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Congratulations to you too! Mine is due December 22nd so we're nearing crunch time. Painting nuseries and what not... When I could be working on my car! Anyway, I don't have the cable or anything yet. I'm also wondering after snooping around BMW Coding if I should get a battery tender to ensure power to the car? I'm not sure if it's entirely necessary... It will take me a little while to get everything together. I have some suspension work to do as well so it all depends on priority. I live in north Peoria. I'll let you know.
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Definitely use a battery tender during coding. I always charge a vehicle at 4 amps for about 10 minutes before I start coding. During this 10 minutes, I set up the laptop, read and rename / save the trace files. These saved trace files make it easy to reverse changes in the event of operator error, or if the module shows unexpected behaviour / paramaters after coding. The battery tender stays on during coding. Also ensure that the laptop computer has a fresh charge, good batteries and preferably on AC power during coding. Last thing one needs is for the vehicle power or laptop power to fail during coding or programming. Such interruption could leave a module in an unresponsive state, requiring a replacement module.
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Definitely use a battery tender during coding. I always charge a vehicle at 4 amps for about 10 minutes before I start coding. During this 10 minutes, I set up the laptop, read and rename / save the trace files. These saved trace files make it easy to reverse changes in the event of operator error, or if the module shows unexpected behaviour / paramaters after coding. The battery tender stays on during coding. Also ensure that the laptop computer has a fresh charge, good batteries and preferably on AC power during coding. Last thing one needs is for the vehicle power or laptop power to fail during coding or programming. Such interruption could leave a module in an unresponsive state, requiring a replacement module.
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I have a 2004 530i with CCC, FM radio with RDS, no HD, no Sirius.
I have the newer CCC software (silver background).
ISTA/P 40.3, upgraded on Feb 18. 2011
The RTTi activation worked for me.
CID / I-Drive Display shows "TI"
Navigation map view:
- Traffic icons on map
- Map options -> Route Preference -> Dynamic Route
- Map options -> Traffic Info
Navigation menu also includes Traffic Info, after Address Book, Information.
Found these pictures online...
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Blastiwi gave me access to the Google Docs spreadsheet. I can get to it, but still only view-only mode.
BMW RTTi FAQ
I have the newer CCC software (silver background).
ISTA/P 40.3, upgraded on Feb 18. 2011
The RTTi activation worked for me.
CID / I-Drive Display shows "TI"
Navigation map view:
- Traffic icons on map
- Map options -> Route Preference -> Dynamic Route
- Map options -> Traffic Info
Navigation menu also includes Traffic Info, after Address Book, Information.
Found these pictures online...
![](http://blogs.cars.com/photos/uncategorized/bmwtraffic.jpg)
(select for details)
Blastiwi gave me access to the Google Docs spreadsheet. I can get to it, but still only view-only mode.
BMW RTTi FAQ
Do I need to upgrade my CCC to do this? I have 2005 525i with 2011 Nav software but my CCC is the original build.
Thanks!
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You shouldnt need to update, unless your car has the very old original idrive software. The easiest way to tell if it will work is to pull the trc file and see if the parameters are present.
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Definitely use a battery tender during coding. I always charge a vehicle at 4 amps for about 10 minutes before I start coding. During this 10 minutes, I set up the laptop, read and rename / save the trace files. These saved trace files make it easy to reverse changes in the event of operator error, or if the module shows unexpected behaviour / paramaters after coding. The battery tender stays on during coding. Also ensure that the laptop computer has a fresh charge, good batteries and preferably on AC power during coding. Last thing one needs is for the vehicle power or laptop power to fail during coding or programming. Such interruption could leave a module in an unresponsive state, requiring a replacement module.
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lol @ wonky. I thought I was among the last to use that word.
But yeah - using a battery tender is overkill for coding. I've even gone as far as coding with my engine running with zero issues so far (knocks on wood). From what I know about WinKFP, it will fail the flash deliberately if the voltage falls outside what it considers to be safe parameters. Scary stuff.
But yeah - using a battery tender is overkill for coding. I've even gone as far as coding with my engine running with zero issues so far (knocks on wood). From what I know about WinKFP, it will fail the flash deliberately if the voltage falls outside what it considers to be safe parameters. Scary stuff.
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lol @ wonky. I thought I was among the last to use that word.
But yeah - using a battery tender is overkill for coding. I've even gone as far as coding with my engine running with zero issues so far (knocks on wood). From what I know about WinKFP, it will fail the flash deliberately if the voltage falls outside what it considers to be safe parameters. Scary stuff.
But yeah - using a battery tender is overkill for coding. I've even gone as far as coding with my engine running with zero issues so far (knocks on wood). From what I know about WinKFP, it will fail the flash deliberately if the voltage falls outside what it considers to be safe parameters. Scary stuff.