The engineers are chugging along... I think they were the first to be able to do some of these special functions, and they do alot that some other tools don't... But I wish they would see how a tool from china, AUTEL, is making inroads and even kicking there butts in some areas.... In the diagnostic tool game, you can't rest on your laurels...

A buddy of mine has a lawnmower, if I change the carb, will it work???? It helps to know what year and engine... there are several different DME's and different configurations, if the module has the exact same numbers, then yes, it should work... but you have to code it the same as the module you are replacing...

I just used AVDI to recode the DME to what was in the cars build data...

do you really think you can clear all the errors by disconnecting the battery?? if that was so, everytime you disconnected the battery, the CAS and the DME would loose sync .. the cas and the DME have memory chips that save the data that is written into them.. If it was that easy, there wouldn't be any shops replacing these modules.. dealers would go broke, kaos would ensue... But really, no you can't just disconnect the battery and have all the errors go away..

If your CAS and DME were not synced, your car wouldn't start.. Did you change the DME? how did you DME get to thinking it is an automatic? someone had to code it or the DME is from an auto.. best to find a DME from a stick car... Find someone with an Autel Maxisys, as long as they have a current subscription, they can go online and recode the DME to what the car has...

@@timtracy9442 Thanks for the reply. Initially the previous owner threw a lot of parts diagnosing it, and told me that the last thig to do was to change out the DME. I bought the mini and did the same thing. Dumped some money in it hoping to fix it. Rough Start, but once its warm I can drive all day. I found a company that claims to "FIX" DMEs. So I snapped a pic of my DME and sent the module in. They sent back a DME. But not the one I sent them. I plugged it in and still have the rough idol when cold, and now a new code of no communication with the transmission control module, and now the cruise control doesn't work. I found out that the order number is wrong. I also found out the DME I sent to them is not the original one that came from the factory. Apparently the previous owner swapped it out. That's when I stumbled upon your video. I'm tired of jacking around with people that say they know what they're doing. You seem to be very knowledgeable. All I want to do is drive.

@@sxshn8 I know how you feel... Sooo, the DME is probably coded wrong for the car.. When you replace the DME with one from BMW, they code it with information from the Vehicle Order, which they have on there server, when you put a used DME into the car, you have to first either change the ISN in the DME to the cars ISN, or you change the ISN in the CAS to match the new/used DME's ISN, then you change the VIN in the new/used DME, then you you go to the vehicle order, which is saved in a few modules in the car, read it and then the program that data into the new/used module's... I would ask around to your local locksmiths or shops and see if anyone has Abrites.. The online version is pretty good at programming these.. good luck.. Right now I am trying to figure out why a 2015 550i sport won't transmit data from the CAS4 to a new/used DME.. sometimes I think BMW made this stuff like this just so you have to take it back to the dealer and buy new parts, or a new car...

I don't think you can buy a used DME with the same VIN as your cars.. they are all unique... The reason you encrypt the ISN is because on this car it has a CAS3+, the CAS sends data to the DME and the DME has software in it that decrypts the ISN.. if you didn't encrypt the ISN in the CAS, when the CAS sent the data to the DME it would be wrong...

@@timtracy9442 okay so what's the new DMV cost and as far as the comment do you think is okay to buy the vehicle

sorry for the late reply.. but, YES.. there are all kinds of places that can program a used DME.. most places will ask you to send your old DME and the new/used DME and they can transfer the data...

Soooooo, lets start at the begining... You have a 2011 Countryman and you bought it with out a CAS or DME?? or are you trying to install the DME and CAS from another car because one of your originals was bad?? If you get a set from the same car, and a key, you should be able to plug and play.. the ISN is only in the DME and CAS, if they are realy from the same car, they should be OK, the only way they get unsynced is if you try and put one or the other into the car and power it up... that will cause the DME and CAS to become unsynced...

a very large sum.... I bought Abrites years ago... I have a fully loaded unit.. I can tell you that Abrites USA helps me out tremendously .. and if you go to a locksmith show, I am the tall doofy looking guy wearing an Abrites USA shirt... The owners of Abrites USA are great people and are great to work with.. As for an exact amount, I really couldn't tell you... I purchased alot of packages and special functions during the christmas sales, which are great... I can tell you it's more than 30,000.00 but when you show up at a shop and they have a $40,000.00 snap on or matco scanner and it won't do half as much as Abrites, I feel it is money well spent...

a little late, but no. that's a diagnose tool

If the DME and CAS came from dealer, then they need to be synced to the car and to each other... You can use the BMW ista program, I think its about $40.00 for a 1 day subscription.. There really isn't any module in a newer BMW product that is plug and play... Sorry.... Did the car run with the DME and CAS it had in it?? If so, why not change the vin to the cars vin and then sync to the other modules?? If you watch the video, this car had a used DME and we changed the VIN and coding to match the car, and it worked fine.. In fact, this car passed me on the freeway the other day, the lady who bought it was having all kinds of fun with it...

