I bought a BMW Scanner 1.4 from xcar360.com and it arrived this weekend, it worked flawlessly on the first day of using it. You might want to try putting upward pressure on the adapter to make sure it's seated completely when you log on. BTW, I'm running BMW Scanner 1.4.0.9 on Windows 7 64bit on a MacPro.which probably isn't supposed to work at all.
I've just installed the demo version of PA Soft BMW Scanner 1.4.0 on my windows 10 laptop (and ran with compatibility mode for Windows 7), and the program opens and seems to work ok. But then when I connect the OBDII dongle to the laptop by USB, turn on the ignition, and click 'Car Ident', I get. There are 2 common problems/issues came with PA Soft (BMW Scanner 1.4) 1.
Hardware is not ready 2. Hardware Faulty The problem is commonly caused by lack of power on scanner (hardware), since pa. Hello mates i have 2 BMW scanner 1.4 suddenly stopped and once i connect to enter diagnostics session it gives me "Hardware Not Ready" Any solutions plz? Thanks in advance Sent from my iPhone using Ta.
Today I tried to run BMW Scanner 1.4 on one of my car repair laptops and it got the Hardware Not Ready error. I checked that the cable was connected to the. The only problem now is that i cant read any data from my F32 (420i from 2014) is this because my BMW scanner V1.4.0.7 (14-01-2009) is to old to read my car? Is there a better newer tool to use with this?
Could this issue be that I am running Windows XP Pro 64Bit (Service Pack 2), and the BMW Scanner 1.4.0 software has "deposited" only 32Bit drivers? If so, anyone know where there's a decent download set of VIRUS-FREE BMW Scanner 1.4.0 Windows XP Pro 64Bit drivers? The BMW Scanner 1.4 cable gets its power from the car via the OBD port, so it's not active when disconnected from the car. Notice that when you plug the cable into the laptop there is no sound from Windows if the cable isn't connected to the car?
I've also heard of some people having problems getting drivers installed properly depending on whether or not the OBD2 part of the scanner is just plugged into your laptop USB port or if it's plugged into your laptop and the car at the same time.