01-06-2019, 05:07 PM | #1 |
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Automatic hi beam headlights -- Antidazzle?
I'm loving the automatic hi beams, but I'm curious about the antidazzle coding, which is listed on the car invoice. I understand this is supposed to keep the headlights on high but redirect the beam away from the oncoming car. It seems to me that the headlights just turn down to low beams when a car is coming toward me (or I'm approach a car from the rear). Is the antidazzle feature visible when it's activated (i.e., will you see the beam shift but stay bright)? This is my first car with this feature, so I realize I may be missing something. Any ideas how this is supposed to work (in the States)?
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There is recently amendment to certify adaptive beam headlight systems: "This document proposes amendments to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (“FMVSS”) No. 108; Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment, to permit the certification of adaptive driving beam head lighting systems, if the manufacturer chooses to equip vehicles with these systems." https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...ated-equipment If the amendment passes, we could potential recode - but don't quote me on that.
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More info for OP: The tunneling feature isn't so much a feature of the Laser Lights, as it is the function of the High Beam Assistant. Lasers only kick in above 35mph. In the U.S., due to DOT regulations, the High Beam Assistant will turn the high beams on automatically when the system is enabled, and would turn them off when it detected another vehicle on the road in front of you. In most other markets, the system will move the high beam lights around the other vehicles, making a "tunnel" in the light so that you still get the extra visibility of the high beams without blinding the other drivers.
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Coders aren't working on the anti dazzle because at this point all the ECU's but two have trimmed files. What'll have to happen before anything can be coded is someone get the untrimmed files from BMW. Right now all that can be coded is the ASS button, seatbelt lights and warnings and the rear hatch button to close the rear hatch because those features are in untrimmed ECU's
The anti dazzle won't work in urban areas because the speed you have to travel for the system to engage is too fast for neighborhood streets. Also ambient light can also keep the system from engaging. Anti Dazzle was designed for rural two lane very dark roads. I've coded this on all my cars and I can tell you first hand our streets are too well lit and too many cars on the road for it to work properly and stay turned on. If you have more than 2 cars traveling towards you or away from you it'll turn off.
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Yes, VO coding to remove 5AP option that "decodes anti-dazzle" is easy with a functional modern E-Sys setup.
Loving anti-dazzle, works great, lots of light and no one annoyed with me in two weeks of use (implying that it works). Works great in urban areas as well. Basically, without blinding any other traffic, it adapts to give optimum/best-possible lighting in any situation automatically. Brilliant (pun intended).
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I recently had anti-dazzle coding done on my X5 and I drive mostly urban L.A w/ the auto high beams on. Anti-dazzle kicks on when I am on stretches of poorly lit freeways (10 freeway around CSLA and the 134 freeway near Eagle Rock) and I am driving in either the far left or right lane where the side of the freeway would normally be completely dark. Anti-dazzle turns on the high beam closest to the dark side of the road to light it up. I have seen it keep the high beams on even when a car in front of me was close enough to be blinded by standard high beams. You will see the blue high beam light on the dashboard when the auto high beams engage and if it happens in situations like i just described anti-dazzle is usually working also. My first car with this feature and really glad I had it coded.
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