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F30 3 series coding
- Thread starter Dees_13
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You can use Bimmercode to code the F series vehicles. Pretty simple to use and well worth it if you want to activate things like DVD in motion, and change the welcome lights etc. I use a Bluetooth dongle and it works a treat.
TurboLlew
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I use e-sys and E-net
The cable is easy to find off Amazon or AliExpress. AliExpress is cheap but takes a long time, but it gets here eventually. OBD port, some CAT6 cable, a resistor and an RJ45 on the other end. No special electronics. Bid or Buy has them sometimes between R250 and R1500 depending on how much of a chancer the seller is :roflol:
I will swing past a place tomorrow to see if they have OBD2 connectors, though with a complete, tested cable ex China for under R200 it is hard to imagine this will be a worthwhile exercise.
The cable is easy to find off Amazon or AliExpress. AliExpress is cheap but takes a long time, but it gets here eventually. OBD port, some CAT6 cable, a resistor and an RJ45 on the other end. No special electronics. Bid or Buy has them sometimes between R250 and R1500 depending on how much of a chancer the seller is :roflol:
I will swing past a place tomorrow to see if they have OBD2 connectors, though with a complete, tested cable ex China for under R200 it is hard to imagine this will be a worthwhile exercise.
TurboLlew
Honorary ///Member
e-sys is the program that you use and ENET is the cable. It is an OBD2 to ethernet cable. You connect it to your laptop's network port.
It really depends on what you're trying to do. for basic stuff like mirrors folding at different times, DVD in motion or lighting settings etc, the app and dongle will work fine. You can use this to do even complex retrofits (when you're changing hardware as well - eg surround view, lane departure warning etc.). Not sure if the apps can do this now.
The vgate reader won't work with e-sys. not sure if they will work with bimmercode.
What I am going to try to investigate is how much it costs for the male connector itself (the 'raw' connector without anything attached) to see if it is worthwhile making up a cable.
It really depends on what you're trying to do. for basic stuff like mirrors folding at different times, DVD in motion or lighting settings etc, the app and dongle will work fine. You can use this to do even complex retrofits (when you're changing hardware as well - eg surround view, lane departure warning etc.). Not sure if the apps can do this now.
The vgate reader won't work with e-sys. not sure if they will work with bimmercode.
What I am going to try to investigate is how much it costs for the male connector itself (the 'raw' connector without anything attached) to see if it is worthwhile making up a cable.
