[dhirm5]

What's the verdict here -- I have a '14 with adaptive led lights - can coding be used to turn on the no-dazzle high beam assist?

 

[deb10042]

I was doing some research on this topic and came across the attached data from BMW. It's actually very informative and answers most of our questions.

That's a very interesting finding - thanks!
Where did you get thus documentation from?
Will your source also be able to provide such documentation for the F20 assistance systems?

 

[MWPos]

I got the PDF file from BMW's web site. I followed a link to the document from Google by searching for "BMW driver assistance".


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[joder]

What's the verdict here -- I have a '14 with adaptive led lights - can coding be used to turn on the no-dazzle high beam assist?

I'm curious about this too... I am guessing no at this point as I would imagine that there is a need for some custom code to get this working right.

 

[iansanderson]

I just removed 5AP and 8S4 from my '14 (08/13) build F30 with High Beam assistant and checked the coding in the FLA module and everything was changed to ECE from US. I also encoded FEM Body with the updated VO. I do not have KAFAS but did order the HBA stand-alone option so I have a camera below my rear view mirror.

Took the car on a test-drive with the automatic high beams on and WOW.. the function is really freaking cool. It would appear that my xenon headlamps with adaptive have all of the necessary equipment to allow the euro high beam assistant function to work as intended. The lights spread on horizontal and vertical axes. If you are not paying attention, the road stays very illuminated. If you are concentrating on the beams, you see them moving around objects and actively illuminating the road. I wouldn't call the euro coding aggressive as another poster mentioned, but rather precise. It keeps the road very illuminated but cuts the high beams at the exact moment the other vehicle passes avoiding glaring the oncoming driver. You can notice the headlamps dynamically moving around other vehicles that are in front of you or passing too giving more visibility to other parts of the road. The whole drive I wasn't flashed by an oncoming driver which is a good sign.

I am definitely leaving this coding intact.

In the video, it's difficult to see it in action. Pay attention to the right side of the road when a vehicle approaches. At 2:26 you can see the left beam dip at the precise moment an oncoming vehicle passed mine, avoiding glaring the driver. In US mode, the automatic high beams would have been off immediately upon the camera seeing an oncoming vehicle approaching.

 

[joder]

Thanks for the update - I am anxious to try this out on an F10.

I only have AHB and no KAFAS/KAFAS2 camera or ECU module.

 

[DR1er]

I'm surprised there are not 100s of comments after your post! IMO this is a major achievement. Congrats!! :beer:

I have 8S4 on my 2013 E70... could this potentially work for me? I'm willing to test this if you would share all the details (I just started coding, so I'm still a rookie but I'm not afraid to try).

I have a 640 GC on order for ED and will definitely try this when I receive the car!

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I just removed 5AP and 8S4 from my '14 (08/13) build F30 with High Beam assistant and checked the coding in the FLA module and everything was changed to ECE from US. I also encoded FEM Body with the updated VO. I do not have KAFAS but did order the HBA stand-alone option so I have a camera below my rear view mirror.

Took the car on a test-drive with the automatic high beams on and WOW.. the function is really freaking cool. It would appear that my xenon headlamps with adaptive have all of the necessary equipment to allow the euro high beam assistant function to work as intended. The lights spread on horizontal and vertical axes. If you are not paying attention, the road stays very illuminated. If you are concentrating on the beams, you see them moving around objects and actively illuminating the road. I wouldn't call the euro coding aggressive as another poster mentioned, but rather precise. It keeps the road very illuminated but cuts the high beams at the exact moment the other vehicle passes avoiding glaring the oncoming driver. You can notice the headlamps dynamically moving around other vehicles that are in front of you or passing too giving more visibility to other parts of the road. The whole drive I wasn't flashed by an oncoming driver which is a good sign.

I am definitely leaving this coding intact.

In the video, it's difficult to see it in action. Pay attention to the right side of the road when a vehicle approaches. At 2:26 you can see the left beam dip at the precise moment an oncoming vehicle passed mine, avoiding glaring the driver. In US mode, the automatic high beams would have been off immediately upon the camera seeing an oncoming vehicle approaching.

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[SkiScubaSailDud]

I just removed 5AP and 8S4 from my '14 (08/13) build F30 with High Beam assistant and checked the coding in the FLA module and everything was changed to ECE from US. I also encoded FEM Body with the updated VO. I do not have KAFAS but did order the HBA stand-alone option so I have a camera below my rear view mirror.

Took the car on a test-drive with the automatic high beams on and WOW.. the function is really freaking cool. It would appear that my xenon headlamps with adaptive have all of the necessary equipment to allow the euro high beam assistant function to work as intended. The lights spread on horizontal and vertical axes. If you are not paying attention, the road stays very illuminated. If you are concentrating on the beams, you see them moving around objects and actively illuminating the road. I wouldn't call the euro coding aggressive as another poster mentioned, but rather precise. It keeps the road very illuminated but cuts the high beams at the exact moment the other vehicle passes avoiding glaring the oncoming driver. You can notice the headlamps dynamically moving around other vehicles that are in front of you or passing too giving more visibility to other parts of the road. The whole drive I wasn't flashed by an oncoming driver which is a good sign.

I am definitely leaving this coding intact.

In the video, it's difficult to see it in action. Pay attention to the right side of the road when a vehicle approaches. At 2:26 you can see the left beam dip at the precise moment an oncoming vehicle passed mine, avoiding glaring the driver. In US mode, the automatic high beams would have been off immediately upon the camera seeing an oncoming vehicle approaching.

We need someone to try this with LED's. I have all the above equipment on my '14 F32 except in LED. Would love to have this functionality.

