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BMW G30 2016 Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 R e f e r e n c e Ma n u a l G 3 0 C OMP L E T E V E H I C L E T e c h n i c a l T r a i n i n g T h e i n f o r ma t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s ma n u a l i s n o t t o b e r e s o l d , b a r t e r e d , c o p i e d o r t r a n s f e r r e d w i t h o u t t h e e x p r e s s w r i t t e n c o n s e n t o f B MW o f N o r t h A me r i c a , L L C ( "...

  • Page 2: Technical Training

    Reference Manual The Ultimate ® Driving Machine www.bmwcenternet.com Technical Training G30 Complete Vehicle BMW of North America, LLC Technical Training ST1604 11/1/16...
  • Page 3 For changes/additions to the technical data, repair procedures, please refer to the current information issued by BMW of North America, LLC, Technical Service Department. This information is available by accessing TIS at www.bmwcenternet.com. © 2016 BMW of North America, LLC. The BMW name and logo are registered trademarks. All rights reserved.

  • Page 4: Product Information

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body BMW￿Service...

  • Page 5: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. Overview ............................................... 1.2. History ..............................................1.3. Dimensions￿and￿silhouette￿comparison ..........................1.3.1. Dimensions￿G30 ..................................1.3.2. Comparison￿F10/G30 ..............................1.3.3. Silhouette￿comparison ..............................1.4. Models ..............................................1.5. Exterior￿equipment ......................................1.5.1. Exterior ........................................1.5.2. Underbody ....................................... Bodyshell ..................................................2.1. Body￿overview ..........................................2.2. Body￿structure ..........................................

  • Page 8: Introduction

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿Overview In￿February￿2017,￿the￿7th￿generation￿of￿the￿BMW￿5￿Series￿G30￿will￿be￿launched.￿The￿G30￿contains￿a wealth￿of￿new￿technologies￿and￿design￿elements￿that￿have￿been￿further￿developed￿and￿refined.￿The closed￿radiator￿grill￿and￿the￿precise￿contours￿of￿the￿hood￿lend￿the￿front￿of￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿a sporty￿character.￿The￿elegant￿lines￿of￿the￿side￿view￿are￿emphasized￿by￿the￿distinctive￿bead￿and￿the accentuated￿Hofmeister￿kink. In￿terms￿of￿technology,￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿is￿based￿on￿the￿G12.￿The￿topics￿listed￿below￿are described￿in￿the￿G12￿Technical￿Reference￿Material￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle”. Topic “ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle” Doors G12￿Complete￿Vehicle Lightweight￿support,￿door G12￿Complete￿Vehicle Engine￿hood G12￿Complete￿Vehicle Front￿end G12￿Complete￿Vehicle Trunk G12￿Complete￿Vehicle Switch,￿seat￿adjustment G12￿Complete￿Vehicle BMW￿G30...

  • Page 9: History

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 1.￿Introduction 1.2.￿History BMW￿5￿Series￿models￿–￿history Generation Generation Generation Generation Generation Generation Generation 0.69 0.73 1.33 1.49 1.42 2.39 2.84 million million million million million million million units units units units units units units￿to￿be produced produced produced produced produced produced produced E60/E61...
  • Page 10 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 1.￿Introduction Rear￿track￿width,￿basic￿wheels [mm] 1630 Vehicle￿length [mm] 4943 Width￿excluding￿exterior￿mirrors [mm] 1868 1.3.2.￿Comparison￿F10/G30 Unit Vehicle￿height,￿empty [mm] 1464 1479 Front￿track￿width [mm] 1600 1605 Front￿overhang [mm] Wheelbase [mm] 2968 2975 Rear￿overhang [mm] 1099 1099 Rear￿track￿width,￿basic￿wheels [mm] 1627 1630 Vehicle￿length [mm] 4899 4943 Width￿excluding￿exterior￿mirrors [mm] 1860 1868...

  • Page 11: Models

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 1.￿Introduction 1.3.3.￿Silhouette￿comparison Silhouette￿comparison￿of￿G30/F10 1.4.￿Models The￿G30￿models￿will￿be￿available￿in￿2017￿with￿the￿following￿models. Model Engine Displacement￿in Power￿in￿kW Torque￿in￿Nm cm³ (HP) (lb-ft) BMW￿530i￿/ B46O￿4-cylinder 1998 185￿(248) 350￿(258) 530ix￿Drive gasoline￿engine BMW￿540i￿/ B58M￿6-cylinder 2998 250￿(335) 450￿(332) 540i￿xDrive gasoline￿engine BMW M550i N63R￿8-cylinder 4398 340￿(455) 650￿(480) xDrive* gasoline￿engine *￿The￿BMW￿M550i￿xDrive￿will￿follow￿a￿few￿months￿after￿the￿launch￿of￿the￿530i￿/￿530ix￿Drive￿and￿540i￿/ 540i￿xDrive.

  • Page 12: Exterior

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 1.￿Introduction 1.5.￿Exterior￿equipment 1.5.1.￿Exterior G30￿Exterior￿highlights Index Explanation Air￿flaps￿in￿the￿radiator￿grill Air￿Breather Headlights￿extend￿to￿the￿radiator￿grill Adjustable￿housing￿for￿rear￿lights...

  • Page 13: Underbody

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 1.￿Introduction 1.5.2.￿Underbody The￿almost￿fully￿closed￿vehicle￿underbody￿plays￿an￿important￿role￿in￿the￿aerodynamics.￿The￿acoustics in￿the￿vehicle￿are￿also￿significantly￿improved￿as￿a￿result.￿In￿the￿front￿section,￿the￿air￿flow￿is￿directed past￿the￿front￿wheels￿by￿the￿displacers￿(7).￿In￿this￿way,￿the￿airflow￿on￿the￿front￿wheel￿is￿reduced.￿In￿the rear￿area,￿the￿2￿wind￿deflectors￿(3)￿on￿the￿axle￿and￿the￿cover￿of￿the￿rear￿axle￿differential￿(5)￿contribute to￿optimized￿underbody￿flow￿together￿with￿the￿rear￿diffuser￿(4),￿which￿is￿adapted￿for￿each￿drivetrain design. G30￿Underbody￿trim Index Explanation Cross-member￿with￿wind￿deflector Tank￿cover￿with￿wind￿deflector Wind￿deflector,￿rear￿axle Rear￿diffuser Cover,￿rear￿axle￿differential Cover,￿exhaust￿system Displacer...

  • Page 14: Bodyshell

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 2.￿Bodyshell 2.1.￿Body￿overview G30￿Side￿frame￿structure Index Explanation Multiphase￿steel￿(> 300￿N/mm²) Ultra-high-strength￿steel￿(> 900 N/mm²) Aluminum Deep-drawing￿steel￿(<￿300 N/mm²) Other￿steel￿grades Inner￿roof￿frame Roof￿frame￿reinforcement B-pillar￿reinforcement Side￿sill￿reinforcement￿plate Outer￿side￿frame￿(deep-drawing￿steel)

  • Page 15: Body￿Structure

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 2.￿Bodyshell 2.2.￿Body￿structure The￿lightweight￿body￿construction￿concept￿of￿the￿G30￿comprises￿high-strength￿steel￿and￿Aluminum components.￿There￿is￿no￿Carbon￿Core￿used￿in￿the￿construction￿of￿the￿G30￿body￿like￿in￿the￿G12.￿The use￿of￿die-cast￿Aluminum￿components￿has￿increased￿significantly.￿Thanks￿to￿the￿material￿mix,￿the materials￿are￿able￿to￿contribute￿their￿specific￿strengths￿to￿the￿vehicle￿in￿the￿best￿possible￿way.￿As￿a result￿of￿the￿strict￿lightweight￿construction￿philosophy,￿the￿weight￿of￿the￿body￿has￿been￿reduced￿by around￿46￿kg￿/￿101￿lbs￿over￿the￿predecessor￿F10,￿but￿crash￿safety￿has￿been￿further￿improved. 2.2.1.￿Steel G30￿Ultra-high-strength￿steels￿in￿the￿body￿structure Index Explanation Carrier￿support,￿bulkhead Inner￿side￿frame Engine￿support￿extension Reinforcement￿plate,￿B-pillar Side￿sill￿reinforcement￿plate Outer￿connecting￿plate...

  • Page 16: Aluminum

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 2.￿Bodyshell 2.2.2.￿Aluminum The￿use￿of￿Aluminum￿extruded￿profiles￿and￿complex￿die-cast￿Aluminum￿parts￿accounts￿for￿a￿rigid body￿along￿with￿low￿weight.￿All￿requirements￿relating￿to￿passive￿safety￿are￿also￿met. The￿spring￿strut￿domes￿on￿the￿front,￿and￿for￿the￿first￿time￿also￿on￿the￿rear,￿are￿manufactured￿using the￿Aluminum￿pressure￿die￿casting￿process.￿As￿is￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12,￿the￿side￿members￿at the￿rear￿are￿now￿also￿made￿as￿die-cast￿Aluminum￿components.￿This￿contributes￿to￿excellent￿weight distribution￿in￿the￿body￿structure.￿New￿Aluminum￿cast￿alloys￿were￿also￿developed￿in￿order￿to￿increase the￿crash￿safety￿of￿these￿components. G30￿Aluminum￿in￿the￿body￿structure Index Explanation Front￿spring￿strut￿dome Rear￿spring￿strut￿dome Side￿member Engine￿support...

  • Page 17: Screw￿Connections

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 2.￿Bodyshell 2.3.￿Screw￿connections Some￿of￿the￿Aluminum-steel￿connections￿in￿the￿G30￿body￿structure￿are￿produced￿using￿a￿new￿body joining￿technique:￿flow￿drill￿screws.￿These￿include,￿for￿example,￿the￿connection￿between￿the￿engine support￿(Aluminum￿extruded￿profile)￿and￿the￿bulkhead￿carrier￿support￿(ultra-high-strength￿hot-formed steel). Flow￿drill￿screws￿are￿driven￿directly￿into￿the￿body￿structure.￿When￿this￿happens,￿the￿specially￿shaped tip￿produces￿a￿flow￿hole￿and￿a￿thread￿is￿then￿cut.￿This￿joining￿technique￿is￿used￿exclusively￿in production. G30￿Screw￿connection￿of￿engine￿support/bulkhead Index Explanation Engine￿support Engine￿support￿connection Flow￿drill￿screw Once￿a￿flow￿drill￿screw￿connection￿has￿been￿loosened,￿it￿must￿not￿be￿re-joined￿using￿flow￿drill￿screws. Otherwise￿this￿will￿lead￿to￿a￿considerable￿reduction￿in￿strength. In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿repair￿according￿to￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿2￿and￿3,￿the￿flow￿drill￿screws￿are￿replaced￿by blind￿rivets.
  • Page 18 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 2.￿Bodyshell 2.4.￿Roof￿support The￿G30￿body￿structure￿has￿a￿hydroformed￿roof￿support￿made￿of￿steel.￿This￿is￿welded￿to￿the￿roof side￿frame￿in￿line￿with￿the￿B-pillar.￿By￿using￿a￿hydroformed￿section￿it￿has￿been￿possible￿to￿reduce￿the vehicle￿weight￿along￿with￿increasing￿the￿stiffness￿of￿the￿body.￿On￿vehicles￿with￿a￿slide/tilt￿sunroof￿or panorama￿glass￿roof￿the￿reinforcement￿is￿incorporated￿in￿the￿relevant￿roof￿frame. G30￿Hydroformed￿roof￿bow...
  • Page 19 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 3.￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿1 3.1.￿Repair￿Level￿1 Taking￿into￿account￿the￿repair￿stages￿of￿the￿BMW￿workshop￿information￿system,￿the￿body￿repair￿work in￿the￿Technical￿Qualification￿is￿divided￿into￿3￿repair￿levels.￿Each￿of￿the￿3￿Body￿Repair￿Levels￿includes certain￿prerequisites￿in￿terms￿of￿the￿qualifications￿of￿the￿employees￿and￿the￿workshop￿equipment. The￿special￿characteristics￿of￿the￿add-on￿body￿parts￿and￿the￿materials￿used￿in￿the￿outer￿body￿skin￿are described￿in￿this￿chapter.￿However,￿the￿basic￿functions￿of￿the￿roof￿and￿the￿outer￿body￿skin￿components made￿of￿plastic￿are￿the￿same￿as￿on￿other￿current￿BMW￿models.￿For￿this￿reason,￿these￿components￿will not￿be￿described￿in￿detail￿here. 3.2.￿Outer￿body￿skin￿materials G30￿Outer￿body￿skin Index Explanation Other￿steel￿grades Aluminum Plastic Deep-drawing￿steel...

  • Page 20: Front￿Fenders

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 3.￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿1 As￿was￿already￿the￿case￿with￿the￿F10,￿the￿doors,￿hood￿and￿front￿side￿panels￿are￿made￿of￿Aluminum. In￿addition,￿the￿trunk￿and￿the￿roof￿of￿the￿G30￿is￿also￿made￿of￿Aluminum,￿which￿contributes￿to￿the significant￿weight￿reduction. The￿bumper￿panels￿at￿front￿and￿rear￿as￿well￿as￿the￿side￿sills￿are￿made￿of￿plastic￿as￿before.￿However, further￿development￿of￿this￿material￿made￿it￿possible￿to￿reduce￿the￿density￿and￿weight. 3.3.￿Front￿fenders Air￿Breathers￿are￿also￿used￿on￿the￿front￿fenders￿of￿the￿G30.￿The￿Air￿Breather￿is￿an￿air￿outlet￿behind￿the front￿wheel,￿which￿diverts￿the￿air￿flowing￿into￿the￿rear￿region￿of￿the￿wheel￿well￿in￿a￿controlled￿manner towards￿the￿fender￿in￿order￿to￿reduce￿turbulences￿in￿the￿wheel￿well￿area.￿As￿a￿result,￿the￿drag￿and￿fuel consumption￿of￿the￿vehicle￿is￿reduced,￿which￿in￿turn￿means￿a￿reduction￿in￿carbon￿dioxide￿emissions. G30￿Front￿side￿panel...

  • Page 21: Trunk

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 3.￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿1 Index Explanation Air￿Breather￿mounting Front￿left￿fender Air￿Breather￿trim Mounting￿clips Trim￿mounting￿clips Expanding￿rivet Air￿duct 3.4.￿Trunk A￿trunk￿made￿entirely￿of￿Aluminum￿has￿been￿used￿for￿the￿first￿time￿on￿the￿G30.￿As￿a￿result,￿a￿weight reduction￿of￿4.2￿kg￿/￿9.5￿lbs￿was￿achieved￿over￿the￿F10.￿The￿multi-part￿layout￿of￿the￿trunk￿is￿achieved with￿the￿aid￿of￿state-of-the-art￿laser￿welding￿techniques.
  • Page 22 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 3.￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿1 G30￿Trunk Index Explanation Trunk￿outer￿skin￿(Aluminum) End￿plate Trunk￿inner￿panel Reinforcement￿plate￿with￿hinge￿mounting Reinforcement￿plate￿with￿striker￿mounting Side￿end￿plate Outer￿skin￿panel￿with￿licence￿plate￿carrier Rear￿light￿mounting￿panels...
  • Page 23 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 3.￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿1 3.5.￿Rear￿light On￿the￿G30,￿the￿rear￿light￿assembly￿is￿attached￿with￿3￿screws￿to￿the￿body.￿Due￿to￿the￿very￿small￿gap dimensions￿to￿the￿body,￿it￿is￿necessary￿to￿adjust￿the￿rear￿lights￿to￿the￿body.￿Two￿adjusting￿elements (figure￿B)￿are￿provided￿for￿this￿purpose;￿they￿can￿be￿seen￿when￿the￿trunk￿is￿open￿and￿the￿trim￿panel has￿been￿removed.￿To￿adjust￿the￿gap￿dimensions,￿the￿adjusting￿element￿can￿be￿screwed￿in￿or￿out￿in the￿x￿direction.￿The￿mounting￿bolt￿(figure￿A)￿serves￿solely￿for￿mounting￿in￿the￿Y￿direction. G30￿Rear￿light...
  • Page 24 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 3.￿Body￿Repair￿Level￿1 Index Explanation Mounting￿bolt￿behind￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿trim￿panel Adjusting￿elements Elongated￿hole Adjustment￿range￿in￿X￿direction Mounting￿bolt￿on￿the￿rear￿light Lock￿nut Gasket Body Rear￿light Adjusting￿element Sealing￿washer Mounting￿bolt￿on￿the￿body Body Rear￿light...

  • Page 25: Interior Equipment

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment 4.1.￿Overview The￿vehicle￿interior￿shows￿significant￿further￿developments￿in￿comparison￿to￿the￿F10.￿The￿all-round visibility￿has￿been￿improved.￿This￿is￿further￿supported￿by￿the￿very￿flat￿design￿of￿the￿roof￿function center.￿In￿addition,￿the￿headliner,￿which￿is￿equipped￿with￿sound￿insulation,￿helps￿to￿make￿the￿interior cabin￿noticeably￿quieter￿than￿the￿F10. G30￿Front￿overview...

  • Page 26: Seats

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment Index Explanation Gesture￿recognition￿camera Roof￿switch￿panel Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Glove￿box Hotel￿position￿switch Center￿console Cup￿holder￿and￿wireless￿charging￿station Heating￿and￿air￿conditioning￿controls/audio￿operating￿unit￿with￿touch￿operation Glove￿box,￿driver's￿side Instrument￿cluster 4.2.￿Seats 4.2.1.￿Front￿seats As￿a￿design￿element,￿the￿seats￿are￿an￿important￿element￿of￿a￿sporty-luxurious￿vehicle￿interior.￿Special stitching￿accents￿are￿provided￿in￿the￿form￿of￿decorative￿stitches￿for￿the￿Dakota￿leather￿trim￿and￿for￿the Saddle￿leather￿trim.￿The￿following￿front￿seat￿variants￿are￿available￿for￿the￿G30: Sports￿seat Multi-contour￿seat Seat￿memory Standard Standard Heated￿seats Option￿(OE￿494) Option￿(OE￿494) Lumbar￿support Standard Standard Active￿seat￿ventilation Option￿(OE￿453) Massage￿function Option￿(OE￿4T7) On￿the￿multifunction￿seat,￿5￿touch-sensitive￿sensors￿are￿integrated￿in￿the￿switches￿for￿fore-and-aft seat￿adjustment.￿As￿a￿result,￿when￿the￿adjustment￿switch￿is￿touched￿a￿pop-up￿is￿opened￿in￿the￿Central Information￿Display￿(CID),￿which￿shows￿the￿function￿and￿adjustment￿range￿of￿the￿switch￿that￿has￿been touched.￿Further￿information￿on￿this￿topic￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Technical￿Reference￿Material￿“ST1501 G12￿Complete￿Vehicle”. 4.2.2.￿Massage￿functions A￿massage￿programme￿is￿offered￿for￿the￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the multifunction￿seat.￿Eight￿different￿massage￿functions￿in￿the￿backrest￿and￿seat￿cushion￿activate￿or relax￿the￿muscles,￿thereby￿helping￿to￿relax￿the￿back￿muscles￿and￿relieve￿the￿strain￿on￿the￿intervertebral...
  • Page 27 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment G30￿Multifunction￿seat Index Explanation Air￿cushion￿for￿shoulders￿(massage) Air￿cushion￿on￿inner￿backrest￿(massage) Air￿cushion￿for￿lumbar￿region￿(massage) Air￿cushion￿for￿lumbar￿support Air￿cushion￿for￿seat￿surface￿(massage) Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿pump Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿(control￿unit￿and￿valve￿block) The￿massage￿functions￿are￿controlled￿by￿the￿respective￿seat￿pneumatics￿modules.
  • Page 28 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment When￿working￿on￿the￿pneumatic￿components,￿it￿must￿be￿ensured￿that￿the￿lines￿are￿routed￿exactly, otherwise￿there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿the￿lines￿being￿kinked. Mobilization With￿the￿mobilization￿program,￿it￿is￿possible￿to￿choose￿between￿the￿pelvis,￿upper￿body￿or￿full￿body. During￿the￿massage,￿the￿strain￿on￿the￿spine￿is￿relieved￿by￿targeted￿body￿movements. Relaxation Three￿different￿regions￿of￿the￿body￿can￿be￿selected￿for￿the￿relaxation￿program.￿Targeted￿massage helps￿to￿relax￿the￿back,￿shoulder￿or￿lumbar￿muscles. Vitalization The￿vitalization￿program￿is￿made￿up￿of￿both￿mobilization￿and￿relaxation.￿The￿occupant￿can￿choose between￿the￿body￿areas￿of￿upper￿body￿and￿full￿body.￿The￿combination￿of￿movement￿and￿massage ensures￿optimum￿relaxation￿and￿recuperation￿particularly￿on￿long￿journeys. 4.2.3.￿Seat￿heating￿for￿driver/front￿passenger For￿the￿first￿time￿on￿a￿BMW￿vehicle￿it￿is￿now￿possible￿to￿pre-set￿the￿seat￿heating.￿It￿is￿possible￿to￿select between￿the￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger￿and￿to￿choose￿the￿heating￿stage.￿If￿the￿ambient￿temperature drops￿below￿the￿pre-set￿value,￿set￿by￿the￿driver￿and￿the￿relevant￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿is￿latched,￿then￿the seat￿heating￿is￿automatically￿activated￿as￿soon￿as￿the￿vehicle￿drives￿off.￿The￿integrated￿automatic heating/air￿conditioning￿system￿(IHKA)￿main￿menu￿is￿opened￿via￿the￿IHKA￿menu￿button. First￿the￿seat￿and￿steering￿wheel￿heating￿needs￿to￿be￿selected. G30￿Seat￿heating￿for￿driver/front￿passenger In￿the￿next￿step￿a￿selection￿needs￿to￿be￿made￿between￿driver￿or￿front￿passenger.
  • Page 29 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment G30￿Seat￿heating￿for￿driver/front￿passenger In￿the￿next￿step￿the￿automatic￿seat￿heating￿needs￿to￿be￿selected￿with￿a￿check￿mark. G30￿Seat￿heating￿for￿driver/front￿passenger In￿this￿step￿the￿ambient￿temperature￿can￿be￿set￿selected￿by￿the￿driver￿and￿passenger.￿If￿the￿ambient temperature￿drops￿below￿the￿selected￿value,￿the￿seat￿heating￿is￿automatically￿activated. G30￿Seat￿heating￿for￿driver/front￿passenger...
  • Page 30 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment In￿this￿step￿one￿of￿three￿heating￿stages￿of￿the￿seat￿heating￿is￿set. G30￿Seat￿heating￿for￿driver/front￿passenger This￿function￿is￿also￿offered￿for￿the￿active￿seat￿ventilation￿and￿for￿the￿steering￿wheel￿heating. G30￿Steering￿wheel￿heating...
  • Page 31 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 4.￿Interior￿Equipment 4.2.4.￿Rear￿seats The￿decorative￿stitches￿and￿contrast￿colors￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿first￿row￿of￿seats￿are￿also carried￿over￿into￿the￿second￿row￿of￿seats,￿where￿they￿help￿create￿a￿harmonious￿overall￿impression. Functionality￿is￿underlined￿thanks￿to￿the￿easily￿accessible￿Isofix￿attachments￿and￿the￿cup￿holders￿in the￿center￿armrest.￿The￿40:20:40￿folding￿backrest￿can￿only￿be￿released￿by￿the￿levers￿from￿inside￿the luggage￿compartment.￿Rear￿seat￿heating￿is￿available￿as￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿4HA). G30￿Rear￿seats Index Explanation Cupholder...

  • Page 32: Luggage Compartment

    G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 5.￿Luggage￿Compartment 5.1.￿Luggage￿compartment￿volume The￿luggage￿compartment￿capacity￿of￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿has￿been￿increased￿by￿10￿liters￿in comparison￿to￿its￿predecessor,￿the￿F10,￿to￿530￿liters￿/￿14￿ft³.￿By￿adding￿a￿compact￿spare￿wheel￿as optional￿equipment,￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿capacity￿is￿reduced￿accordingly.￿On￿vehicles￿with the￿(OE￿300)￿space￿saver￿spare￿wheel,￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿capacity￿can￿be￿restored￿by￿the customer￿back￿up￿to￿the￿full￿luggage￿compartment￿capacity￿of￿530￿liters￿by￿taking￿out￿the￿insert￿with the￿space￿saver￿spare￿wheel.￿The￿same￿removable￿panel￿can￿be￿used￿for￿this￿purpose. G30￿Luggage￿compartment Index Explanation Luggage￿compartment￿without￿space￿saver￿spare￿wheel Luggage￿compartment￿removable￿panel Luggage￿compartment￿with￿space￿saver￿spare￿wheel Insert￿for￿space￿saver￿spare￿wheel Luggage￿compartment￿removable￿panel Space￿saver￿spare￿wheel￿(OE￿300) Insert￿for￿jack/tools...
  • Page 33 G30￿Introduction￿and￿Body 5.￿Luggage￿Compartment By￿using￿the￿cavities￿behind￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿trim￿panel,￿it￿has￿been￿possible￿to￿house￿the first￿aid￿kit￿in￿a￿separate￿storage￿compartment￿next￿to￿the￿tailgate￿hinge.￿The￿storage￿compartment with￿a￿lid￿offers￿further￿storage￿options￿on￿the￿left-hand￿side.￿On￿the￿right-hand￿side￿of￿the￿luggage compartment￿customers￿have￿access￿to￿a￿storage￿compartment￿without￿a￿lid.￿The￿luggage compartment￿power￿distribution￿box￿with￿corresponding￿fuses￿is￿located￿on￿the￿side￿behind￿the luggage￿compartment￿trim￿panel. G30￿Luggage￿compartment￿storage￿compartments Index Explanation Left/right￿lashing￿points Rear￿power￿distribution￿box￿with￿fuses Storage￿compartment￿without￿lid Multifunction￿hook First￿aid￿kit￿compartment Storage￿net Toolkit￿storage￿compartment￿with￿lid...
  • Page 35 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...
  • Page 36 Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Powertrain BMW￿Service...

