NavCoder v2.3.5 released and now available
 

thx Jochen ... will there be soon any new version with new options :)

Jochen, thanks!!!

Thanx Jochen...

Tobmag

Thank you, Jochen!!!

Thanks, Jochen!
Alex

Thanks man!:thumbup:

Thanks Jochen, just keep going!!:thumbup:

Nice, thanks for the update, any chance of coding the ULF for name change?

I've just updated my ULF (gen12) and it was BNIB, so the name is default (BMW ULF) not (BMW JU12345).

Thanks Jochen for great software!

One Quastion, i want disable monitoring of my fog lamps, how i can make this on my e38 1995?

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Bye

A question please to those who've previously updated from one version of NavCoder to the next : is there a specific update process or do you just delete the older version and install the new one?

I'm being cautious as I wouldn't want to delete or overwrite important settings.

Just overwrite the NavCoder.exe file. All settings stay unchanged.

Thanks Jochen.

DSP Coding
 

Hi jochen,

Would it be possible to add DSP coding to Navcoder at all?

I am trying to code a DSP from none nav car to a car with nav & enable the Digital output.
Regards
Jason

Sure - as soon as i can figure out how the DSP is coded... I don't know yet...

i think many people would be happier, if you could add more coding of the LCM :)

I enjoy making people happy...

at this time i can´t disable angeleyes bulb monitoring? i bought led lights and replaced them. but now the "check control" is crazy, these leds somehow interfere someting...

does that mean, that we can expect some new functions? ;)

I'm sorry if Im posting in the wrong area just would like to ask I coded my MK3 which i purchased from ebay last year using navcoder 2.1.1.... I have a 2006 X5 now I'm not sure if its related but i cannot seem to have the option of audiotext....I have enabled it in info,but when I play my mp3 converted to Tag ID3 i see nothing but track number and folder number....what eluded me to this is that I have copied tracks to multiple directories and the only way to toggle to next folder is to increment song track to very end before it plays next folder.I cant even see the options for randam play etc etc.
Any help could I have stuffed something up 12 months ago with code....everything else appears to work properly.....

I dont see any of these menus

http://www.bimmernav.com/bmw_mp3_cd_changer.html

Thanks
Crows

Can you please be more descriptive with your problem.

I have looked and NavCoder currently has CHECK_CONTROL_CRAZY=FALSE setting, which I have never changed.

If you describe your problem more maybe we may be able to help...

Most likely your radio is to old.
All your symptoms tie in with Martins description of an older version BM54 that does not support ID3 text.

What are the last 7 digits of your vehicle VIN number?
This is the serial number of your car and with it I can tell you exactly when the car was manufacturered.

i changed angeleye bulbs to leds (bougt from ebay), after i installed them my fm radio was not clear, CDC wasn´t working and "check control" didn´t save any info about errors. i don´t have pressure sensors on my wheels so i get the "TYRECONTROL INACTIVE" message after driving few miles wich goes away and i can see radiostations or cd track again, but with these leds installed it gave the message and it never went away. after i turn off the car it usually shows these messages but with leds it didn´t show anything. these LED´s are from evil, DO NOT BUY THEM:confused:

now i have istalled my original bulbs back and everything works perfect!:thumbup:

worst spent 50$ ever!ouch:

Thanks KiwiJochen, my VIN number is LY95781....I have tried to upgrade my MK3 with vrsion 31 and sine then I have killed my MK3 but have noticed that my audiotext is working with just he standard radio and no nav......now what can i do with my mk3 hav burnt the disk using mode 2....any ideas?

PS revived it by downgrading with v21 then back to v26 I guess there is no advantages upgrading to v31 as firmware is same version 3-163....but interesting that audiotext doesnt work with nav unit could it be programme issue?

Regards
Crows

Any way of running navcoder on vista 64bit Ultimate?
I cant register ocx components becouse they are not 64 bit compatible,
all sourted out now, eaven if it enicially looked like i was runnig as administrator i was not, so make sure that you run as admin and it works out just fine

hi chaps..

I have got the cable and paid for the software.. How long does it take to get the key e-mailed to me because i cant wait to have a go..

Also.. What about new versions? Do we have to pay again or can we just update the software?.

I generally check my emails at least 1 x per day, so the longest time to get the key is typically 24hrs, unless I am away over night

Key is valid for future versions too.

Jochen (NavCoder author)

Jochen, when can we expect new version? :)

Thanks...

Just had a play around with it and it's fantastic.. (very clever)

The next question that I have is.. My nav system does not show POI in any menu's.. is this something that navcoder cam sort out for me or is this something on the nav disk??

