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Foxwell 530 vs ISTA

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Foxwell 530 vs ISTA

Post by javis20 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 3:57 am

Is the Foxwell 530 faster than the ISTA software? I have ISTA and it's great, but painfully slow to load and connect.

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Foxwell 530 vs ISTA

Post by flybobbie » Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:38 am

I had ISTA on a laptop.
Drove me nuts trying to connect.
I gave up just bought the Foxwell.

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Foxwell 530 vs ISTA

Post by javis20 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:11 pm

I have no problem connecting. It's just so slow loading. And then after it loads and starts, it takes a dog's age to analyze the cars status.

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Foxwell 530 vs ISTA

Post by B21 » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:30 pm

Faster laptop helps..I use an i5 with a SSD and it’s perfectly acceptable…

Horse for courses…Foxwell very limited functionality but probably does most things for most folks…

ISTA much more capable but probably too much like hard work for most…

I have a Foxwell and ISTA but use Bimmergeeks Protool on E89s..doesn’t work on E85s..

Far more capable than Foxwell but almost as simple to use..
We choose to go to on with this endeavour at this time and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…
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