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Bimmercode: Ambient Lighting Colors & Combos (LCI)
Disclaimer: I am by no means an expert. Proceed at your own risk.
My primary goal was to achieve Blue/Red Ambient Lighting combination on my 2022 LCI and these instructions are specifically for that end result. Thanks to these posts for pointing me in the right direction: https://g80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1922092 https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1738645 From what I can tell, the basic principals are the same between all the newer platforms. There are 2 areas in Expert Mode where changes are made: BDC_BODY3 ECU
1. Library is where you change the stock colors of ambient lighting. The byte locations of the colors vary between the platforms. Basic Mode already has the ability to recode Bronze to one of their pre-set colors and luckily Red is one of them. In Basic Mode, there are 2 settings for ambient lighting color but you can't code combinations. For good measure, I set both of these to Red (oddly, will accept the same values just not different values). Update: X4 instructions thanks to gramboda Quote:
Since my Bronze is already Red via Basic Mode, I modified Byte 3 from 00 (white) to 03 (blue). That's basically my workaround to achieve Blue/Red combo. Looking forward to when someone deciphers the Library portion and creates some crazy combos! i.e. You can change the color of 3 areas:
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I created this quick Excel file to help with changing the values. This is for LCI not sure if its the same values for Non-LCI.
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Thank you for the write up. Was this on android or ios?
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Is there a way to achieve this on the pre-LCI... ?
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From what I've read on here, pre-LCI has no problem setting color combinations in Basic Mode. Can someone confirm? Can't say for sure but I think if you can access those two areas via Expert Mode the basics should be the same
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Yes, but getting the two tone or top & bottom color differences in the door must be coded I think.
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I took the screen shot in demo mode so not sure if this is exact when connected but it is close if not. ps: I prefer the red on top and blue on the bottom as the blue is brighter than the red/our eyes pic it up more. |
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To be clear though, the red on the bottom is less light. Interestingly, the human eye is less sensitive to red light (does not cause night blindness). That is why it is used for brake lights on cars and why campers/pilots use red lights at night. Also, that is why BMW dashboards are lit in orange. Red is the best color (to avoid night blindness) but they wanted to reserve that for warnings so orange was the next best option - so I've been told. |
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Thanks guys! I updated the OP to include step by step with screenshots. I've also jotted down all the Bytes (21 total) and what colors correspond to which value in a quick Excel file.
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Looks pretty cool, I'll probably also add a headliner LED strip now ha.
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About time Bimmercode able to do this. Been doing this on E-Sys since last year.
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