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Yes to both. So far, whenever it "sees" anything, including cars in front you headed in the same direction, or cars to the right approaching a 3-way stop, it splits the beam around them. I was approaching an intersection such that the car stopped across from me was in the very middle of my light path. The beam opened up in the middle to not blind the car.
I still would prefer that some other people test and corroborate these findings. The cool part is, hit the manual/normal switch on the lower LEFT, and your lights are just regular high/low beams again, that you control. Nice safety feature, especially for this early testing.
I just reviewed your instructions with staff at an independent Porsche workshop and have an appointment on December 21 to give it a shot. I was told that they have equipment for testing the headlight functionality after the coding is performed without having to wait to test on the road at night.
I just reviewed your instructions with staff at an independent Porsche workshop and have an appointment on December 21 to give it a shot. I was told that they have equipment for testing the headlight functionality after the coding is performed without having to wait to test on the road at night.
I just reviewed your instructions with staff at an independent Porsche workshop and have an appointment on December 21 to give it a shot. I was told that they have equipment for testing the headlight functionality after the coding is performed without having to wait to test on the road at night.
It's a 2022 Cayenne base Platinum. A potential issue is that the workshop might not have a current enough version of PIWIS but we'll find out next Wednesday. They mainly work on out-of-warranty cars and mine was the first 2022 they had touched when they did its first oil change today at 4900 miles. If they don't have the necessary PIWIS version, I'll move on to plan B, C, D, etc. Getting this done is high priority. If successful, I'll attempt a video showing the beam shaping in several scenarios including when driving behind other vehicles. Unless there's a reason not to, I could post the video on YouTube and include a link to this forum thread. Or perhaps you or others would rather do that?
It's a 2022 Cayenne base Platinum. A potential issue is that the workshop might not have a current enough version of PIWIS but we'll find out next Wednesday. They mainly work on out-of-warranty cars and mine was the first 2022 they had touched when they did its first oil change today at 4900 miles. If they don't have the necessary PIWIS version, I'll move on to plan B, C, D, etc. Getting this done is high priority. If successful, I'll attempt a video showing the beam shaping in several scenarios including when driving behind other vehicles. Unless there's a reason not to, I could post the video on YouTube and include a link to this forum thread. Or perhaps you or others would rather do that?
Can’t wait to hear of your success. BTW, did they drain or siphon the old oil?
It's a 2022 Cayenne base Platinum. A potential issue is that the workshop might not have a current enough version of PIWIS but we'll find out next Wednesday. They mainly work on out-of-warranty cars and mine was the first 2022 they had touched when they did its first oil change today at 4900 miles. If they don't have the necessary PIWIS version, I'll move on to plan B, C, D, etc. Getting this done is high priority. If successful, I'll attempt a video showing the beam shaping in several scenarios including when driving behind other vehicles. Unless there's a reason not to, I could post the video on YouTube and include a link to this forum thread. Or perhaps you or others would rather do that?
Please feel free to post/share your experences. Others would like to see that this is not just a one off.
Also - please be careful when testing this. The lights will work their magic starting at about 20 mph, so don't worry about getting up to highway speeds. Of course, if you have a dash cam, go for it.
I've got a '23 as a loaner, with full screen CarPlay. Any suggestions where I could look for settings that we can compare w/ pcm 5? I know the pcm 6 is different but the settings could translate.
Also, innodrive on this car is far superior on my pana 21. At stop signs it really slows down the car. Several blue indicators based on your turning signal advising of cross traffic. I shall investigate the settings as well
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I've got a '23 as a loaner, with full screen CarPlay. Any suggestions where I could look for settings that we can compare w/ pcm 5? I know the pcm 6 is different but the settings could translate.
Also, innodrive on this car is far superior on my pana 21. At stop signs it really slows down the car. Several blue indicators based on your turning signal advising of cross traffic. I shall investigate the settings as well
Sadly - I can't think of anything to help. What would be "best" is to get a VAL (via PIWIS) of a prior year that has no coding, then get a VAL from this 2023 that you have (also with no coding), and then compare the two. However, these clone PIWIS units with the VAS 6154 dongles won't do a VAL.
