DIY Ambiance Lighting (Full time adjustable foot lighting)

[DavidB8]

I've redone the write up and pictures so it's better to follow. Check it out here: http://www.audienthusiasts.com/VagComINLight.html

[CurbKiller]

WELL DONE!

I'm going to try this right now!

[DavidB8]

Excellent. Guys please report back on your successes.

Still can't beleive I figured this out. Guess Ross-Tech will just steal my work and integrate it in future releases :P

[NPuter]

Excellent. Guys please report back on your successes.

Still can't beleive I figured this out. Guess Ross-Tech will just steal my work and integrate it in future releases :P

great work!!!! I think you because the Mod God way before this +1 rep if it was still here...
and how did you figure out what to change 09-Cent. Elec. Byte 16 to

PLEASE someone figure out how to make this happen on non-mmi
Maybe someone can figure out what coding/adaptations are changed by the hidden menu. That way, those of us without that luxury can still do this.

And also, are those the standard graphics for the 3G MMI - they look different from non-MMi/2G MMI...

[CurbKiller]

The best 5 mins I spend with VCDS yet! worked like a charm.

Interesting that I didn't have tags for Front/Rear Footwell Lights Installed as your screen shot shows. I was still able to change the bit but threw me off for a sec. Could have been done in 4 mins ;)

[DavidB8]

great work!!!! I think you because the Mod God way before this +1 rep if it was still here...
and how did you figure out what to change 09-Cent. Elec. Byte 16 to

PLEASE someone figure out how to make this happen on non-mmi
Maybe someone can figure out what coding/adaptations are changed by the hidden menu. That way, those of us without that luxury can still do this.

And also, are those the standard graphics for the 3G MMI - they look different from non-MMi/2G MMI...

They should be the standard graphics. I haven't changed anything. Other than the splash screen..

I'm sure there is a way to figure out the changes as Rene posted how to enable to TPMS without enabling the MMI menu. I just don't know where to look.

The best 5 mins I spend with VCDS yet! worked like a charm. I was still able to change the bit but threw me off for a sec. Could have been done in 4 mins ;)

EXCELLENT!! I'm using the latest Beta Version so that may have been why I had those tags.

[Alkivar]

will head to where I've got my car stored for the winter tomorrow to test this on an A5.

[DavidB8]

will head to where I've got my car stored for the winter tomorrow to test this on an A5.

I'm really anxious to hear how you make out. I really don't see why this wouldn't work on the A5.

The really cool thing about this mod is it's not a B8 option anywhere. And this group gets to be the first to have it

[NPuter]

They should be the standard graphics. I haven't changed anything. Other than the splash screen..

I'm sure there is a way to figure out the changes as Rene posted how to enable to TPMS without enabling the MMI menu. I just don't know where to look.



EXCELLENT!! I'm using the latest Beta Version so that may have been why I had those tags.

ok - good to know it is not a complete dead end for non-mmi

I will be anxiously awaiting someone discovering how to do this on a non-mmi... (hint...hint...Rene )[/QUOTE]

[Cabal_san]

Nice work! So can you control the lumen output of the footwells while moving using the MMI then?

On a tangent, I just pulled up your town on google maps! Holly effing shit you are way the hell at the top of the world! Man, do you have to take a blow torch to the engine block in the morning? I think I saw a polar bar on the corner of MacKenzie street & Millen st, be careful out there at night!

Aww, just noticed you edited mod 5f. Not available on the P-. Figures!!!!!

[DavidB8]

Oh and to answer the question of which Byte to change. I didn't know. What I did know was that generally 1 enables and 0 disables. Since the foot lighting is the only true ambiance lighting and had it's own vag code to enable I started there. I figured if 2 of the items where listed together in one Bit. then the other Bytes that had to do with the lighting were most likely there as well. So I enabled the Ambiance on the MMI since I had done that before then went to trial and error on what I believed to be the interior lighting Bit. I did not see any immediate changes with the others but when I hit the correct one the MMI became enabled from being grayed out. I'd put money that some of the other unused values are for the door trim lights available on the A6-A8.

So there you go. A bit of previous exploring and an educated guess found the right spot.

[DavidB8]

Nice work! So can you control the lumen output of the footwells while moving using the MMI then?

On a tangent, I just pulled up your town on google maps! Holly effing shit you are way the hell at the top of the world! Man, do you have to take a blow torch to the engine block in the morning? I think I saw a polar bar on the corner of MacKenzie street & Millen st, be careful out there at night!

Aww, just noticed you edited mod 5f. Not available on the P-. Figures!!!!!

I haven't tried it while driving. What do you want from me sheeshh..

Yeah I am in the Northern most town in Canada. Nothing but hamlets past here.

Now wondering. For the 2G you enable in module 07 not 5F. I wonder if that would work.

[Alkivar]

yeah for those of you who dont know... A marks the north pole... err I mean where DavidB8 lives:




David's family is probably part Caribou.

[aznpxdd]

Wow nice. So we can activate folding mirrors for US cars?

[Runge]

I haven't tried it while driving. What do you want from me sheeshh..

