Adaptive Head Lights - Coming to the US???

[dolsen]

If you can find yourself in just the right circumstances you can see something that your Antiglare headlights are doing that you have NEVER seen before.

I live down a 2.5 mile long dark rural road. No shoulder on the road, mildly deep drainage ditches on both sides, but it's the trees and forestry on both sides that are the tell tail for the amazing lighting.

So it's dark and I'm the only vehicle on the road, the LEDs are at full tilt and I am at 36-37mph. The asphalt is lit. The ditches on both sides are lit. And the tree line separating two property lines on the left side of the road are lit up say.... 50 yards to the left. If there's a similar tree line on the right, it would be equally lit. The whole scene is so much brighter and wide angle than any Ford truck I have ever had. It's a really good light pattern.

Suddenly an incoming car will turn onto the road at a considerable distance. I witness what appears as an automatic diminishing of forward lightning. What's actually obvious is that the light being cast down the straight asphalt road DID reduce the distance it was casting. Especially onto the incoming vehicles side of the asphalt.
But! Look closely at a couple of things. Look at the tree line on the left side of the road! The light is still being cast just as far and just as high as it was when there was no car coming.
Look to the right side of the landscape. It's the same.

If you look carefully, you will see that everywhere except a pie slice is still being lit like the incoming car isn't there. The point of the pie slice starts AT the left headlight, in this case. I'm sure it's also being participated in by the right headlight as well, but less obvious because it isn't "curtaining" as dramatically in this instance.

This road is very much the perfect environment to make what is happening obvious to the eye, once you notice that the headlights are still casting like a high beam to the LEFT of the oncoming vehicle. From then on you can't unsee it.

Having said all that, I'm sure this technology is in play everywhere I go, but it's far more subtle on most better lit roads. And all but unnoticeable on well lit roads. Ironically it's the driver in the oncoming vehicle that is noticing it the most, but to them it just seems like you are a courteous driver with no Glare in their eyes.

So that’s (sorta) what I had envisioned but instead it’s more like I have one headlamp shut off the high beams and the other stays on

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[dolsen]

No not at all. Because you didn’t have a HCM OEM there are some slightly different settings in the IPC.

Can you give me your values for **:

720-09-01

xxxx

**xx

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[ROBB1]

If you can find yourself in just the right circumstances you can see something that your Antiglare headlights are doing that you have NEVER seen before.

I live down a 2.5 mile long dark rural road. No shoulder on the road, mildly deep drainage ditches on both sides, but it's the trees and forestry on both sides that are the tell tail for the amazing lighting.

So it's dark and I'm the only vehicle on the road, the LEDs are at full tilt and I am at 36-37mph. The asphalt is lit. The ditches on both sides are lit. And the tree line separating two property lines on the left side of the road are lit up say.... 50 yards to the left. If there's a similar tree line on the right, it would be equally lit. The whole scene is so much brighter and wide angle than any Ford truck I have ever had. It's a really good light pattern.

Suddenly an incoming car will turn onto the road at a considerable distance. I witness what appears as an automatic diminishing of forward lightning. What's actually obvious is that the light being cast down the straight asphalt road DID reduce the distance it was casting. Especially onto the oncoming vehicles side of the asphalt.
But! Look closely at a couple of things. Look at the tree line on the left side of the road! The light is still being cast just as far and just as high as it was when there was no car coming.
Look to the right side of the landscape. It's the same.

If you look carefully, you will see that everywhere except a pie slice is still being lit like the oncoming car isn't there. The point of the pie slice starts AT the left headlight, in this case. I'm sure it's also being participated in by the right headlight as well, but less obvious because it isn't "curtaining" as dramatically in this instance.

This road is very much the perfect environment to make what is happening obvious to the eye, once you notice that the headlights are still casting like a high beam to the LEFT of the oncoming vehicle. From then on you can't unsee it.

Having said all that, I'm sure this technology is in play everywhere I go, but it's far more subtle on most better lit roads. And all but unnoticeable on well lit roads. Ironically it's the driver in the oncoming vehicle that is noticing it the most, but to them it just seems like you are a courteous driver with no Glare in their eyes.

That is a outstanding description of the ideal conditions to see it doing it’s magic.

 

[ROBB1]

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Ok that is correct, so this might not be as easily identified as I thought. What you have going on is probably not affecting function, but those of us with factory projectors do not get the highbeam telltale when the auto highbeams (glare free) activate. There is a setting hiding in one of the modules that is causing that to happen to you. IPC, SCCM, or BCM.

Would you be willing to share your VIN so I can download your as-built? I can run a comparison and see if I can identify what's going on.

 

[dolsen]

Ok that is correct, so this might not be as easily identified as I thought. What you have going on is probably not affecting function, but those of us with factory projectors do not get the highbeam telltale when the auto highbeams (glare free) activate. There is a setting hiding in one of the modules that is causing that to happen to you. IPC, SCCM, or BCM.

Would you be willing to share your VIN so I can download your as-built? I can run a comparison and see if I can identify what's going on.

Don’t mind at all, thanks for the assist

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[Snakebitten]

I am interested in what you find is the reason for @dolsen 's blue high beem indicator even though his Antiglare is working.

Might be a long shot, but I think it's the SCCM? Does Forscan show any DTC's in the SCCM?

 

[dolsen]

I am interested in what you find is the reason for @dolsen 's blue high beem indicator even though his Antiglare is working.

Might be a long shot, but I think it's the SCCM? Does Forscan show any DTC's in the SCCM?

