BMW Programming: ISTA+ vs ISTA-P - Chinacardiags.com

What’s the main difference between ISTA-P and ISTA+?
First, functionality

• ISTA+ programs, but only with ICOM.
  
• ISTA-P and ISTA+ only encode (ie VO coding). If you want to FDL-code, use E-sys.
  

Second, the software installation

With ISTA+: You need ISTA Launcher, Admin License, BMW_ISPI_ISTA-APP *.msi, *.xml's, & *.istapackage.
With ISTA-P does not use ISTA Launcher. You can install with major version plus updates of *.istap & *.exe. Then, you need Admin License or ISTA-P loader to run.
Third, the vehicle coverage 

From the release notes, following series are supported for programming in ISTA+ and iLevels for each series:

• F001 (F0x, RR4, RR5) F001-16-11-501
  
• F010 (F06, F1x) F010-16-11-501
  
• F020 (F2x, F3x, F80, F82, F83, F87) F020-16-11-501
  
• F025 (F15, F16, F25, F26, F85, F86) F025-16-11-501
  
• F056 (F4x, F5x, F6x) F056-16-11-501
  
• S15A (G1x, G3x) S15A-16-07-506
  
• I001 (I03, I08) I001-16-07-506
  

The following Mini/RR programming is not supported in ISTA+

• R056 (R55, R56, R57, R58, R59, R60, R61)
  
• RR01 (RR1, RR2, RR3)
  

You can use ISTA/P to program these cars.
On a side note, Ista+ expert mode is Ista P expert mode

Attachment: ISTA+ and ISTA-P File Requirements:
Here take version 4.04.xx
Base:
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_4.03.13b.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_4.03.22.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_4.03.31.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_4.04.31.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-APP_4.03.13.18485.msi
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-APP_4.03.21.18572.msi
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-APP_4.03.31.18804.msi
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-APP_4.04.31.19448.msi
Service Data:
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_GLOBAL_4.03.12.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_DELTA_4.03.21.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_DELTA_4.03.30.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_DELTA_4.04.30.istapackage
Language Data:
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_en-GB_4.03.12.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_DELTA_en-GB_4.03.21.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_DELTA_en-GB_4.03.30.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-DATA_DELTA_en-GB_4.04.30.istapackage
Programming Data:
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.02.13.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.02.20.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.02.31.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.02.31_for_4.03.10.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.03.20.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.03.30.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.04.21.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.04.31.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_SDP_4.04.32.xml
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.02.13.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.02.20.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.02.31.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.03.20.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.03.30.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP_FULL_4.02.12.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.04.31.istapackage
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-SDP-DELTA_4.04.32.istapackage
Other (Dependencies):
ISPI_PUK_ISPI-Process-Services_6.7.0.0.msi
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-LAUNCHER_1.8.0.2716.exe
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_ICOM-FW_03-14-04_1.xml
BMW_ISPI_ICOM-FW_03-14-04.msi
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-META_ICOM-Next-FW_03-14-10-1.xml
BMW_ISPI_ICOM-Next-FW_03-14-10.msi
If you want to use Admin Client (Again, you will need license):
BMW_ISPI_iLean_ISPI_Admin_Client_4.2.7.87.msi
ISTA/P from scratch (Admin Client and License are required or use ISTA/P Loader as Almaretto mentioned):
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.60.0.600.istap
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.60.1.003.istap
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.60.2.001.istap
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.60.3.001.istap
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.60.4.000.istap
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.60.0.600.exe
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.60.1.003.exe
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.60.2.001.exe
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.60.3.001.exe
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.60.4.000.exe
Major ISTA/P release:
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.61.0.500
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.61.0.500
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.61.1.001
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.61.1.001
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_SYS_3.61.2.002
BMW_ISPI_ISTA-P_DAT_3.61.2.002

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