DRL

[DoubleTrouble]

My 2005 ZHP has DRL. My 2002 does not. How can I get rid of them and make lights like my 2002? They can’t be turned off at all.

[az3579]

Requires coding to disable.

[DoubleTrouble]

I was afraid of that. Thanks!

[John in VA]

There are some reasonably priced apps for coding - BimmerCode & Carly are two. Your local independent shop might turn them off for you for cheap!

[t.er]

There are some reasonably priced apps for coding - BimmerCode & Carly are two. Your local independent shop might turn them off for you for cheap!Nah, don't use Carly - what a rip-off. You have to pay something like $80 for the dongle, and then it's a subscription per month or year to keep using it for coding. No idea how much BimmerCode is but if it's similar then also not worth it.

All OP needs is a K+D CAN cable that can be had off eBay for cheap (~$20-30) and NCS Expert which is free. Much cheaper than the aforementioned, also more powerful for our cars. I can see Carly being useful for newer cars like the E90, but not for our E46s

Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

[John in VA]

Nah, don't use Carly - what a rip-off. You have to pay something like $80 for the dongle, and then it's a subscription per month or year to keep using it for coding. No idea how much BimmerCode is but if it's similar then also not worth it.

All OP needs is a K+D CAN cable that can be had off eBay for cheap (~$20-30) and NCS Expert which is free. Much cheaper than the aforementioned, also more powerful for our cars. I can see Carly being useful for newer cars like the E90, but not for our E46s
All true - Carly went to an annual subscription, so nix that. BimmerCode also requires a dongle & then you pay for the app.

Y'all make INPA & NCS Expert sound so easy to use, but I'm not very computer-proficient. Waiting to get the nerve up to look into installing Ted's BlueBus in my '03 E39!!

[DoubleTrouble]

Thanks guys. May see if I can have it done when other repairs are done at Indy.

[az3579]

NCS Expert is not a user friendly solution, so I'm always hesitant to recommend that to anyone without knowing their level of skill with technology.

If you were local to CT I could've done it for you. :dunno

[sillieidiot]

For drl, just use PA soft. Easier to use. Bimnercode doesn't even work on e46 I think. I have it, but just to close the f22.

[az3579]

For drl, just use PA soft. Easier to use.

When it works, which it doesn't half the time. lol


Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

[t.er]

When it works, which it doesn't half the time. lol


Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

Aaaaaah. That does explain how I was trying to set auto-locked doors at a certain speed, and no matter what I checked off it wouldn't work. Next time I have the laptop out I should try it with NCS Expert

[az3579]

Aaaaaah. That does explain how I was trying to set auto-locked doors at a certain speed, and no matter what I checked off it wouldn't work. Next time I have the laptop out I should try it with NCS ExpertWell not quite. My issue is that it can't find the "hardware" (dongle) half the time, and has issues with drivers that one needs to customize to work properly with Windows 10. It's not just my unit I have issues with, but also happens when I set up coding laptops for people.

Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

[t.er]

Well not quite. My issue is that it can't find the "hardware" (dongle) half the time, and has issues with drivers that one needs to customize to work properly with Windows 10. It's not just my unit I have issues with, but also happens when I set up coding laptops for people.

Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

Hmmm. Could be a windows 10 thing - I haven't had a single issue with mine. However my dedicated coding laptop is a very small netbook with 1GB of RAM, Windows 7, from like 2010 lol

[az3579]

Hmmm. Could be a windows 10 thing - I haven't had a single issue with mine. However my dedicated coding laptop is a very small netbook with 1GB of RAM, Windows 7, from like 2010 lolI had the same problems with Windows 7 regarding it not detecting the hardware more often than I'd like.

Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

[sillieidiot]

When it works, which it doesn't half the time. lol


Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

Really? it always works for me lol I'm using it on Windows 10 x64. You just need to download the latest FTDI drivers from their site and that's it. Nothing else special needs to be done.