  • Page 37: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 38 1.3. Drive￿comparison￿G12￿with￿G30 ..............................1.4. Engine￿designation ......................................Drive￿Variants ............................................... 2.1. Models ..............................................2.1.1. G30￿models ....................................Gasoline￿Engines ............................................3.1. Technical￿data ..........................................3.2. Technical￿data￿BMW￿530i￿engine ............................... 3.2.1. Engine￿highlights￿B46B20O0 .......................... 3.2.2. Full￿load￿diagram ................................... 3.3. BMW￿540i￿engine￿technical￿data ............................. 3.3.1. Engine￿highlights￿B58B30M0 ........................3.3.2. Full￿load￿diagram ................................3.4. BMW￿M550i￿engine￿technical￿data ............................
  • Page 39 G30￿Powertrain Contents 6.1. Engine￿control￿unit ......................................6.2. Integrated￿supply￿module ..................................Automatic￿Transmission ......................................7.1. Transmission￿variants ....................................7.2. Highlights ............................................7.3. Designation ..........................................7.4. Sport￿automatic￿transmission ............................... 7.5. ConnectedShift ........................................7.6. Configuration￿options ....................................7.6.1. Stepped￿Sport￿shift￿mode ..........................7.6.2. Influence￿of￿the￿driving￿experience￿switch ................7.7. Transmission￿emergency￿release ............................7.8. Towing ..............................................7.9.

  • Page 40: Introduction

    G30￿Powertrain 1.￿Introduction The￿development￿code￿for￿the￿new￿7th￿generation￿BMW￿5￿Series￿is￿G30.￿The￿G30￿will￿be￿available from￿SOP￿November￿2016￿and￿retail￿in￿early￿2017. 1.1.￿History Historical￿overview￿of￿the￿BMW￿5￿Series Index Development￿code E12￿(1972–1981) E28￿(1981–1987) E34￿(1987–1995) E39￿(1995–2003) E60/E61￿(2003–2010) F10/F11￿(2010–2016) G30￿(SOP￿late￿2016￿as￿2017￿MY) 1.2.￿Overview￿of￿system￿descriptions Many￿of￿the￿systems￿used￿are￿already￿known￿from￿the￿current￿BMW￿7￿Series￿G12.￿The￿“Comparison of￿G12￿with￿G30”￿chapter￿lists￿the￿common￿elements￿and￿the￿differences.￿The￿explanations￿of￿the systems￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12￿are￿kept￿brief.￿The￿system￿descriptions￿can￿be￿reviewed￿from the￿various￿technical￿reference￿manual’s￿listed￿below. Topic Technical￿Reference￿Manual Drive￿variant￿530i￿and￿530i￿xDrive ST1512￿B46￿engine Drive￿variant￿540i￿and￿540i￿xDrive ST1505￿B58￿engine Drive￿variant￿M550i￿xDrive ST1511￿N63TU2￿Engine Air￿intake￿duct ST1501￿G12￿Powertrain Exhaust￿emissions￿regulations ST1501￿G12￿Powertrain Engine￿cooling ST1512￿B46￿engine,￿ST1505￿B58￿engine, ST1511￿N63TU2￿engine Engine￿control￿unit ST1501￿G12￿Powertrain...
  • Page 41 Electrical￿exhaust￿flap(s)   8th￿generation￿DME   Active￿air-flap￿control￿with￿two￿servomotors   Automatic￿transmission￿8HPTU   Transfer￿box￿ATC13-1   1.4.￿Engine￿designation The￿engine￿designation￿is￿used￿to￿uniquely￿identify￿the￿various￿engines.￿The￿following￿table￿provides an￿overview￿of￿the￿composition￿of￿the￿different￿engine￿codes. Position Meaning Index Explanation Engine￿developer M,￿N,￿B BMW￿Group BMW￿M￿Sport BMW￿M￿GmbH Bought-in￿engines Engine￿type 3-cylinder￿in-line￿engine￿(e.g.￿B38) 4-cylinder￿in-line￿engine￿(e.g.￿B48, B46) 6-cylinder￿in-line￿engine￿(e.g.￿B58) V8￿engine￿(e.g.￿N63) V12￿engine￿(e.g.￿N74) Change￿to￿the￿basic￿engine Basic￿engine concept 1 – 9 Changes,￿e.g.￿combustion￿process...
  • Page 42 G30￿Powertrain 1.￿Introduction Position Meaning Index Explanation Working￿method￿or￿fuel￿type￿and Gasoline,￿transverse￿mounted possibly￿installation￿position Gasoline,￿longitudinally￿mounted Diesel,￿transverse￿mounted Diesel,￿longitudinally￿mounted Hydrogen Gasoline,￿horizontal￿mounting 5 + 6 Displacement￿in￿1/10 liter 1.2￿l 1.5￿L 2.0￿L 3.0￿L 4.0￿L 4.4￿L 6.0￿L Performance￿class Lowest Lower Middle Upper Super Revision￿relevant￿to￿approval New￿development 1 – 9 Redesign...

  • Page 43: Drive￿Variants

    G30￿Powertrain 2.￿Drive￿Variants Like￿in￿the￿predecessor,￿the￿G30￿is￿offered￿with￿optional￿xDrive￿all-wheel￿drive.￿All￿models￿receive￿the 8-speed￿Sport￿automatic￿transmission￿as￿standard. Drive￿overview￿G30 Index Explanation Engine Automatic￿transmission Transfer￿box￿VTG￿(only￿for￿xDrive) Prop￿shaft Output￿shaft,￿rear Rear￿axle￿differential Front￿drive￿shaft￿(only￿for￿xDrive) Front￿output￿shaft￿(only￿for￿xDrive) Front￿axle￿differential￿(only￿for￿xDrive)

  • Page 44: Models

    G30￿Powertrain 2.￿Drive￿Variants 2.1.￿Models With￿the￿exception￿of￿the￿8-cylinder￿gasoline￿engine￿(N63TU2),￿which￿has￿had￿an￿engineering upgrade,￿the￿newly-developed￿modular￿engines￿are￿used.￿All￿engines￿meet￿the￿ULEV￿II￿or￿SULEV regulations￿for￿the￿US. • ULEV￿II￿=￿Ultra-Low￿Emission￿Vehicle • SULEV￿=￿Super￿Ultra-Low￿Emission￿Vehicle 2.1.1.￿G30￿models Engine sDrive xDrive Sport￿Automatic Manual￿gearbox transmission 530i 4-cylinder￿engine    — 540i 6-cylinder￿engine    — M550i 8-cylinder￿engine —   —...

  • Page 45: Gasoline￿Engines

    G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines The￿engines￿of￿the￿G30￿are￿already￿known￿from￿the￿BMW￿7￿Series￿G12.￿The￿following￿table￿shows the￿common￿features￿and￿differences￿in￿terms￿of￿power￿and￿torque￿specifications￿in￿the￿various performance￿classes: Engine B46￿4-cylinder 740e* 190 kW￿(258￿HP) 530i 185￿kW￿(248￿HP) gasoline￿engine 400￿Nm 350￿Nm (295￿lb-ft) (258￿lb-ft) B58￿6-cylinder 740i 240 kW￿(326￿HP) 540i 250￿kW￿(335￿HP) gasoline￿engine 450￿Nm 450￿Nm (332￿lb-ft) (332￿lb-ft) N63￿8-cylinder 750i 330￿kW￿(445￿HP) M550i 340￿kW￿(455￿HP) gasoline￿engine 650￿Nm 650￿Nm (480￿lb-ft) (480￿lb-ft) *￿G12￿PHEV￿iPerformance￿vehicle￿with￿modified￿B48￿engine 3.1.￿Technical￿data 530i 540i M550i Engine￿designation...
  • Page 46 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.2.￿Technical￿data￿BMW￿530i￿engine B46B20O0￿engine￿in￿the￿G30 Parameters Unit B46B20O0 Displacement cm³ 1998 Cylinder￿layout — In-line Number￿of￿cylinders — Firing￿order — 1–3–4–2 Bore Stroke 94.6 Compression￿ratio ε 10.2 Combustion￿process — Turbo-Valvetronic￿direct injection Permitted￿fuel ROZ95 91–100 Oil￿quantity liters 5.25...
  • Page 47 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.2.1.￿Engine￿highlights￿B46B20O0 List￿of￿the￿most￿important￿special￿features: Direct￿rail￿injection￿system￿with￿200￿bar￿pressure. 4th￿generation￿Valvetronic. Twin-scroll￿turbocharger￿with￿electrical￿wastegate￿valve￿controller. Intake￿air￿system￿with￿integrated￿charge￿air￿cooler. Switchable￿coolant￿pump. Heat￿management￿module. Characteristic￿map-controlled￿oil￿pump￿with￿integrated￿vacuum￿pump.
  • Page 48 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.2.2.￿Full￿load￿diagram Full￿load￿diagram￿B46B20O0￿engine...
  • Page 49 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.3.￿BMW￿540i￿engine￿technical￿data B58B30M0￿engine￿in￿the￿G30 Parameters Unit B58B30M0 Displacement cm³ 2998 Cylinder￿layout — In-line Number￿of￿cylinders — Firing￿order — 1–5–3–6–2–4 Bore Stroke 94.6 Compression￿ratio ε Combustion￿method — Turbo-Valvetronic￿direct injection Permitted￿fuel RONZ95 91–100 Oil￿quantity liters...
  • Page 50 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.3.1.￿Engine￿highlights￿B58B30M0 List￿of￿the￿most￿important￿special￿features: Direct￿rail￿injection￿system￿with￿200￿bar￿pressure. Valvetronic￿4th￿generation. Heat￿management￿module. Intake￿air￿system￿with￿integrated￿charge￿air￿cooler. Twin-scroll￿turbocharger￿with￿electrical￿wastegate￿valve￿controller. Exhaust￿manifold￿with￿expansion￿compensation￿elements. Characteristic￿map-controlled￿oil￿pump￿with￿integrated￿vacuum￿pump. 8th￿generation￿Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME).
  • Page 51 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.3.2.￿Full￿load￿diagram Full￿load￿diagram￿B58B30M0￿engine...
  • Page 52 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.4.￿BMW￿M550i￿engine￿technical￿data N63TU2￿engine￿in￿the￿G30 Parameters Unit N63B44O2 Displacement cm³ 4395 Cylinder￿layout — V-engine Number￿of￿cylinders — Firing￿order — 1–5–4–8–6–3–7–2 Bore Stroke 88.3 Compression￿ratio ε 10.5 Combustion￿process — Turbo-Valvetronic￿direct injection Permitted￿fuel RONZ95 91–98 Oil￿quantity liters...
  • Page 53 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.4.1.￿Engine￿highlights￿N63B44O2 List￿of￿the￿most￿important￿special￿features: Map-controlled￿oil￿pump. Engine￿temperature￿management￿Split-Cooling-Combined￿(SCC). Engine￿oil/coolant￿heat￿exchanger￿integrated￿in￿the￿v-space. New￿coolant-cooled￿8th￿generation￿Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME).
  • Page 54 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.4.2.￿Full￿load￿diagram Full￿load￿diagram￿N63B44O2￿engine...

  • Page 55: System Wiring Diagram

    G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.5.￿System￿wiring￿diagram 3.5.1.￿B46/B58￿Engine System￿wiring￿diagram￿B68/B58￿engine￿in￿G30...
  • Page 56 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines Index Explanation Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Electric￿fan Relay￿for￿electric￿fan Power￿distribution￿box,￿engine￿compartment Pinion￿starter Air￿conditioning￿compressor CAN￿terminator￿6 CAN￿terminator￿5 CAN￿terminator￿4 Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Intelligent￿Battery￿Sensor￿(IBS) LIN￿interface Rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Electrical￿exhaust￿flap Fuel￿Pump￿Control￿(FPC) Electric￿fuel￿pump Tank￿leak￿diagnosis￿(Natural￿Vacuum￿Leak￿Detection￿NVLD) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Accelerator￿pedal￿module Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Integrated￿supply￿module...
  • Page 57 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.5.2.￿N63TU2￿Engine System￿wiring￿diagram￿N63TU2￿engine￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 58 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines Index Explanation Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME)￿2 Electric￿fan Temperature￿sensor Relay￿for￿electric￿fan Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME)1 Power￿distribution￿box,￿engine￿compartment Integrated￿supply￿module CAN￿terminator￿4 Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator￿5 Intelligent￿Battery￿Sensor￿(IBS) LIN￿interface Rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Electrical￿exhaust￿flap,￿right Electrical￿exhaust￿flap,￿left Fuel￿Pump￿Control￿(FPC) Electric￿fuel￿pump Tank￿leak￿diagnosis￿(Natural￿Vacuum￿Leak￿Detection￿NVLD) Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ASCM) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Accelerator￿pedal￿module Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) Air￿conditioning￿compressor Pinion￿starter...
  • Page 59 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.6.￿Air￿intake￿and￿exhaust￿emission￿systems 3.6.1.￿Air￿intake￿duct In￿contrast￿to￿the￿4-￿and￿6-cylinder￿gasoline￿engines,￿the￿8-cylinder￿gasoline￿engine￿has￿a￿two-branch intake￿system.￿This￿ensures￿that￿the￿necessary￿air￿volume￿is￿made￿available￿to￿the￿engine￿in￿every￿load range. Gasoline￿engine￿air￿intake￿duct￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation B46￿engine B58￿Engine N63TU2￿Engine Intake￿silencer Resonator Resonator The￿pulsating￿gas￿exchange￿noise￿of￿the￿reciprocating￿engine￿is￿damped￿in￿the￿air￿intake￿duct. Helmholtz￿resonators￿are￿technical￿solutions￿for￿achieving￿the￿maximum￿air￿duct￿cross-section￿and minimum￿packaging￿space￿volume￿vehicle-specific￿damping￿specifications.
  • Page 60 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.6.2.￿Hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter The￿intake￿air￿mass￿is￿filtered￿in￿all￿engines￿via￿an￿8th￿generation￿hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter. The￿hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter￿has￿the￿following￿four￿electrical￿connections: • Voltage￿supply￿(+) • Ground￿(-) • Sensor￿signal￿(SENT￿data￿protocol) • Not￿assigned A￿manipulation-proof￿SENT￿signal￿is￿available￿for￿data￿transfer.
  • Page 61 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 8th￿generation￿hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 62 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines Index Explanation Voltage￿supply￿(5￿V) Ground￿connection Sensor￿signal￿(SENT￿protocol) Not￿assigned Connector￿encoding The￿8th￿generation￿hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter￿has￿a￿specific￿electric￿connector,￿this￿is￿so￿it￿cannot￿be swapped￿between￿the￿various￿engine￿versions. The￿following￿table￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿various￿sensor￿generations￿in￿the￿gasoline￿engine. Hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter￿7 Hot￿film￿air￿mass￿meter￿8 Manufacturer Bosch Bosch Sensor￿type Hot￿film Hot￿film Voltage￿supply 12￿V 5 V Signal￿shape Pulse-width￿modulated￿signal SENT￿data￿protocol Insert B46,￿N63TU B46,￿B58,￿N63TU2 In￿combination￿with￿DME￿8.x.x Connections -￿12 V -￿5 V -￿Ground -￿Ground -￿Intake￿air￿temperature -￿SENT￿data￿protocol -￿PWM￿signal￿(air￿mass) (air￿mass/intake￿air￿temperature)
  • Page 63 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines 3.6.3.￿Charge￿air￿cooling All￿gasoline￿engines￿are￿equipped￿with￿indirect￿charge￿air￿cooling. Intake￿system￿with￿integrated,￿indirect￿charge￿air￿cooler￿using￿the￿example￿of￿the￿B58￿engine...
  • Page 64 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines Index Explanation Throttle￿valve￿fixture Tank￿ventilation Ventilation￿line￿to￿the￿expansion￿tank Charge￿air￿cooler Coolant￿return Coolant￿supply Cylinder￿head￿connection 3.6.4.￿Exhaust￿emission￿system The￿4-￿and￿6-cylinder￿gasoline￿engines￿have￿an￿electrical￿exhaust￿flap￿on￿the￿right￿side.￿The￿8-cylinder gasoline￿engines￿are￿equipped￿with￿two￿electrical￿exhaust￿flaps. Overview￿of￿exhaust￿gas￿variants￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 65 G30￿Powertrain 3.￿Gasoline￿Engines Index Explanation BMW￿530i BMW￿540i BMW￿M550i Front￿silencer Center￿silencer Rear￿silencer Electrical￿exhaust￿flap￿actuator Tailpipe￿versions Gasoline￿engine￿exhaust￿tailpipe￿variants￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation BMW￿530i BMW￿540i BMW￿M550i BMW￿530i￿models￿with￿optional￿equipment￿M￿sport￿package￿(OE￿337)￿use￿the￿exhaust￿tailpipe￿version from￿figure￿B.

  • Page 66: Cooling

    G30￿Powertrain 4.￿Cooling 4.1.￿Active￿air￿flap￿control It￿was￿possible￿to￿carry￿over￿the￿active￿air-flap￿control￿from￿the￿G12.￿The￿cooling￿surfaces￿at￿the￿front of￿the￿vehicle￿can￿be￿closed￿by￿means￿of￿two￿separate￿air￿flaps.￿This￿reduces￿the￿drag￿coefficient￿and thus￿saves￿fuel.￿A￿further￿advantage￿is￿faster￿heating￿up￿of￿the￿engine￿after￿a￿cold￿start. 4.1.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Air￿flap￿control￿system￿wiring￿diagram￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Engine￿control￿unit￿(DME) Coolant￿temperature￿sensor Active￿air-flap￿control,￿top Active￿air-flap￿control,￿bottom Electric￿fan Relay￿for￿electric￿fan Power￿distribution￿box,￿engine￿compartment Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right...
  • Page 67 G30￿Powertrain 4.￿Cooling Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator￿4 KOMBI Coolant￿level￿sensor 4.2.￿Gasoline￿engines 4.2.1.￿B468/B58￿Engine The￿B46/B58￿engines￿have￿two￿separate￿coolant￿circuits.￿The￿coolant￿in￿the￿low-temperature￿coolant circuit￿to￿cool￿the￿charge￿air.￿The￿coolant￿in￿the￿high-temperature￿coolant￿circuit￿to￿cool￿the￿engine. The￿two￿coolant￿circuits￿each￿have￿their￿own￿expansion￿tank.
  • Page 68 G30￿Powertrain 4.￿Cooling Overview￿of￿the￿components￿of￿the￿cooling￿system￿B46/B58￿engine￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Low-temperature￿radiator High-temperature￿radiator Charge￿air￿cooler￿(integrated￿in￿the￿intake￿pipe) Transmission￿oil-to-coolant￿heat￿exchanger Expansion￿tank,￿low-temperature￿circuit Expansion￿tank,￿high-temperature￿circuit...
  • Page 69 G30￿Powertrain 4.￿Cooling 4.2.2.￿N63TU2￿Engine Overview￿of￿the￿components￿of￿the￿cooling￿system￿N63TU2￿engine￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation External￿radiator￿(high-temperature￿coolant￿circuit) Charge￿air￿cooler￿(indirect￿charge￿air￿cooler) Expansion￿tank,￿low-temperature￿circuit Expansion￿tank,￿high-temperature￿circuit Radiator￿high-temperature￿coolant￿circuit Radiator￿low-temperature￿coolant￿circuit...

  • Page 70: Fuel Supply

    G30￿Powertrain 5.￿Fuel￿Supply 5.1.￿Gasoline￿engine System￿overview￿of￿the￿gasoline￿engine￿fuel￿supply￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Purge￿air￿line,￿carbon￿canister Fuel￿feed￿from￿fuel￿tank Data￿line￿to￿fuel￿pump￿control￿module Delivery￿unit Fuel￿filler￿neck Fuel￿filler￿flap...
  • Page 71 G30￿Powertrain 5.￿Fuel￿Supply Index Explanation Rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Carbon￿canister Fuel￿Pump￿Control￿(FPC) Fuel￿tank Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Emergency￿release Fresh￿air￿filter Tank￿leak￿diagnosis￿(NVLD) Ventilation￿line,￿carbon￿canister Tank￿ventilation￿line...

  • Page 72: Engine￿Electrical￿System

    G30￿Powertrain 6.￿Engine￿Electrical￿System 6.1.￿Engine￿control￿unit The￿new￿8th￿generation￿of￿Bosch￿engine￿control￿units￿already￿used￿in￿the￿G12￿is￿used￿in￿the￿G30. Its￿appearance￿is￿characterized￿by￿a￿uniform￿housing￿and￿a￿uniform￿connector￿strip.￿However,￿the hardware￿inside￿has￿been￿adapted￿to￿the￿various￿applications. Two￿engine￿control￿units￿are￿used￿for￿the￿N63TU2￿engine.￿All￿other￿drive￿variants￿are￿equipped￿with one￿engine￿control￿unit.￿The￿integrated￿supply￿module￿is￿also￿on￿the￿engine￿control￿unit.￿It￿supplies￿the engine￿control￿units￿and￿various￿sensors￿and￿actuators￿with￿the￿required￿voltage￿supply. Integrated￿supply￿module￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿1 Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿2￿(only￿for￿N63TU2￿engine) Integrated￿supply￿module...
  • Page 73 G30￿Powertrain 6.￿Engine￿Electrical￿System 6.2.￿Integrated￿supply￿module The￿integrated￿supply￿module￿supplies￿the￿engine￿control￿unit￿and￿some￿sensors￿and￿actuators with￿voltage. Various￿integrated￿supply￿modules￿are￿used￿depending￿on￿the￿engine￿type￿and￿the￿series￿or V-engine￿design. Integrated￿supply￿module￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Gasoline￿engine Voltage￿supply￿of￿the￿actuators￿and￿sensors Voltage￿supply￿for￿actuators￿and￿sensors Actuation￿of￿relay￿for￿integrated￿supply￿module Voltage￿supply￿for￿oxygen￿sensors￿bank￿2￿(only￿for￿the￿N63) Voltage￿supply￿DME￿1 Voltage￿supply￿from￿engine￿compartment￿power￿distribution￿box Voltage￿supply￿DME￿2...

  • Page 74: Automatic Transmission

    G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission The￿revised￿8HPTU￿automatic￿transmission,￿which￿is￿already￿known￿from￿the￿F23￿(2￿Series￿BMW convertible)￿and￿F85/F86￿(BMW￿X5￿M,￿BMW￿X6￿M)￿and￿G12￿is￿used￿in￿the￿G30. The￿special￿features￿of￿the￿automatic￿transmission￿in￿the￿G30￿are￿described￿in￿this￿document. 8HPTU￿automatic￿transmission￿with￿acoustics￿encapsulation￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation 8HPTU￿for￿6-cylinder￿engines 8HPTU￿for￿8-cylinder￿engines Transmission￿breather Acoustic￿encapsulation￿(three-part) Acoustic￿encapsulation￿(two-part) Mechanism￿for￿emergency￿release Electrical￿connection￿(mechatronics￿to￿vehicle￿electrical￿system) 7.1.￿Transmission￿variants Different￿transmission￿variants￿are￿used￿depending￿on￿the￿engine￿installed. Model Engine GA8HP50Z GA8HP75Z 530i 4-cylinder￿engine￿(B46)  540i 6-cylinder￿engine￿(B58)  M550i 8-cylinder￿engine￿(N63TU2) ...

  • Page 75: Highlights

    G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission 7.2.￿Highlights The￿following￿further￿developments￿made￿it￿possible￿to￿increase￿the￿comfort,￿dynamics￿and￿efficiency of￿the￿revamped￿8-speed￿automatic￿gearbox: • Improved￿driving￿comfort￿through￿hot-end￿decoupling￿of￿the￿rotational imbalance￿of￿the￿engine￿by￿means￿of￿a￿centrifugal￿pendulum. • Improved￿shifting￿comfort￿through￿slightly￿increased￿gear￿steps (2￿modified￿planetary￿gear￿sets). • Increased￿efficiency￿through￿optimum￿gear￿spread￿and￿gear￿stepping. • Reduction￿of￿vehicle-specific￿insulation￿measures￿due￿to￿acoustic encapsulation￿on￿the￿transmission. • Functional￿enhancements￿in￿the￿area￿of￿ConnectedShift. • Enhanced￿customer￿experience￿due￿to￿new￿operating￿possibilities with￿the￿driving￿experience￿switch￿or￿shift￿paddles. 7.3.￿Designation The￿following￿table￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿composition￿of￿the￿different￿transmission￿codes: Position Meaning Index Explanation Designation Transmission Type￿of￿transmission Automatic￿transmission Number￿of￿gears 6￿forward￿gears 8￿forward￿gears...

  • Page 76: Connectedshift

    G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission Position Meaning Index Explanation Type￿of￿transmission Hydraulic￿planetary￿gear train 5￿+￿6 Transferable￿torque 300Nm 600￿Nm 720Nm 45￿(General 350￿Nm Motors 450￿Nm Powertrain) 500Nm 700￿Nm (Zahnradfabrik 750￿Nm Friedrichshafen) 900Nm 950Nm Manufacturer Getrag Jatco General￿Motors￿Powertrain Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen In-house￿part 7.4.￿Sport￿automatic￿transmission In￿the￿standard￿Steptronic￿Sport￿automatic￿transmission,￿the￿customer￿additionally￿receives￿2￿shift paddles￿on￿the￿steering￿wheel￿and￿additional￿functions￿such￿as: • Launch￿Control • Manual￿activation￿of￿coasting •...

  • Page 77: Configuration Options

    G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission 7.6.￿Configuration￿options 7.6.1.￿Stepped￿Sport￿shift￿mode This￿graduated￿sport￿shift￿mode￿is￿already￿known￿from￿the￿G12￿and￿is￿offered￿with￿the￿same functionality￿in￿the￿G30. 7.6.2.￿Influence￿of￿the￿driving￿experience￿switch Many￿drive￿variants￿have￿a￿SPORT￿PLUS￿mode￿in￿order￿to￿support￿sporty￿driving￿with￿more￿powerful engines.￿The￿shift￿characteristics￿are￿adapted￿as￿follows￿in￿the￿SPORT￿PLUS￿mode: • Sharper￿design￿of￿downshifts￿on￿braking. • Further￿increase￿of￿the￿engine￿speed￿in￿the￿direction￿of￿maximum￿power. Mode Powertrain￿variantsG30 530i 540i￿&￿M550i SPORT￿PLUS —  SPORT   COMFORT   ECO￿PRO   7.7.￿Transmission￿emergency￿release In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿breakdown,￿emergency￿release￿of￿the￿automatic￿transmission￿is￿possible￿in￿2￿different ways. Mechanical￿transmission￿emergency￿release. Electronic￿transmission￿emergency￿release.

