BlueBus: A fully integrated A2DP Bluetooth solution

[heinzboehmer]

Firmware 1.1.18 is live: https://www.bluebus.dev/software

CD53

• Fix inability to set comfort locks
• Add comfort unlock
• Fix potential non-null terminated string when creating metadata
• Allow Bluetooth usage when vehicle is off but radio is manually turned on
• Add additional settings [Comfort Unlock, Telephone volume offset, Lower Volume on Reverse]
• Only show values when editing a setting
• Enhance verbiage of settings
• Emulate MFL to allow automatic volume scaling for calls for CD53 vehicles (to prevent calls from being too quiet)

Yeeees. Super excited for the telephone volume offset feature lol

Thanks Ted!

[t3ddftw]

Hi Ted, do the ship dates include cables ordered from you like the NG_TCU_ADAPTER? Thx.

If you ordered from me, yes. If you ordered from ECS:

[Epsilon]

Hi Ted, do the ship dates include cables ordered from you like the NG_TCU_ADAPTER? Thx.

[t3ddftw]

Hey guys,

Some announcements:

Firmware 1.1.18 is live: https://www.bluebus.dev/software

If you ordered from ECS Tuning before August 31st, your unit will ship Tuesday.

If you ordered from me before August 28th, your order will ship sometime next week, towards the beginning of the week.

Thanks!
-Ted

[t3ddftw]

Hey Ted - can you provide an updated ETA for those of us who were in the October batch?

Still working on it. The next step is installing 1300 screws 🙃

[mtpktz]

I am literally sitting next to all of them right now as I program them, so they're gonna miss that. Two and half weeks give or take a few days is more realistic. Sorry!

-Ted

Hey Ted - can you provide an updated ETA for those of us who were in the October batch?

[Mattn1192]

I am literally sitting next to all of them right now as I program them, so they're gonna miss that. Two and half weeks give or take a few days is more realistic. Sorry!

-Ted

Thank you for the update.

[jet_dogg]

Take your time Ted, thanks for doing your part to speed up the process as best you can.

[t3ddftw]

ECS has it shipping tomorrow?

I am literally sitting next to all of them right now as I program them, so they're gonna miss that. Two and half weeks give or take a few days is more realistic. Sorry!

-Ted

[Mattn1192]

ECS has it shipping tomorrow?

[t3ddftw]

Hi Ted,

I’ve noticed that sometimes when I enter the car my phone will not connect with the Bluebus module. If I attempt to delete and reconnect my device, Bluebus will just not appear on my phone. It takes a hard reboot of the Bluebus or leaving then coming back some time later to resolve. I’m running the latest version of the firmware (….17) from your website. This is on my e39 M5, since I daily it.

Have you run into this before? Are there any plans to add a software reboot function from the UI?

Thanks!

Sounds like the "cold weather" issue. Some BlueBus units have issues with the Bluetooth module itself not powering on when the temperature outside is below 60F or so. The solution for these units is for me to solder on a mod-board that changes the power supply sequencing in a way that resolves the issue.

As of 1.1.17 I added a counter for failed BC127 boots. It's available in the terminal as part of "get err"

Thanks!
-Ted

[duracellttu]

Hi Ted,

I’ve noticed that sometimes when I enter the car my phone will not connect with the Bluebus module. If I attempt to delete and reconnect my device, Bluebus will just not appear on my phone. It takes a hard reboot of the Bluebus or leaving then coming back some time later to resolve. I’m running the latest version of the firmware (….17) from your website. This is on my e39 M5, since I daily it.

Have you run into this before? Are there any plans to add a software reboot function from the UI?

Thanks!

[t3ddftw]

Hi Ted, question for you.

I have my Bluebus installed but it doesn't seem to be detected by my 2003 E46 M3. I'm prewired for BMW cellular and CD player (although I don't have one).

I found the loom for the prewire but only one of the two connections work, the analog DSP fits snug but the second wire is a 4-pin, not the 3-pin. I found the 3-pin power coming out of the back of the loom and not being used so I hooked it in.

For some reason, the car isn't reading the BlueBus, I cycle through modes and it doesn't connect.

Thoughts, am I doing something wrong?

Edit: the power is actually a 3-pin in a 4-pin case so it doesn't fit the BlueBus, I just noticed that from the photo I posted. 3 wires, 3 posts, but in a 4-pin case?



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Howdy!


Uhhh, someone has definitely done some "mods" to the wiring harness here. The connector you're using is power for the OE cellular compensator (think amplifier), so it will absolutely not power the BlueBus and allow it to work. The four pin connector in your picture shows the appropriate colored wires for the three pin CD Changer connector. If you email me, I can send you the three pin version of that connector so you can undo whatever the previous [S]a-hole[/S] owner did to the connector.

-Ted

[WestBankM4]

Hi Ted, question for you.

I have my Bluebus installed but it doesn't seem to be detected by my 2003 E46 M3. I'm prewired for BMW cellular and CD player (although I don't have one).

I found the loom for the prewire but only one of the two connections work, the analog DSP fits snug but the second wire is a 4-pin, not the 3-pin. I found the 3-pin power coming out of the back of the loom and not being used so I hooked it in.

For some reason, the car isn't reading the BlueBus, I cycle through modes and it doesn't connect.

Thoughts, am I doing something wrong?

Edit: the power is actually a 3-pin in a 4-pin case so it doesn't fit the BlueBus, I just noticed that from the photo I posted. 3 wires, 3 posts, but in a 4-pin case?



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[t3ddftw]

Update with the shipment?

Still waiting for the factory to finish QC.

-Ted