 

[shawnsheridan]

We need someone to try this with LED's. I have all the above equipment on my '14 F32 except in LED. Would love to have this functionality.

Err...maybe you could be that someone...

 

[SkiScubaSailDud]

Yeah yeah... gotta build a cable. Have to find a radio shack to get the resistor I guess... then I'd need some help with the software getting the right versions and what not. Not opposed to trying as I'm quite savvy with both the soldering gun as well as the keyboard. :thumbup:

 

[ktula]

I just removed 5AP and 8S4 from my '14 (08/13) build F30 with High Beam assistant and checked the coding in the FLA module and everything was changed to ECE from US. I also encoded FEM Body with the updated VO. I do not have KAFAS but did order the HBA stand-alone option so I have a camera below my rear view mirror.

Took the car on a test-drive with the automatic high beams on and WOW.. the function is really freaking cool. It would appear that my xenon headlamps with adaptive have all of the necessary equipment to allow the euro high beam assistant function to work as intended. The lights spread on horizontal and vertical axes. If you are not paying attention, the road stays very illuminated. If you are concentrating on the beams, you see them moving around objects and actively illuminating the road. I wouldn't call the euro coding aggressive as another poster mentioned, but rather precise. It keeps the road very illuminated but cuts the high beams at the exact moment the other vehicle passes avoiding glaring the oncoming driver. You can notice the headlamps dynamically moving around other vehicles that are in front of you or passing too giving more visibility to other parts of the road. The whole drive I wasn't flashed by an oncoming driver which is a good sign.

I am definitely leaving this coding intact.

In the video, it's difficult to see it in action. Pay attention to the right side of the road when a vehicle approaches. At 2:26 you can see the left beam dip at the precise moment an oncoming vehicle passed mine, avoiding glaring the driver. In US mode, the automatic high beams would have been off immediately upon the camera seeing an oncoming vehicle approaching.

What did you change? Could you be more specific? It's difficult to tell from your video if it was working or not.

 

[shawnsheridan]

What did you change? Could you be more specific? It's difficult to tell from your video if it was working or not.

He removed 5AP and 8S4 from his VO, and VO Coded his FLA module. I don't know that he can be anymore specific.

 

[ktula]

He removed 5AP and 8S4 from his VO, and VO Coded his FLA module. I don't know that he can be anymore specific.

Sorry, being a coding noob, I have no clue what all those activities entail

 

[joder]

He removed 5AP and 8S4 from his VO, and VO Coded his FLA module. I don't know that he can be anymore specific.

That almost seems too easy

I was trying to mess around with VOs the other day with the PDF link you had provided and didn't get too far.

I did step 3 on this http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7448118&postcount=2 and it just went through an recoded everything on the car as far as I could tell. It appeared to do FDL coding for every ECU module.

Perhaps this is correct? Scared me at first but everything seems to work fine still. I had not made any changes per these instructions: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=327696&d=1338725691

I plan on doing this later today. Is it easy to mess things up when doing VO coding?

 

[joder]

I just removed 5AP and 8S4 from my '14 (08/13) build F30 with High Beam assistant and checked the coding in the FLA module and everything was changed to ECE from US. I also encoded FEM Body with the updated VO. I do not have KAFAS but did order the HBA stand-alone option so I have a camera below my rear view mirror.

I have the HBA only as well. Removing 5AP and 8S4 should be simple enough.

Are there a specific set of sub-modules in the FLA module that need to be changed from US to ECE?

Also what exactly do you mean when you say you encoded FEM Body with the updated VO? Is this just writing the VO changes back to that specific module instead of the whole ECU?

 

[shawnsheridan]

If you did this, which is VO Coding:

...I did step 3 on this http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7448118&postcount=2...

But did not do this, which is modify your VO first and write it to the car:

...I had not made any changes per these instructions: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=327696&d=1338725691...

Then you did nothing as the car was already in a VO Coded state based on the same factory VO.

And as for this:

...it just went through an recoded everything on the car as far as I could tell. It appeared to do FDL coding for every ECU module...

The instructions were to right-click on a single ECU and select Code. If you did this, it is impossible that it would code every ECU. You can only code every ECU by right-clicking on the VIN at the top of the SVT and selecting Code.

And if you did right-click on a single ECU and select Code, then it was VO Coded. To be FDL Coded would require right-clicking on a single ECU's CAFD and selecting Code FDL.

 

[shawnsheridan]

...Are there a specific set of sub-modules in the FLA module that need to be changed from US to ECE?...

He wrote that simply removing the two "crippling" Option Codes from his VO and VO Coding FLA, that all the FDL Settings automatically reverted to the settings for an ECE car.

...Also what exactly do you mean when you say you encoded FEM Body with the updated VO?

He is saying he VO Coded FEM_BODY with the modified FA (VO) Activated.

...Is this just writing the VO changes back to that specific module instead of the whole ECU?

A module and an ECU are the same thing.

 

[joder]

Thanks for all of the clarification. I did right click on SVT and then click code now that I look back at it.

I did not know if the code when right clicking on a module was FDL or VO. I assumed it wasn't FDL as there is a button for that.

This is really pretty simple it seems (I like to make things out to be more complex than they really are at times).

 

[pbjr]

Wow, this is great news! I have a 435i with LEDs and must try this. Just need to figure out the whole programming thing...

 

[tonyscv]

I can give this a try on my F10 2014 LCI With LEDs - can someone summarize exactly the steps I need to take? (I am well-versed in coding but I've never done VO coding before.) I realize they are contained in several posts in this thread but it's my own car and I'd rather have this be brain dead obvious when I try it myself because I don't want to miss an important step and I'm sure I'll have other folks wanting me to code this in their F10s as well