Post by smilie on Apr 18, 2024 4:30:36 GMT
Hello All 🙋♂️
After a lot of extensive reading up on this, I am a lot nearer achieving what I want to do, but at the same time still a bit confused/wary.
I want to implement “DIM-DIP” headlights in my car.
[By The original uploader was Scheinwerfermann at English Wikipedia. - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1822496]
"It was a system whereby if you switched on your sidelights *and* the engine was running, the dipped beam headlights would also be switched on, although they would be fed via a resistor, and so would be dimmed - hence dim-dip. Far from not being needed, dim dip was a very useful device to have. There are many times when lights are nescessary to increase ones own visibility without the need to illuminate the road ahead. “
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=12486
dastern.torque.net/techdocs/dimdip.html
Like I said from my research and thus understanding thereof, it is possible, or there is no real reason it isn’t.
If a/any given leuchte can have one than one function, then this is what I wish to avail.
I can’t find a leuchte pertaining to position lights; which is what I would have used and it would have been [tentatively speaking] relatively simple/straightforward. Alter said leucht to also include switching on the headlights then using the dimmwert value reduce intensity of said headlights to say 33% or maybe 25%.
And like I said if my understanding is correct of leucht hierarchy, then when the headlight switch was turned to normal/standard dipped beam it would override the former and provide headlamp illumination at full 100%.
Playing around [sorry Experimenting 😁] with what I want to achieve; I did do it of sorts...
In the leuchte pertaining to each dipped beam headlight, I changed the dimming value from 100 to 33 and lo-and-behold YES! it achieved what I wanted! But like I said “of sorts”; then I returned the 33 values [back] to 100.
OK assuming you are still reading this so far, if I added values dimmwort values of 33 to the leuchte for dipped beam headlights how would that work when I wanted 100 brightness? if I have read/understood correctly about leuchte hierarchy, the higher the letter value the higher the priority.
If the above wouldn’t work, then how about using the ‘spare” main beam position? i.e. main beam only comes/stays on at/with headlights; if you push the indicator stalk forwards when in any position other than headlights on, nothing happens. So could this be used? if so how? [and as said above] when headlights were on they would override the aforementioned brightness value.
If the above wouldn’t be a good solution how about linking to the dimmwort value for the parking lights leuchtes left and then right?
I bet the above “essay” has put off most but the most ‘hardy’ or technical or interested people!
Now looking forward to input from you folks! 🙂
Best regards,
Mo
P.S. An idea has popped into my head: according to pages and pages of leucht programming Ive read on the 'net, if I associate both sides parking light with the headlight function and then set it to a dimming value of say 25 or 33 oa quarter or a third of 100%] and then going by the leuchte hierarchical structure and the fact that headlights are connected/illuminated via ignition only they should only work when both conditions are true light switch is at sidelights position and ignition is on and again as per leucht hierarchy as soon as the light switch is turned to dipped beam headlights then my "mod" should be overridden by the BCM's Programming and the headlights should illuminate at 100[%]?
After a lot of extensive reading up on this, I am a lot nearer achieving what I want to do, but at the same time still a bit confused/wary.
I want to implement “DIM-DIP” headlights in my car.
[By The original uploader was Scheinwerfermann at English Wikipedia. - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1822496]"It was a system whereby if you switched on your sidelights *and* the engine was running, the dipped beam headlights would also be switched on, although they would be fed via a resistor, and so would be dimmed - hence dim-dip. Far from not being needed, dim dip was a very useful device to have. There are many times when lights are nescessary to increase ones own visibility without the need to illuminate the road ahead. “
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=12486
dastern.torque.net/techdocs/dimdip.html
Like I said from my research and thus understanding thereof, it is possible, or there is no real reason it isn’t.
If a/any given leuchte can have one than one function, then this is what I wish to avail.
I can’t find a leuchte pertaining to position lights; which is what I would have used and it would have been [tentatively speaking] relatively simple/straightforward. Alter said leucht to also include switching on the headlights then using the dimmwert value reduce intensity of said headlights to say 33% or maybe 25%.
And like I said if my understanding is correct of leucht hierarchy, then when the headlight switch was turned to normal/standard dipped beam it would override the former and provide headlamp illumination at full 100%.
Playing around [sorry Experimenting 😁] with what I want to achieve; I did do it of sorts...
In the leuchte pertaining to each dipped beam headlight, I changed the dimming value from 100 to 33 and lo-and-behold YES! it achieved what I wanted! But like I said “of sorts”; then I returned the 33 values [back] to 100.
OK assuming you are still reading this so far, if I added values dimmwort values of 33 to the leuchte for dipped beam headlights how would that work when I wanted 100 brightness? if I have read/understood correctly about leuchte hierarchy, the higher the letter value the higher the priority.
If the above wouldn’t work, then how about using the ‘spare” main beam position? i.e. main beam only comes/stays on at/with headlights; if you push the indicator stalk forwards when in any position other than headlights on, nothing happens. So could this be used? if so how? [and as said above] when headlights were on they would override the aforementioned brightness value.
If the above wouldn’t be a good solution how about linking to the dimmwort value for the parking lights leuchtes left and then right?
I bet the above “essay” has put off most but the most ‘hardy’ or technical or interested people!
Now looking forward to input from you folks! 🙂
Best regards,
Mo
P.S. An idea has popped into my head: according to pages and pages of leucht programming Ive read on the 'net, if I associate both sides parking light with the headlight function and then set it to a dimming value of say 25 or 33 oa quarter or a third of 100%] and then going by the leuchte hierarchical structure and the fact that headlights are connected/illuminated via ignition only they should only work when both conditions are true light switch is at sidelights position and ignition is on and again as per leucht hierarchy as soon as the light switch is turned to dipped beam headlights then my "mod" should be overridden by the BCM's Programming and the headlights should illuminate at 100[%]?
position on a MQB vehicle (not sure if this is the same on a Fabia NJ):