02-04-2020, 02:47 PM | #111 |
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Long message on m340i coding . . followed by a question that may not yet have an answer:
Steve at codemybimmer coded my m340i (lasers). I will say the customer service and professionalism was incredible. Absolutely prompt and flexible. I also had issue which I will describe. Steven stayed with me for over 90 mins in test drive and troubleshooting and connected 4-5 times. Anyway, recoded a number of things - but anti dazzle was key focus. He uses full euro spec light coding rather than just removing 5AC. I am not sure what that entails. Results amazing. Shockingly effective movement of beams in VERY dynamic environments. 3 lane Highway (in both directions) with cars in front, oncoming and approaching from rear. Amazing. Divided county roads and rural roads. No flashing and obvious mitigation as it was misty / foggy. However, pretty quickly developed a recurring right turn signal fault. I continued testing lighting and driving through weekend. Fast flash on dash, warning and would usually reset after a restart. Errors extracted in system showed over-voltage etc. in right signal. Odd. We assumed bad cable (given very wet weather). Took to BMW for normal first service and a recall, and noted the error. I did not mention coding. 3 days, they claim cable was ok and did software update on light. Also updated firmware and idrive as there are slight differences. Cleared all of the coding, however. Steven re-coded again but with only removal of 5AC (ie NA spec). Seems to work with no errors but have not been in dark environment to get full dynamic test. Perhaps first few cars (mine delivered in May) had deeper software issues with voltage or control flaws. Or perhaps can't handle EU spec. Don't know yet. Anyway . .question. . . Does anyone know if the Canadian Laser strength crippling (ie anecdotally heard 300m vs 600m in Europe) is a separate parameter or embedded in 5AC anti dazzle? Is this feature still a goal of coders? Perhaps someone has seen a difference in throw distance before and after? I'm not sure I could tell the difference. Any insight purely on the laser question would be interesting. Thanks. |
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02-10-2020, 01:33 PM | #112 |
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Have you confirmed the anti dazzle is working? Any new issues since the original ones? Considering using them for anti dazzle. Everything else I coded myself via Bimmercode. Thank u
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02-10-2020, 02:02 PM | #113 | |
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I still don’t fully understand the laser distance issue nor the engagement speed / threshold as I can’t see the difference. I do see very intense individual beams but not sure if that’s led or laser. Overall still keen to understand how and where the throw/power is limited in NA to 300m vs 600m and can it be changed. |
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I am trying to find instructions on how to code this so I can have someone code these for me locally
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Why do you guys assume the allowed beam throw distance for the laser light is different between regions? https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/g...ant/1VnYvsyHu7 Quote:
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02-14-2020, 11:20 PM | #118 |
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I got another cool video on the dash cam of a tunnel forming..
View post on imgur.com edit: No idea why I can't get it to imbed the player like I did in the last post, gotta click it this time..
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I did do a US vs generated ECE .ncd comparison and didn't notice any differences related to lamp positioning. The only differences that I found were for the side marker and the turn signal lamp, so perhaps VO coding is sufficient. This also makes me think that lighting output is hardware restricted, not software |
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02-17-2020, 10:00 AM | #121 |
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I had this feature coded on my '15 435i and kinda regret not getting the laser headlights on my m340i.
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So ran into an interesting comment on YT:
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There is no European law changing and the headlight throw are now the same between all regions, that guy is just speculating. BMW had to get individual approval for their specific laser lights technology to be operated in the US but did not have to change the overall hardware because they demonstrated that it's control by cameras and a failsafe incase they become inoperative. |
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So have we pinpointed a person that can do this in the US? Or via remote coding?
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04-02-2020, 06:35 PM | #131 |
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I have compared several files on the G30,G12 and G20 cars on my cars here in Europe and the US cars before coding anti-dazzle on several G20,G30 and G11 remotley in the US.
To code the full Euro spec Anti Dazzle on Laser and Icon on US carsis not a good option because it changes the certain volatages that you would have to revert manually and there is no point of doing that. If you compare VO coded US car with OEM Euro spec you can see around 80% is the same. So the best way and result (not to change to ECE version or to change TS of the car) because that will cause problems when going to the dealer is to do VO and a few small fdl changes. Very easily and cheap done remotely. |
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