File uploaded to http://www.xoutpost.com/nav/I-Bus.zip and also posted on the first post in this thread.

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If you need someone to produce the interface when its completed let me know, I have contacts in China who can produce and assemble PCBs very cheap.

Odia.

This is Great!!!!

I have to try this out - something to make myself busy for a while.

I will order the PCB and put together the I-Bus interface and get it prepared.

I will keep post what happens later.

Thank you!

@all

Software can be downloaded from the first post.

Roland

Roland - great post, this is very interesting and helps explain some anomolies due to potentially incorrect coding by dealers.

Question - I notice the GUI does not support E83 (X3) or SUV as a type - is there a way of adding these into the exe? Also, are there English translations available for the GUI tools? Looks like a very useful utility.

I've just tried this on the Mk III I have which would not support split screen in radio mode, it now works perfectly!

On a similar topic, is there any way to 'code' the Bluetooth ULF 'MIT SES' to accept Imperial voice commands? Mine responds to things like "400 feet", "100 meters" and "1 kilometer" but not to "900 yards" or "1 Mile". Any ideas?

Richard. If there is a way with this tool to change the Key Coding of the instrument cluster you would be able to code anything. The Ibus sets the language.

I have a tool that connects to the i bus and sends messages to set the ULF module in a programming mode in order to set to any language. The problem is that once you set the language of the ULF, the IKE overrides the language settings with info on the i bus.

If you could change the cluster language you can change the ULF module language.

Key coding should be pretty simple using this tool, if the hex stings were known. Also, it might be possible to put the instrument cluster in it's programming mode to change the language. I think it is one of the options when you turn the key to the first position when holding the milage reset button. That should change the ULF module language.

Martin

Martin, thanks for that. I tried changing units from Miles to Km and back (which had no effect), I did not try changing the language, I'll give it a go.

Edit:

No, that did not work. Even when set to German the ULF responds to English commands and when set back to English is just the same, KM and not Miles.

Here is a doc on how to code the IKE in the E38 E39 X5

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/a.../ikecoding.pdf

It looks like you can not set the coding, but just see it. Key coding is the process for changing the key coding of the car.

Changing th ekey coding would be a great addition to this tool.

Think about all of the cool things you could change specific to each key

http://www.e38.org/B090398_Att2_CKMSet.PDF

Martin