Adjust brightness range effected by dial? (reduce cluster and instrument brightness)

beardsandbeers · 01-26-2019, 06:38 PM

In my VWAG days, some of the Audi models could be coded with VAG-COM to set minimum cluster brightness to 0, blacking out the cluster at minimum dial range. Is there any comparable setting accessible to Bimmercode to alter the light ranges for instrument lighting (NOT ambient, I know where that's located)?

I played with some of the Expert settings with MIN, DIMMUNG, AMBIENT, but not seeing anything that appeared to be effective, and didn't want to dive into some of the more nebulous sounding options without more insight.

viajealmundo · 01-26-2019, 09:38 PM

Not sure how to do this but be careful in Expert mode. If you don't know what you're codingg, it's very easy to brick your ECU. Not fun...

beardsandbeers · 01-30-2019, 01:09 PM

For sure. I've gone down this route in VWAG world, conservative changes based on values that are observed, and only making educated guess changes to the values that seem to approximate the definition I'm looking for, but no luck so far. Entirely possible that it's just not an option, but we'll see. Probably won't explore this much further without a clear direction

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beardsandbeers New Member 14 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 2015 428i Gran Coupe Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Arvada, CO iTrader: (0)	Adjust brightness range effected by dial? (reduce cluster and instrument brightness) In my VWAG days, some of the Audi models could be coded with VAG-COM to set minimum cluster brightness to 0, blacking out the cluster at minimum dial range. Is there any comparable setting accessible to Bimmercode to alter the light ranges for instrument lighting (NOT ambient, I know where that's located)? I played with some of the Expert settings with MIN, DIMMUNG, AMBIENT, but not seeing anything that appeared to be effective, and didn't want to dive into some of the more nebulous sounding options without more insight.
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viajealmundo Private 16 Rep 70 Posts Drives: F32 428xi Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Cincinnati, OH iTrader: (0)	Not sure how to do this but be careful in Expert mode. If you don't know what you're codingg, it's very easy to brick your ECU. Not fun...
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beardsandbeers New Member 14 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 2015 428i Gran Coupe Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Arvada, CO iTrader: (0)	For sure. I've gone down this route in VWAG world, conservative changes based on values that are observed, and only making educated guess changes to the values that seem to approximate the definition I'm looking for, but no luck so far. Entirely possible that it's just not an option, but we'll see. Probably won't explore this much further without a clear direction
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