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Official F10 Coding thread---Exploring Your F10

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#1 · (Edited)
I hope this will be the most intriguing thread!

We will discuss all the options available and try to share as much information as possible .

Knowledge Transfer: Find the attached pdf in the below link and go through it ... It will give you the basics to start also check the attached PDF (Thanks to modular93 fox)

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6823380&postcount=6 (If the link doesnt work go to post # 6 in this thread)

How to make the Enet cable (You need this cable to connect your car and you laptop), Its not hard to make your own cable.
It would cost around 10 to 15$ to make a cable.

Please use the below link to find the detailed description on how to make your cable (Thanks to IMSw1) and also check teh attached PDF for detailed schematics

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6825214&postcount=52 (If the link doesnt work go to post # 52 in this thread)

List of things that can be programed: (Thanks to All contributing Members)

Please check the Cheat Sheet for the list

Data Files Required to code your car:

F001 psdzdata covers the F01/F02/F04 7-series and F07 5-series
F010 psdzdata covers the F10 5-series and F12/F13 6-series
F020 psdzdata covers the F20 1-series and F30 3-series (There is no Z4 F-chassis yet)
F025 psdzdata covers the F25 X3-series (There is no X5 F-chassis yet).

More details in the below Link:

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6827272&postcount=91

Cheat Sheet:

What Module to modify.. What Parameter and What value will be explained in the attached cheat sheet... This will have all our new discoveries going forward.

This thread is dedicated to help fellow festers! Will add more details as and when available just follow the thread for updates!

Volunteers: People who can install for others /Willing to help others with installation

1) DreamCar (NJ,MD)
2) Shawnsheridan (Houston,TX)
3) Imsw1 (Dayton, OH)
4) Svache (Oahu.HI)
5) hd750Li (DFW, TX)
6) wdimagineer (MD)

This is just the basic info... Will add more info in next two days

All the credit goes to Sean and Shawn

Disclaimer: Try it/use it/ request it at your own risk and blah blah and all that cra*P.......

Important: Please dont use "Quote" when replying... In that way it will be less cluttered and easy to browse once it is sticky... :thumbup:

Sub Threads:

SLI :http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6863231#post6863231

For the video lovers here is teh feast:
http://youtu.be/1dzvhZggafg

http://youtu.be/HdgecnfqoDg



Transfering your phone ring tone to your car.

Before

http://youtu.be/EG4MR-o1eSg

After

http://youtu.be/WuLUgAGypfw
 

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#33 · (Edited)
@DreamCar - sweet. I don't have any background on coding at all, just reading up on forums etc. However, my friend and I are working to build the cable this weekend and will attempt to learn how to code haha. By the way, is it possible to mess up the system? and what about warranty?

Also can someone PM the links to download the files necessary used to program? much appreciated.

**EDITED**

I am reading here that we need to purchase a "token" to use the e-sys?
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=677656
 
#34 ·
FYI. "Always Remember Air Recirculating" has been added to the list.

Also, for MY 2012's. I believe the Automatic Start/Stop function can be coded to where it remembers and starts up in the state it was last in (e.g. off) when the engine was turned off. Since I have a MY 2011, I can not test it though; however, I have someone who will supposedly test it soon.
 
#35 ·
@clutchlee; Yes, E-Sys requires a valid token, along with ISTA/P psdzdata files totaling around 10 Gb. I believe you will soon see that all of what you need is readily available.
 
#37 ·
@Imothph; You do want the F10 HUD, trust me. If not for the HUD itself, but for the beautiful full black panel dashboard display that comes with it. That alone makes the HUD worthwhile.

As for speed, the dash BC readout is good, or you may want to consider an Escort Passport 9500ix, as besides the obvious benefit it brings as a high-end Radar Detector, it also has a configuration option to display your speed in MPH.
 
#44 ·
@Imothph; You do want the F10 HUD, trust me. If not for the HUD itself, but for the beautiful full black panel dashboard display that comes with it. That alone makes the HUD worthwhile.
I plan on ordering it anyway, for the reasons you mention but also because my luck is such that I'd get the only F10 with that particular coding option locked out by NASA, for Homeland Security reasons.