  • Page 78: Towing

    G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission 7.8.￿Towing Towing￿away￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Towing￿on￿both￿vehicle￿axles Towing￿on￿the￿rear￿vehicle￿axle Recovery￿on￿a￿transport￿deck Towing￿of￿the￿automatic￿transmission￿on￿the￿driven￿vehicle￿axle￿is￿not￿permitted.￿Limited￿time-￿and speed-dependent￿towing￿would￿not￿technically￿damage￿the￿automatic￿transmission,￿but￿permanent release￿of￿the￿parking￿lock￿cannot￿be￿guaranteed￿due￿to￿the￿changed￿mechanical￿and￿electronic transmission￿emergency￿release.￿Sudden￿engagement￿of￿the￿parking￿lock￿during￿a￿towing￿operation on￿the￿driven￿vehicle￿axle￿can￿lead￿to￿damage￿to￿the￿vehicle￿and￿to￿serious￿accidents.

  • Page 79: System Wiring Diagram

    G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission 7.9.￿System￿wiring￿diagram System￿wiring￿diagram￿of￿electronic￿transmission￿control￿EGS￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 80 G30￿Powertrain 7.￿Automatic￿Transmission Index Explanation Engine￿control￿unit￿(DME) Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right CAN￿terminator￿4 Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator￿5 Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) Accelerator￿pedal￿module Brake￿light￿switch Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)

  • Page 81: Xdrive

    G30￿Powertrain 8.￿xDrive Overview￿of￿xDrive￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Output￿shaft,￿front Output￿shaft,￿rear Rear￿axle￿differential Drive￿shaft Transfer￿box Drive￿shaft Front￿axle￿differential The￿designation￿of￿the￿transfer￿box￿is￿ATC13-1.￿The￿ATC13-1￿is￿a￿standard￿transfer￿box￿and￿was￿first used￿in￿the￿G12. One￿special￿feature￿of￿this￿transfer￿box￿is￿the￿Efficiency￿Mode￿introduced￿in￿the￿G12,￿which￿leads￿to a￿reduction￿of￿the￿splash￿losses￿and￿to￿reduce￿fuel￿savings.￿It￿was￿possible￿to￿adopt￿the￿measures introduced￿in￿G12￿for￿the￿G30.
  • Page 82 G30￿Powertrain 8.￿xDrive 8.1.￿Oil￿change￿on￿the￿transfer￿box The￿oil￿filling￿of￿the￿transfer￿box￿is￿designed￿for￿the￿entire￿unit￿service￿life.￿This￿corresponds￿to a￿mileage￿of￿approximately￿150,000￿km￿/￿92,000￿miles.￿A￿fault￿code￿entry￿with￿an￿oil￿change recommendation￿for￿the￿transfer￿box￿is￿stored￿when￿this￿mileage￿is￿exceeded. Suction￿hose￿with￿hand￿pump Part￿number￿83￿30￿0￿493￿337 The￿transfer￿box￿does￿not￿have￿an￿oil￿drain￿plug.￿The￿oil￿filling￿to￿be￿renewed￿must￿be￿drawn￿off￿using￿a hand￿pump￿via￿the￿opening￿of￿the￿oil￿filler￿plug.
  • Page 83 G30￿Powertrain 8.￿xDrive In￿order￿to￿ensure￿that￿the￿entire￿oil￿filling￿has￿been￿exchanged,￿the￿oil￿sump￿must￿remain￿open￿for￿the duration￿of￿extraction￿and￿filling. The￿Service￿employee￿can￿move￿the￿oil￿sump￿to￿the￿open￿position￿by￿means￿of￿the￿“Service￿function￿> Transfer￿box￿VTG￿>￿Oil￿change”￿in￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system￿ISTA. Refer￿to￿the￿currently￿valid￿repair￿instructions￿for￿the￿exact￿procedure.
  • Page 84 G30￿Powertrain 8.￿xDrive 8.2.￿System￿wiring￿diagram xDrive￿system￿wiring￿diagram￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) VTG￿control￿unit Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Head￿Unit Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) FlexRay FlexRay￿bus K-CAN4 Body￿CAN4...
  • Page 85 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...

  • Page 86: Technical￿Training

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems BMW￿Service...

  • Page 87: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 88 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems Contents Introduction ................................................Bus￿ Systems ................................................2.1. Bus￿overview ..........................................2.2. Main￿bus￿systems ......................................... 2.2.1. K-CAN ........................................2.2.2. PT-CAN ........................................ 2.2.3. MOST ........................................2.2.4. FlexRay ........................................2.2.5. Ethernet ....................................... 2.2.6. D-CAN ........................................ 2.3. Sub-bus￿systems ....................................... 2.3.1. LIN-Bus ......................................2.3.2. Local￿CAN ....................................2.3.3.
  • Page 89 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems Contents 3.7. Control￿units￿on￿the￿K-CAN5 ................................. 3.7.1. Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) ........................3.8. Control￿units￿on￿the￿Ethernet ................................ 3.8.1. Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)￿Long￿Range￿Radar￿(LRR)￿sensor ....3.8.2. Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) ............................3.8.3. Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC) .................... 3.8.4. Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) ............3.9. Control￿units￿on￿the￿PT-CAN ................................. 3.9.1. Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME,￿DME2) ..................3.9.2. High-beam￿assistant￿(FLA) ..........................3.9.3. Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) ..........................3.9.4. Night￿vision￿electronics￿(NVE) ........................3.10. Control￿units￿on￿the￿PT-CAN2 ..............................
  • Page 90 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems Contents 4.2.7. Integrated￿supply￿module ........................... 4.2.8. Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right ......................4.2.9. Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿left￿(PHEV￿Version￿only) .......... 4.2.10. Power￿distribution￿box,￿rear ..........................4.2.11. Body￿Domain￿Controller ............................4.2.12. PCU￿with￿vehicle￿electrical￿system￿assistance￿measure ........4.2.13. 24￿V￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering ....................... Terminal￿Control ............................................5.1. Introduction ..........................................5.2. Vehicle￿conditions ......................................5.3. Power￿supply￿terminals ................................... 5.4. Partial￿network￿operation ..................................5.4.1. Prerequisites￿for￿partial￿network￿operation ................5.4.2.

  • Page 92: Introduction

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 1.￿Introduction The￿electrical￿system￿of￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿is￿based￿on￿the￿G12.￿The￿following￿topic￿is￿described in￿the￿Technical￿Reference￿Material￿for￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle”. Topic “ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle” Ethernet “G12￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics”...

  • Page 93: Bus￿Systems

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems 2.1.￿Bus￿overview Bus￿overview...
  • Page 94 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Active￿Cruse￿Control￿also￿known￿as￿Long￿Range￿Radar￿sensor￿(LRR) ACSM Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module AMPT Top￿HiFi￿amplifier Active￿Sound￿Design Body￿Domain￿Controller Controller Digital￿Motor￿Electronics DME2 Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿2 Dynamic￿Stability￿Control EARSH Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear EARSV Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front Electronic￿transmission￿control Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering Remote￿control￿receiver High-beam￿assistant FLER Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right FLEL Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left Roof￿function￿center Gear￿selector HEADUNIT Head￿Unit HKFM Trunk￿function￿module Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control IHKA Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning KAFAS Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems KOMBI Instrument￿panel Light￿Effect￿Manager Night￿Vision￿Electronics...

  • Page 95: K-Can

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation SMFA Seat￿module,￿driver SPNMVL Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿left SPNMVR Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿right Lane￿change￿warning￿(primary)￿also￿known￿as￿the￿Short￿Range￿Radar￿Sensor (SRR) SWW2 Lane￿change￿warning￿(secondary)￿also￿known￿as￿the￿Short￿Range￿Radar Sensor￿(SRR2) Telematic￿Communication￿Box TRSVC Top￿rear￿side￿view￿camera Vertical￿Dynamic￿Platform Transfer￿case Wireless￿charging￿tray Central￿Gateway￿Module Start-up￿node￿control￿units￿for￿starting￿and￿synchronizing the￿FlexRay￿bus￿system Control￿units￿with￿wake-up￿authorization Control￿units￿also￿connected￿at￿terminal￿15￿WUP 2.2.￿Main￿bus￿systems 2.2.1.￿K-CAN In￿the￿G30￿the￿following￿K-CAN’s￿are￿used: • K-CAN2 • K-CAN3 • K-CAN4 • K-CAN5 The￿control￿units￿on￿the￿K-CAN5￿are￿not￿displayed￿in￿the￿bus￿overview￿by￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system ISTA.￿Diagnosis￿is￿performed￿via￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. All￿K-CAN￿data￿buses￿have￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of￿500 kBit/s.

  • Page 96: Can

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems 2.2.2.￿PT-CAN In￿the￿G30￿the￿following￿PT-CAN￿are￿used: • PT-CAN • PT-CAN2 The￿gateway￿for￿the￿PT-CAN2￿is￿located￿in￿the￿DME. Both￿PT-CAN￿data￿buses￿have￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of￿500 kBit/s. 2.2.3.￿MOST On￿the￿G30￿the￿MOST￿system￿known￿from￿other￿BMW￿models￿with￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of￿22.5 MBit/s is￿used.￿The￿gateway￿for￿the￿MOST￿system￿is￿located￿in￿the￿HEADUNIT.

  • Page 97: Flexray

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems 2.2.4.￿FlexRay FlexRay...

  • Page 98: Ethernet

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME2)￿(8-cylinder￿engine) Transfer￿case Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front￿(EARSV) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME)￿(4￿&￿6-cylinder￿engine) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Vertical￿Dynamics￿Platform￿(VDP) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH) Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿(HSR) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS) The￿FlexRay￿overview￿includes￿all￿engine￿versions￿and￿optional￿equipment.￿The￿DME￿(item￿6)￿is￿used for￿4￿&￿6-cylinder￿engines.￿On￿8-cylinder￿engines￿the￿DME2￿(item￿2)￿is￿used.￿The￿terminating￿resistors for￿line￿termination￿are￿located￿in￿the￿DME￿control￿units￿and￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. The￿FlexRay￿has￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of￿10 MBit/s. 2.2.5.￿Ethernet On￿the￿G30￿the￿2-wire￿OABR￿Ethernet￿(OPEN￿Alliance￿BroadR-Reach)￿from￿the￿G12￿is￿used. The￿Ethernet￿variant￿with￿5￿lines￿(4￿data￿lines￿and￿1￿activation￿line)￿is￿still￿used￿on￿the￿G30￿by￿the OBD2￿interface￿to￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. Use￿of￿2-wire￿OABR￿Ethernet￿on￿the￿G30 The￿following￿control￿units￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿vehicle￿electrical￿system￿via￿2-wire￿OABR￿Ethernet in￿the￿G30: • Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC) • Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) • Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC) • Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK)
  • Page 99 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems The￿following￿control￿units￿are￿additionally￿connected￿via￿2-wire￿OABR￿Ethernet￿in￿the￿G30: • Head￿unit • Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment￿(RSE) • Optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS) • Telematic￿Communication￿Box Ethernet￿in￿the￿vehicle The￿standard￿"Open￿Alliance￿BroadR-Reach"￿(OABR￿Ethernet)￿has￿been￿specially￿developed￿as￿a new￿data￿transmission￿layer￿for￿use￿in￿vehicles.￿OABR￿Ethernet￿only￿requires￿an￿unshielded￿twisted two-wire￿connection.￿OABR￿Ethernet￿supports￿bidirectional￿100 MBit/s￿communication￿between￿2 nodes.￿This￿means￿that￿both￿nodes￿can￿simultaneously￿send￿and￿receive￿at￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of 100 MBit/s.￿OABR￿Ethernet￿requires￿point-to-point￿networking.￿This￿means￿that￿the￿bus￿system￿is not￿split￿up￿between￿multiple￿nodes,￿as￿is￿the￿case￿e.g.￿with￿Controller￿Area￿Network￿(CAN)￿systems. Instead,￿Ethernet￿switches￿are￿used￿for￿the￿connection￿of￿further￿nodes.￿Today,￿Ethernet￿switches are￿integrated￿in￿the￿following￿control￿units:￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC),￿Head￿Unit￿(HU),￿optional equipment￿system￿(SAS),￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC).￿An￿Ethernet￿switch￿(ENS)￿is￿used on￿the￿G30￿depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment.￿In￿the￿event￿of￿failure￿of￿an￿Ethernet￿switch,￿all bus￿users￿connected￿by￿it￿are￿disconnected￿from￿the￿rest￿of￿the￿network￿and￿are￿no￿longer￿able￿to communicate￿via￿Ethernet. Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment,￿the￿control￿units￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿vehicle￿electrical system￿in￿different￿ways. On￿vehicles￿with￿Navigation,￿the￿data￿transfer￿takes￿place￿from￿the￿Head￿Unit￿High￿to￿the￿instrument cluster￿via￿an￿APIX￿data￿cable. Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment￿an￿Ethernet￿switch￿may￿in￿some￿cases￿be￿required. A￿wake-up￿line￿may￿be￿required￿for￿control￿units￿that￿are￿only￿connected￿to￿the￿Ethernet￿and are￿not￿additionally￿connected￿to￿a￿body￿CAN. Control￿units￿on￿the￿Ethernet￿cannot￿be￿woken￿up￿via￿the￿bus.￿Instead,￿the￿control￿units￿are￿activated via￿the￿wake-up￿line￿or￿switched￿directly￿via￿terminal￿15.￿As￿a￿result￿of￿the￿activation￿via￿a￿wake-up￿line, so-called￿partial￿network￿operation￿is￿also￿possible.￿In￿partial￿network￿operation,￿individual￿control￿units can￿switch￿to￿a￿rest￿state￿in￿different￿vehicle￿conditions. The￿Ethernet￿topology￿of￿the￿G30￿is￿listed￿below. Ethernet￿topology￿with￿Head￿Unit￿High In￿the￿wiring￿diagram￿the￿connection￿of￿the￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC)￿control￿unit￿and rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK)￿is￿shown.￿In￿the￿vehicle,￿either￿TRSVC￿is￿installed￿for￿a￿vehicle￿with￿multiple cameras,￿or￿RFK￿for￿a￿vehicle￿with￿a￿rear￿view￿camera￿(standalone). On￿vehicles￿with￿Head￿Unit￿High,￿the￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB)￿and￿the￿Rear￿Seat Entertainment￿are￿directly￿connected￿to￿the￿head￿unit.￿The￿data￿transfer￿from￿the￿Head￿Unit￿High￿to the￿instrument￿cluster￿takes￿place￿via￿APIX.￿The￿instrument￿cluster￿does￿not￿require￿Ethernet.￿As￿a...
  • Page 100 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Ethernet￿topology￿on￿vehicles￿with￿Head￿Unit￿High...
  • Page 101 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC) Optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS) Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)￿Long￿Range￿Radar￿(LRR) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) OBD2￿interface￿(Ethernet￿with￿5￿lines) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) APIX￿data￿line Head￿Unit￿(HEADUNIT) Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB) Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) The￿data￿transfer￿takes￿place￿from￿the￿Head￿Unit￿High￿to￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿via￿APIX￿connection. Ethernet￿switch Ethernet￿switch The￿Ethernet￿switch￿is￿required￿for￿expansion￿of￿the￿Ethernet￿network.￿It￿connects￿the￿control￿units and￿forwards￿their￿data￿packages￿accordingly. The￿Ethernet￿switch￿is￿not￿displayed￿in￿the￿bus￿overview￿by￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system￿ISTA.

  • Page 102: D-Can

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems 2.2.6.￿D-CAN The￿D-CAN￿has￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of￿500￿kBit/s. 2.3.￿Sub-bus￿systems 2.3.1.￿LIN-Bus For￿a￿better￿overview,￿the￿LIN￿buses￿are￿divided￿up￿between￿several￿wiring￿diagrams￿for￿the￿G30.
  • Page 103 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems LIN￿bus￿overview￿in￿the￿door￿area LIN-Bus...
  • Page 104 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Exterior￿mirror,￿front￿passenger￿side Memory￿seat,￿front￿passenger's￿side Power￿window￿electronics,￿passenger's￿side￿front Power￿window￿electronics,￿passenger’s￿side￿rear Hands￿free￿trunk￿opening Power￿window￿electronics,￿driver’s￿side￿rear Power￿window￿electronics,￿driver's￿side￿front Memory￿switch,￿driver’s￿side￿front Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Exterior￿mirror,￿driver's￿side...
  • Page 105 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems LIN￿bus￿overview￿for￿engine￿electrical￿system￿and￿voltage￿supply LIN-Bus...
  • Page 106 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Air￿damper￿control Electric￿fan Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU)￿500W Rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU)￿150￿W￿ Intelligent￿Battery￿Sensor￿(IBS) Alternator Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) The￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿PCU￿150￿W￿is￿installed￿in￿vehicles￿with￿24￿V￿steering.
  • Page 107 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems LIN￿bus￿overview￿for￿roof￿function￿center LIN-Bus...
  • Page 108 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Rain‐light‐solar-condensation￿sensor Inside￿mirror Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Sliding￿roofliner￿motor Interior￿lighting,￿rear Siren￿with￿tilt￿alarm￿sensor￿(SINE)
  • Page 109 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems LIN￿bus￿overview￿for￿steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿and￿operating￿units LIN-Bus...
  • Page 110 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Wiper￿motor Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Operating￿unit,￿center￿console Audio￿operating￿facility Hazard￿warning￿switch/Intelligent￿Safety￿button Touch￿detection￿HOD￿(Hands￿Off￿Detection) Steering￿wheel￿module Multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿buttons,￿right Operating￿unit￿for￿light Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Steering￿column￿adjustment...
  • Page 111 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems LIN￿bus￿overview￿for￿integrated￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿system LIN-Bus...
  • Page 112 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems Index Explanation Blower￿motor Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Operating￿unit,￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Stepper￿motor￿for￿blending￿flap,￿right￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Stepper￿motor￿for￿blending￿flap,￿left￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Stepper￿motor￿for￿blending￿flap,￿right Stepper￿motor￿for￿blending￿flap,￿left Stepper￿motor￿for￿air￿distribution,￿right￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Stepper￿motor￿for￿air￿distribution,￿left￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Stepper￿motor￿for￿footwell,￿right Stepper￿motor￿for￿footwell,￿left Stepper￿motor￿for￿stratification,￿right Stepper￿motor￿for￿stratification,￿left Stepper￿motor￿for￿ventilation,￿right Stepper￿motor￿for￿ventilation,￿left Stepper￿motor￿for￿defrost￿function Stepper￿motor￿for￿air￿recirculation￿function Stepper￿motor￿for￿fresh￿air Operating￿unit,￿air￿conditioning Touch￿operating￿unit￿in￿the￿center￿grill￿(Not￿for￿the￿US) Integrated￿Automatic￿Heating￿/￿Air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) The￿LIN￿bus￿overview￿shows￿the￿Integrated￿Automatic￿Heating/Air￿conditioning￿system￿(IHKA)￿with￿the maximum￿possible￿LIN￿bus￿components.

  • Page 113: Usb

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 2.￿Bus￿Systems 2.3.2.￿Local￿CAN In￿the￿G30￿the￿following￿Local￿Controller￿Area￿Networks￿are￿available￿with￿the￿corresponding equipment: • Local￿CAN￿from￿electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS)￿to￿the￿gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS). • Local￿CAN￿from￿the￿camera-based￿driver￿assistance￿system￿KAFAS￿to￿the Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant￿(PMA). • Local￿CAN￿from￿the￿optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS)￿to￿the￿radar￿sensor,￿front￿right￿(RSR). • Local￿CAN￿from￿the￿optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS)￿to￿the￿radar￿sensor,￿front￿left￿(RSL)￿and lane￿change￿warning￿(secondary)￿(SWW2). • Local￿CAN￿from￿the￿lane￿change￿warning￿(primary)￿(SWW)￿also￿know￿as￿the￿Short￿Range Radar￿Sensor￿(SRR)￿to￿the￿radar￿sensor,￿right￿(RSR),￿to￿the￿radar￿sensor,￿left￿(RSL),￿and￿to the￿lane￿change￿warning￿(secondary)￿(SWW2)￿also￿know￿as￿the￿Short￿Range￿Radar￿Sensor (SRR2). The￿control￿units￿on￿the￿local￿CAN￿are￿not￿displayed￿in￿the￿bus￿overview￿by￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis system￿ISTA.￿Diagnosis￿takes￿place￿via￿the￿corresponding￿primary￿control￿unit. The￿local￿CAN￿buses￿have￿a￿data￿transfer￿rate￿of￿500 kBit/s. 2.3.3.￿USB The￿following￿USB￿interfaces￿are￿provided￿in￿the￿G30￿depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment: • In￿the￿center￿console￿(standard) • In￿the￿center￿armrest • In￿the￿base￿plate • USB￿interface￿in￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment 2.4.￿Diagnosis￿access￿OBD2 The￿vehicle￿diagnosis￿via￿D-CAN￿is￿effected￿using￿the￿OBD2￿interface.￿The￿Ethernet￿access￿for￿the vehicle￿programming￿is￿also￿located￿in￿the￿OBD2￿interface.

  • Page 114: Control Units

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.1.￿Installation￿locations￿of￿control￿units Installation￿locations￿of￿control￿units Index Explanation Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Top￿HiFi￿amplifier￿(AMPT) Lane￿change￿warning￿(secondary)￿(SWW2) Video￿module￿(VM)￿(Not￿for￿the￿US) Light￿Effect￿Manager￿(LEM) Active￿Sound￿Design￿(ASD) Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB) Wireless￿charging￿tray￿(WCA) Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿left￿(SPNMVL)
  • Page 115 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units Index Explanation Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) High-beam￿assistant￿(FLA) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Electronic￿steering￿lock￿(ELV)￿(Not￿for￿the￿US, manual￿transmission￿vehicles￿only) Control￿unit￿for￿rear￿view￿camera￿and￿SideView￿(TRSVC) Optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left￿(FLEL) Radar￿Sensor￿Left￿(RSL) Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)￿Long￿Range￿Radar￿(LRR) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front￿(EARSV) Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right￿(FLER) Radar￿Sensor￿Right￿(RSR) Digital￿Engine￿Electronics￿2￿(DME2) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) Head￿Unit￿(HEADUNIT) Night￿vision￿electronics￿(NVE) Near￿Field￿Communication￿(NFC)￿(Not￿for￿the￿US) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Transfer￿case Driver's￿seat￿module￿(SMFA) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) Controller￿(CON) Front￿passenger￿seat￿module,￿(SMBF) Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment￿(RSE) Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿right￿(SPNMVR) Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿(HSR) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH) Selective￿Catalytic￿Reduction￿(SCR)￿(Currently￿not￿available￿for￿the￿US)