The only software that comes with the interface is diagnostic tools... To virginize and program any modules you have to buy the special functions.... As for TCM, if you are asking about the conductor plate, yes, it does awesome on used modules, but has some issues on new from dealer modules... The modules from the dealer are coming without a base file, you can download the zip file which has just about all of the base files for the modules from Abrites, but you have to ask for it.. As for the BMW/Mini cars, I really like what AVDI can do for the later models, 2006 and up, prior to that there isn't much coverage.. Also, check out the Autel Maxisys elite, it is a great tool...

@@timtracy9442 Oh and thank you!

no, just make sure you code it per the vehicle order...

I really couldn't say... it's impossible to diagnois something over the internet...

You would have to send an email to Abrites and ask which special functions can do what... I buy the whole package so I don't run into that dreaded warning, License not found.... As for changing mileage, you can change the mileage in all but the cluster, and if you change all the mileage in the other modules, the minute you put the cluster back in, it will revert to that mileage... The best way is to remove the cluster, change mileage on the other modules, then use a program such as Digiprog and a new chip in the cluster to reset mileage in the cluster, then put it back in the car... Actually had a 2010 335i that a ( Automotive locksmith) put a CAS and DME into to get the car running.. easier than actually making a key for the car I guess.. The only issue was the donor vehicle had double the mileage on it... the car went from 72,000 to 148,000... the car lot wasn't happy loosing thousands of dollars... so we changed the mileage in the other modules with the cluster out, then read data from the chip in the cluster, then wrote that data and the correct mileage into a new chip, then viola, life is good.. Just remember the chips BMW/MINI put into there clusters are what are called incremental chips... they can only increment upwards...

Should also mention the CAS seems to be a CAS3+ so encryption is a requirement I believe as shown in your video...

Just noticed today when playing with the im608 that I may be able remove the CAS and read, write to it direct. Not sure if it will give me the encrypt option though. I thought I watched a vid of yours that looked like you did the same thing though using an autel programmer with a CAS on the bench. I'll have a look for that vid again.

Just hate to have to take the dash apart if there is an easier, safer way of doing it...

I have never been able to rewrite the ISN of a DME.... I have been told by the engineers in bulgaria that AVDI won't do it... I have been told that autohex and explorer and diagspeed can all change the ISN in the DME... and my thoughts are, that would be way faster and easier than this process.. But I don't have those, and I have been asked many times about the ISN encryption and why we do it on CAS3+ that I figured I would finally make a video showing the steps... Just realize, when you say, if you had the CAS eeprom, have you ever removed a CAS3 from a R56 Mini??? If you read the reply above you will see where I am getting old, I am also getting rather lazy.... All of this was done by OBD2.. on a BMW, getting the CAS out and reading it is easy, on a mini, it's under the dash pad, in front of and to the right of the steering wheel... you have to take most of the dash apart..

Oh I totally understand what it takes to remove a CAS module from a mini, it was more of a hypothetical question. Because I thought, like you mentioned, that Autohex was capable of doing what I mentioned. I have Autohex full but haven’t had this opportunity. I do have a MSV80 on my bench to play with and a reading from an actual car. I can try and write my dump to my donor one and see how it goes. Thank you for the response.

Not really sure on this... does the trans have an ECU in it?? the older cars, pre 2015 usually don't have anything in the trans, it is all managed by the DME... use a decent scanner and look for actual values, see if the pressure control solenoid is showing the right pressure... also, look at the code, is it active or historic??

Have you used the 608 to clone a BMW DME? if it worked, you should be able to follow the same routine...

@@timtracy9442 I have only successfully cloned Mercedes with the MS909. I have not done any BMW cloning.

That's why I say in the video that it made me wonder what was going on... the new/used DME already had the VIN from the car in it... Usually I read the ISN from the DME, then write to CAS, then after I get the car running I go back and change the VIN in the DME... Yes, it is easy to change the VIN with AVDI.. I thought I included that in the video, but I must have left it out.. there is a button on the left column that says program ID's, click that, choose 12, DME, then rewrite the VIN and save it...

and welcome to fun with AVDI....

at 1.20 you can see the button, program ID's

@@timtracy9442 Tim, thank you so much for your prompt response.

@@timtracy9442 oh yeah. best tool ever for VAG vehicles as well, I am enjoying every video you have made about it. really looking forward to see you doing a Comfort Module replacement on 2010 passat or CC. Thanks again

No sir, I am in the US... Lots of locksmiths in the UK have AVDI though... Call around..

Mahmoud Hantouli abrites is better

@@makaynchealhalibbealkhooo9673 I would love to have Autohex... But I can't afford to have all the tools that I want.... there are many things that autohex and explorer and diagspeed will do that Abrites won't do, or is harder to do, But if you spend ten grand on each of these, you have alot of money that you have to pay off to get a return on your investment... And lets be honest, I am getting old.... in a couple years hopefully all the videos you see from me are going to be about old tractors and making moonshine....

