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Old 12-12-2012, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5 View Post
Short answer - NO.
Long answer - YES... the light switch S8 (like many other switches in the car) sends a signal to the LCM based on the switch position. There is a small circuitry inside the switch that allows the LCM to monitor the switch for the position and based on that, turn on/off specific light. The lights in the car can be turned on/off by sending specific commands on the iBus, and you might create a special effects light show (first 30 seconds of this video BMW M7 - YouTube). Thus, it is possible to build a box that will intercept the signals coming from the light switch S8 and tell the LCM to behave in your specifically desired way.

good example is a little box that I have for the TV module, that blocks the speed signal coming to the TV module and tells the module the speed is zero, hence allowing the TV to stay on while the car is in motion.

So, the answer is - do you want to build such a box?

That would be the iLights module or whatever its called.....Im not interested in making a light show. I Was just curious as to what options (as far as custom coding individual lights) through the LCM were available to us.

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That would be the iLights module or whatever its called.....Im not interested in making a light show. I Was just curious as to what options (as far as custom coding individual lights) through the LCM were available to us.

Lights

The lamps of the vehicle lighting system are monitored both when switched off and switched on (cold and warm monitoring).
The lamps are activated by means of transistors. Due to the fact that they are now short-circuit-protected, the standard lamp fuses are no longer necessary.
The lamps can also be activated via the diagnosis function.
The country-specific functions of the lamp circuits are coded.
Maybe I'm mistaken, but if the switch position is monitored as you said, and the lamp circuits are coded.....wouldn't that mean we're able to code light functions as we see fit? I know that relies on the assumption that we know which lines of code to change an how...
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