  • Page 116: Gateway

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units Index Explanation Trailer￿module￿AHM￿(Not￿for￿the￿US) Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant￿(PMA) Vertical￿dynamic￿platform Power￿Control￿Unit Trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM) Lane￿change￿warning￿SWW￿(primary)￿also￿know￿as￿the￿Short￿Range￿Radar Sensor￿(SRR) 3.2.￿Gateway 3.2.1.￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC)
  • Page 117 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units BDC￿functions The￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿BDC￿is￿responsible￿for￿the￿following￿functions: • Gateway • Electronic￿immobilizer • Terminal￿control • Central￿locking￿system • Exterior￿lights • Power￿windows • Horn • Interior￿light • Wash/wipe￿system • Vehicle￿data￿storage • Data￿transfer￿for￿Condition￿Based￿Service￿(CBS) Fuses￿in￿the￿BDC The￿following￿components￿are￿protected￿by￿fuses￿in￿the￿BDC: • Audio￿operating￿facility • Operating￿facility￿for￿assist￿systems • Operating￿unit￿for￿light • Power￿windows • Heated￿rear￿window • Trunk￿function￿module •...
  • Page 118 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units Relay￿in￿the￿BDC The￿following￿relays￿are￿located￿in￿the￿BDC: • Terminal￿30F • Power￿window￿regulators • Central￿locking￿system • Heated￿rear￿window • Headlight￿cleaning￿system Gateway￿in￿the￿BDC The￿central￿gateway￿module￿(ZGM)￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿BDC.￿It￿is￿a￿control￿unit￿within￿a￿control￿unit. The￿task￿of￿the￿ZGM￿is￿to￿connect￿all￿the￿data￿bus￿systems￿to￿each￿other.￿By￿connecting￿them￿in this￿way,￿it￿is￿possible￿to￿use￿information￿from￿the￿individual￿bus￿systems￿on￿a￿generalized￿level.￿The central￿gateway￿module￿is￿able￿to￿implement￿different￿protocols￿and￿speeds￿on￿other￿bus￿systems. The￿programming￿data￿for￿the￿control￿units￿is￿transmitted￿by￿Ethernet￿to￿the￿vehicle￿via￿the￿ZGM. LIN￿controller￿in￿the￿BDC The￿BDC￿is￿the￿gateway￿for￿the￿following￿components￿at￿the￿local￿interconnect￿network￿bus: • Exterior￿mirror,￿left￿and￿right • Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door,￿front￿passenger￿door • Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster • Light￿switch • Intelligent￿Safety￿button • Audio￿operating￿facility • Inside￿mirror • Rain‐light‐solar-condensation￿sensor • Roof￿function￿center￿(interior￿lighting) •...
  • Page 119 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units The￿following￿control￿units￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿BDC￿via￿LIN,￿but￿the￿BDC￿has￿only￿a￿wake-up function￿and￿not￿a￿gateway￿or￿primary￿function: • Battery￿charging￿unit • Intelligent￿battery￿sensor • Electric￿fan • Active￿air￿flap￿control • Digital￿Motor￿Electronics 3.3.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿MOST￿bus 3.3.1.￿Head￿unit Head￿unit On￿the￿G30,￿the￿head￿unit￿can￿be￿operated￿by￿touch￿at￿the￿CID￿in￿addition￿to￿operation￿via￿the controller.￿In￿the￿case￿of￿optional￿equipment￿with￿gesture￿control,￿selected￿functions￿can￿also￿be operated￿by￿means￿of￿gestures. 3.3.2.￿Hi-fi￿amplifier￿with￿MOST￿bus The￿following￿amplifiers￿are￿used￿in￿the￿G30￿depending￿on￿the￿audio￿systems: • Standard￿8-channel￿amplifier￿without￿bus￿connection￿for￿HiFi￿audio￿system. • Optional￿9-channel￿amplifier￿for￿Top￿HiFi￿audio￿system. • Optional￿10-channel￿amplifier￿for￿High￿End￿audio￿system.
  • Page 120 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units HiFi￿amplifier 8-channel￿amplifier￿without￿bus￿connection￿with￿a￿power￿of￿205￿W. HiFi￿amplifier Top￿Harmon￿Kardon￿HiFi￿amplifier 9-channel￿amplifier￿with￿MOST￿bus￿and￿a￿power￿of￿600￿W. Top￿HiFi￿amplifier...
  • Page 121 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units High￿End￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿amplifier 10-channel￿amplifier￿with￿MOST￿bus￿and￿a￿power￿of￿1400￿W. High￿End￿amplifier 3.3.3.￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿(RSE) Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment￿(RSR) The￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment￿(RSE)￿on￿the￿G30￿is￿equipped￿with￿a￿Blu-ray￿drive.
  • Page 122 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.4.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿K-CAN2 3.4.1.￿Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment￿the￿roof￿function￿center￿FZD￿includes￿the￿corresponding components￿for: • Alarm￿system • Control,￿slide/tilt￿sunroof • Gesture￿recognition￿camera • Emergency￿call￿button On￿vehicles￿with￿gesture￿control,￿the￿gesture￿recognition￿camera￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿FZD.￿The￿gesture recognition￿camera￿is￿not￿shown￿as￿a￿control￿unit￿by￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system.￿Diagnosis￿takes place￿via￿the￿FZD.￿The￿gesture￿recognition￿camera￿is￿connected￿to￿the￿PT-CAN4.￿As￿a￿result,￿the￿bus signals￿do￿not￿have￿to￿be￿forwarded￿to￿another￿CAN￿bus￿by￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. The￿FZD￿is￿not￿responsible￿for￿the￿control￿of￿the￿interior￿light.￿The￿interior￿light￿unit￿and￿the￿FZD electronics￿are￿located￿in￿the￿same￿housing.
  • Page 123 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.4.2.￿Trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM) Trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM) The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿power￿trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM)￿is￿responsible￿for￿control of￿the￿lift. 3.4.3.￿Seat￿modules Seat￿module The￿following￿seat￿modules￿are￿present￿corresponding￿to￿the￿vehicle￿equipment: • Driver's￿seat￿module (SMFA) • Front￿passenger￿seat￿module￿(SMBF) The￿seat￿modules￿are￿responsible￿for￿actuation￿of￿the￿servomotors￿in￿the￿corresponding￿seat. Depending￿on￿the￿equipment,￿there￿may￿be￿2￿identical￿seat￿modules￿installed￿in￿the￿vehicle.￿Encoding of￿the￿control￿units￿takes￿place￿by￿connection￿to￿the￿wiring￿harness.￿The￿control￿unit￿is￿assigned correspondingly￿in￿the￿vehicle￿depending￿on￿the￿additional￿ground￿encoding.
  • Page 124 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.4.4.￿Seat￿pneumatics￿modules Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿back￿right￿SPNMHR The￿following￿seat￿pneumatics￿modules￿are￿present￿corresponding￿to￿the￿vehicle￿equipment: • Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿left￿(SPNMVL) • Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿right￿(SPNMVR) The￿seat￿pneumatics￿modules￿are￿responsible￿for￿the￿massage￿function￿in￿the￿corresponding￿front seat.￿Depending￿on￿the￿equipment,￿there￿may￿be￿2￿identical￿seat￿pneumatics￿modules￿installed￿in￿the vehicle.￿Encoding￿of￿the￿control￿units￿takes￿place￿by￿connection￿to￿the￿wiring￿harness.￿The￿control￿unit is￿assigned￿correspondingly￿in￿the￿vehicle￿depending￿on￿the￿additional￿ground￿encoding.
  • Page 125 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.5.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿K-CAN3 3.5.1.￿Frontal￿Light￿Electronics Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right￿and￿Left The￿control￿units￿Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right￿(FLER)￿and￿Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left￿(FLEL)￿are installed￿in￿the￿corresponding￿headlight. The￿Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿includes: • LED￿activation￿in￿the￿corresponding￿headlight. • Actuation￿of￿the￿bulb￿for￿the￿turn￿indicator￿(depending￿on￿the￿headlight￿variant). • Activation￿of￿the￿stepper￿motor￿for￿the￿headlight￿beam￿adjustment. • Actuation￿of￿the￿fans.
  • Page 126 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.5.2.￿Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant￿(PMA) Parking￿manoeuvring￿assistant￿(PMA) The￿PMA￿control￿unit￿performs￿the￿corresponding￿functions￿depending￿on￿equipment: • Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC) • Parking￿assist • Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant￿Plus Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC)￿assists￿the￿driver￿when￿pulling￿in￿and￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space. The￿current￿distance￿from￿an￿obstruction￿is￿indicated￿by￿acoustic￿signals￿and￿on￿a￿visual￿display. The￿Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant￿performs￿parking￿in￿parking￿spaces. In￿a￿vehicle￿with￿Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿all￿sensors￿of￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC)￿are used.￿In￿addition,￿there￿is￿a￿sensor￿for￿the￿PMA￿in￿each￿case￿on￿the￿left￿and￿right￿of￿the￿front￿and￿rear bumper￿panels.￿For￿the￿parking￿assistant￿the￿camera￿systems￿of￿the￿vehicle￿are￿also￿required.
  • Page 127 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.5.3.￿Lane￿change￿warning￿(SWW)￿also￿know￿as￿the￿Short￿Range￿Radar Sensor￿(SRR) Lane￿change￿warning￿(SWW/SRR) Both￿control￿units￿lane￿change￿warning￿SWW￿(primary)￿and￿SWW2￿(secondary)￿also￿know￿as￿the￿Short Range￿Radar￿Sensor￿(SRR/SRR2)￿are￿shown￿in￿the￿picture.￿The￿SWW/SRR￿(primary)￿control￿unit￿is located￿on￿the￿right.￿The￿control￿unit￿lane￿change￿warning￿SWW2/SRR2(secondary)￿is￿on￿the￿left. The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿lane￿change￿warning￿(SWW/SRR)￿is￿required￿for￿the￿following￿optional equipment: • Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿(SA5AT) The￿SWW/SRR￿is￿the￿primary￿control￿unit,￿and￿it￿is￿also￿used￿for￿diagnosis￿of￿the￿additional￿control units￿connected￿to￿the￿local￿CAN.￿The￿control￿unit￿lane￿change￿warning￿SWW2/SRR2￿(secondary)￿is required￿for￿the￿lane￿change￿warning. The￿following￿control￿units￿are￿additionally￿required￿for￿the￿optional￿equipment￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus: • Radar￿sensor,￿front￿left • Radar￿sensor,￿front￿right...
  • Page 128 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.6.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿K-CAN4 3.6.1.￿Active￿Sound￿Design￿(ASD) Active￿Sound￿Design￿(ASD) The￿control￿unit￿for￿Active￿Sound￿Design￿generates￿the￿engine￿sound￿for￿output￿in￿the￿vehicle￿interior. The￿engine￿sound￿is￿calculated￿according￿to￿the￿programmed￿sound￿specification￿and￿various parameters￿such￿as￿the￿accelerator￿pedal￿angle￿(driver's￿desired￿load),￿engine￿speed￿and￿torque.￿It￿is then￿output￿via￿the￿vehicle's￿own￿audio￿system￿in￿the￿passenger￿compartment.
  • Page 129 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.6.2.￿Controller￿(CON) Controller￿(CON) On￿the￿G30￿a￿controller￿with￿touchpad￿is￿used.￿On￿the￿controller￿with￿touch￿control￿box￿the￿customer can￿input￿location￿information￿for￿the￿navigation￿system￿or￿phone￿numbers￿and￿contact￿details￿as numbers￿and￿letters.￿In￿the￿map￿operation￿the￿map￿section￿for￿example￿can￿be￿moved￿and￿enlarged or￿reduced￿by￿finger￿movement. 3.6.3.￿Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) The￿integrated￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿system￿(IHKA)￿is￿standard￿equipment￿in￿the￿G30.
  • Page 130 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.6.4.￿Light￿Effect￿Manager￿(LEM) Light￿Effect￿Manager￿(LEM) The￿control￿unit￿LEM￿is￿responsible￿for￿controlling￿the￿following￿lighting￿systems: • Speaker￿covers￿in￿the￿High￿End￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿audio￿system.
  • Page 131 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.6.5.￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB) Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB) The￿2nd-generation￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB)￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿G30.￿The￿Telematic Communication￿Box￿(TCB)￿is￿connected￿directly￿to￿the￿roof-mounted￿antenna￿and￿is￿responsible￿for the￿following￿functions: • BMW￿ConnectedDrive￿services￿(incl.￿BMW￿Assist￿with￿ECALL (emergency￿call￿function))￿+￿BMW￿Online. • BMW￿Internet￿using￿a￿SIM￿card￿integrated￿in￿the￿vehicle￿(P-SIM). • Remote￿functions￿(reception￿and￿controller). • "Speech-to-text"￿function￿in￿Office￿area. • BMW￿Teleservices￿via￿P-SIM. • WLAN￿hotspot￿via￿P-SIM.
  • Page 132 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.7.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿K-CAN5 3.7.1.￿Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Remote￿control￿receiver The￿control￿unit￿remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD)￿is￿responsible￿for￿communication￿of￿the￿remote￿control services.￿It￿receives￿the￿data￿of￿the￿wheel￿electronics￿for￿the￿tire￿pressure￿control. The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿remote￿control￿service￿is￿not￿displayed￿by￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system￿ISTA￿in the￿bus￿overview.￿Diagnosis￿is￿performed￿via￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. 3.8.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿Ethernet 3.8.1.￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)￿Long￿Range￿Radar￿(LRR)￿sensor Active￿Cruise￿Control￿ACC￿Long￿Range￿Radar￿(LRR)￿sensor The￿control￿unit￿for￿active￿cruise￿control￿for￿ACC￿Stop￿&￿Go￿contains￿a￿radar-based￿sensor￿for￿sensing the￿area￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿Both￿the￿near￿and￿far￿ranges￿are￿monitored￿by￿this￿sensor.
  • Page 133 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.8.2.￿Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) Reversing￿camera On￿vehicles￿with￿a￿rear￿view￿camera￿only,￿the￿rear￿view￿camera￿is￿connected￿to￿the￿Ethernet. 3.8.3.￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC) Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC)
  • Page 134 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units The￿control￿unit￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿receives￿the￿picture￿information￿from￿the￿following cameras: • Front￿camera • Exterior￿mirror￿camera,￿left • Exterior￿mirror￿camera,￿right • Rear￿view￿camera The￿cameras￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿TRSVC￿via￿Ethernet. 3.8.4.￿Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) The￿control￿unit￿camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS)￿is￿required￿for￿the￿following￿optional equipment: Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) • Camera-based￿cruise￿control￿with￿Stop￿&￿Go￿function • Traffic￿Jam￿Assist • Speed￿limit￿information • Person￿recognition￿with￿city￿braking￿function • Collision￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function...
  • Page 135 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.9.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿PT-CAN 3.9.1.￿Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME,￿DME2) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿DME￿and￿DME2 The￿illustration￿shows￿the￿DME￿and￿DME2￿control￿units.￿The￿DME￿control￿unit￿is￿on￿the￿left￿side￿(seen in￿the￿direction￿of￿travel). The￿DME￿is￿responsible￿for￿the￿control￿of￿the￿combustion￿engine.￿In￿addition,￿the￿DME￿is￿the￿gateway between￿PT-CAN￿and￿PT-CAN2. The￿DME￿control￿unit￿is￿installed￿for￿4￿and￿6-cylinder￿gasoline￿engines. The￿DME2￿control￿unit￿is￿installed￿in￿addition￿to￿the￿DME￿control￿unit￿for￿8-cylinder￿engines. 3.9.2.￿High-beam￿assistant￿(FLA) High-beam￿assistant￿(FLA) On￿vehicles￿without￿camera-based￿driver￿assistance￿systems￿(KAFAS),￿the￿control￿unit￿for￿the high-beam￿assistant￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿interior￿mirror.￿On￿vehicles￿with￿KAFAS,￿the￿function￿of￿the high-beam￿assistant￿is￿performed￿by￿the￿camera-based￿driver￿assistance￿system.
  • Page 136 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.9.3.￿Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) One￿instrument￿cluster￿version￿is￿used￿in￿the￿G30,￿since￿the￿navigation￿system￿is￿standard￿equipment. 3.9.4.￿Night￿vision￿electronics￿(NVE) Night￿vision￿electronics￿(NVE) The￿control￿unit￿Night￿Vision￿Electronics￿receives￿picture￿information￿from￿the￿Night￿Vision￿camera. The￿picture￿information￿is￿transmitted￿via￿Color￿Video￿Blanking￿Signal￿to￿the￿HEADUNIT￿and￿can￿then be￿displayed￿on￿in￿the￿CID,￿instrument￿cluster￿and￿Head‐Up￿Display.
  • Page 137 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.10.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿PT-CAN2 3.10.1.￿Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) The￿control￿unit￿for￿electronic￿transmission￿control￿is￿installed￿directly￿inside￿the￿automatic transmission. 3.10.2.￿Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) The￿gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS)￿is￿used￿for￿selecting￿a￿drive￿position. The￿bus￿connection￿is￿via￿the￿PT-CAN2￿and￿additionally￿via￿a￿local￿CAN￿to￿the￿electronic￿transmission control￿(EGS)￿unit.
  • Page 138 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.10.3.￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU) Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU) The￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿is￿required: • For￿charging￿the￿auxiliary￿battery. • For￿supplying￿the￿vehicle￿electrical￿system￿from￿the￿auxiliary￿battery. The￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU)￿contains￿a￿DC/DC￿converter￿with￿a￿power￿of￿500￿W. The￿preconditions￿for￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿energy￿management￿are￿calculated￿from￿the￿use￿of￿the vehicle.￿The￿auxiliary￿battery￿is￿charged￿by￿the￿PCU￿when￿the￿engine￿is￿running.￿During￿the￿phases in￿which￿the￿combustion￿engine￿is￿not￿running,￿e.g.￿automatic￿engine￿start/stop￿function,￿the￿PCU supplies￿energy￿from￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿to￿the￿vehicle￿electrical￿system.
  • Page 139 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.11.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿FlexRay 3.11.1.￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) The￿function￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿is￿to￿evaluate￿all￿sensor￿signals￿in￿order to￿identify￿a￿crash￿situation.￿The￿ACSM￿evaluates￿the￿information￿from￿the￿sensors￿and￿then￿forwards corresponding￿measures￿for￿selective￿activation￿of￿the￿necessary￿restraint￿systems. The￿ACSM￿records￿the￿yaw￿rate￿and￿sends￿this￿information￿on￿the￿FlexRay￿data￿bus. No￿additional￿yaw￿sensors￿are￿therefore￿required￿for￿the￿other￿systems. 3.11.2.￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) The￿DSC￿control￿unit￿and￿the￿DSC￿hydraulic￿control￿unit￿are￿screwed￿together.￿The￿DSC￿control unit￿can￿be￿replaced￿individually￿to￿reduce￿servicing￿costs.￿The￿functions￿of￿the￿tire￿pressure￿control (TPMS)￿and￿the￿electric￿parking￿brake￿are￿integrated￿in￿the￿DSC￿control￿unit.
  • Page 140 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.11.3.￿Electric￿Active￿Roll￿Stabilization￿(EARS) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front￿(EARSV) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH) Above￿are￿the￿electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿units￿for￿the￿rear￿EARSH￿and￿front￿EARSV. The￿control￿units￿for￿EARS￿are￿directly￿integrated￿in￿the￿corresponding￿actuator.
  • Page 141 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.11.4.￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) The￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS)￿is￿supplied￿with￿12 V￿or￿24 V￿depending￿on￿the￿equipment￿and engine. An￿auxiliary￿battery,￿a￿separating￿element￿and￿a￿charging￿unit￿for￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿are￿required￿for the￿24 V￿version.￿These￿components￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿of￿the￿G30. The￿steering￿angle￿information￿is￿determined￿by￿the￿EPS￿and￿made￿available￿to￿the￿other￿control￿units via￿the￿FlexRay￿bus. 3.11.5.￿Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿(HSR) Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿(HSR) The￿control￿unit￿for￿slip￿angle￿control￿is￿responsible￿for￿steering￿the￿rear￿axle.
  • Page 142 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.11.6.￿Optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS) Optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS) The￿optional￿equipment￿system￿control￿unit￿provides￿a￿variety￿of￿driver￿assistance￿functions.￿The￿SAS does￿not￿have￿any￿installed￿sensors.￿The￿information￿needed￿for￿the￿functions￿is￿made￿available￿by the￿corresponding￿control￿units￿and￿sensors.￿The￿SAS￿activates￿the￿control￿units￿necessary￿for￿the corresponding￿function. Possible￿functions: • Collision￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function • Cruise￿control￿with￿braking￿function • Person￿recognition￿with￿city￿braking￿function • Parking￿Maneuver￿Assistant • Traffic￿Jam￿Assist • Camera-based￿cruise￿control￿with￿Stop￿&￿Go￿function • Proactive￿driving￿assistant The￿image￿information￿required￿by￿the￿optional￿equipment￿system￿is￿provided￿by￿the￿camera-based driver￿support￿systems.
  • Page 143 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.11.7.￿Transfer￿case Transfer￿case The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿transfer￿case￿controls￿the￿clutch￿in￿the￿transfer￿case￿on￿vehicles￿with￿xDrive. 3.11.8.￿Vertical￿Dynamics￿Platform￿(VDP) Vertical￿Dynamics￿Platform￿(VDP) The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿vertical￿dynamic￿platform￿is￿required￿for￿the￿following￿equipment: • Dynamic￿Damper￿Control The￿VDP￿control￿unit￿is￿responsible￿for: • Valve￿control￿in￿the￿shock￿absorbers • Detection￿of￿vehicle￿ride￿heights￿by￿the￿ride￿height￿sensors...
  • Page 144 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 3.￿Control￿Units 3.12.￿Control￿units￿on￿the￿local￿CAN The￿control￿units￿on￿the￿local￿CAN￿are￿not￿displayed￿in￿the￿bus￿overview￿by￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis system￿ISTA.￿Diagnosis￿takes￿place￿via￿the￿corresponding￿primary￿control￿unit. 3.12.1.￿Radar￿sensor￿(primary) Radar￿sensor,￿left￿(RSL)￿and￿radar￿sensor,￿right￿(RSR) The￿control￿units￿for￿the￿radar￿sensor,￿front￿right￿(RSR)￿and￿radar￿sensor,￿front￿left￿(RSL)￿are￿installed￿at the￿front￿right￿and￿front￿left￿of￿the￿vehicle￿for￿the￿optional￿equipment￿Driving￿Assist￿Plus. 3.12.2.￿Lane￿change￿warning￿SWW2￿(secondary)￿also￿know￿as￿the￿Short Range￿Radar￿Sensor￿(SRR2) Lane￿change￿warning Both￿control￿units￿lane￿change￿warning￿SWW/SRR￿(primary)￿and￿SWW2/SRR2￿(secondary)￿are￿shown in￿the￿picture.￿The￿SWW/SRR￿(primary)￿control￿unit￿is￿located￿on￿the￿right.￿The￿control￿unit￿lane change￿warning￿SWW2/SRR2￿(secondary)￿is￿on￿the￿left.￿The￿control￿unit￿lane￿change￿warning￿SWW2/ SRR2￿(secondary)￿is￿connected￿with￿the￿control￿unit￿lane￿change￿warning￿SWW/SRR￿(primary)￿via￿a local￿CAN.￿Diagnose￿with￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system￿takes￿place￿via￿the￿primary￿control￿unit.

  • Page 145: Voltage Supply

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.1.￿Overview￿of￿voltage￿supply 4.1.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Voltage￿supply...
  • Page 146 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply Index Explanation Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Starter￿motor Alternator Power￿distribution￿box,￿engine￿compartment Jump￿start￿terminal￿point Auxiliary￿battery,￿engine￿compartment Power￿distribution￿box,￿auxiliary￿battery,￿engine￿compartment Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller CAN￿terminator Power￿distribution￿box,￿rear Fuse￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿battery,￿right Power￿Control￿Unit￿PCU￿500￿W Battery￿power￿distribution￿box Safety￿battery￿terminal Battery Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿left￿(PHEV￿version￿only)

  • Page 147: Components

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.￿Components 4.2.1.￿Overview￿of￿luggage￿compartment Battery Index Explanation Power￿distribution￿box,￿battery,￿right Power￿distribution￿box,￿rear Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU)￿500￿W Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU)￿150￿W Power￿distribution￿box￿with￿safety￿battery￿terminal Battery Separator Auxiliary￿battery,￿luggage￿compartment The￿vehicle￿battery￿in￿the￿G30￿is￿an￿AGM￿battery￿with￿90 Ah￿or￿105 Ah.￿The￿battery￿variant￿depends on￿the￿engine￿version￿and￿optional￿equipment.

  • Page 148: Battery

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.2.￿Overview￿of￿engine￿compartment Auxiliary￿battery,￿engine￿compartment Index Explanation Power￿distribution￿box,￿engine￿compartment Auxiliary￿battery,￿engine￿compartment Power￿distribution￿box,￿auxiliary￿battery,￿engine￿compartment Jump￿start￿terminal￿point The￿auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment￿of￿the￿G30￿is￿an￿AGM￿battery￿with￿50 Ah￿or￿60 Ah. The￿battery￿variant￿depends￿on￿the￿engine￿version￿and￿optional￿equipment. 4.2.3.￿Battery AGM￿batteries￿are￿used￿for￿the￿voltage￿supply￿in￿the￿G30. There￿may￿by￿1,￿2￿or￿3￿batteries￿in￿the￿vehicle￿depending￿on￿the￿engine￿version￿and￿vehicle equipment. • Starter￿battery￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿with￿90 Ah￿or￿105 Ah. • Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment￿with￿50 Ah￿or￿60 Ah. • Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿with￿12￿Ah￿for￿vehicles￿with￿24￿V￿steering. An￿auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment￿is￿used￿to￿provide￿assistance￿for￿the￿vehicle￿electrical system.￿On￿vehicles￿with￿electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization,￿the￿two￿anti-roll￿bar￿actuators￿are￿also supplied￿with￿power￿by￿this￿battery.
  • Page 149 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.4.￿Intelligent￿battery￿sensor The￿IBS￿records￿the￿following￿data￿of￿the￿12 V￿battery: • Voltage • Current • Temperature The￿IBS￿performs￿the￿calculation￿and￿the￿evaluation￿of￿the￿information.￿The￿results￿are￿then￿forwarded to￿the￿DME￿and￿BDC￿via￿the￿local￿interconnect￿network￿bus. 4.2.5.￿Safety￿battery￿terminal Safety￿battery￿terminal The￿safety￿battery￿terminal￿(SBK)￿is￿activated￿in￿the￿event￿of￿an￿accident￿of￿corresponding￿severity. The￿voltage￿supply￿to￿the￿positive￿battery￿connection￿point￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment￿is￿interrupted and￿the￿consumers￿connected￿to￿this￿are￿de-energized.￿The￿safety￿battery￿terminal￿is￿installed￿in￿the power￿distribution￿box￿next￿to￿the￿battery.

