MK7 and VCDS (VAG-COM) thread

[KyleB]

Very interesting, when I get a chance I'll dig out my cable and see what options there are on my car.

An aside, my Mrs has a Leon FR and when you put that in "Normal" mode the LEDs are White, but when in "Sport" mode the LEDs are Red, so I wonder if the multi-colour LEDs are fitted to all cars?

[jv]

Full RGB colour palette range?!

[KyleB]

Tried this today and it's bad news for MIB1 owners. We have Int. Light channels, but they stop at 30 and (on my car anyway) most can't be accessed.

Looks like we're stuck with one colour. Be interested to hear how you get on sootchucker.

[dv52]

^^^ If you download the latest version of my BCM compare spreadsheet, you will see the range of cars that have (and don't have) the 2nd generation multicolour LEDs.  These adaptation channels appear in my spreadsheet in ID #296 - #304, but their default value for the mk7 in decimal is 225 (which is has an equivalent Hex E1). Clearly if all colours are set to 225 - a white light results. So lowering the settings on  individual colours will accentuate the unchanged colours.

Seems that the LED change happened somewhere around 2015/2016 version.

Don

PS: Link for my spreadsheet HERE
PPS: Not sure what the separate banks - (1), (2), (3) do. Anyone know?

[Mark V GTD]

Chaps - HELP!

I'm trying to adjust DRL setting from 26% to 50% on a late 2015 R - VCDS throws up a 'request out of range' error when I try it and refuses to allow any changes! Any help or suggestions to solve this as not come across it before.

Thanks :-)

[GrahamFR]

Reminds me of the time I did mine, I was on the wrong drop down option, it was very similar and showed the right starting value but wouldn't let me change it. Is it still the German language options?

[Mark V GTD]

Yes its still in German with some very complex looking words!  We will compare it to another car I managed to do it on tonight so hopefully that will reveal any error in the menus selected.

Update - we tried again and it worked perfectly! This business of multiple attempts at VCDS mods before they 'stick' seems to be getting more common....odd!

[Mark V GTD]

Its been reported on the R forum that latest version of VCDS 'is not compatible' with BW22 cars. This is very worrying - can anyone confirm?

To answer my own question - after consulting Ross-Tech they told me that the 'Beta' (development) version is fully functional on the MY17 Golf. I will confirm next week!

[Silvadadi]

For LED DRLs you need to change a few things.... by default in daytime running mode they are on 100% and will dim no problem.
As sidelights they are at minimum dim level of 26% and cannot be dimmed further (otherwise you get error on dash).

Hence I changed the dim value for sidelights up a little (to 75% as 100% is too bright at night and you will dazzle others).
I also made a change so that it goes up to 100% when I flash full beam.

You don't need to but then it will only dim if you indicate when they are in DRL mode (i.e. won't if you're on parking lights, dipped or full beam).

(1)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lasttyp 2   4 - LED Tagfahrlichtmodul Signal       
(2)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lampendefektbitposition 2   48      
(3)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Fehlerort mittleres Byte DTC-DFCC 2   4A        
(4)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion A 2   Daytime running lights       
(5)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion B 2   Lichthupe generell       
(6)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimmwert AB 2   100      
(7)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtansteuerung HD AB 2   Always       
(-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion C 2   Standlicht allgemein (Schlusslicht    Positionslicht    Begrenzungslicht)
(9)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion D 2   not active       
(10)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimmwert CD 2   75      
(11)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimming Direction CD 2   maximize       
(12)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion E 2   Parklicht links (beidseitiges Parklicht aktiviert li & re)       
(13)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion F 2   not active       
(14)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimmwert EF 2   26      
(15)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimming Direction EF 2   maximize       
(16)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion G 2   Blinken links aktiv (beide Phasen)       
(17)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Lichtfunktion H 2   not active       
(18)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimmwert GH 2   26      
(19)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimming Direction GH 2   minimize       

(1)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lasttyp 3   4 - LED Tagfahrlichtmodul Signal       
(2)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lampendefektbitposition 3   4C        
(3)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Fehlerort mittleres Byte DTC-DFCC 3   4C        
(4)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion A 3   Daytime running lights       
(5)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion B 3   Lichthupe generell       
(6)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimmwert AB 3   100      
(7)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtansteuerung HD AB 3   Always       
(-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion C 3   Standlicht allgemein (Schlusslicht    Positionslicht    Begrenzungslicht)
(9)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion D 3   not active       
(10)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimmwert CD 3   75      
(11)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimming Direction CD 3   maximize       
(12)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion E 3   Parking light right       
(13)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion F 3   not active       
(14)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimmwert EF 3   26      
(15)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimming Direction EF 3   maximize       
(16)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion G 3   Blinken rechts aktiv (beide Phasen)       
(17)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Lichtfunktion H 3   not active       
(18)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimmwert GH 3   26      
(19)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimming Direction GH 3   minimize       


Bold text is for dimming when indicating, underlined is 100% of flash and 75% for sidelights but think parking light is originally on function D, not E but I moved it to be able to have 75% for sidelights and retain 26% for parking light.

I thought finally the answer to something thats been bugging me for ages but alas despite amending to what you have suggested its not made any difference.  All settings have been stored however DRLs still dim upon signalling when sidelights/headlights are on and no visible increase when on high beam.

[valvebounce]

Whenever I've made lighting changes with vcds I've had to reset the light settings in the MIB in order for them to be implemented, even though they've already been programmed correctly.