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I assume I need a dedicated cable to use NavCoder i.e. I can't use my BMW Scanner 1.4.0 USB/OBD interface with NavCoder. Am I right?

Yes you do..

Open Navcoder
Goto "Help" and "interfaces" and it gives you the design of a self build (simple and effective but no collision control) which I can confirm does work, or links to ready made

Okey dokey. Thanks for the info. Does NavCoder give much more functionality over BMW Scanner? I mailnly wanted Navcoder for it's ability to see what the PDC sensors are doing (I have a problem with a front one giving false indications).

There is quite a bit you can do with the full version apparently.
I don't know the full list of what that is though as i used the free version to get the IBus code for turning the radio on and off so i could make a remote relay to operate my amps.

I think there are more details on here somewhere, or definitely on Google.

am i wrong to think that the sky is the limit if u study teh subject..

bmwcoders.com, bmwcoding.com might be the place to go.... i've seen various 'codes' coming out in a couple of weeks i've paid attention to it.. i think u can even 'create' codes.. which sound like Greek to me cos i've not delved into the subject.

only issue is it only works on XP which has put me off..  so far

EDIT - ok i think that's just my excuse  )

There is a lot of things you can do on the Ibus...
The problem is getting the right command string to do what you want to do.

There is a program called IbusAnalyzer that will log all ibus traffic.
You can filter to specific module addresses and see whats happening.
You can also send messages across the Ibus to see that it does what you expect it to.

I used this to capture the IBus string for the radio on/off button press so that i could program it in a PIC micro-controller in order to remotely switch my amplifiers on and off with the radio.
from that you could do practically anything you wanted if you have the knowledge of / for it..

The little issue being that apparently the Ibus messages for one model do not necessarily transpose to another model which could confuse things slightly!!!

The next thing i want to try is to work out exactly what the MID buttons do, under various circumstances, and potentially make a different user front end for it, along the lines of a touch screen controller rather than the current arrangement..