  • Page 150: Alternator

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.6.￿Alternator Alternators￿with￿increased￿efficiency￿are￿used￿in￿the￿G30.￿The￿increase￿in￿alternator￿efficiency￿is achieved￿by￿reducing￿the￿losses￿in￿the￿rectifier.￿The￿loss-causing￿diodes￿are￿replaced￿by￿actively activated￿MOSFET￿transistors.￿A￿reduction￿in￿fuel￿consumption￿is￿achieved￿by￿increasing￿the efficiency. • Bosch￿with￿180￿A￿and￿250￿A,￿for￿4￿and￿6-cylinder￿engines. • Valeo￿with￿252￿A,￿for￿8-cylinder￿engine. 4.2.7.￿Integrated￿supply￿module Integrated￿supply￿module The￿engine￿control￿and￿its￿components￿are￿supplied￿with￿a￿12 V￿voltage￿via￿the￿integrated￿supply module.
  • Page 151 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.8.￿Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right A￿relay￿for￿terminal￿30B￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box. Consumers￿are￿supplied￿with￿terminal￿30,￿terminal￿30B￿and￿terminal￿15N￿and￿provided￿with corresponding￿fuse￿protection￿by￿the￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box.￿Terminal￿15N￿is￿supplied￿from the￿front￿power￿distribution￿box￿by￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box. 4.2.9.￿Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿left￿(PHEV￿Version￿only) Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿left A￿relay￿for￿terminal￿30B￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿front￿left￿power￿distribution￿box. Consumers￿are￿supplied￿with￿terminal￿30￿and￿terminal￿30B￿and￿provided￿with￿corresponding￿fuse protection￿by￿the￿front￿left￿power￿distribution￿box.
  • Page 152 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.10.￿Power￿distribution￿box,￿rear Power￿distribution￿box,￿rear The￿following￿relays￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box: • 2￿Relay’s,￿terminal￿30F • 2￿Relay’s,￿terminal￿30B • Relay,￿terminal￿15N • Relay￿for￿rear￿window￿heating All￿relays￿are￿bi-stable￿relays.￿The￿relays￿area￿activated￿by￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿via￿LIN.￿The hard-wired￿terminal￿30B￿relays￿of￿the￿two￿front￿power￿distribution￿boxes￿are￿activated￿via￿the￿rear power￿distribution￿box. 4.2.11.￿Body￿Domain￿Controller The￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC)￿is￿responsible￿for￿the￿terminal￿control. A￿terminal￿30F￿relay￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿BDC. A￿number￿of￿consumers￿are￿supplied￿with￿terminal￿30￿and￿terminal￿30F￿and￿provided￿with corresponding￿fuse￿protection￿via￿the￿BDC.
  • Page 153 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply 4.2.12.￿PCU￿with￿vehicle￿electrical￿system￿assistance￿measure Modern￿vehicles￿have￿a￿high￿energy￿consumption￿due￿to￿the￿many￿electrical￿consumers.￿As￿a￿result, there￿is￿a￿high￿demand￿on￿the￿battery￿particularly￿in￿phases￿in￿which￿the￿combustion￿engine￿is￿not running￿and￿the￿alternator￿supplies￿no￿energy￿(e.g.￿engine￿start/stop￿phases). In￿order￿to￿protect￿the￿vehicle￿battery,￿a￿DC/DC￿converter￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU) and￿an￿auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment￿in￿the￿G30. The￿preconditions￿for￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿energy￿management￿are￿calculated￿from￿the￿use￿of￿the vehicle.￿When￿the￿engine￿is￿running￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿is￿charged￿from￿the￿conventional￿vehicle electrical￿system.￿During￿the￿phases￿in￿which￿the￿combustion￿engine￿is￿not￿running,￿e.g.￿automatic start/stop￿function,￿the￿energy￿is￿supplied￿from￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿into￿the￿conventional￿vehicle electrical￿system. The￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿PCU￿contains￿a￿control￿unit￿which￿is￿connected￿to￿the￿PT-CAN2￿and￿a￿DC/DC converter￿with￿a￿power￿of￿500 W. On￿vehicles￿with￿the￿equipment￿electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization,￿this￿is￿supplied￿by￿the￿auxiliary￿battery in￿the￿engine￿compartment. 4.2.13.￿24￿V￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering The￿greater￿weight￿of￿the￿engines￿in￿the￿G30￿on￿vehicles￿with￿8-cylinder￿engines￿results￿in￿a￿higher front￿axle￿load.￿This￿has￿the￿effect￿that￿the￿required￿power￿of￿the￿steering￿assist￿increases.￿Due￿to these￿high￿currents,￿it￿is￿necessary￿to￿increase￿the￿voltage￿supply￿of￿the￿EPS￿to￿24 V. An￿auxiliary￿battery,￿separating￿element￿and￿a￿charging￿unit￿for￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿are￿required￿for this.￿These￿components￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿of￿the￿G30. The￿charging￿unit￿monitors￿the￿state￿of￿charge￿and￿also￿charges￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿using￿a￿DC/DC converter.￿The￿EPS￿is￿only￿supplied￿with￿24￿V￿once￿this￿relay￿has￿been￿activated.￿The￿EPS￿can￿also￿be operated￿with￿12￿V￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿fault.
  • Page 154 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply Voltage￿supply￿for￿24￿V￿steering...
  • Page 155 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box Power￿Control￿Unit￿PCU￿150￿W Separator Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment Fuse￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿battery Battery Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Brake￿light￿switch Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Auxiliary￿battery￿with￿separating￿element Battery￿and￿separating￿element Index Explanation Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment Separator...
  • Page 156 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 4.￿Voltage￿Supply Power￿Control￿Unit 150 W￿Power￿Control￿Unit The￿Power￿Control￿Unit￿monitors￿the￿state￿of￿charge￿and￿also￿charges￿the￿auxiliary￿battery￿using￿a DC/DC￿converter.

  • Page 157: Terminal￿Control

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 5.￿Terminal￿Control 5.1.￿Introduction The￿terminal￿control￿in￿the￿G30￿is￿identical￿to￿the￿terminal￿control￿of￿the￿G12.￿In￿the￿G30,￿the￿vehicle is￿always￿in￿the￿right￿condition￿from￿the￿point￿of￿view￿of￿the￿customer.￿The￿terminals￿are￿controlled via￿a￿customer-oriented￿condition￿management.￿The￿terminal￿control￿is￿dependent￿on￿the￿driving conditions. 5.2.￿Vehicle￿conditions The￿G30￿vehicle￿may￿be￿in￿the￿following￿conditions: • PARKING￿(asleep) • RESIDING￿(awake) • DRIVING￿(ready) The￿different￿vehicle￿functions￿are￿possible￿depending￿on￿the￿relevant￿conditions. PARKING￿(asleep) • Customer￿not￿in￿the￿vehicle. • Vehicle￿secured￿or￿not￿used￿for￿a￿certain￿time. • Vehicle￿functions￿cannot￿be￿operated. RESIDING￿(awake) • Customer￿in￿the￿vehicle. • No￿driving￿readiness. • Functions￿that￿are￿relevant￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stationary￿can￿be￿operated. DRIVING￿(ready) • Customer￿in￿the￿vehicle. • Driving￿readiness￿established. • All￿functions￿are￿available. The￿driving￿conditions￿are￿changed￿by￿condition￿management,￿taking￿into￿account￿the￿customer behavior.￿Additional￿information￿is￿also￿evaluated￿that￿may￿help￿to￿determine￿the￿vehicle￿condition, e.g.: •...
  • Page 158 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 5.￿Terminal￿Control The￿following￿diagram￿shows￿the￿changes￿between￿the￿vehicle￿conditions. Vehicle￿conditions Index Explanation Vehicle￿condition￿PARKING￿(asleep) Transitional￿condition￿with￿stationary￿functions Vehicle￿condition￿RESIDING￿(awake) Transitional￿condition￿for￿establishing￿driving￿readiness￿or ending￿driving￿readiness￿or￿Testing/Analysis/Diagnosis￿(PAD) Vehicle￿condition￿DRIVING￿(ready) Unlock￿vehicle Operation￿of￿start/stop￿button￿+￿brake￿pedal Press￿START/STOP￿button Locks￿vehicle No￿activity￿of￿a￿vehicle￿user￿detected￿for￿10 minutes Extended￿press...
  • Page 159 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 5.￿Terminal￿Control Detailed￿overview￿of￿vehicle￿conditions. Overview￿of￿vehicle￿conditions Index Explanation Vehicle￿condition￿DRIVING￿(ready) Vehicle￿condition￿RESIDING￿(awake) Vehicle￿condition￿PARKING￿(asleep) Transitional￿condition￿for￿Establishing/ending￿driving￿readiness￿— Testing/Analysis/Diagnosis￿(PAD) Transitional￿condition￿with￿STATIONARY￿FUNCTIONS...
  • Page 160 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 5.￿Terminal￿Control Index Explanation Operation￿of￿start/stop￿button￿+￿brake￿pedal￿+￿valid￿remote￿control￿or valid￿ID￿transmitter￿in￿the￿vehicle￿interior Driving￿readiness￿established,￿terminal￿15N￿(terminal￿50) Operation￿of￿start/stop￿button￿(three￿times￿within￿0,8￿s)￿+￿valid￿remote￿control or￿valid￿ID￿transmitter￿in￿the￿vehicle￿interior Terminal￿15N Operation￿of￿start/stop￿button￿+￿selector￿lever￿in￿Neutral Undoing￿driver's￿seat￿belt￿(v￿<￿0.1￿km/h,￿driver's￿door￿opened,￿selector￿lever not￿in￿Neutral,￿brake￿not￿pressed,￿low￿beam￿off,￿no￿OBD￿communication,￿no diagnosis￿mode,￿no￿assembly￿mode) Door￿contact￿change￿(v￿<￿0.1￿km/h,￿driver's￿seat￿belt￿undone,￿selector￿lever not￿in￿Neutral,￿brake￿not￿pressed,￿low￿beam￿off,￿no￿OBD￿communication,￿no diagnosis￿mode,￿no￿assembly￿mode) Press￿start/stop￿button￿+￿vehicle￿is￿stationary￿or￿press￿start/stop￿button￿for￿at least￿1 s￿+￿driving￿speed￿≥￿10￿km/h￿(6￿mph)￿or￿press￿start/stop￿button￿at￿least three￿times￿within￿4 s￿+￿driving￿speed￿≥￿10￿km/h￿(6￿mph) Press￿START/STOP￿button Terminal￿30B Unlock￿vehicle Residing￿interaction￿or￿stationary￿function￿interaction Locks￿vehicle No￿customer￿interaction￿for￿3￿minutes Extended￿press￿of￿head￿unit￿media￿button Terminal￿30F Automatic￿switch-off Automatic￿switch-off Switch￿off￿after￿door￿opening.

  • Page 161: Power￿Supply￿Terminals

    G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 5.￿Terminal￿Control In￿the￿menu￿"Doors/Keys",￿an￿immediate￿change￿from￿the￿vehicle￿condition￿RESIDING￿to￿the￿vehicle condition￿PARKING￿can￿be￿activated. If￿this￿option￿is￿activated,￿then￿the￿system￿will￿immediately￿change￿to￿the￿vehicle￿condition￿PARKING when￿the￿driver's￿door￿is￿opened.￿The￿omission￿of￿the￿after-running￿period￿in￿the￿vehicle￿condition RESIDING￿saves￿energy. 5.3.￿Power￿supply￿terminals Control￿units￿in￿the￿vehicle￿must￿be￿supplied￿with￿power￿only￿when￿they￿are￿needed.￿The￿following terminals￿are￿used￿in￿the￿G30: • Terminal￿15N • Terminal￿30B • Terminal￿30F • Terminal￿30 Terminal￿15N￿supplies￿control￿units￿which￿are￿needed￿only￿when￿driving￿and￿which￿may￿be￿needed￿to safely￿end￿a￿journey.￿After-run￿of￿5￿s￿starts￿at￿the￿transition￿from￿DRIVING￿to￿RESIDING. Terminal￿30B￿is￿used￿to￿supply￿control￿units￿that￿are￿needed￿in￿the￿stationary￿mode￿RESIDING￿and￿for stationary￿functions￿where￿the￿customer￿is￿not￿in￿the￿vehicle.￿An￿after-run￿of￿6￿minutes￿starts￿at￿the transition￿from￿RESIDING￿to￿PARKING,￿and￿terminal￿30B￿is￿then￿switched￿off. Terminal￿30F￿is￿used￿to￿supply￿control￿units￿which￿must￿perform￿functions￿in￿PARKING￿condition. Terminal￿30F￿is￿normally￿switched￿on￿in￿PARKING￿condition,￿but￿may￿be￿switched￿off￿due￿to￿faults￿in the￿vehicle￿electrical￿system.￿The￿terminal￿is￿switched￿off￿with￿an￿after-running￿period￿of￿1￿min￿if￿a￿fault is￿detected. Terminal￿30￿control￿units￿(e.g.￿alarm￿system)￿are￿always￿supplied￿with￿voltage￿and￿are￿also￿not switched￿off￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿fault. Terminal￿30F Terminal￿30B Terminal￿15N PARKING,￿vehicle electrical￿system￿not OK￿(fault￿in￿vehicle electrical￿system) PARKING,￿vehicle electrical￿system￿OK Stationary￿functions (customer￿not￿in vehicle) RESIDING DRIVING...
  • Page 162 G30￿Voltage￿Supply￿and￿Bus￿Systems 5.￿Terminal￿Control Programming-analysis-diagnosis￿(PAD)￿mode The￿vehicle￿condition￿programming-analysis-diagnosis￿is￿still￿present￿for￿diagnosis.￿All￿terminals￿are switched￿on￿in￿this￿mode.￿This￿ensures￿that￿diagnosis￿can￿be￿performed￿with￿all￿control￿units.￿This vehicle￿condition￿is￿displayed￿in￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system￿ISTA. Activation￿of￿the￿PAD￿mode: • Operation￿of￿the￿start/stop￿button￿(three￿times￿within￿0.8 s)￿+￿valid￿remote￿control￿or￿valid￿ID transmitter￿in￿the￿vehicle￿interior. • By￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system￿ISTA. The￿PAD￿mode￿is￿exited￿by￿pressing￿the￿start/stop￿button￿or￿by￿closing￿the￿diagnosis￿with￿the￿BMW diagnosis￿system￿ISTA. 5.4.￿Partial￿network￿operation Today's￿premium￿vehicles￿contain￿up￿to￿70￿control￿units￿with￿well￿over￿100￿micro-controllers￿which are￿networked￿with￿each￿other.￿However,￿depending￿on￿the￿current￿vehicle￿condition￿or￿the￿vehicle user￿requirements,￿not￿all￿convenience￿and￿assistance￿systems￿may￿always￿be￿needed. It￿is￿possible￿to￿save￿energy,￿relieve￿the￿load￿on￿the￿battery￿and￿also￿prolong￿the￿battery￿life￿by￿targeted deactivation￿and￿activation￿on￿control￿units￿which￿are￿not￿needed,￿so-called￿selective￿partial￿network operation. If￿functions￿are￿not￿used￿or￿needed￿when￿driving,￿e.g.: • Seat￿adjustment 5.4.1.￿Prerequisites￿for￿partial￿network￿operation The￿partial￿network￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿calculates￿the￿partial￿network￿status￿on￿the￿basis of￿the￿current￿vehicle￿condition￿and￿the￿required￿functions.￿The￿control￿units￿that￿are￿not￿required￿are switched￿off￿by￿means￿of￿the￿corresponding￿bus￿messages. 5.4.2.￿Prerequisites￿of￿control￿units￿for￿partial￿network￿operation Different￿transceivers￿are￿used￿in￿order￿to￿operate￿the￿partial￿network￿operation￿in￿control￿units. These￿transceivers￿are￿able￿to￿evaluate￿and￿interpret￿messages.￿This￿control￿unit￿remains￿switched off￿as￿long￿as￿any￿bus￿communication￿takes￿place￿without￿a￿valid￿wake-up￿event￿for￿the￿corresponding control￿unit￿being￿present.￿If￿a￿valid￿wake-up￿event￿for￿the￿corresponding￿control￿unit￿is￿sent￿on￿the bus,￿the￿transceiver￿can￿activate￿the￿voltage￿regulator￿of￿the￿micro-controller￿and￿the￿control￿unit￿starts up.￿The￿control￿unit￿is￿switched￿off￿by￿deactivation￿of￿the￿voltage￿regulator.
  • Page 163 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...

  • Page 164: Technical￿Training

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension BMW￿Service...

  • Page 165: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿August￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 166 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. History ..............................................1.2. Overview￿of￿system￿descriptions ..............................1.3. Comparison￿of￿G12￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿with￿G30 ................1.4. Comparison￿of￿F10￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿with￿G30 ................1.5. Overview￿of￿chassis￿and￿suspension ............................. 1.5.1. Highlights ......................................Axles ..................................................... 2.1. Front￿ axle ............................................2.1.1. Notes￿for￿Service .................................. 2.2. Rear￿axle ............................................2.2.1. Notes￿for￿Service ................................Brakes .................................................... 3.1. Service￿brakes ........................................
  • Page 167 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Contents 5.1.1. Functions ....................................... 5.2. Steering ............................................. 5.2.1. Overview￿of￿equipment￿specifications ................... 5.2.2. Steering￿wheels .................................. 5.2.3. Steering￿column￿adjustment ......................... 5.3. Electric￿Active￿Roll￿Stabilization￿(EARS) ........................5.3.1. System￿wiring￿diagram￿for￿the￿voltage￿supply ..............5.3.2. Current￿flow ....................................

  • Page 168: History

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 1.￿Introduction The￿development￿code￿for￿the￿new￿7th￿generation￿BMW￿5￿Series￿is￿G30.￿The￿G30￿will￿be￿available starting￿in￿early￿2017. 1.1.￿History Historical￿overview￿of￿the￿BMW￿5￿Series Index Development￿code E12￿(1972–1981) E28￿(1981–1987) E34￿(1987–1995) E39￿(1995–2003) E60￿(2003–2010) F10￿(2010–2016) G30￿(production￿starts￿in￿late￿2016￿as￿a￿2017￿MY￿vehicle) 1.2.￿Overview￿of￿system￿descriptions Many￿of￿the￿systems￿used￿are￿already￿known￿from￿the￿current￿BMW￿7￿Series￿G12.￿The￿“Comparison of￿G12￿with￿G30”￿chapter￿lists￿the￿common￿elements￿and￿the￿differences.￿The￿explanations￿of￿the systems￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12￿are￿kept￿brief.￿Comprehensive￿system￿descriptions￿can￿be found￿in￿the￿G12￿Technical￿Reference￿Manual￿for￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle”. Topic “ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle” Service￿brakes G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Parking￿brake G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Tire￿Pressure￿Control G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Steering G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Electronic￿Damper￿Control￿(EDC) G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension Electric￿Active￿Roll￿Stabilization￿(EARS) G12￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension...
  • Page 169 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 1.￿Introduction 1.3.￿Comparison￿of￿G12￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿with￿G30 Some￿of￿the￿systems￿used￿in￿the￿G30￿have￿already￿been￿introduced￿in￿the￿G12.￿The￿following￿table provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿differences￿and￿common￿features￿between￿the￿two￿vehicles. System Front￿axle Double-wishbone￿front￿axle Double-wishbone￿front￿axle Front￿suspension Air￿spring Steel￿springs Front￿damping Electronic￿Damper￿Control Conventional￿shock￿absorber (EDC) or￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control (EDC) Anti-roll￿bar,￿front Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar or￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer or￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer (EARSV) (EARSV) Rear￿axle Five-link￿rear￿suspension Five-link￿rear￿suspension Rear￿suspension Air￿spring Steel￿springs Rear￿damping Electronic￿Damper￿Control Conventional￿shock￿absorber (EDC) or￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control (EDC) Rear￿anti-roll￿bar Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar or￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer or￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer (EARSH)
  • Page 170 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 1.￿Introduction 1.4.￿Comparison￿of￿F10￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿with￿G30 System Front￿axle Double-wishbone￿front￿axle Double-wishbone￿front￿axle Front￿suspension Steel￿springs Steel￿springs Front￿damping Conventional￿shock￿absorber Conventional￿shock￿absorber or￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control or￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control (EDC) (EDC) Anti-roll￿bar,￿front Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar￿or Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar hydraulic￿active￿stabilizer￿(ARS) or￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer (EARSV) Rear￿axle Integral￿V￿rear￿axle Five-link￿rear￿suspension Rear￿suspension Steel￿springs Steel￿springs Rear￿damping Conventional￿shock￿absorber Conventional￿shock￿absorber or￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control or￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control (EDC) (EDC) Rear￿anti-roll￿bar Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar￿or Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar hydraulic￿active￿stabilizer￿(ARS) or￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer (EARSH) Centering￿mounting￿for...
  • Page 171 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 1.￿Introduction 1.5.￿Overview￿of￿chassis￿and￿suspension Overview￿of￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Front￿axle￿spring￿strut Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment￿(optional￿equipment) Brake￿servo Steering￿column Steering￿wheel Rear￿axle￿spring￿strut Five-link￿rear￿suspension Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿(HSR)￿(optional￿equipment) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH)￿(optional￿equipment) Battery Auxiliary￿battery￿for￿24￿V￿steering Disc￿brake￿with￿electric￿parking￿brake￿on￿the￿rear￿axle Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)

  • Page 172: Highlights

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 1.￿Introduction Index Explanation Disc￿brake￿for￿front￿axle Double-wishbone￿front￿axle Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front￿(EARSV)￿(optional￿equipment) Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) The￿basic￿chassis￿on￿the￿G30￿differs￿from￿the￿F10￿by￿its￿enhanced￿dynamics￿with￿no￿loss￿of￿comfort. The￿critical￿contributions￿to￿enhancing￿comfort￿were￿achieved￿by￿optimization￿of￿the￿vehicle￿axles. The￿G30￿has￿1,￿2￿or￿3￿batteries￿depending￿on￿the￿equipment￿specification. 530i Technical￿data Rear-wheel￿drive xDrive Wheelbase 2975￿mm 2975￿mm Turning￿circle 12.05￿m 12.22￿m Ground￿clearance 144￿mm 139￿mm Vehicle￿US￿curb￿weight 1699￿kg￿/￿3746￿lbs 1759￿kg￿/￿3878￿lbs in￿kg￿/￿lbs 1.5.1.￿Highlights The￿following￿optional￿equipment￿is￿available￿in￿addition￿to￿the￿basic￿chassis￿and￿suspension: • M￿sports￿suspension￿(OE￿704) • M￿sport￿package￿(OE￿337) • Dynamic￿damper￿control￿(EDC)￿(OE￿223) • Integral￿Active￿Steering￿(OE￿2VH) • Adaptive￿Drive￿(OE￿2VA)￿only￿available￿in￿the￿540i￿and￿540i￿xDrive •...
  • Page 173 (EPS) EPS￿with￿variable￿rack  geometry Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control  (HSR) Dynamic￿damper￿control   (EDC) Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar￿on  front￿axle Conventional￿anti-roll￿bar￿on  rear￿axle Electric￿active￿roll  stabilization￿front￿(EARSV) Electric￿active￿roll  stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH) Vertical  acceleration￿sensors Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the  engine￿compartment￿(12￿V) BMW￿M550i￿vehicles The￿“Adaptive￿M￿Suspension”￿optional￿equipment￿can￿only￿be￿ordered￿with￿the￿BMW￿M550i￿drive variant. Model Adaptive￿Drive Adaptive￿M￿Suspension 530i 540i  M550i ...
  • Page 174 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 1.￿Introduction The￿table￿below￿shows￿the￿differences￿between￿the￿“Adaptive￿Drive”￿and￿“Adaptive￿M￿Suspension” optional￿equipment. Systems Adaptive￿Drive Adaptive￿M Suspension EPS￿with￿variable￿rack￿geometry  Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿(HSR)  Dynamic￿damper￿control￿(EDC)   Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front￿(EARSV)   Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH)   Vertical￿acceleration￿sensors   Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment   (12￿V) 10￿mm￿lowering  By￿contrast￿with￿all￿the￿other￿chassis￿variants,￿the￿Electronic￿Damper￿Control￿(EDC)￿is￿combined￿with￿a 10￿mm￿lowering￿in￿the￿"M￿Dynamic￿Professional"￿optional￿equipment.

