Coding Anti-Dazzle and Variable Light Distribution

[websterize]

Try copying the link below? (This site appears to truncate full URLs)

www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/d ... i3s-120-ah

[websterize]

haha, it did it again.

Here's the URL without "www." in front

press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0284828EN/with-new-high-voltage-batteries-for-an-even-further-extended-range-and-retaining-characteristic-bmw-sporty-flair:-the-bmw-i3-120-ah-and-the-bmw-i3s-120-ah

Hopefully, you can see the release!

[alohart]

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There's no truncation for me using Safari when I click on the link under the current version of macOS or touch the link under the current version of iOS. No need to copy and paste the link.

[frictioncircle]

For future readers, my fingers are crossed that this is the article that websterize is linking to:

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/a ... i3s-120-ah

What a very interesting read! In that September 2018 press release it is explicitly stated that the high beams have matrix anti-dazzle capability!

If anyone has experience in coding i3 anti-dazzle high beams, please share details if you can.

[sailnavy]

Did anyone figure this out yet?

[websterize]

Did anyone figure this out yet?

I'd try to help with my 2018, if it had the LED Matrix lamps, but it's only the 2019 and 2020 i3s with HBA. If you have one, looks like you're the guinea pig.

Turns out activating the matrix functionality of the LED headlightsis possible with simple VO Coding! See post 13 in this bimmerpost topic (about activating them in a North American X7s). https://g07.bimmerpost.com/forums/showt ... ?t=1817625.

The coding should apply to the i3 as well.

[SSi3]

I poked around in bimmercode but couldn't find anything related to anti-dazzle or matrix, even in expert mode (tho alot of the terminology is german so it can be cryptic).

[websterize]

The good news is that after years of unsuccessful attempts to allow the technology, A.D.B. [adaptive driving beam] lights will soon be on American cars and trucks, thanks to a section in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that mandates their use.

According to the infrastructure act, adaptive beam headlights must be approved for U.S. use within two years. And they will be allowed to meet the standard developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers, which is very similar to the systems already in use in Europe.
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The changeover to A.D.B.-capable headlamps could be swift for some drivers who own Audi, BMW or Mercedes models with deactivated units. Once the A.D.B. standard is approved, it’s possible that a simple software upgrade will activate them. — www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/business/adb ... ts-us.html

Promising news for us North Americans.

[SSi3]

The good news is that after years of unsuccessful attempts to allow the technology, A.D.B. [adaptive driving beam] lights will soon be on American cars and trucks, thanks to a section in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that mandates their use.

According to the infrastructure act, adaptive beam headlights must be approved for U.S. use within two years. And they will be allowed to meet the standard developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers, which is very similar to the systems already in use in Europe.
...
The changeover to A.D.B.-capable headlamps could be swift for some drivers who own Audi, BMW or Mercedes models with deactivated units. Once the A.D.B. standard is approved, it’s possible that a simple software upgrade will activate them. — www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/business/adb ... ts-us.html

Promising news for us North Americans.

You just know the OEMs or dealers will charge money to have ADB activated... or they won't know anything about it.

[sailnavy]

I'm hoping that maybe someone will figure this out, but the sales quantity of 2019+ in the US seems pretty low.