Yeah I am in the Northern most town in Canada. Nothing but hamlets past here.

Now wondering. For the 2G you enable in module 07 not 5F. I wonder if that would work.

Well if you call a town of 5 people, then Alert is the place to be! Don't think they have anything other than snowmobiles and dog sleds...

[Quattrolover]

Nice work David. Man this car is feature rich!

[DavidB8]

Wow nice. So we can activate folding mirrors for US cars?

Don't get ahead of me .... I am waiting for folding mirrors and the switch and trim panel. Ordered paid for and my supplier had them, should be here in 2-3 weeks I hope. Then We will see. What I can tell you is I was able to code the door modules, the convenience module and enable the MMI for it. So it does look promising. That's a whole other DIY though when I get the parts here. The next requested mod though is the Fire Extinguisher in the foot well so I will be finishing that one first.

Well if you call a town of 5 people, then Alert is the place to be! Don't think they have anything other than snowmobiles and dog sleds...

Nope not big enough to be a town, a village or hamlet. I like the sounds of Resolute. Way farther north and nearly no people..

Nice work David. Man this car is feature rich

Yeah maybe I will qualify for an Audizine feature car one day.

[Runge]

Nope not big enough to be a town, a village or hamlet. I like the sounds of Resolute. Way farther north and nearly no people..

Only thing Resolute is good for is if you want to drive to the North Pole in a Hilux

[macuser]

The next requested mod though is the Fire Extinguisher in the foot well so I will be finishing that one first.

will this fire extinguisher fit into your under seat storage bin? do you have a part number for this fire extinguisher? thanks

[jcs]

Only thing Resolute is good for is if you want to drive to the North Pole in a Hilux

With a toilet seat on the hitch :P


PS. Nice work Dave. Check your PM.

[DavidB8]

will this fire extinguisher fit into your under seat storage bin? do you have a part number for this fire extinguisher? thanks

No I'm doing the Audi footwell install. I didn't mount mine on the seat since I wanted both bins. I have everything except 2 mounting parts. They should be here with the rest of my upcoming mods in a few weeks. Then I'll post confirmed parts and install.

Now for the non MMI people. I checked the posting on the TPMS and the menu item was enabled in the Radio module 56. The TPMS was enabled under Byte 8 bit 6. So if someone wanted to start enabling and disabling bits you may be able to find the correct one. Kind of how I found the right bit. I don't have the module so I can't do it but someone could go take a look in that module in the long code and see if anything pops up. If you do remember what you changed so you can put it back. I copied mine before I started then went to town. This can be time consuming with resetting the MMI after each change. I don't know if you need to but according to the instructions for the TPMS you did. So could take some dedicated time.

[NPuter]

No I'm doing the Audi footwell install. I didn't mount mine on the seat since I wanted both bins. I have everything except 2 mounting parts. They should be here with the rest of my upcoming mods in a few weeks. Then I'll post confirmed parts and install.

Now for the non MMI people. I checked the posting on the TPMS and the menu item was enabled in the Radio module 56. The TPMS was enabled under Byte 8 bit 6. So if someone wanted to start enabling and disabling bits you may be able to find the correct one. Kind of how I found the right bit. I don't have the module so I can't do it but someone could go take a look in that module in the long code and see if anything pops up. If you do remember what you changed so you can put it back. I copied mine before I started then went to town. This can be time consuming with resetting the MMI after each change. I don't know if you need to but according to the instructions for the TPMS you did. So could take some dedicated time.

Yep - the non mmi radio is module 56 - that is where I enabled the CAR menu entry for instrument cluster (originally not there on P-)
cabal_san - you and I need to get working on this - there must be something in 56-radio to enable the ambiance lighting menu... I am going to refuse to believe this is an MMI only mod...

[JSitthi]

I can confirm that this works on the 2G MMI as well, the setting is located (in the hidden menu) under DIAG SETTINGS -> APK 0x01, 0x0B, 0x0C -> Interior lighting (extended), you'll want to select that option and it will turn from an empty box to a checked box. Reboot the MMI and under CAR you will see the option "Background Lighting".

Thanks for the find David!

[B8_Jim]

I checked the posting on the TPMS and the menu item was enabled in the Radio module 56.

I have a premium plus w/o NAV and have messed with this module a fair amount. I was able to get the battery level meter to enable - Ross-Tech even has some "help" on changing the bits - I played around with the ones that should have been ambiance lighting but never got a new menu. After you post tonight I went into 09 and changed byte 16/bit 2 and get the 4F same as you. Went back and messed with the 56 car menu options again, but was never able to get an ambience light menu.

Thanks for the post anyway - hope some one else (rlarsen?) can give us non NAV people some pointers.

[DavidB8]

I can confirm that this works on the 2G MMI as well, the setting is located (in the hidden menu) under DIAG SETTINGS -> APK 0x01, 0x0B, 0x0C -> Interior lighting (extended), you'll want to select that option and it will turn from an empty box to a checked box. Reboot the MMI and under CAR you will see the option "Background Lighting".

