Ken718B

The expert menu is in German and also the values are Metric on my 718. I would like to make it English and imperial units. I searched for a way to change this but couldn’t find anything.

There are two codes for the four point leds on my 718. One code keeps them on when the headlights are on. The other code changes the brightness of the leds. Which one can’t you find?

For ebd I saw someone else post the coding and the codes were slightly different. Try searching using other terms in the code to find ones that you couldn’t locate. I believe other 991 owners have enabled this so the codes are there.

Coding only works to disable a soundaktor. The 991 has a sound symposer. That is why it is not finding the code. Youtube has videos for disabling the sound symposer. I believe it involves sticking a sock in it to lower the amount of sound “enhancement” entering the cabin.

Ken718B

The codes posted in the guide were codes someone else posted. In the next version of the guide I use the codes that were from my launch crp919x. I have posted those below:

Rear-End Electronics: Coding Value-Exterior Lighting-Exterior Lights, emergency brake display function available = Yes {Default: No}

Rear-End Electronics: EBD parameter- EBD stop lamp flashing on – speed on = 3 {Default: 70} [whatever speed you want emergency brake to start activating, default is 70km/h, but Santirx set his up at any speed above 3 km/h… once car reaches 3 km/h, if you brake hard, it will activate]

Rear-End Electronics: EBD parameter- EBD parameter-EBD stop lamp flashing deceleration on = 0.45 {Default: 0.81}[whatever deceleration value you choose… through experimentation, Santirx found that setting this value to 0.45g is appropriate]

Rear-End Electronics: EBD parameter- EBD stop lamp flashing deceleration off = 0.35 {Default: 0.71} [whatever deceleration value you choose… through experimentation, Santirx found that setting this value to 0.35g is appropriate]

Rear-End Electronics: EBD parameter- EBD stop lamp flashing run-on time = 1 {Default: 0} [this is the amount of flashing time… through experimentation Santirx found that 1 second is enough, otherwise you could stop at a light and the lights could still be flashing (while you are stopped)]

Curvfun

Update since below was written. Turns out that all of my "Exterior Lighting" on / off parameters are located in Coding Value. Everything programmed correctly after I found these options there. So far, so good.
Thanks again for everyone's help.
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Thanks to all for the hints and further direction. I may be making a rookie mistake, but my inability to program the 'DRL's when headlights are on' and the 'EBD parameters' seems to be that I do not have a selection required in the Rear-End electronics. I do not have Exterior Lights, only Exterior Lights Parameters. Therefore I do not have the ability to activate the changes for the other parameters. I don't know what else to do except to ask if any of you can point me in the right direction or have ever encountered this anomaly.

Rear-End Electronics: Coding Value-Exterior Lighting-Exterior Lights, emergency brake display function available = Yes {Default: No}

Rear-End Electronics: Exterior Lighting: Exterior Lights, DD as a marker light = YES - {Default: No}

Rear-End Electronics: Exterior Lights Parameters: Dimming value for DD lights as marker light = 100 {Default: No}

Ken718B

If I can’t find a code one way I try finding it another way. If you can’t find the exterior lighting section try finding the code by searching for DD or marker to see if you can locate the code that way.

Curvfun

Another update. Everything works except the DRLs with the headlights on. Whenever I change these two parameters and turn on the LED headlights, they blink. On and off about once a second, bright or dim doesn't matter. I'm thinking that will draw more attention to me than blue or purple headlights, so I reloaded the OEM options for that. 😊 Don't know if anyone has ever encountered this anomaly, but anyone who has and resolved it, please let me know how that works. Thanks guys.

Rear-End Electronics: Exterior Lighting: Exterior Lights, DD as a marker light = YES {Default: No}
Rear-End Electronics: Exterior Lights Parameters: Dimming value for DD lights as marker light = 100 {Default: No}

milemarker60

Had the same result with DRLs flashing on my 2017 991.2…with PDLS+ package. I figured it was due to the “+” headlights vs the standard.

Ken718B

try changing just the first parameter. See if that works. Leave the second one at the default which on my 718 was 6. The second parameter changes the brightness of the leds. Maybe your car does not like that. If that works and you want to make the leds brighter try higher numbers until you start having an issue.

thesaintusa

Curious if any of the other coders had the line/option above in BOLD?

Also if somebody can tell me what the default time on and off (msec) for the lights?

FWIW: was able to increase the MAX boost that is displayed by the boost gauge, and set the coolant temp display to display the actual temps.

Curvfun

I found it in “Rear-End Electronics: Coding Values” section. I couldn’t find it anywhere else. Hope this helps.

thesaintusa

I will take another look but couldn't find it.

Added the Wiper Teardrop Function as well.

Enjoying the ThinkMagic device. Curious if I can code with the BMW X3 and the E63. hmmmm

GoTime

Can I change the forward speed the rear camera turns off?

Ken718B

I did it on my 718. I did not like the fact that the rear camera didn't turn off until I reached 16 kph (or 10 mph). I changed my car to 5 kph (or 3.1 mph).

I changed the following:

Park Assist: Speed thresholds-System switch-off speed = 5 {Default: 16}

Park Assist: Speed thresholds-System switch-off speed display readiness = 5 {Default: 16}

Park Assist: ECU coding data-OPS switch-off speed threshold = 5 {Default: 16}

Ken718B

In case anyone is interested here is a link to a post which contains a spreadsheet that lists the PIWIS codes from his 991 as well as translations of the codes.

https://www.renntech.org/topic/55779...-translations/

LFB

I'm about 70 days into owning this device, and the shine has definitely come off. Hopefully no one else has these issues, but here are some notes in case they help someone out:

• Out of the box, I had some intermittent connection issues with it, which I chalked up to spotty wifi in my garage
• Every time I used the device (probably at about 7 times total at this point that it has successfully communicated with one of my cars), it took more and more attempts to get it to be able to read my VIN or talk to any modules (but the bluetooth connection between the tablet and the device was apparently fine)
• Their tech support responds promptly, but the answers are not helpful - they seem to be claiming that the issue is because I am using a tablet rather than a phone
• At their suggestion, I tried using it in standard OBD2 code read mode on one of my other cars, and interestingly it still failed to commnuicate, but also while cycling through all of the possible OBD protocols, it set a CEL on that car that took 3 drive cycles to go away - bonus feature!

ThinkCar has a US address in Ontario, CA, so calling there will be my next step. At worst, I did get $80 of value out of it with the features I enabled on my cars, but in terms of "you get what you paid for", a pricier all in one unit like the Launch X431, with apparently the same software/capabilities, would make it a lot easier to hold a vendor accountable for their own product.

Ken718B

Sorry to hear that you are having issues with your Thinkdiag. It may be a bad unit because I have never had any issues with it communicating with my car or recognizing the VIN. As I have previously said, my only complaint is that, unlike my CRP919X, it does not indicate which module a code is in.