M-Track Mode

[old///MFanatic]

Yes I did it myself a couple weeks ago and do not have the green circle/arrow light and had to program the alternative lighting method. The functions perform as I described in my previous post.

Well that's interesting. Didn't know they could be coded differently, had this for 7 years. If that's the case anyone know if you can make the default without any buttons touched M-Track mode?
Where's TerraPhantm been lately? Wasn't this his coding crack?

Either way if DTC and CBC switch with this write-up I would love for it to be one press. Going to recode it this weekend to this latest write-up then.

[Dash1]

I did this back in 2013. So if there is a new coding out perhaps. But I can confirm that when I have the "long press" that lights up my DSC+Brake light it's in M-Track mode. I can get the DSC to intervene sometimes under very hard acceleration and turns. Without this settin (no buttons touched) it will intervene early and often otherwise in same driving scenario.
The first press just lights up the usual amber DSC warning triangle (like normal) and turns off DSC and never has intervened during aggressive driving.

Forgive me for asking, not trying to sound rude but have you personally done this to your own car without the M-Track light in dash?

To be honest I would much rather have the M-Track mode turned on with a quick press of button like the ZCP. If this infact does just that I will recode it again once confirmed it is in fact the case.
My car is an early '03.

Yes I did it myself a couple weeks ago and do not have the green circle/arrow light and had to program the alternative lighting method. The functions perform as I described in my previous post.

[old///MFanatic]

If you followed the tutorial then you have it vice versa. DSC light ON is M-track mode. DSC ON and orange BRAKE ON means DSC is off.

I did this back in 2013. So if there is a new coding out perhaps. But I can confirm that when I have the "long press" that lights up my DSC+Brake light it's in M-Track mode. I can get the DSC to intervene sometimes under very hard acceleration and turns. Without this settin (no buttons touched) it will intervene early and often otherwise in same driving scenario.
The first press just lights up the usual amber DSC warning triangle (like normal) and turns off DSC and never has intervened during aggressive driving.

Forgive me for asking, not trying to sound rude but have you personally done this to your own car without the M-Track light in dash?

To be honest I would much rather have the M-Track mode turned on with a quick press of button like the ZCP. If this infact does just that I will recode it again once confirmed it is in fact the case.
My car is an early '03.

[Dash1]

No. Not on mine that's coded.
DSC light on means DSC is turned OFF (just like usual) one press
DSC+Brake Light means M-Track mode is on. long press

If you followed the tutorial then you have it vice versa. DSC light ON is M-track mode. DSC ON and orange BRAKE ON means DSC is off.

[old///MFanatic]

and does the alternative method mean that
DCS light on = track mode
and
DSC+brake lights on = complete off?

No. Not on mine that's coded.
DSC light on means DSC is turned OFF (just like usual) one press
DSC+Brake Light means M-Track mode is on. long press

[old///MFanatic]

yes i know thanks, but it doesn't light up. and i'm willing to solder the led into my cluster. just wanted to ask if anybody know which LED is required.

edit:
i think i found the part: Yellow LEDs 3528 PLCC2

you don't have to use yellow. people use different color ones, i like the ones where they go purple or blue to represent the /// stripe

[eacmen]

yes i know thanks, but it doesn't light up. and i'm willing to solder the led into my cluster. just wanted to ask if anybody know which LED is required.

Ah sorry can't help you. Are you sure you don't have it? Did you do the cluster test? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXLrm4axswA

[Zekarus]

yes i know thanks, but it doesn't light up. and i'm willing to solder the led into my cluster. just wanted to ask if anybody know which LED is required.

edit:
i think i found the part: Yellow LEDs 3528 PLCC2

[eacmen]

does somebody at least know which LED is required? just coded everything but the LED doesn't seem to be there.

and does the alternative method mean that DCS light on = track mode and DSC+brake lights on = complete off?

https://youtu.be/_2xoXdmlhVM

Its the light on the left side of the dash that is semi circle with an arrow on it.

Your statement above is correct regarding the alternative method.


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[Zekarus]

Does somebody have a writeup for soldering a LED for the cluster?

does somebody at least know which LED is required? just coded everything but the LED doesn't seem to be there.

and does the alternative method mean that DCS light on = track mode and DSC+brake lights on = complete off?

[Dash1]

I programmed m track mode a couple weeks ago. It’s nice to have, but I’m going to stick to DSC off for the track and spirited driving

[D-O]

looks like the zcp bias is nearly the same as the 996 conversion according to this table:
https://thebuildjournal.com/tech-gui...-chart-e46-m3/

will add this mod next

stock 1:54.1 – 60.6%F 39.4%R
zcp 1:38.1 – 58 %F 42 %R
996 1:39.1 – 58.1%F 41.9%R

Nice. Looks like I should just code to ZCP brakes when I activate track mode.

Many thanks.

[eacmen]

I loaded up my pss autosoft version of NCS on my other laptop and the buttons match up with the ones in tutorial. I just need to read though the basics and get more comfortable with the program.
I want to understand why I am doing what I am doing and not just blindly follow steps without a basic understanding of the process or implications of what's actually going on.

Lol i blindly followed the instructions even with the buttons not matching up. Turned out great.

But I agree the NCS interface is junk. I have no issues opening up bin files in Tuner Pro and making changes but NCS baffles me probably because all the commands are in german.


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[Cubieman]

I loaded up my pss autosoft version of NCS on my other laptop and the buttons match up with the ones in tutorial. I just need to read though the basics and get more comfortable with the program.
I want to understand why I am doing what I am doing and not just blindly follow steps without a basic understanding of the process or implications of what's actually going on.

[eacmen]

I very much want to do this but don't have the balls to write any changes. I copy/pasted my FSW_PSW.TRC file to another location on the computer in hopes I can somehow load that if I "mess something up".

I got to the part where you add "$7MA" to the Attributes under "Enter FA" but exited out of that and the program sweating bullets. I see that each time I "go in" it creates a new FSW_PSW.TRC file, it writes over the previous one that is

Am I correct in the assumption that until I change the Job to "FA_WRITE" and click "Execute Job" I am not actually changing anything? And yes I will be sure and read back through terra's Getting Started With NCS post in the coding section.

My download of NCS came from bimmergeeks.com and some of the buttons look slightly different but I was able to produce every menu/option in this tutorial. Maybe I should try my version from pss autosoft and see if it looks more similar to the version of NCS in this tutorial. Also, still looking for Fister profile, I do have revtor.

I went through the same issue. Other than the discrepency I noted in the post above the button postion matches up based on the screenshots.

Maybe someone more experienced with NCS could volunteer to help over Zoom and take more updated screenshots for the DIY. I should have done it while I was doing it but I was also sweating bullets and wasnt thinking.


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