So my cable finally arrived however typically I have run into 2 immediate issues before I can even begin coding.
1. I don't know if my cable is connected properly or is working properly. When I plug it into the car it does wobble to the side a bit and there's no noises made by the car to recognise it's been plugged in. On my laptop the LAN shows as an unidentified network so I don't know if the cable is faulty or the OBD port is faulty or whether I'm just doing something wrong.
2. Despite the above I tried opening eSys anyway on the VM player. I ensured the date and time was not synced and set it to 1/1/17 12:30am but when I then opened eSys it still failed and detected that the date and time is being manipulated.
Should I get a new cable? Is eSys still working for everyone?
The coding options I want to add are:
Cornering lights
Tpms
Digital speedo
Horn on lock/unlock
Sports display
Cruise Control (once I buy the steering wheel control)
And I'm replacing HU_ENTRY with HU_ENTRYNAV to get navigation and EBT working so will need to code this too.
I'm aware these can be done remotely however I would prefer to accomplish them myself and save on costs.
If I can't do it through my cable or eSys, is there another way I could do all of these? I've heard about some apps I can use on my phone instead like bimmercode for example but would I have the capability to do all of the above?
Any advice or help would be appreciated as right now I feel like an idiot for thinking it would all be straightforward plus I've already bought most of the hardware!
1. I don't know if my cable is connected properly or is working properly. When I plug it into the car it does wobble to the side a bit and there's no noises made by the car to recognise it's been plugged in. On my laptop the LAN shows as an unidentified network so I don't know if the cable is faulty or the OBD port is faulty or whether I'm just doing something wrong.
2. Despite the above I tried opening eSys anyway on the VM player. I ensured the date and time was not synced and set it to 1/1/17 12:30am but when I then opened eSys it still failed and detected that the date and time is being manipulated.
Should I get a new cable? Is eSys still working for everyone?
The coding options I want to add are:
Cornering lights
Tpms
Digital speedo
Horn on lock/unlock
Sports display
Cruise Control (once I buy the steering wheel control)
And I'm replacing HU_ENTRY with HU_ENTRYNAV to get navigation and EBT working so will need to code this too.
I'm aware these can be done remotely however I would prefer to accomplish them myself and save on costs.
If I can't do it through my cable or eSys, is there another way I could do all of these? I've heard about some apps I can use on my phone instead like bimmercode for example but would I have the capability to do all of the above?
Any advice or help would be appreciated as right now I feel like an idiot for thinking it would all be straightforward plus I've already bought most of the hardware!