Tim Tracy lmao lol I hear u I know autohex is the best in bmw and it does a lot on the bench never tried the explorer but my friend got the diagprog4 it got way too much problems and it doesn’t do what they say plus the update it’s like 3500$ I got abrites , Vvdi and carprog ... when I told him abrites better I meant all around tool is one of the best just way too expensive

@@makaynchealhalibbealkhooo9673 I am right there with you.... I did pick up an Autel maxisys.. It is awesome.. $3,400.00 and it has programmed new parts from the BMW dealer and Mercedes dealer like you wouldn't believe... Merc trans conductor plates fresh from dealer with no base file, Autel has there own server, you link up, it downloads the files and programs the plate... blew me away... and a BMW Z4 B-pillar module, AVDI wouldn't even talk to it, Autel not only programmed it to the car, it also set the clocks on all the airbag modules... % minute job... well worth the money...

Tim Tracy for some reason I hate autel lol I used to have the elite but I sold it autel launch eucleia ... all of them program some mb bmw ford ... I bought the iscan3 and it’s really beast on programming from some crazy reason I bought it for 5000$ from Europe but it’s 7000$ in us same software

Isai Reyes around 3k$ or more dme cas key ...

@@makaynchealhalibbealkhooo9673 Yes, It's not cheap... The owner of this car towed this car to the mini dealer, waited a couple weeks and paid $300.00 to be told that he needed to buy a new DME and bring the old DME to the dealer so they could transfer data over... He bought it at auction and it was missing the DME... The tow truck owner also has a shop, when the mini owner called and wanted the car towed back from the dealer, he told the owner that he knew a locksmith that could program it... That's how I got involved... I love working with shops, retail, not so much...

Tim Tracy yeah when u can program used ecu s every one will love to deal with u good to see u making money and saving ppl some cash

you have to have one of the tools to encrypt the ISN.. I know that AVDI and also CGDI will encrypt and write the ISN into the CAS.. I am not sure about the others... I would post your ISN on digital kaos and see if someone can encrypt the ISN for you.. worth a try...

@@timtracy9442 ok thank you so much

No, after I synced the CAS to DME, the anti tamper DTC and the loss of sync DTC cleared.. The car had been sitting for awhile, after I started it, it started having some misfires, cylinders 1 and 3 were the worst... The shop was going to change out plugs and coils and then put decent gas in it.. This will be the 3rd one I have done for this shop in the last 6 months, and most have plug and coil issues... I was amazed that the VIN had been changed in the DME, you could see the old VIN, but the cars vin was in there.. After the page long report from the dealer saying they couldn't do anything, it made me wonder who put the VIN in there....

The reason why i asked i am doing an e84 atm and the used dme was from an automatic going into a manual the coding for the vehicle does not have egs in it i have used ncs dummy to clear the cas anything related to an auto but to no avail, updated the dme with winkfp but still thinks it is an auto, fans run all the time due to missing temp from egs.

@@davidgillingham7074 with abrites, you go into advance coding, and most times you can code out somethings like that... but I have had a few that would not code out the difference in auto to manual... Ended up reading data from a manual DME via BDM and then transfering that data over to the DME we were using... when we were done the DME showed a totally different part number... Soooooo, I think there are DME's out there that were only programmed to automatics... just my thoughts.. that and five bucks will get you a small coffee at starbucks... Right now we are fighting a 2006 # series that is having a sporadic voltage drop to the ESL, every once in awhile the CAS sees it and freaks out.. the shop replaced the CAS, and the ESL, still having issue.. replaced ESL with emulator, same issue.... We are now trying to code the ESL out of the CAS... Fun with BMW's.. oh boy....

@@timtracy9442Thanks Tim appreciate it, I think the power for ESL comes from the FRM there is also a ground under footwell carpet . I hope you work it out sooner than later. Cheers Dave

That depends.... AVDI and Ford are not the best fit.... Some cars it does well, others, it doesn't do much at all.... I had a 2006 Mercury sport ute (same as a ford Escape) where I tried to replace PCM, tried with AVDI, no go, tried with AVDI as the passthru and FJDS as the programer, didn't work... Bought Drew Technologies Cardaq2+, and used the FJDS and module programmed right in.. 2010 ford fusion, customer replaced ABS module with used one, used avdi, downloaded ETIS data, ran the program, it updated coding and VIN in abs module... Tried to change mileage on a 2008 Ford F150, wouldn't do it, sent email for tech support, they came back with not supported, when I asked why it was listed in the manual, they said maybe some day... If you are just doing key programming, the AVDI is just fine...

Just the regular OBD2 cable.... What are you trying to use???

Did you ever get this figured out? I have a 2010 R56 and just bought a ECU, Cas, FRM with keys because it had a manic stage 2 tune on it for a fraction of the body of a tune but once I swapped it all over the car wouldn't turn over. It powered up without any warning lights and a solid key light. I'm guessing I need to code something...Im wondering if the origin car was an auto (mine is a 6spd) and maybe that's the issue.