  • Page 175: Axles

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles 2.1.￿Front￿axle Double-wishbone￿front￿axle￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Support￿bearing Wishbone,￿lower Steering￿box Cross￿member Universal￿joint￿of￿steering￿shaft￿to￿steering￿gear Cast￿side￿section Strut...
  • Page 176 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles Index Explanation Service￿opening Rear￿stiffening￿label Steering￿shaft Universal￿joint￿of￿steering￿shaft￿to￿steering￿column Triangle￿wishbone,￿top Side￿member Swivel￿bearing Wheel￿bearing￿unit Track￿rod￿end Trailing￿link Transverse￿tube Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿at￿the￿front￿(EARSV)￿(optional￿equipment) Cast￿corner Cast￿corner￿connection Spring￿strut￿holder The￿double￿wishbone￿front￿axle￿offers￿the￿following￿advantages: • Lower￿wishbone￿level￿broken￿down￿into￿tension￿strut￿and￿wishbone. • Outstanding￿driving￿dynamics,￿high￿agility￿thanks￿to￿high￿achievable￿lateral￿acceleration. • Outstanding￿roll￿stabilization￿when￿cornering￿without￿any￿reduction￿in￿ride￿comfort. • High￿comfort￿due￿to￿minimum￿influence￿of￿disturbance￿variables. • High￿comfort￿thanks￿to￿shock￿absorbers￿that￿are￿practically￿free￿of￿lateral￿forces. • Smooth,￿good￿spring￿response￿of￿the￿axle￿and￿good￿directional￿stability. Since￿the￿wheel￿guide￿is￿taken￿care￿of￿by￿the￿two￿wishbone￿planes,￿practically￿no￿more￿lateral￿forces act￿on￿the￿shock￿absorber.￿Because￿of￿the￿lower￿friction￿that￿results￿from￿this,￿the￿shock￿absorber can￿react￿sensitively￿to￿irregularities￿in￿the￿road￿surface.￿The￿piston￿rod￿can￿be￿made￿thinner￿because of￿the￿freedom￿from￿lateral￿forces,￿which￿means￿that￿the￿friction￿in￿the￿shock￿absorber￿is￿reduced resulting￿in￿a￿more￿similar￿displacement￿volume￿in￿the￿traction￿and￿compression￿directions￿for￿the shock￿absorber.￿This￿is￿important￿for￿the￿use￿of￿an￿electronically￿adjustable￿shock￿absorber￿system. The￿front￿axle￿is￿almost￿entirely￿made￿of￿aluminium,￿which￿helps￿with￿axle-load￿distribution￿and￿the vehicle￿weight. The￿steering￿gear￿can￿be￿easily￿removed￿for￿repair￿if￿needed.￿Time-consuming￿dismantling￿of￿the￿front axle￿is￿unnecessary.
  • Page 177 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles Replacement￿of￿a￿component Wheel￿alignment￿required on￿the￿front￿axle Front￿axle￿support Steering￿rack Wishbone,￿lower Rubber￿mount￿for￿wishbone,￿lower Trailing￿link Rubber￿mount￿for￿trailing￿link Triangle￿wishbone,￿top Rubber￿mount￿for￿top￿wishbone Track￿rod Swivel￿bearing Wheel￿bearing Spring￿strut Support￿bearing The￿following￿table￿shows￿when￿wheel￿alignment￿is￿necessary￿on￿the￿front￿axle￿when￿a￿component is￿removed. Undoing￿the￿screw￿connection Wheel￿alignment￿required at￿the￿front￿axle Front￿axle￿support￿to￿body Steering￿box￿to￿front￿axle￿support Bottom￿wishbone￿to￿front￿axle￿support Bottom￿wishbone￿to￿swivel￿bearing Trailing￿link￿to￿front￿axle￿support Trailing￿link￿to￿swivel￿bearing Top￿wishbone￿to￿body Top￿wishbone￿to￿swivel￿bearing Track￿rod￿to￿steering￿box Track￿rod￿end￿to￿track￿rod Track￿rod￿end￿to￿swivel￿bearing Spring￿strut￿to￿bottom￿wishbone Support￿bearing￿to￿body Bottom￿steering￿shaft￿to￿steering￿box Upper￿steering￿shaft￿to￿steering￿column...
  • Page 178 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles 2.2.￿Rear￿axle Five-link￿rear￿axle￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 179 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles Index Explanation Support￿bearing Shock￿absorber Rubber￿mount￿of￿the￿rear￿axle￿support￿on￿the￿body Rubber￿mount￿of￿the￿rear￿axle￿support￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿differential Air￿deflector Camber￿control￿arm Wishbone Camber￿link Wheel￿bearing￿unit Wheel￿carrier Trailing￿arm Control￿arm Compression￿strut Axle￿support The￿five-link￿rear￿axle￿is￿characterized￿by￿precise￿wheel￿guidance￿with￿outstanding￿driving￿dynamics. This￿is￿particularly￿noticeable￿with￿respect￿to￿the￿following￿characteristics: • Directional￿stability,￿target￿precision • Load￿transfer￿characteristics • Self-steering￿response • Lane￿changing￿stability • Transient￿handling￿characteristics￿(cornering/straight-ahead￿driving) It￿has￿been￿possible￿to￿substantially￿reduce￿the￿conflict￿between￿the￿goals￿of￿driving￿dynamics￿and comfort￿by￿implementing￿the￿following￿measures: • Double-elastic￿mounting. Rubber￿mounts￿between￿rear￿axle￿differential,￿rear￿axle￿support￿and￿body. • Preload-reduced￿rear￿axle￿mounts. Lower￿torsion￿stress￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿bearings￿thanks￿to￿spring￿struts￿positioned wide￿to￿the￿outside. • Large￿support￿area￿for￿the￿rear￿axle￿support.
  • Page 180 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles It￿has￿been￿possible￿to￿produce￿the￿various￿wishbones,￿with￿the￿exception￿of￿the￿upper￿wishbone, in￿a￿sheet￿steel￿design.￿Sheet￿steel￿wishbones￿offer￿similar￿weight￿advantages￿to￿aluminium￿forged wishbones,￿but￿are￿cheaper￿to￿produce.￿They￿are￿always￿used￿when￿a￿simple￿mounting￿geometry is￿used￿(straight￿wishbones).￿The￿top￿wishbone￿has￿been￿manufactured￿as￿an￿aluminium￿forged wishbone￿because￿of￿its￿more￿complex￿design. Replacement￿of￿the￿rubber￿mounts￿on￿sheet￿steel￿wishbones￿as￿a￿service￿operation￿is￿not￿permitted. The￿entire￿wishbone￿must￿be￿replaced￿in￿the￿event￿of￿wear￿to￿a￿rubber￿mount. 2.2.1.￿Notes￿for￿Service The￿following￿table￿shows￿when￿wheel￿alignment￿is￿necessary￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿when￿a￿component￿is replaced. Replacement￿of￿a￿component Wheel￿alignment￿required on￿the￿rear￿axle Rear￿axle￿support Rubber￿mount￿for￿rear￿axle￿support Camber￿control￿arm Camber￿link Trailing￿arm Wishbone Ball￿joint￿in￿the￿wheel￿carrier Control￿arm Wheel￿carrier Wheel￿bearing Spring￿strut Support￿bearing The￿following￿table￿shows￿when￿wheel￿alignment￿is￿necessary￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿when￿a￿component is￿undone. Undoing￿a￿component￿on￿the￿rear￿axle Wheel￿alignment￿required Rear￿axle￿support￿to￿body Front￿compression￿strut￿to￿body Camber￿link￿to￿rear￿axle￿support Camber￿control￿arm￿to￿wheel￿carrier Camber￿link￿to￿rear￿axle￿support Camber￿link￿to￿wheel￿carrier Trailing￿arm￿to￿rear￿axle￿support...
  • Page 181 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles Undoing￿a￿component￿on￿the￿rear￿axle Wheel￿alignment￿required Trailing￿arm￿to￿wheel￿carrier Control￿arm￿to￿rear￿suspension￿subframe Control￿arm￿to￿hub￿carrier Wishbone￿to￿rear￿axle￿support Wishbone￿to￿wheel￿carrier Spring￿strut￿to￿wheel￿carrier Support￿bearing￿to￿body Rear￿axle￿positioning Comparison￿of￿rear￿axle￿on￿the￿G12￿with￿the￿G30...
  • Page 182 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 2.￿Axles Index Explanation Rear￿axle￿of￿the￿G12 Rear￿axle￿of￿the￿G30 Body Mounting￿for￿rear￿axle￿support Centering￿mounting￿for￿rear￿axle￿support Rear￿axle￿support Rubber￿mount￿of￿the￿rear￿axle￿support On￿the￿G12,￿no￿centering￿mounting￿dowels￿are￿fitted￿on￿the￿body￿for￿alignment￿of￿the￿rear￿axle.￿A￿new special￿tool￿was￿used￿to￿align￿the￿thrust￿angle￿when￿installing￿the￿rear￿axle￿support. The￿centering￿mounting￿dowels￿are￿used￿on￿the￿G30.￿No￿special￿tool￿is￿required￿for￿installing￿the￿rear axle￿support.

  • Page 183: Brakes

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes Overview￿of￿the￿brake￿system￿on￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Wheel￿speed￿sensor￿connector,￿front￿right Electric￿parking￿brake￿actuator Brake￿pad￿wear￿sensor￿connector,￿rear￿right￿(single-stage) Wheel￿speed￿sensor￿connector,￿rear￿right Wheel￿speed￿sensor￿connector,￿rear￿left Brake￿disc,￿rear Brake￿caliper,￿rear Automatic-hold￿button Button￿for￿electric￿parking￿brake DSC￿button Pedal￿mechanism Brake￿servo Expansion￿tank DSC￿unit...
  • Page 184 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes Index Explanation Brake￿caliper,￿front￿left Brake￿disc,￿front￿left Brake￿pad￿wear￿sensor￿connector,￿front￿left Wheel￿speed￿sensor￿connector,￿front￿left...

  • Page 185: Service Brakes

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes 3.1.￿Service￿brakes The￿electric￿parking￿brake￿on￿the￿F10￿was￿actuated￿by￿a￿separate￿EMF￿control￿unit.￿This￿function￿has been￿integrated￿into￿the￿DSC￿control￿unit￿on￿the￿G30. 3.1.1.￿Pedal￿mechanism￿mounting The￿pedal￿mechanism￿mounting￿using￿ball￿head￿and￿plastic￿clip￿was￿taken￿from￿the￿G12￿and￿is identical￿on￿the￿G30. Mounting￿of￿the￿pedal￿mechanism￿on￿the￿brake￿servo￿linkage￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Brake￿servo￿linkage Pedal￿mechanism Ball￿head Plastic￿clamp...
  • Page 186 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes A￿special￿tool￿is￿needed￿to￿undo￿the￿connection￿(part￿number:￿83￿30￿2￿409￿646). Special￿tool￿for￿removing￿the￿pedal￿mechanism...
  • Page 187 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes 3.1.2.￿Front￿brake Overview￿of￿the￿brake￿calipers Different￿brake￿calipers￿are￿used￿depending￿on￿the￿engine￿installed￿and￿equipment￿specification. The￿following￿table￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿various￿brake￿calipers￿for￿the￿front￿axle. Supplier Brake￿disc￿size Caliper Caliper￿design/ [mm] brake￿pad Fixed￿caliper 1-part 4-piston Continental 348￿x￿30 ..Bonded￿pad backing￿plate Fixed￿caliper 2-part 4-piston Brembo 348￿x￿36 ..Bonded￿pad backing￿plate Fixed￿caliper 2-part 4-piston Brembo 374￿x￿36 ..Bonded￿pad backing￿plate All￿front￿brake￿calipers￿are￿made￿from￿aluminium.
  • Page 188 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes Bonded￿brake￿pads Bonded￿brake￿pads￿are￿used￿on￿the￿front￿brakes￿of￿the￿G30.￿The￿bonded￿brake￿pads￿are￿substantially less￿intrusive￿with￿regard￿to￿interference￿noise. Bonded￿brake￿pad￿on￿the￿front￿axle￿of￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Brake￿pad￿paste Adhesive￿film Pad￿backing￿plate The￿bonding￿surface￿of￿the￿brake￿pad￿must￿not￿be￿greased￿with￿the￿brake￿pad￿paste.￿The￿guides￿on the￿side￿must￿still￿be￿greased￿to￿ensure￿ease￿of￿movement￿of￿the￿brake￿pad￿in￿the￿brake￿caliper￿slot. Vibrations￿which￿may￿arise￿from￿movement￿between￿the￿pad￿backing￿plate￿and￿brake￿piston￿are prevented￿thanks￿to￿the￿rigid￿connection￿of￿the￿brake￿pad￿to￿the￿brake￿piston. The￿bonding￿surface￿must￿never￿be￿greased￿with￿the￿brake￿pad￿paste. The￿surface￿of￿the￿brake￿piston￿connected￿to￿the￿bonded￿pad￿backing￿plate￿must￿be￿cleaned thoroughly￿before￿new￿bonded￿brake￿pads￿are￿flitted. The￿brake￿pedal￿must￿be￿depressed￿for￿about￿1￿minute￿after￿new￿bonded￿brake￿pads￿have￿been￿fitted. This￿ensures￿that￿a￿reliable￿bonded￿connection￿is￿achieved￿between￿the￿brake￿piston￿and￿pad￿backing plate. The￿brake￿pads￿must￿be￿replaced￿if￿the￿bonded￿connection￿does￿not￿hold.￿Reusing￿the￿original￿pads￿is not￿permitted. The￿bonded￿connection￿between￿the￿brake￿piston￿and￿pad￿backing￿plate￿must￿not￿be￿separated￿with￿a hammer￿or￿screwdriver,￿but￿only￿with￿a￿plastic￿wedge,￿so￿as￿not￿to￿damage￿the￿brake￿caliper.
  • Page 189 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿valid￿repair￿instructions￿for￿the￿exact￿procedure￿for￿working￿on￿the￿brake￿system. 3.1.3.￿Rear￿brakes Overview￿of￿the￿brake￿calipers Two￿different￿brake￿calipers￿are￿used￿depending￿on￿the￿engine￿installed￿and￿equipment￿specification. Both￿variants￿have￿an￿actuator￿for￿applying￿the￿electric￿parking￿brake.￿The￿following￿table￿provides￿an overview￿of￿the￿various￿brake￿calipers￿for￿the￿rear￿axle. Supplier Brake￿disc￿size￿[mm] Figure Features/brake￿pad Aluminium ..Electric￿parking￿brake 330￿x￿20 actuator ..Greased￿pad￿backing plate Grey￿cast￿iron ..Electric￿parking￿brake 345￿x￿24 actuator ..Greased￿pad￿backing plate Brake￿pads Bonded￿brake￿pads￿are￿not￿used￿on￿the￿rear￿axle.
  • Page 190 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes 3.1.4.￿M￿Sport￿brake Sport￿brake￿optional￿equipment￿in￿the￿G30 An￿M￿Sport￿brake￿is￿available￿on￿the￿G30￿as￿optional￿equipment.￿The￿M￿Sport￿brake￿is￿included￿in￿the M￿Sport￿Package￿(OE￿ZMP)￿for￿the￿vehicles￿listed￿below. In￿addition,￿the￿M￿Sport￿brake￿can￿be￿ordered￿as￿a￿separate￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿2NH)￿for￿530i￿and the￿540i￿including￿xDrive￿versions. The￿M￿Sport￿brake￿is￿included￿as￿standard￿equipment￿of￿BMW￿M550i￿xDrive￿vehicle.

  • Page 191: Parking Brake

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 3.￿Brakes Overview￿of￿the￿variants The￿following￿table￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿various￿optional￿equipment￿levels￿and￿engine￿versions with￿which￿the￿sport￿brake￿is￿offered. Engine M￿Sport￿brake￿in￿the￿M M￿Sport￿brake￿as sport￿package￿(OE￿ZMP) separate￿optional equipment￿(OE￿2NH) 530i￿/￿530i￿xDrive   540i￿/￿540i￿xDrive   M550i￿xDrive Standard Standard Vehicle Brake￿disc Brake￿pad Figure Installation size￿[mm] location 530i￿/￿530i Bonded￿pad Version￿1 348￿x￿36 xDrive backing￿plate front 540i￿/￿540i Bonded￿pad Version￿2 xDrive￿&￿M550i 374￿x￿36 backing￿plate front xDrive 530i￿/￿530i...

  • Page 192: Wheels/Tires

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.1.￿Wheel￿hub The￿hub￿and￿hole￿circle￿diameter￿on￿current￿vehicles￿produced￿by￿the￿BMW￿Group￿was￿modified￿in 03/2014.￿The￿hub￿diameter￿was￿reduced￿from￿72.5￿mm￿to￿66.5￿mm.￿The￿hole￿pattern￿was￿modified from￿5￿x￿120￿(F01/F10)￿to￿5￿x￿112￿(G12/G30). Comparison￿of￿wheel￿hub￿on￿F10￿with￿that￿on￿G30 Index Explanation F10￿hub G30￿hub...

  • Page 193: Tire￿Pressure￿Control

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.2.￿Tire￿pressure￿control The￿G30￿is￿fitted￿with￿the￿RDCi￿system￿that￿has￿been￿used￿in￿other￿BMW￿vehicles￿with￿the￿wheel electronics￿sensors￿manufactured￿by￿Schrader.￿The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿system￿is￿incorporated￿into￿the DSC￿module. The￿following￿conditions￿are￿required￿to￿teach-in￿the￿new￿wheel￿electronics. Vehicle￿condition 5￿minutes 17￿minutes Parking￿(asleep)  Residing￿(awake)  PAD￿(testing-analysis-  diagnosis) Steady￿driving  4.2.1.￿Warnings The￿warning￿system￿for￿the￿tire￿pressure￿control￿has￿been￿continually￿developed￿and￿modified￿to￿meet customer￿needs￿during￿the￿various￿development￿stages.￿The￿warning￿system￿provides￿information promptly￿in￿the￿event￿of￿pressure￿deviations￿and￿thus￿makes￿an￿important￿contribution￿to￿avoiding vehicle￿breakdowns￿as￿a￿result￿of￿insufficient￿tire￿pressures. At￿present￿it￿is￿possible￿to￿distinguish￿between￿three￿warning￿levels. Warning￿level￿1 Warning￿level￿1￿Check￿Control￿message￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Tire￿pressure￿information Tire￿pressure￿slightly￿below￿the￿setpoint￿value,￿continued￿driving￿permissible Warning￿level￿1￿is￿a￿message￿to￿the￿customer￿that￿the￿tire￿pressure￿has￿dropped￿as￿a￿result￿of￿natural diffusion￿(tire￿pressure￿loss).￿There￿are￿no￿technical￿problems￿and￿it￿is￿possible￿to￿drive￿on￿without concern.￿For￿this￿reason,￿the￿KOMBI￿instrument￿cluster￿is￿showing￿an￿information￿symbol￿only.
  • Page 194 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Warning￿level￿2 Warning￿level￿2￿Check￿Control￿message￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Inflate￿tires Tire￿pressure￿too￿low,￿continued￿driving￿at￿a￿maximum speed￿of￿130￿km/h￿(80￿mph)￿permitted The￿warning￿level￿2￿message￿is￿shown￿when￿the￿tire￿pressure￿has￿dropped￿below￿the￿legal￿threshold and￿the￿customer's￿comfort￿and￿safety￿is￿impaired.￿A￿Check￿Control￿message￿and￿a￿yellow￿warning light￿are￿displayed￿accordingly￿in￿the￿KOMBI￿instrument￿cluster.￿It￿is,￿however,￿possible￿to￿drive￿on￿at moderate￿speeds.￿The￿tire￿pressure￿should,￿however,￿be￿corrected￿as￿soon￿as￿possible. Warning￿level￿2 21%￿-￿25%￿Tire￿pressure￿loss￿(cold￿pressure) Warning￿level￿3 Warning￿level￿3￿Check￿Control￿message￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Tire￿pressure￿loss,￿rear￿left Tire￿pressure￿loss,￿stop￿with￿care...

  • Page 195: Tire Pressures

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires The￿yellow￿warning￿light￿is￿shown￿if￿the￿tire￿pressure￿drops￿suddenly￿or￿falls￿below￿the￿warning￿level 3￿threshold.￿The￿customer￿should￿stop￿with￿care￿and￿check￿the￿tires￿visually.￿If￿possible,￿the￿tire pressure￿should￿be￿corrected. It￿is￿possible￿to￿drive￿on￿at￿a￿maximum￿speed￿of￿80￿km/h￿(50￿mph)￿if￿the￿vehicle￿has￿run-flat￿tires￿(RSC). Warning￿level￿3 Active Tire￿pressure￿less￿than￿1.5￿bar￿/￿22￿psi  Sudden￿tire￿pressure￿loss  4.2.2.￿Notes￿for￿Service All￿three￿warnings￿are￿an￿indication￿of￿a￿loss￿in￿tire￿pressure.￿The￿system￿is￿working￿correctly￿and faultlessly￿as￿to￿monitor￿the￿tire￿pressures.￿Electrical￿vehicle￿diagnosis￿is￿not￿necessary￿in￿this￿case, as￿no￿fault￿memory￿entry￿has￿been￿stored. In￿the￿event￿of￿warning￿level￿2￿and￿warning￿level￿3,￿the￿tire￿and￿the￿tire￿valve￿must￿also￿be￿checked￿for leaks￿or￿damage. The￿manufacturer's￿information￿must￿be￿observed￿in￿the￿event￿of￿any￿work￿on￿the￿wheels￿and￿tires. Failure￿to￿observe￿these￿requirements￿can￿lead￿to￿serious￿accidents. 4.3.￿Tire￿pressures Optimum￿adjustment￿of￿tire￿pressure￿is￿necessary￿for￿the￿following￿reasons: • Best￿possible￿driving￿dynamics. • Maximum￿utilization￿of￿tire￿service￿life. • Reduction￿of￿the￿fuel￿consumption. • Optimum￿operation￿of￿various￿suspension￿control￿systems. For￿this,￿the￿physical￿principles￿should￿be￿observed￿in￿combination￿with￿pressure￿and￿temperature. The￿following￿rule￿of￿thumb￿applies:￿So￿a￿temperature￿change￿for￿every￿+/–￿10￿°C￿or￿+/–￿18￿°F relates￿to￿an￿increase￿or￿decrease￿in￿tire￿pressure￿of￿roughly￿+/–￿0.1 bar￿or￿1.4￿psi.￿Please￿refer￿to￿the temperature￿chart￿below.
  • Page 196 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Temperature￿chart The￿tire￿pressures￿specified￿by￿the￿manufacturer￿apply￿for￿summer￿and￿winter￿operation,￿irrespective of￿the￿temperature.￿However,￿it￿must￿be￿observed￿that￿due￿to￿the￿seasonal￿temperature￿differences, the￿tire￿pressures￿should￿be￿checked￿frequently. 4.3.1.￿Cold￿Tire￿pressure If￿the￿tire￿air￿temperature￿is￿the￿same￿as￿the￿current￿ambient￿temperature,￿this￿is￿referred￿to￿as￿cold￿tire pressure.￿The￿tire￿pressures￿should￿only￿be￿changed￿with￿a￿cold￿tire￿pressure￿on￿vehicles￿without￿the electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label. 4.3.2.￿Warm￿Tire￿pressure During￿longer￿trips￿at￿higher￿driving￿speeds￿the￿tire￿warms￿up￿due￿to￿the￿friction￿with￿the￿road￿surface. The￿temperature￿of￿the￿tire￿increases￿as￿a￿result￿and￿this￿is￿accompanied￿by￿an￿increase￿in￿tire pressure.
  • Page 197 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires If￿there￿is￿a￿significant￿difference￿between￿ambient￿temperature￿and￿tire￿air￿temperature￿this￿is￿always referred￿to￿as￿warm￿tire￿pressure.￿Avoid￿changing￿the￿tire￿pressures￿when￿the￿tire￿is￿warm￿on￿vehicles without￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label. 4.4.￿Electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label 4.4.1.￿Technical￿functional￿description An￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿is￿being￿used￿for￿the￿first￿time￿at￿BMW.￿The￿tire￿pressure￿label￿sticker has￿been￿supplemented￿in￿the￿G30￿by￿an￿additional￿user￿menu￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display (CID). Tire￿pressures￿are￿changing￿constantly￿depending￿on￿tire￿air￿temperature.￿A￿change￿in￿the￿tire￿air temperature￿for￿every￿+/–￿10￿°C￿or￿+/–￿18￿°F￿corresponds￿to￿a￿pressure￿increase￿or￿pressure￿decrease of￿+/–￿0.1￿bar￿or￿1.4￿psi.￿For￿this￿reason,￿you￿may￿see￿a￿warning￿message￿of￿insufficient￿tire￿pressure￿if your￿tires￿have￿cooled￿significantly.￿In￿many￿of￿these￿cases,￿there￿is￿not￿technical￿fault,￿but￿insufficient checking￿of￿the￿tire￿pressures￿which￿should￿be￿checked￿at￿regular￿intervals. Unlike￿the￿tire￿pressure￿sticker,￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿permanently￿monitors￿the￿nominal pressures￿taking￿into￿consideration￿the￿current￿temperatures.￿This￿means￿that￿it￿determines￿and displays￿the￿optimum￿tire￿pressure￿at￿any￿temperature. Electronic￿tire￿pressures￿label￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿in￿the￿CID Tire￿pressure￿information￿label Once￿you￿have￿selected￿the￿relevant￿tire￿type￿(summer/winter),￿the￿tire￿size￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿and￿max speed￿range,￿the￿appropriate￿tire￿pressures￿are￿output￿to￿the￿CID￿(nominal￿pressure).￿Following￿the input￿and￿before￿the￿teach-in￿drive,￿these￿correspond￿to￿the￿tire￿pressures￿on￿the￿tire￿pressure￿label. The￿vehicle￿must￿then￿be￿driven￿so￿it￿can￿learn￿the￿new￿size￿wheels￿and￿tires.￿Once￿the￿teach-in￿drive has￿been￿successfully￿completed,￿the￿current￿optimum￿tire￿pressure￿taking￿into￿consideration￿the tire￿air￿temperatures￿is￿always￿displayed.￿This￿can￿differ￿from￿the￿information￿on￿the￿conventional￿tire pressure￿label￿on￿the￿B-pillar￿because￿it￿has￿taken￿the￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿into￿consideration.￿Correct tire￿pressures￿reduce￿fuel￿consumption￿and￿ensure￿greater￿driving￿safety.
  • Page 198 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires The￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿are￿measured￿by￿the￿four￿wheel￿electronics￿units￿in￿the￿various￿wheels.￿Since the￿wheel￿electronics￿units￿do￿not￿begin￿transmitting￿until￿driving￿speed￿has￿reached￿20￿km/h￿(12 mph),￿it￿is￿not￿possible￿to￿determine￿this￿while￿the￿vehicle￿is￿parked.￿A￿substitute￿value￿can￿be￿formed using￿the￿outside￿temperature￿sensor￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stationary￿for￿wheels￿that￿have￿already￿been taught-in￿(see￿the￿following￿chapter￿“Measurement￿of￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿when￿stationary”). When￿new￿wheels￿and￿tires￿are￿installed,￿for￿example￿during￿a￿wheel￿change￿in￿the￿workshop, the￿nominal￿pressure￿(cold￿tire￿pressure)￿can￿generally￿be￿used.￿When￿wheels￿are￿changed￿in￿the winter,￿however,￿the￿great￿temperature￿difference￿between￿the￿ambient￿temperature￿and￿the￿current temperature￿of￿the￿tire￿(difference￿between￿workshop￿temperature￿and￿ambient￿temperature)￿must be￿taken￿into￿consideration.￿In￿this￿case,￿the￿tire￿pressure￿from￿the￿conventional￿tire￿pressure￿label should￿be￿corrected￿upwards￿somewhat.￿A￿temperature￿difference￿for￿every￿+/–￿10￿°C￿corresponds￿to approximately￿0.1 bar￿tire￿pressure￿change. Tire￿pressure￿in￿bar￿and￿temperature￿in￿°C Index Explanation Tire￿air￿temperature￿in￿°C Pressure￿in￿bar A￿temperature￿difference￿for￿every￿+/–￿18￿°F￿corresponds￿to￿approximately￿1.4￿psi￿of￿tire￿pressure change.
  • Page 199 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Tire￿pressure￿in￿psi￿and￿temperature￿in￿°F Index Explanation Tire￿air￿temperature￿in￿°F Pressure￿in￿psi After￿the￿wheels￿have￿completed￿their￿teach-in￿drive,￿the￿nominal￿pressures￿can￿differ￿from￿the￿actual values￿determined￿and￿entered￿in￿the￿workshop.￿The￿background￿reason￿for￿this￿is￿the￿incorporation of￿the￿temperatures￿following￿a￿completed￿teach-in￿drive.￿The￿customer￿should￿be￿informed￿that although￿the￿tire￿pressures￿have￿been￿checked,￿these￿can￿constantly￿change￿depending￿on￿the temperature.￿However,￿the￿tire￿pressures￿should￿be￿adjusted￿again￿at￿an￿early￿opportunity￿if￿the difference￿is￿permanently￿more￿than￿0.2￿bar￿/￿2.9￿psi.
  • Page 200 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.4.2.￿System￿overview The￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿is￿an￿extension￿to￿the￿vehicle￿software.￿No￿additional￿components are￿required￿for￿the￿integration￿of￿this￿new￿function.￿All￿the￿information￿is￿supplied￿by￿sensors￿that￿are already￿built￿into￿the￿vehicle. System￿overview￿of￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Wheel￿electronics Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Outside￿temperature￿sensor Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)

