Best place to tap into I-Bus

[mrebholz]

Hey all,

Sometime ago I got Resler's adaptor and the cool Navcoder app, then tried to look for the best place to actually connect to the I-Bus connector.

In the E83 X3 where *IS* the easiest and most pain-free place to find the I-Bus connector?

Not that I really do want to activate TV on the move or anything...

thanks

Mark

[trapdoor]

Actually, the EASIEST place I found to tap into the i-bus is on the TV module

The reason is that it is VERY easily accessible as the plug you need to gat to is the one nearest to you, in full visibility where you can easily get your hand to pop the catch on the plug.

My setup was as follows:

I made up a power lead to connect the Resler i/f to the accessory socket in the cargo area (RH side). I did this to be 100% certain that there could be no short between +12v and any of the other pins on the TV module. I then ran a single wire from the interface to the i-bus pin on the TV module. All I did was take the shell off the plug, poke the wire into the back of the plug with the i-bus pin, put the shell back on the plug and re-plug it into the VM.

Worked like a charm and I can set this up in no more than about 2 mins now.

[mrebholz]

Thanks Trapdoor - I'll give it a go and see if I can figure out what wire goes where. I don't like friggin' with the car's internals when I clearly don't know what I'm doing, but I want to get this working. When you say RHS, you mean PASSENGER's side, right (looking at X3 from the front?)

Aha. No.. reposted - I see what you mean - you mean to get 12vDC from the 'cigarette lighter' socket on the driver's side...

Don't suppose you have a picture of the lead you created?

[mrebholz]

Didn't need power in the end. The resler's module and USB bus power was sufficient.

Took the panel off in the boot, LHS covering NAV and TV modules. Seemed to be easiest way to get in. The DVD module will slide out if you push the four pins in each corner of the rack in together - push hard - and slide the module out. Removed the DVD player for NAV, and removed the blue connector

Soldered the wires shown in the attached pic (one for connecting to car's GROUND and one for IBUS), and put the ends into pins 3 and 10 on the blue NAV connector. I'm connected to iBUS

Obviously this means I can now change anything that is NOT NAV (as it is disconnected). I wanted access to TV and VOICE, so this is fine...

Just used the 3D Perspective Hidden menu. Good. Now to upgrade my NAV to 4-1/91 (v29 from current v28)

I think I'll give the Speed camera POI DB a go.