From the main menu selection in the top right hand corner, click the ‘Online update’ button (see Fig 2). It is easy to set up a wired or wireless connection to the Bosch server to keep your ESI 2.0 updated. This will ensure that you’re not missing out on any functional diagnostic coverage or information and can complete as many tasks on your customer’s cars as possible. It makes a lot of sense to use this online update feature, especially if you’re serious about diagnostics and want to be working on newer cars. These online updates will include new priority systems coverage and enhancements to existing diagnostic systems. If your base DVD software version is out-of-date, please try to rectify this as soon possible by checking you have received the discs in the post if you have any queries or concerns, then its best to call the Bosch hotline.Īpproximately every two weeks there will be an intermediate update for ESI 2.0 available to download. This will confirm which version of ESI 2.0 is installed on your computer, the level of subscription and the status of the licence (see Fig 1). The best way to check the ESI 2.0 software version that you have is to open the program and click in the top right hand corner ‘Main menu’, then ‘system information’ and then ‘software information’.
No doubt, with technological advances in the future, we’ll be able to use, install and update Bosch ESI diagnostics and data solely on the internet, so watch this space! However, certain priority functions are needed sooner than that, so the online update boosts the current software version to allow you to gain access to the priority functions as soon as they’re released without waiting for the next DVD. The DVDs contain the full coverage of the latest possible data every four months. It is a common misconception that if you’re running online updates (as described later in this article), that you no longer need to load the DVDs. These DVDs must always be loaded straight away. In many cases their KTS can, in fact, already perform the task, but often the software they’re using has not been updated to the very latest version available.Ĭurrently, Bosch ESI subscribers will receive a set of installation DVDs three times a year these will be labelled 2016/1, 2016//3.
The Bosch Technical Hotline frequently receives calls from technicians working on newer cars, asking for troubleshooting advice, for instance, on how to perform a service-related task on the new vehicle.