Well based on your description I’m not entirely certain it’s working correctly or to its full potential. I think there’s a good chance for more change to further refine it

 

[ROBB1]

Don’t mind at all, thanks for the assist

1FTFW1E83NFA44706

Try this:

BCM
726-36-01 xx00 xxxx xx--


Also check the following (this may just be because your truck hasn't phoned home after your updates):

SCCM
724-04-01 xxx4 xx--

IPC
720-10-01
xxxx xxx3 xx--

I think the BCM is your fix (I hope) and it fits with you description of the current operation.

 

[dolsen]

Try this:

BCM
726-36-01 xx00 xxxx xx--


Also check the following (this may just be because your truck hasn't phoned home after your updates):

SCCM
724-04-01 xxx4 xx--

IPC
720-10-01
xxxx xxx3 xx--

I think the BCM is your fix (I hope) and it fits with you description of the current operation.

Thanks! I’ll give it a try tomorrow

 

[FordTruckMan]

A before/after of the Unreal enabled (left is Unreal)
Richer deeper graphic rendering

Thank you! Would you mind posting other shots? They don’t need to be before/after. After is fine.
-Break-
Also (@ anyone), can I get drive drive modes section on my Sync 4 screen bottom menu? (2021 F-150 3.5L Ecoboost Supercab Lariat 502A)

 

[dolsen]

Try this:

BCM
726-36-01 xx00 xxxx xx--


Also check the following (this may just be because your truck hasn't phoned home after your updates):

SCCM
724-04-01 xxx4 xx--

IPC
720-10-01
xxxx xxx3 xx--

I think the BCM is your fix (I hope) and it fits with you description of the current operation.

Well it turns out I missed that SCCM change, I think that was the culprit. However, I ALSO did the BCM change at the same time, so I cannot say for sure. However, it works now as intended and expected. I went back and verified that all of the rest of the changes were correct, and they were. The only one I missed was the SCCM... however, only now that I am typing this am I thinking that maybe I put the change in the incorrect spot. I'll need to check that as well.

Do I need to change the BCM value back?

My windshield also has a slight film on the inside I suppose. It kinda "smears" the light for lack of better term, so I think it makes it harder to see the glare free working. I'm not a smoker, the dealer just did a really shitty job of detailing it when I bought it.

It was easiest to notice when I was following another vehicle, because there wasn't a ton of light coming into my eyes and made it easy to see that only place where the high beams dimmed is where there was a vehicle in front of me.

 

[Grafx36510]

My windshield also has a slight film on the inside I suppose. It kinda "smears" the light for lack of better term, so I think it makes it harder to see the glare free working. I'm not a smoker, the dealer just did a really shitty job of detailing it when I bought it.

The plastics off gassing will also cause the film on glass.

 

[ROBB1]

Well it turns out I missed that SCCM change, I think that was the culprit. However, I ALSO did the BCM change at the same time, so I cannot say for sure. However, it works now as intended and expected. I went back and verified that all of the rest of the changes were correct, and they were. The only one I missed was the SCCM... however, only now that I am typing this am I thinking that maybe I put the change in the incorrect spot. I'll need to check that as well.

Do I need to change the BCM value back?

My windshield also has a slight film on the inside I suppose. It kinda "smears" the light for lack of better term, so I think it makes it harder to see the glare free working. I'm not a smoker, the dealer just did a really shitty job of detailing it when I bought it.

It was easiest to notice when I was following another vehicle, because there wasn't a ton of light coming into my eyes and made it easy to see that only place where the high beams dimmed is where there was a vehicle in front of me.

The BCM change I suggested is consistent with factory projectors so I would recommend leaving it at the value I suggested. You were in a situation where the BCM and HCM would be fighting for control of the ramping function. The BCM is always going to win since it control the power supply, but that’s not the intended function for glare free. The HCM should have control of the when and how much to dim.

Your situation is unique since you retrofitted the lights, but I think what you were seeing was probably due to both the BCM setting and the SCCM. The BCM is likely why you felt one entire light was completely dimming out.

 

[Snakebitten]

The reason why I suspected the SCCM @dolsen

Even though I described Antiglare on a dark road, I too had functional Antiglare but still had the blue highbeam indicator when Antiglare was full tilt with no oncoming vehicles. As soon as the oncoming vehicle triggered the curtaining, the blue indicator would go away.

However, I also had a perpetual DTC in the SCCM stating something like "module configuration error"

What I believe happened was I originally made all the edits that Robbi posted, but I typed the wrong line in the SCCM. My instrument panel was throwing some kind of error and Robbi pointed out to me that I missed the SCCM module because it didn't have his recommended edit. I couldn't figure out how I missed it, but he was right, so I added it.
Not realizing that I actually hadn't missed the SCCM, but rather I edited the wrong line.

Anyways, like you, Antiglare was configured, but my goof kept the blue indicator in play. If it wasn't for the soft DTC (only seen with a scan) I wouldn't have ever found my error or even thought there was anything wrong.

 

[dolsen]

The BCM change I suggested is consistent with factory projectors so I would recommend leaving it at the value I suggested. You were in a situation where the BCM and HCM would be fighting for control of the ramping function. The BCM is always going to win since it control the power supply, but that’s not the intended function for glare free. The HCM should have control of the when and how much to dim.

Your situation is unique since you retrofitted the lights, but I think what you were seeing was probably due to both the BCM setting and the SCCM. The BCM is likely why you felt one entire light was completely dimming out.

Yea I’m honestly not sure if that was the case or not. I don’t think I got a good enough look at it. But with your explanation and the fact that it seems to be working fine, I think it’s probably a good idea to leave it alone anyways.

Thanks for your help @ROBB1

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