Still, I plan on building a cable and figuring out where to get a token for for E-SYS.

Still feel like Im missing something.....OH RIGHT!...better get the car first.
 
#39 ·
@DreamCar; Yeah, I figured disabling the Auto Start/Stop function would be quite popular, however, getting the M-HUD remains the Holy Grail.
 
#41 ·
DreamCar: yep, I will definitely support festers in DFW area. Been doing that for quite a while now.

Do you mind if I open up another thread in F01/F02 sub forum? F-series is a different kind of animal which does not share a lot of coding features with F10.

Thanks for igniting the potentials of our fester community.
 
#42 ·
@hchohan; You are welcome, but I am not sure that "ac automatically turning on" and ""Always Remember Air Recirculating" are one in the same?
 
#46 ·
Feel free to add me to the list of individuals willing to help. One of my BMW friends gave me a cable to use and I'll have the software shortly.

I used to do this type of thing on my VAG cars all the time using VCDS/VAG-COM and helped contribute to that software's development by doing some previously thought impossible things, like Euro-only feature retrofits.

Happy to help anybody locally.
 
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#48 ·
@alextremo; I have been on the hunt for the EDC (Dynamic Drive Control) Code, but haven't found it. I'm still hunting, but it may not exists.
 
#49 ·
Wow, this is awesome news! Like someone else mentioned, I'm in IT as well, so I have crimpers and work with wiring from time to time. I'm also willing to be a guinea pig. If you guys are going to meet soon around the northern NJ area, I'm definitely game!

And to whomever was asking, get the HUD. It is well worth it. Once you go HUD, you won't go back.
 
#52 ·
Cable Wiring Pictures (OBD2 Side)

Excuse my crappy soldering skills. Here's some pictures of the OBD2 side of the ENET cable.

The cable in the picture is CAT6. For a better reference to the schematic, the following applies:

PIN 3 - Light Blue (CAT 6) would be Green Stripe (CAT5e)
PIN 4 & 5 (Bridged) - Brown (CAT 6) would be Brown (CAT5e) - This is what is grounded to the RJ-45
PIN 11 - Green (CAT6) would be Solid Green (CAT5e)
PIN 12 - White (CAT 6) would be Orange Stripe (CAT5e)
PIN 13 - Orange (CAT 6) would be Solid Orange (CAT5e)
PIN 8 and 16 (Bridged) with a 510ohm, 1/4 (.25) watt resistor

Sean
 

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Excuse my crappy soldering skills. Here's some pictures of the OBD2 side of the ENET cable.

The cable in the picture is CAT6. For a better reference to the schematic, the following applies:

PIN 3 - Light Blue (CAT 6) would be Green Stripe (CAT5e)
PIN 4 & 5 (Bridged) - Brown (CAT 6) would be Brown (CAT5e) - This is what is grounded to the RJ-45
PIN 11 - Green (CAT6) would be Solid Green (CAT5e)
PIN 12 - White (CAT 6) would be Orange Stripe (CAT5e)
PIN 13 - Orange (CAT 6) would be Solid Orange (CAT5e)
PIN 8 and 16 (Bridged) with a 510ohm, 1/4 (.25) watt resistor

Sean
Sean on the cable that you built for me on the RJ-45 there is no brown wire at that end of the connection yet at the OBDii connection there is a brown wire coming out of the bundle and its connected to the bridged pin 4 and 5 which i think is the ground wire. I just bought a cable trying to make one for a friend and on the Cat5e 568B wiring on the RJ-45 there is a brown/white and brown wire....Can I use that brown wire to ground it to the bridged pin of 4 and 5. I cannot take that pin out of the RJ-45 connection like the one you did for me as it was an already made patch. If i connect that brown wire to pin 4 and 5 will it short anything. Thanks
 
#54 ·
Fort Lee, NJ resident here...

This is big... Bigger than leveling up in "Contra" lol. Very interested in meeting and hopefully learning how to do this and sharing the knowledge. It all looks foreign to me so far though.

I have an F13. Hope it's the same coding as the F10.
 
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