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    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.4.3.￿Operation Menu￿guidance￿for￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿on￿the￿G30 Index Explanation My￿Vehicle Vehicle￿status Tire￿settings Tire￿type￿(summer/winter)
  • Page 202 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires A￿distinction￿must￿be￿made￿when￿using￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressure￿label￿in￿the￿following￿three situations: • Checking￿the￿tire￿pressures. • Checking￿the￿tire￿pressures￿after￿a￿wheel/tire￿change. • Checking￿the￿tire￿pressures￿of￿wheel￿and￿tire￿combinations that￿have￿not￿been￿saved￿(special￿sizes). The￿relationships￿and￿the￿special￿features￿of￿operation￿are￿described￿in￿greater￿detail￿below. Checking￿the￿tire￿pressures The￿tire￿pressure￿to￿be￿set￿on￿wheels￿that￿have￿already￿been￿taught-in￿can￿be￿identified￿from￿the setting￿menu￿as￿follows: • My￿Vehicle • Vehicle￿status • Tire￿Pressure￿Monitor Adjustment￿of￿the￿tire￿pressures￿for￿wheels￿that￿have￿already￿been￿taught-in￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿on￿the￿G30 If￿the￿tire￿pressures￿have￿to￿be￿checked,￿it￿is￿only￿necessary￿to￿call￿up￿the￿Tire￿Pressure￿Monitor￿(TPM) menu￿and￿compare￿the￿relevant￿nominal￿pressures￿displayed￿with￿the￿actual￿pressures.￿It￿must￿be noted￿here￿that￿the￿wheel￿and￿tire￿combination￿stored￿must￿match￿the￿wheel￿sizes￿actually￿fitted￿to￿the vehicle.￿The￿difference￿displayed￿must￿then￿be￿corrected￿with￿the￿help￿of￿a￿tire￿filling￿station.￿It￿is￿not necessary￿to￿reset￿the￿tire￿pressure￿control￿as￿it￿was￿on￿previous￿systems. A￿warning￿issued￿by￿the￿Tire￿Pressure￿Monitor￿(TPM)￿always￿relates￿to￿the￿current￿nominal￿pressure. There￿is￿no￿TPM￿reset￿provision￿for￿the￿wheel￿and￿tire￿combinations￿stored￿(standard￿sizes).￿The￿TPM warnings￿always￿relate￿to￿the￿nominal￿pressure￿displayed.￿No￿nominal￿pressure￿is￿displayed￿if￿special sizes￿have￿been￿selected.￿In￿this￿case,￿it￿is￿still￿necessary￿to￿carry￿out￿a￿manual￿TPM￿reset￿(see￿"tire Selection:￿Special￿Sizes"￿chapter).
  • Page 203 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Checking￿the￿tire￿pressures￿after￿a￿wheel￿change The￿tire￿pressure￿to￿be￿set￿on￿new￿wheels￿can￿be￿completed￿from￿the￿setting￿menu￿as￿follows: • My￿Vehicle • Vehicle￿status • Tire￿Pressure￿Monitor￿(TPM) • Tire￿settings • Tire￿type￿(summer/winter) Adjustment￿of￿the￿tire￿sizes￿to￿be￿set￿on￿new￿wheels￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿on￿the￿G30 The￿procedure￿for￿setting￿a￿new￿tire￿type￿is￿only￿necessary￿under￿the￿following￿conditions: • A￿new￿set￿of￿wheels￿has￿been￿fitted. • The￿max￿vehicle￿speed￿has￿changed. • The￿wheel￿and￿tire￿combination￿stored￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)￿does￿not correspond￿to￿the￿actual￿combination. The￿nominal￿pressures￿displayed￿after￿the￿input￿and￿confirmation￿of￿a￿new￿tire￿type￿always￿relate￿to the￿cold￿tire￿pressure.￿It￿is￿not￿possible￿to￿compare￿actual￿and￿nominal￿pressures￿through￿the￿Central Information￿Display￿(CID)￿as￿the￿system￿assumes￿that￿a￿new￿set￿of￿wheels￿has￿been￿fitted￿and￿its wheel￿electronics￿do￿not￿transmit￿any￿tire￿pressures￿while￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stationary. A￿warning￿message￿may￿be￿displayed￿in￿the￿event￿of￿incorrect￿operation￿of￿the￿system.￿If,￿for￿instance, a￿new￿tire￿type￿is￿selected￿and￿confirmed￿after￿a￿long￿highway￿journey,￿although￿the￿wheels￿currently fitted￿have￿not￿been￿swapped,￿there￿will￿be￿considerable￿pressure￿deviations￿between￿the￿nominal pressure￿displayed￿in￿the￿CID￿(cold￿tire￿pressure)￿and￿the￿actual￿tire￿pressure￿on￿the￿wheels￿(warm￿tire pressure)￿because￿of￿the￿temperature￿differences.￿The￿pressure￿deviation￿described￿can,￿however, only￿be￿determined￿using￿a￿tire￿inflator,￿as￿the￿system￿does￿not￿display￿any￿actual￿pressure￿on￿the￿CID after￿confirmation￿of￿the￿new￿tire￿type.￿There￿could￿be￿a￿new￿warning￿message￿in￿the￿subsequent teach-in￿drive￿if￿the￿tire￿pressures￿(warm￿tire￿pressure)￿in￿the￿wheels￿were￿now￿to￿be￿adjusted￿to￿the nominal￿pressure￿displayed￿on￿the￿CID￿(cold￿tire￿pressure)￿using￿the￿tire￿inflator.
  • Page 204 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires The￿background￿reason￿for￿this￿is￿the￿incorporation￿of￿the￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿transmitted.￿When the￿vehicle￿is￿in￿motion,￿the￿wheel￿electronics￿are￿constantly￿transmitting￿logs￿with￿the￿following information: • Identification￿number￿ID • Battery￿status • Tire￿pressure • Tire￿air￿temperature During￿the￿teach-in￿drive￿the￿system￿detects￿a￿warm￿tire￿and￿calculates￿a￿higher￿tire￿pressure￿for inflation￿than￿the￿nominal￿pressure￿displayed￿before￿starting￿the￿drive￿(cold￿tire￿pressure).￿The difference￿between￿the￿nominal￿pressure￿and￿the￿actual￿pressure￿can￿now￿be￿seen￿in￿the￿tire￿pressure control￿menu.￿The￿tire￿pressure￿must￿be￿adjusted￿again. When￿new￿wheels￿are￿fitted,￿for￿example￿during￿a￿wheel￿change￿in￿the￿workshop,￿the￿temperature difference￿between￿the￿ambient￿temperature￿and￿the￿current￿temperature￿of￿the￿tire￿(workshop temperature￿and￿ambient￿temperature)￿must￿therefore￿still￿be￿taken￿into￿account. Prompts￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Correct￿responses￿must￿be￿given￿for￿the￿following￿prompts￿in￿the￿menu￿to￿enter￿new￿wheel￿and￿tire combinations. Central￿Information￿Display Description New￿wheels￿can￿be￿selected￿from￿the￿tire Settings￿menu￿item. Important￿note: The￿nominal￿pressure￿displayed￿must￿be adjusted￿if￿it￿is￿only￿a￿question￿of￿adjusting the￿tire￿pressures￿and￿no￿new￿wheels￿have been￿fitted.￿Resetting￿the￿tire￿pressure￿(TPM reset)￿as￿required￿on￿previous￿vehicles￿is￿not necessary.￿The￿TPM￿warning￿pressures￿that are￿currently￿valid￿always￿relate￿to￿the￿nominal pressure￿displayed￿in￿the￿CID. The￿tire￿type￿(summer/winter)￿and￿the￿tire￿size, 17”,￿18”,￿19”￿or￿20”￿can￿be￿selected￿from￿the tire￿Settings￿menu￿item. Various￿combinations￿of￿tire￿and￿wheel￿are stored￿in￿the￿tire￿Selection￿menu.￿Find￿out￿the correct￿size￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿of￿the￿vehicle￿and enter￿it￿into￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display...
  • Page 205 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Central￿Information￿Display Description The￿Special￿Approval￿(different￿tires)￿menu￿item can￿be￿used￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • When￿a￿tire￿type￿not￿listed￿(special wheel/tire￿combination)￿is￿being￿used. • If￿the￿customer￿wishes￿to￿have￿a￿tire pressure￿other￿than￿that￿stored￿by￿the system￿for￿his￿tire￿type. When￿this￿function￿is￿used,￿the￿TPM￿system has￿to￿be￿reset￿as￿before￿(TPM￿reset)￿following a￿correction￿of￿the￿tire￿pressures. Once￿the￿appropriate￿wheel￿and￿tire combination￿has￿been￿selected,￿the￿max￿vehicle speed￿must￿be￿specified.￿The￿preset￿values should￿not￿be￿changed￿by￿the￿customer. Once￿the￿modified￿tire￿settings￿have￿been confirmed,￿the￿system￿loads￿the￿new￿nominal pressures￿.
  • Page 206 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Central￿Information￿Display Description The￿system￿then￿displays￿the￿modified￿tire type￿and￿the￿speed￿range.￿The￿new￿nominal pressures￿applicable￿for￿the￿front￿and￿rear￿axle are￿also￿displayed.￿The￿old￿actual￿pressures stored￿have￿been￿deleted. When￿the￿drive￿starts￿>￿20￿km/h￿(>￿12￿mph), the￿wheel￿electronics￿units￿transmit￿their￿logs. In￿the￿first￿teach-in￿stage￿the￿tire￿pressures￿are merely￿checked￿for￿plausibility￿and￿displayed in￿color. • Shown￿in￿green￿=￿tire￿pressure￿OK. • Shown￿in￿yellow￿=￿tire￿pressure￿not￿OK. In￿the￿second￿teach-in￿stage,￿the￿various￿wheel electronics￿are￿assigned￿to￿the￿particular￿wheel on￿which￿they￿are￿fitted.￿After￿successful assignment￿of￿the￿wheel￿electronics,￿the￿actual values￿can￿be￿displayed￿and￿compared￿with￿the nominal￿pressure. In￿the￿event￿of￿pressure￿deviations,￿it￿is￿merely necessary￿to￿adjust￿the￿actual￿pressure￿to￿the nominal￿pressure.￿It￿is￿not￿necessary￿to￿reset the￿TPM￿system￿(TPM￿reset). The￿nominal￿pressures￿displayed￿must￿be￿observed.￿Failure￿to￿do￿so￿may￿result￿in￿tire￿pressure warnings￿from￿the￿Tire￿Pressure￿Monitor￿(TPM)￿system.
  • Page 207 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.4.4.￿Tire￿selection:￿special￿sizes Special￿sizes￿(special￿approval)￿which￿are￿not￿listed￿in￿the￿menu￿must￿be￿entered￿by￿selecting￿"Other tires". Entering￿tire￿special￿sizes￿in￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressures￿label￿on￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Special￿approval￿(special￿sizes) Other￿tires Perform￿reset Note￿that￿reset￿possible￿only￿when￿stationary First￿teach-in￿stage￿(wheel￿electronics￿IDs￿known) Second￿teach-in￿stage￿(wheel￿assignment￿of￿the￿wheel￿electronics￿completed) This￿function￿should￿be￿used￿for￿special￿tire￿sizes￿only.￿There￿is￿no￿specification￿of￿the￿tire￿pressure for￿this￿selection.￿Following￿confirmation￿of￿the￿special￿tire￿sizes￿and￿adjustment￿of￿the￿tire￿pressure, the￿TPM￿learns￿the￿set￿tire￿pressure￿after￿a￿successful￿teach-in￿drive.￿This￿means￿that￿the￿warning threshold￿values￿are￿calculated￿by￿the￿TPM￿system￿using￿the￿tire￿pressure￿currently￿set.￿This￿function in￿this￿menu￿is￿identical￿to￿that￿of￿previous￿TPM￿systems.￿The￿tire￿pressures￿must￿always￿be￿reset￿in the￿special￿sizes￿menu￿after￿any￿change￿(TPM￿reset).￿It￿is￿not￿possible￿to￿perform￿a￿nominal/actual comparison￿of￿the￿various￿tire￿pressures￿(no￿nominal￿pressure￿output). In￿exceptional￿cases,￿this￿function￿can￿also￿be￿used￿to￿accommodate￿special￿customer￿requirements. The￿output￿of￿the￿nominal￿pressure￿can￿be￿disabled￿by￿selecting￿the￿special￿sizes￿if￿a￿customer￿does not￿wish￿to￿accept￿the￿nominal￿pressures￿displayed.￿This￿makes￿it￿possible￿to￿teach-in￿an￿individual tire￿pressure￿for￿the￿TPM￿system￿warning￿threshold￿values.
  • Page 208 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires In￿general,￿the￿specified￿minimum￿pressures￿must￿be￿observed￿when￿teaching-in￿new￿tire￿pressures. For￿example,￿it￿is￿not￿possible￿to￿teach-in￿tire￿pressures￿<￿2.0￿bar￿/￿29￿psi.￿In￿this￿event,￿a￿tire￿pressure loss￿warning￿will￿be￿output￿during￿the￿teach-in￿time. 4.4.5.￿Tire￿pressure￿loss￿display If￿the￿tire￿pressure￿falls￿below￿the￿stored￿warning￿threshold￿values￿the￿driver￿is￿informed,￿whether￿it is￿a￿case￿of￿sudden￿tire￿pressure￿loss￿or￿gradual￿tire￿pressure￿drop￿immediately￿through￿the￿Central Information￿Display￿(CID). The￿system￿only￿warns￿of￿inadequate￿tire￿pressures.￿There￿is￿no￿such￿warning￿for￿excessive￿tire pressure. Tire￿pressure￿loss￿warning￿in￿the￿G30 The￿wheel￿in￿question￿changes￿color￿from￿green￿to￿yellow￿when￿the￿tire￿pressure￿is￿too￿low.
  • Page 209 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.4.6.￿Teaching-in￿the￿tire￿pressures The￿vehicle￿must￿be￿driven￿at￿speeds￿>20￿km/h￿(>12￿mph)￿to￿teach-in￿new￿tire￿pressures.￿The￿current teach-in￿status￿(progress￿as￿a￿%)￿is￿indicated￿in￿the￿display. Display￿of￿the￿procedure￿for￿teaching-in￿new￿tire￿pressures￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)￿on￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Note:￿Settings￿changed￿to;￿tire￿type:￿225/55￿R￿17￿97￿Y,￿over￿100￿mph Note:￿Tire￿pressure￿being￿measured￿68% Note:￿Tire￿pressure￿measurement￿successfully￿completed As￿soon￿as￿the￿system￿has￿accepted￿the￿ID￿of￿the￿new￿wheel￿electronics￿(first￿teach-in￿time)￿the￿tires are￿shown￿in￿color￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID). Once￿the￿tire￿pressures￿appear￿on￿the￿CID,￿the￿system￿has￿completed￿the￿wheel￿assignment￿(second teach-in￿time).
  • Page 210 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires 4.4.7.￿Measurement￿of￿the￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿when￿stationary Input￿and￿output￿graphic￿in￿the￿electronic￿tire￿pressures￿label￿on￿the￿G30...
  • Page 211 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Index Explanation Input Output Tire￿air￿temperature Ambient￿temperature Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Tire￿pressure￿output Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) In￿the￿case￿of￿wheel￿electronics￿that￿have￿already￿been￿taught-in,￿the￿current￿tire￿pressures￿are output￿through￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)￿even￿if￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stationary.￿However,￿the relevant￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿are￿required￿before￿the￿system￿can￿display￿the￿tire￿pressures￿that￿are currently￿applicable.￿These￿are￿determined￿and￿forwarded￿by￿the￿four￿wheel￿electronics￿units￿at regular￿intervals￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is￿in￿motion.￿Since￿the￿wheel￿electronics￿do￿not￿transmit￿while￿the vehicle￿is￿stationary,￿the￿tire￿air￿temperatures￿can￿only￿be￿retrieved￿while￿the￿vehicle￿is￿in￿motion. When￿the￿vehicle￿is￿at￿a￿standstill,￿the￿tire￿air￿temperature￿is￿calculated￿using￿a￿special￿algorithm (calculation￿model).￿The￿information￿from￿the￿outside￿temperature￿sensor￿is￿required￿for￿this. Once￿the￿calculation￿is￿complete,￿the￿specified￿tire￿pressures￿are￿output￿from￿the￿DSC￿to￿the￿CID.
  • Page 212 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires Measurement￿of￿the￿tire￿air￿temperature￿when￿stationary￿G30 Index Explanation Tire￿air￿temperature Time Ambient￿temperature Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC)
  • Page 213 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 4.￿Wheels/Tires The￿wheel￿electronics￿send￿data￿logs￿to￿the￿remote￿control￿service￿(FBD)￿up￿to￿a￿driving￿speed￿of about￿20 km/h￿(12￿mph).￿The￿logs￿are￿forwarded￿from￿there￿via￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC)￿to the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC). The￿data￿log￿sent￿last,￿before￿the￿vehicle￿stops￿is￿saved￿with￿the￿corresponding￿tire￿air￿temperature. At￿the￿same￿time￿the￿ambient￿temperature￿is￿determined￿from￿the￿outside￿temperature￿sensor￿and saved.￿The￿tire￿air￿temperature￿currently￿valid￿is￿then￿calculated￿using￿these￿two￿values,￿taking￿into consideration￿the￿time￿for￿which￿the￿vehicle￿has￿been￿stopped.￿An￿algorithm￿is￿stored￿in￿the￿DSC￿for this.￿After￿no￿more￿than￿2￿hours￿the￿tires￿will￿have￿cooled￿down￿so￿much￿that￿the￿tire￿air￿temperature matches￿the￿ambient￿temperature.
  • Page 214 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control FlexRay￿bus￿overview￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 215 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control Index Explanation ACSM Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module Dynamic￿Stability￿Control EARSV Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front EARSH Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control Optional￿equipment￿system Vertical￿Dynamic￿Platform Transfer￿case As￿is￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12,￿the￿G30￿does￿not￿have￿Integrated￿Chassis￿Management￿(ICM).￿The ICM￿functions￿are￿distributed￿between￿the￿optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS)￿and￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability Control￿(DSC). It￿has￿been￿possible￿to￿further￿improve￿the￿driving￿dynamics￿in￿the￿G30￿by￿selective￿use￿of￿various control￿functions.￿This￿is￿particularly￿keenly￿felt￿in￿relation￿to￿the￿steering￿behavior,￿the￿traction￿and￿the vehicle's￿stability. The￿control￿units￿necessary￿to￿meet￿the￿requirements￿on￿driving￿dynamics￿are￿located￿on￿the￿FlexRay bus.￿This￿allows￿them￿to￿quickly￿exchange￿their￿information￿with￿each￿other￿and￿react￿to￿events. The￿following￿actuators￿are￿activated￿as￿needed: • Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿HSR￿(optional￿equipment) • Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿EPS￿(standard￿equipment) • DME￿engine￿control￿unit • VTG￿transfer￿case￿(optional￿equipment) • Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿at￿the￿front￿and￿rear￿(EARSV/EARSH)￿(optional￿equipment) • Electronic￿Damper￿Control￿(EDC)￿(optional￿equipment) The￿tables￿below￿provide￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿various￿control￿functions￿and￿their￿effects￿on￿the drivability. Steering￿function Description Control￿units Dynamic￿driving￿rear...
  • Page 216 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control Traction Description Control￿units Cornering￿Traction Influencing￿the￿rolling￿moment￿relationships • Control between￿front￿and￿rear￿axle￿is￿used￿to￿improve￿the • EARS traction￿when￿cornering. Driving￿dynamic Regulating￿the￿drive￿torque￿within￿limits￿on￿the intervention￿in￿drive basis￿of￿the￿calculated￿coefficient￿of￿friction￿to • torques avoid￿excessive￿jumps￿in￿ASC￿control.￿A￿more • comfortable￿design￿is￿achieved￿by￿reducing￿the interventions￿felt. Efficiency￿Mode Efficiency￿Mode￿allows￿a￿reduction￿in￿consumption thanks￿to￿activation￿of￿AWD￿functionality￿when it￿is￿needed.￿The￿torque￿distribution￿towards￿the • front￿wheels￿can￿be￿completely￿cut-off￿in￿driving • situations￿where￿all-wheel￿drive￿is￿not￿needed. Smart￿control￿allows￿the￿torque￿distribution￿to￿be reactivated￿again￿proactively￿to￿control￿traction. Stabilization Description Control￿units Cornering￿Steering Selective￿influencing￿of￿the￿rolling￿moment • Behavior relationship￿between￿front￿and￿rear￿axles￿promotes a￿stable￿and￿agile￿characteristic￿of￿the￿vehicle's￿self- •...

  • Page 217: Dynamic Stability Control (Dsc)

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control 5.1.￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Alongside￿the￿Vertical￿Dynamics￿Platform￿(VDP)￿control￿unit,￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) represents￿the￿core￿element￿of￿the￿driving￿dynamics￿control￿systems￿used￿to￿increase￿active￿safety.￿It optimizes￿driving￿stability￿in￿all￿driving￿conditions￿and￿also￿traction￿when￿driving￿off￿and￿accelerating. Furthermore,￿it￿identifies￿unstable￿driving￿conditions￿such￿as￿under￿or￿oversteering￿and￿helps￿maintain the￿stability￿of￿the￿vehicle. TRW￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿EBC460 Index Explanation DSC￿control￿unit Rear￿left￿wheel￿brake￿connection Rear￿right￿wheel￿brake￿connection Front￿right￿wheel￿brake￿connection Front￿left￿wheel￿brake￿connection Tandem￿master￿brake￿cylinder￿for￿brake￿circuit￿1￿connection Hydraulic￿units...

  • Page 218: Functions

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control Index Explanation Electric￿motor Holder Tandem￿master￿brake￿cylinder￿for￿brake￿circuit￿2￿connection DSC￿control￿unit￿connector￿strip The￿connections￿have￿differing￿thread￿diameters￿to￿prevent￿confusion￿of￿the￿brake￿lines￿on￿the￿DSC. 5.1.1.￿Functions Modern￿DSC￿units￿have￿a￿variety￿of￿different￿functions￿with￿the￿help￿of￿which￿they￿support￿the￿driver￿in hazardous￿situations￿and￿in￿sporty￿driving. Function Description Prevents￿the￿wheels￿from￿locking￿under￿braking. Antilock￿Brake￿System Regulates￿distribution￿of￿the￿brake￿force￿to￿the￿front￿and￿rear Electronic￿brake￿force axles￿depending￿on￿the￿load￿status￿of￿the￿vehicle. distribution Regulates￿brake￿pressure￿under￿braking￿when￿cornering. Cornering￿Brake￿Control Applies￿maximum￿brake￿pressure￿in￿the￿event￿of￿panic￿braking Dynamic￿Brake￿Control and￿thus￿shortens￿the￿stopping￿distance. Prevents￿the￿drive￿wheels￿spinning￿when￿driving￿off￿by Automatic￿Stability￿Control intervening￿in￿the￿engine￿and￿brakes. Prevents￿the￿drive￿wheels￿locking￿up￿because￿of￿braking￿by￿the Engine￿drag￿torque￿control motor￿when￿there￿is￿a￿low￿coefficient￿of￿friction￿with￿the￿road surface. Prevents￿understeer￿or￿oversteer￿in￿all￿driving￿situations￿by Dynamic￿Stability￿Control selective￿braking￿and￿engine￿management￿interventions￿on individual￿wheels. Reduces￿DSC￿interventions￿and￿thus￿enhances￿drive￿on￿loose Dynamic￿Traction￿Control surfaces. Detects￿panic￿braking￿and￿supports￿the￿driver￿through￿immediate Dynamic￿Brake￿Control application￿of￿maximum￿brake￿pressure.

  • Page 219: Steering

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control Function Description Brake￿standby Builds￿up￿a￿moderate￿brake￿pressure￿when￿the￿driver￿takes￿his foot￿off￿the￿accelerator￿pedal￿very￿quickly.￿This￿means￿that￿the braking￿effect￿will￿begin￿sooner￿in￿the￿event￿of￿subsequent￿panic braking. Fading￿Brake￿Support Supports￿the￿driver￿when￿braking￿if￿the￿brake￿temperature￿has become￿very￿high￿due￿to￿an￿extreme￿driving￿style￿and￿the￿desired deceleration￿can￿be￿achieved￿only￿by￿applying￿a￿higher￿brake force. Drive-off￿assistant Holds￿the￿vehicle￿for￿approximately￿1.5￿seconds￿on￿uphill gradients￿although￿the￿driver￿has￿already￿released￿the￿brake. This￿means￿that￿the￿driver￿can￿drive￿off￿comfortably,￿without￿the vehicle￿rolling￿back￿down￿the￿hill￿unintentionally. Automatic￿Hold Automatically￿holds￿the￿vehicle￿after￿it￿has￿come￿to￿a￿standstill without￿it￿being￿necessary￿to￿still￿press￿the￿brake￿when￿the￿drive position￿is￿selected.￿The￿brake￿is￿automatically￿released￿again￿on subsequent￿acceleration.￿There￿is￿a￿button￿to￿enable￿and￿disable the￿function￿manually. Electric￿parking￿brake When￿the￿parking￿brake￿button￿is￿pressed￿the￿DSC￿control￿unit controls￿the￿two￿actuators￿on￿the￿rear￿axle￿brake￿caliper.￿The￿two electric￿motors￿in￿the￿actuators￿operate￿a￿spindle￿drive￿which uses￿the￿brake￿piston￿to￿press￿the￿brake￿pads￿against￿the￿brake disc￿with￿a￿high￿preload￿force. Brake￿pad￿wear￿detection Monitors￿the￿front￿left￿and￿rear￿right￿brake￿pads￿for￿wear￿and reports￿a￿corresponding￿service￿requirement￿through￿the￿KOMBI instrument￿cluster￿or￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID). Tire￿pressure￿control Monitors￿the￿current￿tire￿pressures￿on￿all￿wheels￿and￿provides information￿when￿pressures￿fall￿below￿stored￿warning￿threshold values￿by￿issuing￿corresponding￿instructions. The￿Hill￿Descent￿Control￿(HDC)￿is￿no￿longer￿used￿on￿passenger￿cars￿with￿xDrive,￿HDC￿is￿currently￿only used￿on￿the￿X￿models.￿(X5,￿X6￿etc.) 5.2.￿Steering The￿G30￿has￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS)￿in￿the￿following￿different￿versions:...
  • Page 220 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control 5.2.1.￿Overview￿of￿equipment￿specifications The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿the￿installation￿positions￿of￿the￿different￿system￿components. Overview￿of￿steering￿system￿types￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering Conventional￿rack￿geometry￿(standard￿steering) Variable￿rack￿geometry￿(Integral￿Active￿Steering) Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU)￿(only￿for￿24￿V￿steering) Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control￿Integral￿Active￿Steering 12￿V￿auxiliary￿battery￿(only￿for￿24￿V￿steering) Separating￿element￿(only￿for￿24￿V￿steering) 12 V￿battery Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)
  • Page 221 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control Only￿the￿basic￿steering￿is￿offered￿in￿some￿vehicle￿types. Components Standard Integral￿Active Integral￿Active steering￿12￿V Steering￿12￿V Steering￿24￿V EPS￿with￿normal￿rack  geometry EPS￿with￿variable￿rack   geometry 12 V￿battery    12￿V￿auxiliary￿battery  Power￿Control Unit￿PCU￿(DC/DC  converter￿150￿W) Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle   control￿HSR Integral￿Active￿Steering￿is￿offered￿as￿12￿V￿or￿24￿V￿steering￿depending￿on￿the￿front￿axle￿load. The￿following￿information￿for￿the￿voltage￿range￿of￿the￿Integral￿Active￿Steering￿applies￿for￿series￿launch. The￿values￿can￿change￿at￿any￿point￿during￿series￿production. Vehicles Model Engine Rear-wheel￿drive All-wheel￿drive with￿Integral with￿Integral Active￿Steering Active￿Steering...

