VCDS (VAG-COM) codes and programmable options for Golf Mk7

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Now, the GOOD news............Works as it should!

hmm......... Please understand that I'm a firm believer that how folk program their cars is their decision - but I invite that you consider an alternative view!

When I look at your videos, my primary observation is that there is lots happening on the tail-lights on this car when you activate the turn-signal function!! Many years ago (probably before you were born) - a very eager math professor tried to instill into my much younger brain the concept of a zero-sum-game, which can be also applied to lighting design IMO.

Not sure if you are familiar with game theory - but the concept when applied to lighting design ostensibly says that there is a fixed amount of attention that drivers at the rear of a car will use when reading tail-lights.

Importantly, the concept of a zero-sum-game says that different lighting designs CAN'T increase the total quantity of rear-car driver attention (it remains the same for individual drivers). Various different designs can only shift the amount of attention that the driver devotes to decoding each of the lighting functions on the tail-lights.

So, applying this theory to your video, my conclusion is that it's very unlikely that drivers at the rear of this car will miss your intention to turn left/right. However, I wonder whether in achieving this outcome, the obvious emphasis on turn-signal in this lighting set-up will overpower the Brake light?

Of course, each and every lamp illumination on the tail lights is important because it indicates the driver's intention to cars at the rear - but it could reasonably be argued that when comparing the priority of functions, the driver's intention to stop is the highest!

My question is particularly relevant (again IMO) in this case given that this design illuminates both outer and inner lamps at full illumination (i.e. the same illumination level as the single Brake-light on each car-side) and now the non-blinking Brake-light must also compete with the elevated emphasis on the turn-signal function!

Once more, entirely your decision - I'm highlighting the matter for your review!!

Two issues, #1.

It seems that I have lost a function. The "Parking Lights/Position Lights" are no more illuminated when I open/close the vehicle (Coming Home/Leaving Home function), only the license plate LED bulbs are visible on the rear end.

I'm confused! When I re-examine the Leuchte-set table in your previous post - I don't see the CH/LH Leuchte-commands on the PL lamps! Do you mean the Single Side Parking Light (SSPL) function that is enabled when the turn-signal stalk is activated prior to locking the vehicle? I ask because your table does have SSPL included on these lamps

If you want SSPL, do this:

Left-Side Parking-lights
Lichtfunktion G > Parklicht links (beidseitiges Parklicht aktiviert li & re)
Lichtfunktion H > nicht aktiv
Dimmwert GH > 127
Dimming Direction GH > maximize

Right-side Parking-lights
Lichtfunktion G > Parklicht rechts
Lichtfunktion H > nicht aktiv
Dimmwert GH > 127
Dimming Direction GH > maximize

And assuming that CH/LH has been correctly activated in the non-Leuchte channels on the hex09 module - if you also want CH/LH on these lamps:
Lichtfunktion H > Coming Home oder Leaving Home aktiv

#2

Later edit: something else I have noticed.

With the car being off and locked > hazard lights ON

Only the yellow turn signals are being triggered, normal behavior I assume.

This I find very important during night time if, for any reason I have a breakdown on a secondary road.

Can the "Parking Lights/Position Lights" be triggered as well?

So, here's the thing - the way that the hazard warning ights are operated on the VAG stable of vehicles is determined outside the scope of Leuchte-programming. By design (I think), if the ignition is turned-OFF and regardless whether the car is locked, or not - the hazard warning lights are dedicated to the factory blinker lamps (both front and rear).

There is a way of conjoining other lamps into this scheme - but in this case, we have run-out of spare Lichtfunktion channels because of the quantity of light functions that you have requested on the PL lamps.

However, I have just inputted this tweak into my "virtual mk7" (see below) and according to the behavior of the simulated lights on my test-bench, you should be able to trigger the hazard warning functions on the PL lamps if you turn the key to the ignition-ON position.

Alas that's the best that I can deliver -as I have said, the limitations of the Hazard lights are beyond Leuchte programming