Thanks in advance

ASH

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After later updates, POI's are stored on the Nav Disk it self and not in MK IV witch was the case with previous versions.
If you get your self Map Disk that is newer it will have POI (it has to be a BMW disk, and not a VDO or CarIn, since POI's are not fully comatible)

I belive it has to be newer then 2003, i might be wrong on that one

This weekends was playing with NavCoder..... I don't know It is bug or...I don't know what else this could be.... after the diconnection the interface I found that Speed limit is fixed and swithed ON, date and time is changed and in the date all "0" are shown like "C", Aux vent is switched ON as well (on 11.00 ;-) )..... All this parameters are changing in Set menu without problems but....... is it BUG?

what exactly this NavCode does to your BMW? do you connect to the car or use it in the pc or what, what it does and what is it for? please advice:confused:

NavCoder is a PC application that allows you to program the navigation computer and set various options, such as loading of any 3 x desired languages, change region settings, set the chassis number, etc

It runs on a PC, the PC connects via a serial port to the ibus in the car.

You can also:
1. set the TV so that it works in motion
2. set various LCM options to disable light bulb warning messages
3. read and set various bluetooth options
4. read all device information part numbers etc
5. diagnose faults in the car by showing what data messages are being transmitted around the car.

It is a strange problem that i aware of but have never found the reason why.

It appears to be a data clash whereby a message is being interpreted by the IKE as a message to change date/time etc

So far my theory is that it occurs when a data clash on the databus occurs.

This should never happen, and the IKE should ignore all invalid data. But somehow it decides to accept the invalid data

what type of connection do I need to connect the pc with the bmw and where is this connection in the car locate?

You need an interface. Build your own from circuit on the board or buy a Resler interface (resler.de). Hook laptop to interface, hook interface to car at a point where you can get 12 volts, ground, and I-bus. Get the SW for navcoder from kiwijochen and go. I have a 3 pin plug connected in the trunk of my e38 for hookup. There are points near the left trunk area where you can find the 3 wires.

thanks for the help!!!! anyone know if there are any BMW shows around the east coast like around NY?

It is clear for me that it should not be like this but it's fact!

Just one idea why this happens - I used neither Resler Interface nor interface from attached to the program archive. I used ordinary KL-line adapter.....

It means that I'm not the first with such problem? :rolleyes:

I want to change the language of my bluetooth module.
Can this be done with navcoder?
It doesn't change language with the navi.

I dont know what BT module you have the one that is fitted in my 525-03 doeas actually change language with the nav but you have to change language and then turn the ignition off. First when you turn it on again it should have changed the language too. Found this out after changing the French menues into Swedish with nawtweak, was going to makea call but couldnt since she was babbeling in french........

//Tobmag

can someone tell me what the navcoder is?

Read post#33. This thread.

Thanks man, that did it for me:thumbup:

Just a little problem still.
When I change the navi-language to dutch, my bluetooth goes to German.
There doesn't seem to be a solution to keep the bluetooth in english.
Probably the "cars" 1 language is German, so when the navi is in a language that isn't one of the standard languages, the bluetooth goes to german. Is there a way to programm the car in a way that it goes to english.

Thnx

REplace English with Your language, that way you wil have nav text and voice in your language, while rest of the car is in english bluetooth and so on

Nope. doesn't work either.
I coded my nav Eng ger fra.
Put my nav in english, so ses was english
Then coded dutch german french. As soon as i put my navi in dutch, ses was back to german.
I may have to code my car to english with carsoft.
That's what I'm going to try next.

German is default language when a module cannot support the language you have requested

US and Imperial Gallons and Accept screen
 

I'm confused about what happens when setting Nav to U.S. vs. other regions, regarding US gallons and Imperial gallons. Mine is a US E39 with Mk4, and it doesn't show the Accept screen but does calculate consumption in US gallons. It has gone into Imperial gallon mode and lost the Aux Vent option after S/W downgrade or upgrade, but disconnecting the battery briefly restores it to the hybrid Euro mode with US gallons and Aux vent option but no Accept screen.

So if NavCoder sets the region to US, then it should regain the annoying Accept screen, and will compute in US gallons. Then if I put it into Europe or Canada region, will the Accept screen disappear, but it will also go into imperial gallon mode? Is pulling battery power or fuses after it's in Euro mode the only way to get it into the hybrid Euro mode in which there's no Accept screen but it uses US gallons?

(In both the Imperial and US Euro modes, it displays yards rather than feet, and that is not a problem.)

Thanks

The nav has 2 x settings:

Region
Units

NavCoder can set the region, which also then predefines the available units
You can set the units in the Settings menu

Thats all.

Well I'm totally blind because I see no settings menu with ability to set Units.
:dunno:

You must be.

Press MENU
Look at the botton left of you screen
Its called Set in Europe and Settings in USA

What i ment was that you code your car to English, then modify software with navtwek, so english is replace with dutch.
That way you will have dutch menu, dutch voice guidence, while the rest of the car is in english.

Oh - you mean the Settings on the Nav computer, not in Navcoder. I thought you meant that there is a way in Navcoder to directly set units. Unfortunately the Nav computer Settings menu doesn't distinguish between Imperial gallons and US gallons.

Region = Europe, gallons is imperial

Regions = USA, gallons is US

There is no other way. If you are convinced you have something different, post a photo to show me. I can see immediately from your main MENU if you are in Europe or USA mode.

I'm in Euro mode, but if it's in Imperial gallon units, then I can disconnect the battery and the mode stays the same but it goes back to factory default of US gallons mode. The distance units remain as yards on the nav. This is a pretty well-known issue/solution.