Thanks for the find David!

That is excellent news thanks for posting the 2G info. If you don't mind I will add it to the write up.

If anyone one with the 2G wants to take pics of the menu I'd be more than happy to add them to the write up.

[leviathan18]

nice mod thanks for it i will try it when i have time in the Q5

[DavidB8]

nice mod thanks for it i will try it when i have time in the Q5

Let us know if it works out. Would like to know what models this works on.

[Ryan_T]

How badly can I screw up my car if it doesn't exist? Mine is non-nav mmi from 2009.

[DavidB8]

How badly can I screw up my car if it doesn't exist? Mine is non-nav mmi from 2009.

Well if you program the module I listed and you don't have the option it will either take the programing and do nothing or tell you the code is out of range and wont program. I tried all the programing available today on one Byte of the ABS module with no ill effects so I don't think there is a self destruct program code on the car anywhere. Can't tell you its perfectly safe because who knows for sure. What I do know is I would try it, but you guys are at least within range of your dealer so if something went wrong you can just go play dumb and say radio don't work.. Fix it...

[rlarsen]

I have a premium plus w/o NAV and have messed with this module a fair amount. I was able to get the battery level meter to enable - Ross-Tech even has some "help" on changing the bits - I played around with the ones that should have been ambiance lighting but never got a new menu. After you post tonight I went into 09 and changed byte 16/bit 2 and get the 4F same as you. Went back and messed with the 56 car menu options again, but was never able to get an ambience light menu.

Thanks for the post anyway - hope some one else (rlarsen?) can give us non NAV people some pointers.

Good find David!

No I don't know how to do it on a non-MMI. I don't have the module so I can't test it either.

But as David say - the MMI menu item should be enabled somewhere in the Radio unit like the Battery Meter (under Adaptation) or TPMS (under Long coding) menu items are.

The change on the unit "9 - Cent. Elect." should be the same on non-MMI.

I'll go and try it on my MMI high 2G - and see what's happens.

PS.: it is actual bit 6 that is been changed

[rlarsen]

Don't get ahead of me .... I am waiting for folding mirrors and the switch and trim panel. Ordered paid for and my supplier had them, should be here in 2-3 weeks I hope. Then We will see. What I can tell you is I was able to code the door modules, the convenience module and enable the MMI for it. So it does look promising. That's a whole other DIY though when I get the parts here. The next requested mod though is the Fire Extinguisher in the foot well so I will be finishing that one first.

Have you decided which one you'll retrofit - the one under the passengers seat (like I did) or the one in the right foot well??

[ASU Daniel]

david

coming through again

[rlarsen]

I have posted the find on the German motor-talk.de forum - and it can be confirmed that it is also working on non-MMI....

The coding should be this one:

[56 - Radio]
[Coding - 07] -> Long Coding Helper -> Byte 8

Bit 7 - Interior Light Settings active - (1 = active)

See attachment in the motor-talk thread: Lichtpaket Fußraumbeleuchtung

[rlarsen]

FAQ:
The lights stay on all the time the car is on.

If you turn them all the way down they will go to full brightness when you open the door

Master light switch will not control these lights at all anymore. They will work separately through the MMI.

If it is working as it does on the A6, then the foot well lights should only be active while the normal Ambient lights are active (when the light sensor detects that it is dark enough).

When you open the doors - then it is the normal cabin lights that is been activated.

[rlarsen]

I've now enabled it on my MMI high 2G - and it is working as I expected.

If the light switch is on position "Auto" - then the foot well light will be activated when the light sensor detects that it is dark enough (the same as with the red Ambience lights).

If the light switch is on position "Headlights" - then the foot well light will be activated too - at all time.

With MMI 2G - it has another name then with 3G

[rlarsen]

will this fire extinguisher fit into your under seat storage bin? do you have a part number for this fire extinguisher? thanks

You can read more about the part # (foot well and under the seat) and how to install the fire extinguisher under the seat - and what you need to modify if you do it on sport seats. http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...s-%28w-pics%29

[hender]

i have so much manlove for david & rlarsen...:D

[awhk82]

This is amazing find, thanks David and rlarsen for all the info!!

[DavidB8]

Thanks Rene, looks like we have all versions figured out now. I knew you'd find the answer
I'm going with the foot well mount on mine. It was your post that pointed me in the right direction though.

I did try mine in Auto but I guess it was dark enough that no matter what I was set at the lights where on. Good job everyone. I will update the post with all the information so people don't have to read through everything to find all the answers.

[NPuter]

I have posted the find on the German motor-talk.de forum - and it can be confirmed that it is also working on non-MMI....

The coding should be this one:

[56 - Radio]
[Coding - 07] -> Long Coding Helper -> Byte 8

Bit 7 - Interior Light Settings active - (1 = active)

See attachment in the motor-talk thread: Lichtpaket Fußraumbeleuchtung

+1million rep!!!

so what exactly do you have to change **> I assume the code above as well as the change in 09-cent elec?

I will try this as soon as I get home!

EDIT: why the heck do two hyphens turn into **