BlueBus: A fully integrated A2DP Bluetooth solution

[VitalkaM3]

Hey, any idea when the September orders are going out?

[t3ddftw]

Thanks. Yes my e46 has an Manual Trans with PDC.

It make sence about the fight with the „Volume Managment“, but i think i can Turn off the Volume Managment in the settings but the fight still goes on.

PDC is likely why this feature works. I just got my M3 back up and running, so I'll have to fiddle around with reverse gear, but last I recall, manual E46s did not update the gear status at any point.

There must be a bug in one of those two features that is causing it to fight itself .

-Ted

[kolumbus007]

Good catch, I totally missed that! Does your E46 have a manual trans?

As for your bug, I bet that "Volume Management" and this feature are fighting with each other. I'll have to look into it.

Thanks!
-Ted

Thanks. Yes my e46 has an Manual Trans with PDC.

It make sence about the fight with the „Volume Managment“, but i think i can Turn off the Volume Managment in the settings but the fight still goes on.

[t3ddftw]

Hey,
I also have one BlueBus I think its the No244, but I‘m new here.
About the e46 and the reverse gear switch, there is the connector x428 in your screenshot which is wierd to the e46 instrument cluster, as shown in my Screenshot.
But when i activate the volume down in reverse function in my e46 convertible and i switch in the reverse gear, the volume is going crazy. It gains down to 50% and an half second later up to 100% and then down to 50% again (i See this on my iPhone).

thanks Kolumbus007

Good catch, I totally missed that! Does your E46 have a manual trans?

As for your bug, I bet that "Volume Management" and this feature are fighting with each other. I'll have to look into it.

Thanks!
-Ted

[kolumbus007]

I was going to give you the ole "lol idk" BUT I went and looked in WDS and found this:


As you can see the, the reverse gear switch is tied directly to the reverse lights on the E46, while in the E39 that signal is sent to the Instrument Cluster.

The IKE is then able to communicate the status of reverse gear since it has this input, while the circuit on the E46 is purely analog.

Hey,
I also have one BlueBus I think its the No244, but I‘m new here.
About the e46 and the reverse gear switch, there is the connector x428 in your screenshot which is wierd to the e46 instrument cluster, as shown in my Screenshot.
But when i activate the volume down in reverse function in my e46 convertible and i switch in the reverse gear, the volume is going crazy. It gains down to 50% and an half second later up to 100% and then down to 50% again (i See this on my iPhone).

thanks Kolumbus007

[t3ddftw]

I feel dumb- which adapter do I need for my 03 M5. Can't find the blue one anywhere but can't find the black one either (unless thats it, connected below)

You have the ULF over the Navi, so the 54-pin adapter

-Ted

[lemoose]

I feel dumb- which adapter do I need for my 03 M5. Can't find the blue one anywhere but can't find the black one either (unless thats it, connected below)

[Der_Spanier]

I was going to give you the ole "lol idk" BUT I went and looked in WDS and found this:


As you can see the, the reverse gear switch is tied directly to the reverse lights on the E46, while in the E39 that signal is sent to the Instrument Cluster.

The IKE is then able to communicate the status of reverse gear since it has this input, while the circuit on the E46 is purely analog.

Thanks for that! Mystery solved. I now know one additional useless fun fact about our cars 😂

[t3ddftw]

No PDC on either car...

I was going to give you the ole "lol idk" BUT I went and looked in WDS and found this:


As you can see the, the reverse gear switch is tied directly to the reverse lights on the E46, while in the E39 that signal is sent to the Instrument Cluster.

The IKE is then able to communicate the status of reverse gear since it has this input, while the circuit on the E46 is purely analog.

Thanks for the new firmware release !
It seems that I still have the issue where "Music" app is not updating metadata. With the same phone, if I use Spotify instead, it is updating by itself.
Firmware 1.3.0, HW 1, iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16.0.3
Thanks for investigating !

That's a different issue. It'll be released with 1.3.1 as a fix has already been implemented: https://github.com/tedsalmon/BlueBus...eadabde545aR88


Thanks!
-Ted

[Doudou]

Thanks for the new firmware release !
It seems that I still have the issue where "Music" app is not updating metadata. With the same phone, if I use Spotify instead, it is updating by itself.
Firmware 1.3.0, HW 1, iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16.0.3
Thanks for investigating !

[Der_Spanier]

Does the E39 have PDC? This feature relies on either the IKE sending the current gear, or the PDC sending out its "activity" messages when activated.

No PDC on either car...

[t3ddftw]

Thanks Ted. Iirc I was seeing no disc and no jacket when scrolling through modes. There is an aux cable for iPod previously installed idk if that matters

Can you confirm that you are seeing "NO MAGAZINE"? That means you have an iPod module and you'll need to pull the radio out and remove the module, then reinstall the factory ten-pin audio connector in the radio's quadlock. Email for more details.

I updated to 1.3.0 last week. I’d been using the BlueBus in the E46 until today, no changes from the previous version.

I put it in the E39 today and surprise, lower volume on reverse works in this one!

Both the E46 and E39 are manuals, both have cruise control, neither has nav. How come the same feature works in one but not the other?

Does the E39 have PDC? This feature relies on either the IKE sending the current gear, or the PDC sending out its "activity" messages when activated.

Thanks!
-Ted

[Der_Spanier]

I updated to 1.3.0 last week. I’d been using the BlueBus in the E46 until today, no changes from the previous version.

I put it in the E39 today and surprise, lower volume on reverse works in this one!

Both the E46 and E39 are manuals, both have cruise control, neither has nav. How come the same feature works in one but not the other?

[HighSchoolDream]

The BlueBus isn't discoverable by default. If you don't have Navigation, are you seeing a mode called "CD 7-01" or "CDC 7 TR01-0001"? If you are, just turn the ignition off, close the car, then come back in five minutes and it should sort itself out. The "6" button is used to make the unit discoverable.

https://github.com/tedsalmon/BlueBus/wiki/CD53-UI

Thanks!
-Ted

Thanks Ted. Iirc I was seeing no disc and no jacket when scrolling through modes. There is an aux cable for iPod previously installed idk if that matters

[t3ddftw]

Hi Ted, thanks for the v1.3.0 firmware. Can you tell me where you look for the oil temperature? I want to make a module that grabs it from the CAN bus and translates it to Ibus. Just like the eLight module, but with real data from the ECU instead of the guesstimation from TOENS.

At the weekend I had a quick chat with Kevin, who is trying to build Bluebus from the open source documentation, quite nice guy

This is a difficult proposition. I pull the oil temperature from the light module using diagnostics commands. Perhaps we could use an unused device address and op code to shoe horn support for what you want? I wouldn't mind that.

I gotta get back to Kevin about the case... lol.

Just installed my bluebus. I see the led on the right side lit. No option for Bluetooth on my deck and bluebus not showing up in my phone’s Bluetooth . Pls help

The BlueBus isn't discoverable by default. If you don't have Navigation, are you seeing a mode called "CD 7-01" or "CDC 7 TR01-0001"? If you are, just turn the ignition off, close the car, then come back in five minutes and it should sort itself out. The "6" button is used to make the unit discoverable.

https://github.com/tedsalmon/BlueBus/wiki/CD53-UI

Thanks!
-Ted