I think going to Euro mode causes gallons to become Imperial, but removing power returns them to US default, but doesn't change the basic mode from Euro to US. Also, once you're in Euro mode/US gallon mode, then selecting metric for units means that it will go back to Imperial gallons if you try to go back from metric.

Since it somehow retains the US gallon memory as its original state, and can get into a Euro/US hybrid mode, I thought maybe Navcoder could also force it into this state.

Would it be possible with NavCoder to enable the blinking of the indicators when locking/unlocking doors? My car doesn't have alarm.

Also, would it be possible to enable the setting which automatically locks the doors when the car starts moving?

No, go to your local dealer, for 1h labor they will help you with all the Key and Car memory

All,

I've just bought a set of rear LED's (OEM) for my e46 coupe (July 02) and am trying to code the LCM to not display the warning lights, however everything I try fails.

I've plugged in the LED's (with the adaptor leads), and when I turn on the igniton (engine running), the LED's do a disco light show (which I assume is the bulb monitor), and then the lights work perfectly, but the bulb warnings come on, then go off, then come back on etc...

I follow the instructions from the navcoder pop-ups, but the LCM retains the original code, even though the pop-up says that the LCM has been successfully coded?

I've used navcoder to code the Nav, TV and VR on BT ULF so I know it all works.

Does the OEM (bulb) lights need to be in first (before the LED's) to code the LCM?
Does the lights need to be on?
Does the engine need to be running?

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.

Car; E46 330ci Coupe, July 02, factory bi-xenon,

NavCoder 2.3.5 actually don't code LCM for E46 correctly

I had troubles coding LCM into E46, if you want install leds into "light postion" taillight, code LCM for work with lower voltage, then only one side (front right) is showed error in warning bulb because this side have lower voltage and show the light into led very low bright

If coded rear lights, then only to rear-left send more voltage and this light bright too much than rear right.

I think this codes for LCM is beta ;)

You are right Lupito, LCM coding is beta. But that is because it is sooo hard to make it work the same for all LCMs. My next version seems to work better - I tried it ona friends E46 a few weeks ago and it correctly read the coding - at least, all the settings made sense!

Jochen

I don't mind testing it on mine mate :)

Jochen, did you find the solution of this problem? http://www.xoutpost.com/432109-post71.html

I was not so lucky like Jaycee today because of the same problem and did not knew his solution..... My Solution was the same as yours - disconnection of batery but of course this is not the most convinient way......

Anyhow THANK YOU for this program!!!! And good luck in future development ;-)

You know, I read that post so quick a few months ago I totally missed the clues - today is the first time I have seen it and realised what it meant to me.

Now that I have a solid clue and know what is happening I can do something about it!

Thanks for pointing this out to me

Jochen

And the culprit is

3F 04 7F 40 xx CS
DIA --> NAVE: Read adjustment value, Data= xx

It appears that when the diagnostic asks for this data from the nav unit, the request is also being interpreted (falsely) by the instrument cluster

Which would be a BMW bug :banghead:

I think I will disable the ability to read the adjustment values for the time being, and then maybe add it back with some mechanism for the user to understand what is happening.

But if you'll disable this ability to read the adjustment could it have some negative reflection to the program's functionality?

What exactly are adjustment values?

Abolutely, disabling the ability to read the adjustment values would mean you would not be able to read the adjustment values.

Nothing more.

Self-calibration values that the nav determines for its own use.

Number of wheel pulses per km, Gyro voltage change error per xx degrees, that sort of thing. I don't have a copy of the text with me at the moment....

Also known in the auto industry as 'adaptive values'

But in this case (if we could not read this values) solution of Jaycee will not work, right? 'cause we'll not see this this code which was coded and which we can find now (like Jaycee wrote)..... And in this case would be only one solution - disconnection the baterry:dunno:

am I right? could it happen that you'll disable this function but this bug will appear again?

Scuba - Could you not locate the immobiliser code in the log file as I did?

Nope.... logging of IBus messages was disabled:dunno:

1. I've disconnected computer from the I-Bus when I remembered to check this.....
2. I did not know that I could find it in IBus messages.....

OK, I understand. I assume you've now switched on the logging function in the NavCoder Tools menu now though?

Sure..... now it switched on! ;-)

No, you are wrong. Jaycee was viewing the logfile.

Removing the ability to read the adaptive values in the nav will not change the way NavCoder works.

Well, I've had some success, I've managed to turn off the brake light bulb out and the indicator bulb out and this works perfectly, the side light bulb out says its turned off, but the bulb monitor will not turn off, so as soon as the side lights come on then the bulb warning comes on.

I've tested the bulb out warning with a normal bulb (in parallel) with the side light circuit, and the bulb warning stay out, (no warning).

I still get the disco show when I start the engine, so the check control must be doing something...

Anyway, onwards and up wards, I'll await the next version, and see if that has any fixes.

Version 2.4.0 now released. Closing this thread.

http://www.xoutpost.com/navigation-sy...-released.html