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If a sports car such as the M3 needs electric seats for whatever reasons let them be there but then what's wrong with delete options? Why not let people deside for themselves whether they value more the added luxury or the weight saving. Personally I would gladly knock the electric seats off instantly and without second thought if there was such a delete option... |
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My thoughts on this is that while it is "just software" a practical solution would involve a piggyback module of some kind. Like the 335i mods, or like the smarttop I have installed that lets me close the roof by holding the fob button for a couple seoncds and then walk away while it closes with no further intervention from me (among other cool things). |
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09-01-2009, 01:05 PM | #50 |
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Makes sense since DSC is "bigger" than just the engine - it includes brakes and other subsystems as wll. But it must be controlled by some computer module somewhere. Although it is certainly conceivable that the software to achieve the individual DSC functions is spread throughout the car. I.e. if the code that runs for "MDM" is not there in every car (read: our non-MDrive cars), regardless of equipment level from factory, then actually getting it in there might be beyond practicality.
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09-01-2009, 01:27 PM | #51 | |
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There are some successful VO changes documented in this forum, especially the one for the old iDrive retrofit into a non-iDrive 3 Series. In this particular case, Navigation, Logic7 and Voice Activation were enabled just by changing the VO to include those codes. The iDrive computer then set itself to output digital audio signals (from analog) and to turn on the Voice Activation. However, because even with proper VOs sometimes updating modules cause them to crap the dealer most of the time do not want to mess around too much with coding unless is it absolutely necessary. Thus, the probability of VO changes done at the dealer is extemely minimal although with the right dealer it can be done (that iDrive retrofit VO change was done at a dealer). Again, all this is based on the premise that MDM is somehow dormant somewhere in the coding of the car and that a change of VO could "free it up". |
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09-01-2009, 01:38 PM | #52 | |
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Interesting.
I wonder if the DSC module (probably designed by Bosch or such) actually has all 3 modes built-in (ON, OFF and MDM) and that it's just a matter of turning the right switch on BTW, I am loving this thread!
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Thanks for all your help Technic. I think the first step is to find out whether the necessary software is in the car already. I wonder how one would determine that?
Edit: I just saw your post with the diagram. Thanks for digging that up. So, like Frenchboy said - I wonder if it could be as simple as feeding that 'black box' the right inputs to throw it into an MDM routine. If that were the case then that would mean we (or someone) could design a small module with a circuit that fed the proper inputs when you push a button. |
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09-01-2009, 02:50 PM | #55 | |
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I'm hoping that since we have "DSC on" and "DSC off" (which sound like "commands" and not activations--since DSC is "activated" if we can use it) that a third option/command is possible. (Our holy grail of a three position toggle....) This may net us nothing, but it's worth taking a look. I'm sorry I can't check this sooner but I have Linux as my only OS on my laptop (got sick of Windows). I'll have to partition and load up Windows to run the scan. Windows is a pain to partition and load and it takes a long time on my old laptop to configure to run a scan. |
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09-01-2009, 02:58 PM | #56 | |
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My guess is that everything is there and we just need an accessible control unit. From a manufacturing perspective, this make sense. Using the same part makes manufacturing simpler and less costly for BMW. A good case for this is people being able to enable the 'up-sell' features by updating there VO. |
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09-02-2009, 02:21 PM | #61 |
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That's great Finnegan - thanks in advance for digging into this. Let us know what you are able to find.
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Sorry this took so long guys, it was a busy weekend! But it's done. Here's the report.
I think what we're looking for is an activation not a command. Commands reset or calibrate; activations toggle existing functions. My initial understanding of the difference between command/activation was inaccurate. So, now that is cleared up let's move on to what we were looking for. Unfortunately I was not able to find any activations around DSC (even to toggle it to simply on/off as we can from the DSC switch) in the Stability Control Module or in any other module. (I went through every module on the list and checked--nothing there yet around DSC on, off, sport.) This isn't necessarily the last word as it may simply be that the tool can't see it yet and that functionality isn't built out. BT is continually adding to functionality and the ability to read/see modules and adding to the command/activation list. I'm encouraged as I was able to find some fairly extensive activations for a whole lot of things. E.g. turn on/off right/left headlight, open/close this window and that window, etc. (That was found in the "Footwell Module" module list of activations). The number of activations in various modules is rather extensive....but missing the one I was looking for. I will send an email to BT and see what I can find out about activations under Stability Control or other modules that will toggle "DSC" or related functions. More to come (hopefully). |
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09-09-2009, 11:26 AM | #66 |
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Thank you for posting your results Finnegan. Much appreciated. It is too bad you didn't hit pay-dirt, but as you said, this is by no means the final word yet.
One thing that immediately comes to mind would be - what is the DCT dash switch wired to from the factory? It must be "activate"-ing something somewhere, right? |
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