[BeeMdblU]

Originally Posted by shawnsheridan

Ahh...the Egg Yolk...I'm not sure on that one. Personally, I would leave them enabled, and just replace the bulbs with Solaris Electrum InvisiBulbs, ULTRABRIGHT edition, which are clear when off, and amber when illuminated:

http://www.bimmian.com/Solaris-Invis...om-Bimmian.com

Here they are for the F25:

http://www.bimmian.com/SOL/25

Solaris UltraBright Halogen Bulbs (Amber or Super White) $15 - $20 / pair
Solaris LED Bulbs (Without Resistors - Amber or 6000k White) $20 - $30 / pair
Solaris LED Bulbs (With Resistors - Amber or 6000k White) $30 - $40 / pair

that's already done, I just need the amber to be off with headlights on

[shawnsheridan]

Originally Posted by BeeMdblU

that's already done, I just need the amber to be off with headlights on

Ok. I thought they were only illuminated when the turn signal was on.

[Bigmanny35]

Any coders or cables in Pittsburgh? I need to get the auto door locks worked out.

Mike

[BMWs]

Yep yep! Can PM me.

[Hornet_Rider]

So what are we coding exactly? Just the I-Drive interface?

[April1]

Originally Posted by Hornet_Rider

So what are we coding exactly? Just the I-Drive interface?

Very interesting question.

BMW has organized the complete car into sections, features and add ons. Each of them is called a module. Physical interconnection between a module and the vehicle are pre-defined by BMW. To make the entire car system workable and to take care of future additions and deletions, a system of rules are defined and to add the flexibility to the operation, each module is provided by certain configurable parameters. What we are doing in coding is accessing these modules parameters and adjusting their values.

We have very limited information about the functioning of all the parameters but many have tried to study them by experimenting them and then the successful combination of parameters with their values for a function are listed in so called cheet sheets. Coders can look at the sheet and determine what function they want to achieve and can look at the changed values. Making these parametric changes to CIC logic is called coding.

[sfax]

Originally Posted by April1

Very interesting question.

BMW has organized the complete car into sections, features and add ons. Each of them is called a module. Physical interconnection between a module and the vehicle are pre-defined by BMW. To make the entire car system workable and to take care of future additions and deletions, a system of rules are defined and to add the flexibility to the operation, each module is provided by certain configurable parameters. What we are doing in coding is accessing these modules parameters and adjusting their values.

We have very limited information about the functioning of all the parameters but many have tried to study them by experimenting them and then the successful combination of parameters with their values for a function are listed in so called cheet sheets. Coders can look at the sheet and determine what function they want to achieve and can look at the changed values. Making these parametric changes to CIC logic is called coding.

Very good explanation. Decipher the black box by feeding it a range of values and observing what happens. More like system testing really

[April1]

Originally Posted by sfax

Very good explanation. Decipher the black box by feeding it a range of values and observing what happens. More like system testing really

For a layman, yes it is like a system testing. But as we pick only relevant parameters to achieve a functionality, it can be perceived as component integration testing.

[sfax]

Originally Posted by April1

For a layman, yes it is like a system testing. But as we pick only relevant parameters to achieve a functionality, it can be perceived as component integration testing.

If only you could mock the dependencies and remove the need to practice on a real car...

[April1]

I wish we had the simulator.

[April1]

There are different sources of E-Sys and data files and many could not use automatic installer. To help them, I included a simple manual installation procedure.

Hope this would help.

[jaydaman93]

Guys does coding void the warranty, if so do i need to change back the settings before i bring it in for a service? Is there a way to just load all of the backed up settings at once?

[April1]

It is a debatable question. You would lose the warranty if it can be proved that a change of setting is the cause of the degradation of a part. Example: change of settings to door openi
Gs, closing, tail gate closing, suppressing warnings, DVD in motion, displaying tyre pressures etc won't stress car parts beyond normal operations.

If you have saved your original cafd files, you can always go back to original settings. In such case, don't read the cafd file values from the car, use the original saved cafd files. There are other ways too but I prefer this over others as I know exactly what change I m reverting to and not leaving system to set the default values on its own.

[April1]

It is noticed that some members have downloaded psdz data files 2.46.6. For them to install the SW with data files, a new Setup_3.18_46.6.bat file has been added to the first post.

[Marathon Man]

When April1 says "It is noticed" he means that I had a problem doing it and he solved it for me and for everyone else, too. Much thanks to April1.

[April1]

We definitely love to resolve genuine problems but this case was a classic case. We were close but far from the solution for marathon man. It was Shawn who kept on motivating me even at his late night and that resulted into a work around for marathon man.

But never-the-less we would suggest members to keep using data files 2.46.3 until we get a new release and find that it is backward compatible too. It is found that data files 2.46.6 and 2.47.1 do not support all the modules of our cars. Either we have to wait for the new release and/ or understand the changes in depth. If I have understood the German numbering system correctly, series 47 may not be fully compatible with series 46 but there would be work arounds to use series 47, I might be wrong

[April1]

In case its desired to uninstall E-Sys with plugged data files, run "Unistall_ESYS with data.bat" file after removing the extension pdf. File is attached to the first post.

[X3vader]

April, would you by any chance know how to adjust the low beam, high beam, fog light brightness?? my car has halogens not xenons. Thx in advance!

[April1]

Setup batch file for psdz data 47.4 uploaded.

[Randeyman]

Originally Posted by April1

It is a debatable question. You would lose the warranty if it can be proved that a change of setting is the cause of the degradation of a part. Example: change of settings to door openi
Gs, closing, tail gate closing, suppressing warnings, DVD in motion, displaying tyre pressures etc won't stress car parts beyond normal operations.

If you have saved your original cafd files, you can always go back to original settings. In such case, don't read the cafd file values from the car, use the original saved cafd files. There are other ways too but I prefer this over others as I know exactly what change I m reverting to and not leaving system to set the default values on its own.

April1

I would LOVE to know HOW to place (copy/overwrite/etc) the original "saved" CAFD files (now on my laptop) back into the car, so that it would be like it originally came. I have not seen that information anywhere in these (or other) threads. Everyone says "make a backup copy of them and save them in a safe place" in case you need to return the car to original programmed specs. I certainly did that - I just don't know how to put them back into the car IF I need to.

Any help/advice/directions on that?

THANKS!

[April1]

Originally Posted by Randeyman

April1

I would LOVE to know HOW to place (copy/overwrite/etc) the original "saved" CAFD files (now on my laptop) back into the car, so that it would be like it originally came. I have not seen that information anywhere in these (or other) threads. Everyone says "make a backup copy of them and save them in a safe place" in case you need to return the car to original programmed specs. I certainly did that - I just don't know how to put them back into the car IF I need to.

Any help/advice/directions on that?

THANKS!

Steps are very similar to what you do during coding. When you right click on any cafd file and select Read Coding Data, it reads data from car. So in place of selecting read coding data, select New and point to the saved cafd file matching the exact same name in your saved folder and proceed with the regular steps of saving and activating FA and code FDL. In this process you will push the saved cafd data back to car.

This is very logical and easy to visualize. You need to use cafd files which were changed in your coding earlier, forget about others which were not touched at all.

There are other ways too but I prefer the above as it is very logical and we know exactly what we are doing.

[DasBavaria]

Hey April1,

I should be getting my X3 in approx. 3 weeks now and I wanted to get in to coding a few of the variables in my car as well. Do you still have any of the ENET Cables? Or a reputable source that I may be able to buy them off of?

Thanks.