Sadly - I can't think of anything to help. What would be "best" is to get a VAL (via PIWIS) of a prior year that has no coding, then get a VAL from this 2023 that you have (also with no coding), and then compare the two. However, these clone PIWIS units with the VAS 6154 dongles won't do a VAL.
I'll try the hard way, take pictures of module's settings
Please feel free to post/share your experences. Others would like to see that this is not just a one off.
Also - please be careful when testing this. The lights will work their magic starting at about 20 mph, so don't worry about getting up to highway speeds. Of course, if you have a dash cam, go for it.
Good luck!
Thanks! I may have watched every video on YouTube that shows fully functioning Porsche matrix headlights in action. I think I have a decent understanding of what I should expect.
It turned out that the shop I was going to use next Wednesday to do the coding has only PIWIS 2. So, I'm instead taking my 2022 Cayenne to a somewhat less geographically desirable shop this coming Monday to have the coding performed by a Rennlist forum sponsor who has posted here over 8,000 times.
I found it interesting that the "magic" on your P-car started at about 20 mph in your video. Did your high beams formerly operate at speeds that low or only after this coding change?
Since I started paying closer attention during the past few weeks, I don't think my high beams have ever lit up at speeds less than somewhere over 30 mph. And my high beams don't seem to ever function while driving on local city streets at well over 20 mph. I don't know if it's the street lights that are preventing them from functioning or if data from the navigation system is doing it. The owners manual says "Dynamic high beams are switched on or off between 20 mph (30 km/h) and 37 mph (60 km/h) depending on the navigation data" but that is under a "Canada only" heading. I'm wondering if this really also applies to U.S. cars.
I guess I'll find out Monday night if the coding lowers the speed at which the high beams function, i.e. to around 20 mph like yours. The weather forecast for Monday might not be good for headlight testing but I'll likely try regardless - snow is predicted. If that happens, at least I'll be able to see how well my new Michelin Alpin winter tires perform.
Thanks! I may have watched every video on YouTube that shows fully functioning Porsche matrix headlights in action. I think I have a decent understanding of what I should expect.
It turned out that the shop I was going to use next Wednesday to do the coding has only PIWIS 2. So, I'm instead taking my 2022 Cayenne to a somewhat less geographically desirable shop this coming Monday to have the coding performed by a Rennlist forum sponsor who has posted here over 8,000 times.
I found it interesting that the "magic" on your P-car started at about 20 mph in your video. Did your high beams formerly operate at speeds that low or only after this coding change?
Since I started paying closer attention during the past few weeks, I don't think my high beams have ever lit up at speeds less than somewhere over 30 mph. And my high beams don't seem to ever function while driving on local city streets at well over 20 mph. I don't know if it's the street lights that are preventing them from functioning or if data from the navigation system is doing it. The owners manual says "Dynamic high beams are switched on or off between 20 mph (30 km/h) and 37 mph (60 km/h) depending on the navigation data" but that is under a "Canada only" heading. I'm wondering if this really also applies to U.S. cars.
I guess I'll find out Monday night if the coding lowers the speed at which the high beams function, i.e. to around 20 mph like yours. The weather forecast for Monday might not be good for headlight testing but I'll likely try regardless - snow is predicted. If that happens, at least I'll be able to see how well my new Michelin Alpin winter tires perform.
First - let me correct myself. After checking things last night, it is, indeed, more like ~30mph when the magic happens. Also, the magic only happens if you have your lights in automatic mode (the little "A" visible inside the green (?) headlight icon on your instrument cluster). You may need to flick your the headlight stalk forward one time to switch the "A" on.
Also - I think you'll know that something magical is happening when the high beams first come on in automatic mode. Instead of the usual instant switching on of high beams, you'll see the little "show" like you see at the 38 second mark of the longer video I posted (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_5...xSLbeQob9A79yC). The lights kinda "spread out" instead of just flicking instantly to high.
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