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      09-18-2012, 08:36 PM   #837
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The process to restore an individual .ncd file is similar to reading the existing coding data, but instead of selecting "READ", you select "NEW", and navigate to and select the saved .ncd file with the same CAFD name, and then FDL Code the ECU. Each ECU would have to be restored individually, which should not be an issue as I can not imagine a sceanrio where someone was having to restore them all en masse.
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The process to restore an individual .ncd file is similar to reading the existing coding data, but instead of selecting "READ", you select "NEW", and navigate to and select the saved .ncd file with the same CAFD name, and then FDL Code the ECU. Each ECU would have to be restored individually, which should not be an issue as I can not imagine a sceanrio where someone was having to restore them all en masse.
1000 thanks!

I've been wondering how to do this since I started coding!

I'm just too hesitant to play with the software as I don't want to do something unrecoverable.
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      09-18-2012, 09:21 PM   #839
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Has anyone managed to code the HUD "display information"? On YouTube I have seen (a 5 series) I drive screens with a lot more options than seemed normal, turning lights and more.

Is there an updated cheat sheet anywhere? The one svache pointed to looked old the last time I checked. (It is still the old June 16 PDF that is linked in the first post.)

When my car arrives (in 3-4 weeks) it will be an F31 of MY 2013 so I guess it will be difficult to find the right files? Will have to wait some time then before tying to code it.
I doubt it. What you will need, we will have, unless of course you get something newer than 47.5, which I doubt seriously will be the case.
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I doubt it. What you will need, we will have, unless of course you get something newer than 47.5, which I doubt seriously will be the case.
Speaking of "47.5" I wonder if you know if that's the "software level" we are often told only the dealer can determine.

In my copy-cat coding session today, it seemed to me that the CAF files are really just input to tell E-Sys what to load in each ECU from the psdzdata files. IOW, those files contain EVERYTHING that COULD be programmed into a given ECU and the CAF files are used to select what SHOULD be loaded. I'm not quite as clear on the function of the ncd files.

But, based on your experience, do I have the general concept right?
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      09-18-2012, 09:50 PM   #841
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Speaking of "47.5" I wonder if you know if that's the "software level" we are often told only the dealer can determine.

In my copy-cat coding session today, it seemed to me that the CAF files are really just input to tell E-Sys what to load in each ECU from the psdzdata files. IOW, those files contain EVERYTHING that COULD be programmed into a given ECU and the CAF files are used to select what SHOULD be loaded. I'm not quite as clear on the function of the ncd files.

But, based on your experience, do I have the general concept right?
The dealer can tell your Integration Level by reading your key or hooking your car up to their ISIS computer, and then from the Integration Level you can cross-reference's that to a ISTA/P version. In some cases though, an Integration Level can cross to more than one ISTA/P version (e.g. Integration Level F020-12-07-530 could be either ISTA/P 2.47.0 or 2.47.1), so it is not an exact science. The reason for this is they rev up ISTA/P and it affects other chassis Integration Levels, but the F30 Integration Level remains unchanged.

A CAFD file is a Coding Application Data File, which is a package containing all the codeable parameters of an ECU, that you can configure as you like and write that configuration (FDL Code) to the ECU. When you read the coding data back from the ECU, you get the NCD File, or Net Coding Data file, which is the as coded state or configuration of the ECU.
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After you have activated the audible clock confirm, make sure the box is ticked in idrive > settings > locks
Hope fully that should enable it.
I have it selected in iDrive but no sound when i lock the car. Do i need to have the OEM alarm system for this to work?

Cant we add current speed to the little menu under the speedo? like how when you set the cruise speed it appears..
Sorry yes I do have the factory alarm which is standard in the UK market.

I was hoping the beep might be available for all cars.

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where can I download the files I need for this?
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I only know how to get Internet working on Combox equipped cars, and that involves writing a fake VIN with factory options 614 and 615 to the Combox, and then coding the Combox to use the fake VIN as opposed to the car's real VIN obtained from the Most Bus.

What is your HU_CIC CAFD file name so I can look at the functions it has?
Shawn my HU_CIC is..


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The dealer can tell your Integration Level by reading your key or hooking your car up to their ISIS computer, and then from the Integration Level you can cross-reference's that to a ISTA/P version. In some cases though, an Integration Level can cross to more than one ISTA/P version (e.g. Integration Level F020-12-07-530 could be either ISTA/P 2.47.0 or 2.47.1), so it is not an exact science. The reason for this is they rev up ISTA/P and it affects other chassis Integration Levels, but the F30 Integration Level remains unchanged.

A CAFD file is a Coding Application Data File, which is a package containing all the codeable parameters of an ECU, that you can configure as you like and write that configuration (FDL Code) to the ECU. When you read the coding data back from the ECU, you get the NCD File, or Net Coding Data file, which is the as coded state or configuration of the ECU.
Brilliant. Thanks.
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Does anyone know if there's a codiing setting for adjusting the sensitivity of the automatic headlights? Mine come on way too early in the afternoon.

