides technical diagrams and instructions like ISIS/ICOM.
