OPS RNS-510 Installation Problems

[walbjj]

ok, i talked to my mate who is the audi service manager and asked whether they did any retrofits of parking systems. they said they use a local car audio place that uses a german aftermarket oem/audi kit and installs them. full intergration with the audi rne. ill stop by and have a talk to them. i think they use kufatec
at this stage, im looking at all options and if it costs, then it costs.

[walbjj]

ok, went to the audio shop, he looked at it, called the kufatec/fiscon australian distributor and was told that he, himself had a OPS system installed by someone, took 4 tries and some 15 hours of mucking about. the coding was a head****. he said it can be done but its a mission.
he told me straight up, after looking thru the german instructions that they were awesome instructions and if u followed them then u should be fine. but he also said that if my guy, derek followed them and it didnt work, then it was a coding problem, and u would need to go into the long code, which is a problem.
he said he could do it, fairly routine, but couldnt guarantee it would work, especially if someone else tried it.
he suggested i return it.
so ill get it pulled out and i emailed the ebay vendor. hopefully it will be a lesson learnt, if i can get a refund......if not ill be pursuing paypal/ebay

[markwid]

I really wonder why it is so hard to retrofit OPS when we are using OEM components.

Anyway, back to where I am with this. Mostly good news.
Power is now switched - only on when ignition is on. One problem solved.
Working again, yeah !? Here comes the but...it would seem that PDC is throwing up EEPROM errors - similar to attached photo below.

So for all intents and purposes, it is currently working but I don't know how long it will remain working.

[Matchew]

So it sounds more like this is a coding issue, but a minefield to guess the right coding for all the different modules.

Markwid, I have bought the same kit you did from T-Era on eBay and the part they supply for the module is actually a Skoda part number. There is also talk on the Internet that these are a reproduction unit and not a genuine part, this could explain the EEPROM error.

There is a VW Golf part that is equivalent and I have seen a thread on Golfmkv where a guy got this part to work, but I can't confirm whether the sensors are same part numbers. Out of interest, the Golf part number is 1K0 919 475 B.

I have managed to get an address to return my sensors for a refund, so i think the best way to go is to order the kit from EA and have them install it for me. If I had more time and a cable I would be tempted to keep playing and get this to work. I wonder if a different module would solve your problem Markwid?

[markwid]

I wonder if a different module would solve your problem Markwid?

Who knows? If there is more info on what will work, I will look into it.

If mine continues to work despite some PDC errors (not visible to me anyway), I can live with that.

[walbjj]

ok, i was just emailed a phone number of a guy called steve that advises vw on all matters electrical for vwa. he apparently is the carsystems.pl "man on the ground" so to speak and i called him and he seemed confident and knew exactly why derek couldnt get it to work. i have passed his details along to derek, so hopefully he can get some better ideas on this ****fest
steve himself said its not a simple plug and play, well if u know what ur doing, it is, but with the level of instructions and diagrams, then no, it will take a first timer a few tries and hours

[Matchew]

ok, i was just emailed a phone number of a guy called steve that advises vw on all matters electrical for vwa. he apparently is the carsystems.pl "man on the ground" so to speak and i called him and he seemed confident and knew exactly why derek couldnt get it to work. i have passed his details along to derek, so hopefully he can get some better ideas on this ****fest
steve himself said its not a simple plug and play, well if u know what ur doing, it is, but with the level of instructions and diagrams, then no, it will take a first timer a few tries and hours

Sounds very promising Walbjj. Please keep us informed on how this goes, I might have to ring Derek tomorrow and see if I should delay returning my sensors if he can get some useful information on getting these to work.

[walbjj]

yes, i emailed derek the details, as i still have a downpipe and intake to install next week amongst other small details to tidy my car up.
the key is getting derek motivated to talk with the guy as he seemed disenchanted with installing the ops unit. hopefully after talking with steve, it might fire him up

[walbjj]

Ok, organized my car for the ops for mon along with dp and intake. Derek had a good talk with this steve fella, and it sounded promising. I'll report back next wk

[markwid]

Thanks for the update walbjj. Keep us posted because there is not much info on this out there if you google.

As an aside, I am keeping my fingers crossed but so far so good. Mine is still working well.