I know they can be fooled by clear skies, but this happens even on lightly overcast days.
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      09-19-2012, 10:55 AM   #847
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Question ACC codings

Is following coding possible:

1) Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) automatically pre-activated (the double orange bars in Cockpit display ON)

2) Default distance in ACC not 3 bars, but two bars?
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In E-Sys, go to Expert Mode - VCM, then go to the VCM Master Tab, then Read I-Steps. Of the three I-Steps, the one marked current is your current Integration Level. The Integration Level can then be cross referenced to the ISTA/P version, so report back with what it is, and I'll cross it to your ISTA/P version.
Hey Shawn, i tried it today and i have 533 and 47.4 and get this errors:

cafd_000000f9-007_003_007 Fehler:
CPS read from ECU "ECUId:HU_CIC_0x63" failed! [C070]
negative response error:
code: TIMEOUT P2/T2 occurred
description: P2 timeout on Service RDBI_CPS has error in result: [Severity=2051][ErrorCode=58640][ErrorCodeDescription=resource not available][VendorCode=2142][VendorCodeDescription=P2 timeout occured]; ECU: HU_CIC_63_ETHERNET
severity: ERROR
[2130765072] - SYSTEM_ERROR

So i have to wait for 47.5?

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Hey Shawn, i tried it today and i have 533 and 47.4 and get this errors:

cafd_000000f9-007_003_007 Fehler:
CPS read from ECU "ECUId:HU_CIC_0x63" failed! [C070]
negative response error:
code: TIMEOUT P2/T2 occurred
description: P2 timeout on Service RDBI_CPS has error in result: [Severity=2051][ErrorCode=58640][ErrorCodeDescription=resource not available][VendorCode=2142][VendorCodeDescription=P2 timeout occured]; ECU: HU_CIC_63_ETHERNET
severity: ERROR
[2130765072] - SYSTEM_ERROR

So i have to wait for 47.5?

Thank you
No, this is not a PSdZData version issue.

I have seen this before, and it is a corrupted CAFD.

Connect to your car, read FA, activate FA, then highlight the HU_CIC module itself, not the underlying CAFD, and right-click on the ECU and select CODE (not FDL Code).

Then read HU_CIC, and see if the error is gone.
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Ok il try that.
How about the a/c. It automaticly turn on if i start my car. Is there a memory function to remember that i turned it off last driving?
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I love the idea of doing this but would really be scared to do it myself
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Ok il try that.
How about the a/c. It automaticly turn on if i start my car. Is there a memory function to remember that i turned it off last driving?
Look for these or something very similar:

IHKA / MEMORY_UMLUFT = aktiv - Always Remember Air Recirculating

IHKA / OFF_MEMORY = aktiv - A/C to remeber to stay off when you powered it off last time you turn off the car key
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I love the idea of doing this but would really be scared to do it myself
Dive in. You will be fine.
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No, this is not a PSdZData version issue.

I have seen this before, and it is a corrupted CAFD.

Connect to your car, read FA, activate FA, then highlight the HU_CIC module itself, not the underlying CAFD, and right-click on the ECU and select CODE (not FDL Code).

Then read HU_CIC, and see if the error is gone.
Can you explain this a little bit more to me to understand?
I'ts corrupted in my car or on the laptop? Why this happend and what does it change if i say CODE? Does this overwrite something on the car?

Thanks for your advice
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Can you explain this a little bit more to me to understand?
I'ts corrupted in my car or on the laptop? Why this happend and what does it change if i say CODE? Does this overwrite something on the car?

Thanks for your advice
I have seen the [C070] error only one time before, on an F10, where somehow his KAFAS module had a corrupted FDL Entry. He was able to identify the bad entry, and fix just that FDL paramater, and his problem was solved.

Yours though, I do not know, and I am guessing you don't either, what specific FDL Entry is corrupted. So, in using the CODE function rather than Code FDL, you will code the entire ECU to a default condition based on FA (Vehicle Order), which is effectively looking at all the Vehicle Option Codes and Vehicle Production Date, and setting all the FDL entries accordingly.

So, while there is much interest in how to restore .ncd files, I don't think its all that important, as you can always instead just VO Code the ECU to restore it to it proper, precoding condition.

Whatever you do, DO NOT confuse or mistakingly hit the Code Default Values button. This is something entirely different, and you will not like the results.

Incidentally, I have seem something similar, not exactly the same but close, on two F30's. The conclusion was that the car went to sleep or powered down during the coding, which caused the corruption. It is critical during coding or programming that the voltage of the vehicle electrical system not fall below 12.6 volts. I can't say for sure that was in fact the cause; however, besides my love of air conditioning, this is why with the exception of the DME Module, I do ALL my coding with the engine running.
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NCD signed?

I figured out that when I code one option, there is only this little one/two byte change in NCD. When I CodeFDL and read out from the car afterwards, there is a five-line difference at the end of the NCD. What is this about? Something like a signature?
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I figured out that when I code one option, there is only this little one/two byte change in NCD. When I CodeFDL and read out from the car afterwards, there is a five-line difference at the end of the NCD. What is this about? Something like a signature?
I've wondered that myself. Since in order to use E-Sys FDL Coding, an EST Token is required, my assumption is that with every FDL Code, the signature is updated.

What I would rather know is what actually changed in the ECU other than the signature, and so far there is no easy way to determine that. I have compared .ncd files, before and after coding, and while I can easily identify the file differences, it is meaningless in .ncd format. What is needed is a comparison tool that can identify the differences, and convert the .ncd data from Motorola S-record format back into its plain text description as seen in the FDL Editor.
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Shawn my HU_CIC is..
CAFD_000000F9_007_001_005.ncd

Cheers
I don't see a whole lot in your CIC that would cover Combox functions. Can you post a picture of your E-Sys screen showing all your ECU's? Just the module names for now, no CAFD data.
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