charwest
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i thought i was doing it right. apparently not. maybe someone who knows what they are doing could read this and tell me where i got off course.
i have forscan, the recommended OBD-EX dongle, and a windows laptop. first time i logged in everything looked good. got a rundown of the modules with no errors and no error codes. i saved copies of all stock as-built modules.
then i went into the 'easy' (non hex) modules for BdyCM and enabled dark mode and bambi mode. i dont think i pressed the 'write' button because i didnt know i had to. i also tried to disable seatbelt alarms. disconnected and called it a day.
as luck would have it, we were due for an oil change and my wife takes it to the dealer at this point while im at work. they say looks good for its 'first checkup'. no mention of weirdness per wife.
then this evening i go in to see if bambi mode works in the dark. nope. so i load up forscan to check out the modules and see whether those changes were still enabled.
1) this time after connecting i get many errors, and two error codes. two odd sounding lighting errors (maybe someone knows what they mean?). and most of the modules get an error saying 'cant read DTC codes' for those modules. didnt do that last time. any idea what this means?
2) i load up the BdyCM modules (non hex version again) and dark car and bambi arent enabled. this time i enable them, and definitely press the 'write' button. i dont think i did this last time. then after pressing 'write' it runs for a few seconds and throws an error and stops. any idea what im doing wrong here?
wish there was better documentation for this thing. i had really hoped it was going to be easier than this.
thanks~
tony
i have forscan, the recommended OBD-EX dongle, and a windows laptop. first time i logged in everything looked good. got a rundown of the modules with no errors and no error codes. i saved copies of all stock as-built modules.
then i went into the 'easy' (non hex) modules for BdyCM and enabled dark mode and bambi mode. i dont think i pressed the 'write' button because i didnt know i had to. i also tried to disable seatbelt alarms. disconnected and called it a day.
as luck would have it, we were due for an oil change and my wife takes it to the dealer at this point while im at work. they say looks good for its 'first checkup'. no mention of weirdness per wife.
then this evening i go in to see if bambi mode works in the dark. nope. so i load up forscan to check out the modules and see whether those changes were still enabled.
1) this time after connecting i get many errors, and two error codes. two odd sounding lighting errors (maybe someone knows what they mean?). and most of the modules get an error saying 'cant read DTC codes' for those modules. didnt do that last time. any idea what this means?
2) i load up the BdyCM modules (non hex version again) and dark car and bambi arent enabled. this time i enable them, and definitely press the 'write' button. i dont think i did this last time. then after pressing 'write' it runs for a few seconds and throws an error and stops. any idea what im doing wrong here?
wish there was better documentation for this thing. i had really hoped it was going to be easier than this.
thanks~
tony
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