Hi DV52,
Is there a way to contact you directly regarding this? my email is adam_groves@hotmail.com
I know that other people with a GT have fitted Ed's lights with any issue and no coding.
I'm aware of the Leuchte adaptation channels. I have the dimmwert and dimming direction configured as you suggest for the Leuchte TFL channels but it still throws this error.
Ed's lights actually have the wink function built into the headlight so the headlight automatically dims the DRLS when indicating regardless of the coding. I've tried both the coding for the wink and without and both ways throws an error.
I've also tried swapping the control boards over within the headlight units that control this and the problem persists with the left headlight so it makes me think its coding as opposed to headlight fault.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'adaptation channel map of the BCM on your car since making the VCDS changes' but i have a full scan i can send you if that would help.
Adam: OK sounds strange! I'm less familiar with E'd lights as I am with Leuchte programming, so I assume that you are convinced that there are no compatibility issues with the fitting.
Adaptation maps are very different to auto-scan reports albeit they do contain some common data. Admaps look much deeper into the control module's DNA - basically admaps provide a complete listing of all the adaptation channels and their associated settings in the control module. Once created, I find them a very useful way of understanding the behaviour of a control module without the need to have a VCDS cable connected to the vehicle (i.e. the analysis can be done in front of a PC/Laptop). But the best part is that admaps are particularly useful for MQB platform vehicles, because cars like the mk7 rely so heavily on adaptation channel (unlike its predessor the mk6).
This is why I still think that it may be useful to compare the Leuchte channel settings on your car with other, similar mk7s. To do this, you will need to make an adaptation map for the BCM on your car. It's not difficult to do, but it can take a long time because the VCDS software needs to poll all the possible adaptation channels on the BCM. As you probably already know, the mk7 has at least 1,700 channels and some 2nd generation versions that I have seen contain around 2,000 channels
The point of me saying this is to stress that if you start the process of making a BCM admap, make sure that the car's battery is fully charged, or that the car is running throughout the process. And please don't interrupt the procedure once its started - just wait for the polling to finish and for the software to create the file. On my Aussie version mk7, creating a BCM admap can take around 40 minutes to complete!
I wrote a short primer some time ago that explains why it is useful to create a complete database of the 3,000-ish adaptation channels in a mk7. It contains instructions for creating a BCM admap. You can download my paper from this link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3n45u3lwbu9d4hy/Adaptation%20database.pdf?dl=0The second option is to search "adaptation channel map" on the Ross Tech web site. I think that RT's instructions are clearer, so this might be the better option!
Just as an example of the value of admaps when used for comparing settings with other vehicles, I (try) to maintain an Excel spreadsheet that compares the BCMs from numerous mk7s from around the world. The underlying data for this spreadsheet comes from BCM admaps that forum colleagues generously provide. You can download a copy of my BCM compare spreadsheet from the link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rlmezc5ethqc51k/BCM_Compare_8_2.xlsx?dl=0Not sure if you are comfortable parsing .CSV files into Excel spreadsheets, and with using MS ACCESS to integrate information, but once you have the admap from your car, you can add the data to my spreadsheet and you can make your own comparison. Or, I can do it for you
Anyhow, hope this helps
Don
PS: I've sent you my email details