  • Page 222: Steering￿Column￿Adjustment

    G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control 5.2.2.￿Steering￿wheels Overview￿of￿the￿steering￿wheel￿versions￿on￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Sports￿steering￿wheel￿with￿shift￿paddles￿(382￿mm)￿standard￿on all￿G30￿models￿except￿on￿the￿M550i￿xDrive M￿sports￿steering￿wheel￿with￿shift￿paddles￿(373￿mm)￿standard on￿the￿M550i￿xDrive,￿optional￿on￿all￿other￿G30￿models The￿following￿additional￿functions￿in￿the￿steering￿wheel￿can￿be￿present￿as￿options: • Heated￿steering￿wheel. • Steering￿wheel￿vibration￿for￿assistance￿systems￿such￿as￿lane￿departure￿and￿lane￿change warning. • Touch￿detection￿for￿the￿traffic￿jam￿assistant￿function. 5.2.3.￿Steering￿column￿adjustment Steering￿column￿is￿adjusted￿electronically. Steering￿column￿adjustment Forward/back￿adjustment Height￿adjustment Electric 60￿mm +/-￿20￿mm...
  • Page 223 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control 5.3.￿Electric￿Active￿Roll￿Stabilization￿(EARS) System￿overview￿of￿electric￿active￿stabilization￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front￿(EARSV) Front￿right￿vertical￿acceleration￿sensor Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment Rear￿right￿vertical￿acceleration￿sensor Vertical￿Dynamics￿Platform￿(VDP) Rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear￿(EARSH) Rear￿left￿vertical￿acceleration￿sensor Front￿right￿vertical￿acceleration￿sensor...
  • Page 224 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control The￿electrical￿active￿stabilizers￿(EARS)￿had￿their￿series￿introduction￿in￿the￿G12.￿The￿stabilizers￿are available￿to￿the￿customer￿only￿as￿optional￿equipment￿in￿conjunction￿with￿further￿suspension￿control systems￿(see￿Highlights￿chapter).￿The￿system￿has￿been￿adopted￿in￿full￿in￿the￿G30￿with￿the￿exception￿of the￿preview￿function. The￿preview￿function,￿which￿was￿implemented￿on￿the￿G12￿using￿the￿stereo￿camera,￿is￿not￿used￿on￿the G30.￿For￿this￿reason,￿the￿name￿of￿the￿optional￿equipment￿has￿been￿changed￿from￿“Executive￿Drive Pro”￿on￿the￿G12￿to￿“Adaptive￿Drive”￿or￿“￿Dynamic￿Handling￿Package”￿on￿the￿G30.
  • Page 225 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control 5.3.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿for￿the￿voltage￿supply EARS￿system￿wiring￿diagram￿in￿the￿G30...
  • Page 226 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control Index Explanation Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Starter￿motor Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿at￿the￿front￿(EARSV) Alternator Power￿distribution￿box,￿engine￿compartment Jump￿start￿terminal￿point Auxiliary￿battery￿in￿the￿engine￿compartment Power￿distribution￿box,￿auxiliary￿battery,￿engine￿compartment Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller CAN￿terminator Power￿distribution￿box,￿rear Fuse￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box Power￿Control￿Unit￿(PCU) Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿at￿the￿rear￿(EARSH) Battery￿power￿distribution￿box Safety￿battery￿terminal Battery Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿left￿(PHEV￿version￿only)
  • Page 227 G30￿Chassis￿and￿Suspension 5.￿Driving￿Stability￿Control 5.3.2.￿Current￿flow The￿graphic￿below￿shows￿the￿control￿characteristics￿depending￿on￿the￿road￿surface￿or￿the￿route. Current￿flow￿on￿the￿power￿supply￿line￿to￿the￿electrical￿active￿stabilizer￿in￿the￿G30 Index Explanation Rough￿road￿condition Avoidance￿maneuver Traffic￿circle Smooth￿road￿condition...
  • Page 229 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...

  • Page 230: Technical￿Training

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics BMW￿Service...

  • Page 231: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 232 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics Contents Exterior￿Lights ..............................................1.1. Versions ..............................................1.2. Lighting,￿front ..........................................1.2.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..............................1.2.2. LED￿adaptive￿headlight￿with￿cornering￿light ................1.2.3. Adaptive￿full￿LED￿headlights ..........................1.3. Lighting,￿rear ..........................................1.3.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..............................1.3.2. Rear￿light ......................................1.4. High-beam￿assistant ......................................1.4.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ............................1.5. Ground￿lights ..........................................Interior￿Lighting ............................................2.1. Ambient￿lighting ........................................
  • Page 233 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics Contents Roller￿Sunblind ............................................. 8.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..................................... Steering￿Column￿Switch￿Cluster￿(SZL) ............................9.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..................................... 9.2................................................10. Electric￿Steering￿Column￿ ....................................... 10.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..................................... 11. Exterior￿Mirrors ............................................11.1. Exterior￿mirror￿ ........................................11.1.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ............................12. Interior￿Mirror ..............................................12.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..................................... 13. Seats ....................................................13.1. Front￿seats ...........................................

  • Page 234: Exterior Lights

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.1.￿Versions The￿following￿exterior￿light￿versions￿are￿available￿for￿the￿G30: • LED￿Adaptive￿headlights￿with￿cornering￿light • Adaptive￿Full￿LED￿headlight￿(OE￿552)￿is￿optional • LED￿fog￿lights 1.2.￿Lighting,￿front The￿following￿are￿the￿headlight￿versions￿available￿for￿the￿G30: Headlight￿versions Index Explanation LED￿adaptive￿headlights￿with￿cornering￿light Adaptive￿Full￿LED￿Headlights...
  • Page 235 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.2.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Front￿exterior￿lights...
  • Page 236 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights Index Explanation Left￿LED￿fog￿light Right￿LED￿fog￿light Left￿headlight￿with￿Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left￿(FLEL) Right￿headlight￿with￿Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right￿(FLER) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller Turn￿indicator￿in￿exterior￿mirror,￿right CAN￿terminator Fuse￿for￿rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Fuse￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿battery Ride-height￿sensor,￿rear￿left Turn￿indicator￿in￿exterior￿mirror,￿left Light￿switch Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Hazard￿warning￿switch/Intelligent￿Safety￿button Rain-light-solar-condensation￿sensor￿(RLSBS) Ride￿height￿sensor,￿front￿left The￿turn￿indicator￿with￿LED￿technology￿and￿bulb￿are￿shown￿in￿the￿wiring￿diagram.￿Depending￿on￿the headlight￿version,￿the￿turn￿indicator￿is￿designed￿either￿with￿LED￿technology￿or￿as￿a￿bulb.
  • Page 237 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.2.2.￿LED￿adaptive￿headlight￿with￿cornering￿light LED￿adaptive￿headlight￿with￿cornering￿light Index Explanation Cornering￿lights Side￿lights￿and￿daytime￿driving￿lights Side￿lights￿and￿daytime￿driving￿lights Low-beam￿headlight/High-beam￿headlight Turn￿indicator Side￿marker￿light On￿the￿LED￿adaptive￿headlight￿with￿cornering￿light,￿the￿low-beam￿headlight￿and￿high￿beam￿are￿in￿the same￿reflector. A￿bulb￿is￿also￿used￿for￿the￿turn￿indicator.
  • Page 238 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.2.3.￿Adaptive￿full￿LED￿headlights Adaptive￿LED￿Headlights Index Explanation Cornering￿lights Side￿lights￿and￿daytime￿driving￿lights High-beam￿headlight Side￿lights￿and￿daytime￿driving￿lights High-beam￿headlight Side￿marker￿light Low-beam￿headlight Turn￿indicator Low-beam￿headlight...
  • Page 239 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights Headlight￿switch There￿are￿two￿additional￿buttons￿on￿the￿headlight￿switch￿of￿the￿G30.￿These￿buttons￿on￿the￿right￿side￿of the￿switch,￿are￿to￿illuminate￿the￿right￿or￿left￿side￿parking￿lamps￿when￿the￿vehicle￿condition￿is￿switched to￿PARKING￿(asleep). Headlight￿switch Once￿the￿button￿is￿pressed￿a￿check￿control￿message￿will￿appear￿in￿the￿KOMBI￿to￿inform￿the￿driver￿of this￿feature. Left￿roadside￿parking￿lamps￿on Right￿roadside￿parking￿lamps￿on Roadside￿parking￿lamps￿off...
  • Page 240 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.3.￿Lighting,￿rear 1.3.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Rear￿exterior￿lights...
  • Page 241 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights Index Explanation Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller Rear￿light￿cluster,￿right￿outer Rear￿light￿cluster,￿right￿inner Licence-plate￿light,￿right Licence-plate￿light,￿left Rear￿light￿cluster,￿left￿inner Rear￿light￿cluster,￿left￿outer Additional￿brake￿light Interference￿suppression￿filter Light￿switch Hazard￿warning￿switch/Intelligent￿Safety￿button Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Rain-light-solar-condensation￿sensor￿(RLSBS) Brake￿light￿switch...

  • Page 242: High-Beam￿Assistant

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.3.2.￿Rear￿light Rear￿light Index Explanation Turn￿indicator Reversing￿light￿(bulb) Brake￿light Tail￿light 1.4.￿High-beam￿assistant On￿vehicles￿with￿Camera-based￿driver￿assistance￿systems￿(KAFAS),￿the￿function￿of￿the￿high-beam assistant￿is￿performed￿by￿the￿KAFAS. On￿vehicles￿without￿Camera-based￿driver￿assistance￿systems￿(KAFAS),￿the￿high-beam￿assistant￿is integrated￿in￿the￿interior￿mirror. High-beam￿assistant￿(FLA)
  • Page 243 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 1.￿Exterior￿Lights 1.4.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram High-beam￿assistant Index Explanation High-beam￿assistant￿(FLA) CAN￿terminator Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller Light￿switch Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) 1.5.￿Ground￿lights The￿ground￿lighting￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿corresponding￿door￿modules.￿The￿LEDs￿of￿the￿ground￿lighting are￿directly￿activated￿by￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC).

  • Page 244: Interior Lighting

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 2.￿Interior￿Lighting 2.1.￿Ambient￿lighting The￿ambient￿lighting￿includes￿6￿predefined,￿selectable￿light￿designs. Adjust￿the￿lighting￿design￿and￿the￿brightness￿with￿the￿controller.￿The￿selected￿design￿is￿displayed￿on the￿CID.
  • Page 245 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 2.￿Interior￿Lighting 2.1.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Interior￿lighting,￿ambient￿lighting...
  • Page 246 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 2.￿Interior￿Lighting Index Explanation Ambient￿lighting,￿instrument￿panel,￿passenger's￿side Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Lighting￿for￿door￿storage￿compartment,￿passenger's￿side Door￿trim￿panel￿lighting,￿passenger's￿side Lighting,￿center￿stack Door￿contour￿lighting,￿passenger's￿side Lighting￿for￿door￿storage￿compartment,￿passenger's￿side￿rear Door￿trim￿panel￿lighting,￿passenger's￿side￿rear Door￿contour￿lighting,￿passenger's￿side￿rear Fuse￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿rear￿right Door￿contour￿lighting,￿driver's￿side￿rear Door￿trim￿panel￿lighting,￿driver’s￿side￿rear Door￿storage￿compartment￿lighting,￿driver’s￿side￿rear Door￿contour￿lighting,￿driver's￿side Door￿trim￿panel￿lighting,￿driver’s￿side Door￿storage￿compartment￿lighting,￿driver’s￿side Footwell￿light,￿front￿left Contour￿lighting,￿instrument￿panel,￿driver's￿side Contour￿lighting,￿instrument￿panel,￿passenger's￿side Contour￿lighting,￿instrument￿panel,￿passenger's￿side Footwell￿light,￿front￿right RGB￿(Red,￿Green￿and￿Blue)￿LED￿modules￿are￿used￿for￿the￿ambient￿lighting. The￿lighting￿for￿the￿ambient￿interior￿lighting￿is￿controlled￿via￿a￿separate￿LIN￿bus.￿The￿individual￿LED modules￿are￿connected￿via￿a￿local￿interconnect￿network￿bus.￿The￿LED￿modules￿are￿connected￿in series￿to￿the￿LIN￿bus￿around￿the￿vehicle. If￿the￿LIN￿bus￿is￿interrupted￿at￿a￿certain￿point￿or￿the￿micro￿controller￿on￿the￿LED￿is￿faulty,￿then￿further light￿transmittance￿is￿interrupted￿at￿this￿point.￿A￿search￿for￿the￿fault￿must￿be￿carried￿out￿at￿the￿location where￿the￿last￿LED￿illuminates. 2.2.￿Light￿Effect￿Manager On￿a￿vehicle￿with￿a￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿audio￿system,￿the￿actuation￿of￿the￿lighting￿of￿the￿speaker￿trims￿is implemented￿via￿the￿Light￿Effect￿Manager.
  • Page 247 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 2.￿Interior￿Lighting 2.2.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Light￿Effect￿Manager...
  • Page 248 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 2.￿Interior￿Lighting Index Explanation Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Lighting￿for￿tweeter￿cover,￿passenger's￿side￿door Lighting￿for￿mid-range￿speaker￿cover,￿passenger's￿side￿door Lighting￿for￿mid-range￿speaker￿cover,￿rear￿passenger's￿side￿door Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿rear￿right CAN￿terminator Light￿Effect￿Manager￿(LEM) Lighting￿for￿mid-range￿speaker￿cover,￿door,￿driver's￿side￿rear Lighting￿for￿mid-range￿speaker￿cover,￿driver's￿side￿door Lighting￿for￿tweeter￿cover,￿driver's￿side￿door Lighting￿for￿center￿speaker LED￿modules￿are￿used￿for￿the￿speaker￿cover￿lighting￿for￿the￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿audio￿system. The￿lighting￿is￿controlled￿via￿a￿LIN￿bus￿by￿the￿Light￿Effect￿Manager￿to￿the￿LED￿modules￿of￿the￿speaker trims. 2.2.2.￿System￿components Light￿Effect￿Manager Light￿Effect￿Manager The￿control￿Light￿Effect￿Manager￿control￿unit￿(LEM)￿is￿responsible￿for￿controlling￿the￿lighting￿of￿the speaker￿covers￿in￿the￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿audio￿system.
  • Page 249 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 3.￿Windshield￿Wiper/Washer￿System 3.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Wash/wipe￿system...
  • Page 250 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 3.￿Windshield￿Wiper/Washer￿System Index Explanation Outside￿temperature￿sensor Washer￿fluid￿level￿switch Washer￿pump￿for￿headlight￿cleaning￿system Electric￿motor,￿windscreen￿washer￿pump Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Rain‐light‐solar-condensation￿sensor Wiper￿motor Heated￿washer￿jet,￿left Heated￿washer￿jet,￿center Heated￿washer￿jet,￿right The￿wiper￿motor￿is￿a￿12 V￿motor￿with￿transmission.￿The￿control￿unit,￿wiper￿motor￿and￿the￿transmission form￿one￿complete￿unit.￿This￿wiper￿motor￿unit￿consists￿of: • A￿permanently￿excited￿direct￿current￿motor￿with￿attached￿reduction￿gear. • Control￿unit￿electronics￿with￿eccentric￿shaft￿sensor￿with￿attached￿plug￿connection. The￿control￿unit￿in￿the￿wiper￿motor￿is￿able￿to￿identify￿the￿following￿faults: • Faults￿in￿the￿control￿unit￿electronics. • Short￿circuits￿at￿the￿motor￿and￿sensor￿system. • Open￿lines￿at￿the￿motor￿and￿sensor￿system. The￿control￿unit￿in￿the￿wiper￿motor￿does￿not￿have￿a￿fault￿memory.￿The￿fault￿code￿entry￿is￿stored￿in￿the Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC). The￿heated￿washer￿jets￿are￿activated￿by￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. The￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿is￿also￿responsible￿for￿actuation￿of￿the￿windshield￿washer￿pump￿and evaluation￿of￿the￿washer￿fluid￿level￿switch.
  • Page 251 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions 4.1.￿Comfort￿Access 4.1.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Comfort￿Access...
  • Page 252 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿front￿passenger￿door Outside￿door￿handle￿electronics￿(TAGE),￿front￿passenger￿door CAN￿terminator Comfort￿Access￿antenna,￿side￿sill,￿right Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿rear￿passenger￿door Outside￿door￿handle￿electronics￿(TAGE),￿rear￿passenger￿door Trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿rear￿right Control￿unit￿for￿hands￿free￿rear￿lid￿opening Sensor￿at￿bottom￿for￿non-contact￿trunk￿opening Sensor￿at￿top￿for￿non-contact￿trunk￿opening Antenna￿for￿the￿parking￿assistant￿for￿the￿rear￿bumper Acoustic￿warning￿device￿for￿trunk￿activation Button￿for￿trunk Trunk￿contact￿switch￿in￿the￿trunk￿lock Button￿for￿closing￿trunk Luggage￿compartment￿light Comfort￿Access￿antenna,￿luggage￿compartment Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Outside￿door￿handle￿electronics￿(TAGE),￿rear￿driver's￿side￿door Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿rear￿driver's￿side￿door Comfort￿Access￿antenna,￿side￿sill,￿left Outside￿door￿handle￿electronics￿(TAGE),￿driver's￿door Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿driver's￿door Comfort￿Access￿antenna,￿passenger￿compartment Comfort￿Access￿antenna,￿passenger￿compartment...
  • Page 253 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions 4.2.￿Central￿locking￿system 4.2.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Central￿locking￿system...

  • Page 254: Function

    Explanation Hotel￿position￿switch Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Door￿lock,￿front￿passenger￿door Central￿locking￿button,￿front￿passenger￿door (depending￿on￿the￿national-market￿version) Power￿window￿electronics,￿passenger's￿side￿front Door￿lock,￿passenger's￿side,￿rear Actuator￿for￿fuel￿filler￿flap Trunk￿contact￿switch￿in￿the￿trunk￿lock Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive Fuse￿in￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box Button￿for￿closing￿trunk Fuse￿in￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Door￿lock,￿driver's￿side,￿rear Power￿window￿electronics,￿driver's￿side￿front Door￿lock,￿driver's￿door Central￿locking￿button,￿driver's￿door Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Button￿for￿opening￿trunk 4.2.2.￿Function The￿function￿of￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿of￿the￿G30￿is￿based￿on￿that￿of￿current￿BMW￿models. All￿functions￿relevant￿for￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿are￿controlled￿by￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. The￿function￿is￿as￿follows: • The￿radio￿signal￿from￿the￿ID￿transmitter￿is￿received￿by￿the￿remote￿control￿receiver. • The￿signal￿causes￿the￿BDC￿to￿activate￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿and￿the￿interior￿lighting. • The￿BDC￿evaluates￿the￿status￿of￿all￿door￿contacts￿of￿the￿trunk￿and￿the￿hotel￿position￿switch. • The￿status￿of￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿button￿is￿also￿evaluated￿by￿the￿BDC.￿The￿BDC activates￿the￿central￿locking￿system,￿depending￿on￿the￿status. • The￿BDC￿is￿responsible￿for￿activation￿of￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿and￿the￿drive￿for automatic￿soft-close￿in￿the￿trunk. • Activation￿of￿fuel￿filler￿flap￿unlocking￿is￿also￿performed￿by￿the￿BDC.
  • Page 255 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions 4.3.￿Automatic￿operation￿of￿trunk 4.3.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Automatic￿operation￿of￿trunk...
  • Page 256 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions Index Explanation Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Hotel￿position￿switch Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller CAN￿terminator Fuses￿in￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box Trunk￿lift￿drive,￿right Trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM) trunk￿contact￿switch￿in￿the￿trunk￿lock Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive Button￿for￿closing￿trunk￿(inner) Button￿for￿trunk Acoustic￿warning￿device￿for￿trunk￿activation Reed￿contact Luggage￿compartment￿light Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Button￿for￿opening￿trunk Power￿window￿motor,￿driver's￿side￿front Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI)
  • Page 257 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions 4.4.￿Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿system 4.4.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿system...
  • Page 258 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 4.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿front￿passenger￿door Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive,￿front￿passenger￿door Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿rear￿passenger￿door Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive,￿rear￿passenger￿door Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿rear￿right Trunk￿contact￿switch￿in￿the￿trunk￿lock Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive,￿trunk Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive,￿rear￿driver's-side￿door Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿rear￿driver's￿side￿door Automatic￿Soft￿Close￿drive,￿driver's￿door Switch￿in￿door￿lock￿of￿driver's￿door...

  • Page 259: Alarm System

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 5.￿Alarm￿System 5.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Alarm￿system...
  • Page 260 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 5.￿Alarm￿System Index Explanation Engine￿compartment￿lid￿contact￿switch Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Door￿contact,￿front￿passenger's￿side,￿front CAN￿terminator Door￿contact￿on￿front￿passenger's￿side,￿rear Fuse￿for￿rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Siren￿with￿tilt￿alarm￿sensor trunk￿contact￿switch￿in￿the￿trunk￿lock Door￿contact￿on￿driver's￿side,￿rear Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) LED￿in￿the￿interior￿mirror Door￿contact,￿driver's￿side,￿front The￿alarm￿system￿in￿the￿G30￿is￿equipped￿with￿an￿ultrasonic￿interior￿movement￿detector￿for￿monitoring the￿passenger￿compartment.￿The￿ultrasonic￿interior￿movement￿detector￿(USIS)￿is￿fully￿integrated￿in the￿roof￿function￿center￿(FZD). The￿door￿contacts,￿engine￿compartment￿lid￿contact￿switch￿and￿the￿opening￿of￿the￿trunk￿are￿monitored by￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller.￿As￿soon￿as￿a￿status￿changes,￿the￿ultrasonic￿interior￿movement detector￿receives￿this￿information￿via￿the￿K-CAN2.￿If￿the￿alarm￿system￿is￿activated,￿the￿siren￿with￿tilt alarm￿sensor￿is￿activated￿by￿the￿control￿unit￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿break-in. The￿SINE￿is￿connected￿to￿the￿FZD￿via￿a￿local￿interconnect￿network￿bus. The￿status￿of￿the￿alarm￿system￿is￿displayed￿via￿the￿LED￿at￿the￿interior￿mirror.

  • Page 261: Power Windows

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 6.￿Power￿Windows 6.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Power￿window￿regulator...
  • Page 262 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 6.￿Power￿Windows Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Power￿window￿motor,￿passenger's￿side Power￿window￿switch,￿front￿passenger's￿side,￿front Power￿window￿motor,￿passenger's￿side￿rear Power￿window￿switch,￿front￿passenger's￿side￿rear Power￿window￿switch￿driver's￿side,￿rear Power￿window￿motor,￿driver's￿side￿rear Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Power￿window￿motor,￿driver's￿side￿front...
  • Page 263 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 7.￿Slide/Tilt￿Sunroof 7.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Slide/Tilt￿sunroof Index Explanation Motor,￿slide/tilt￿sunroof Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator Sliding￿roofliner￿motor...

  • Page 264: Roller￿Sunblind

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 8.￿Roller￿Sunblind 8.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Roller￿sunblind...
  • Page 265 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 8.￿Roller￿Sunblind Index Explanation Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator Trunk￿function￿module￿(HKFM) Fuse￿for￿rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Roller￿sunblind￿motor,￿rear￿window Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door...
  • Page 266 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 9.￿Steering￿Column￿Switch￿Cluster￿(SZL) 9.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster...
  • Page 267 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 9.￿Steering￿Column￿Switch￿Cluster￿(SZL) Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿buttons,￿right Touch￿detection￿HOD￿(Hands￿Off￿Detection) Shift￿paddle,￿right Steering￿column￿switch,￿right Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Steering￿column￿switch,￿left Driver's￿airbag Shift￿paddle,￿left Steering-wheel￿heating￿button Steering￿wheel￿heating Vibration￿motor Steering￿wheel￿module Horn￿button Multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿buttons,￿left Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI)

  • Page 268: Szl

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 9.￿Steering￿Column￿Switch￿Cluster￿(SZL) 9.2.￿SZL Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) The￿turn￿signal/high￿beam￿switch￿on￿the￿G30￿mechanically￿engages￿in￿the￿corresponding￿position when￿operated.￿The￿return￿is￿done￿mechanically￿by￿the￿steering￿wheel￿upon￿returning￿to￿center. All￿signals￿of￿the￿buttons￿and￿switches￿of￿the￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿(MFL)￿and￿the￿steering column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL)￿are￿transmitted￿via￿Local￿Interconnect￿Network￿(LIN)￿to￿the￿Body￿Domain Controller￿(BDC).

  • Page 269: Electric￿Steering￿Column

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 10.￿Electric￿Steering￿Column 10.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Electric￿steering￿column￿adjustment...
  • Page 270 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 10.￿Electric￿Steering￿Column Index Explanation Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Steering￿column￿adjustment￿button Memory￿switch Electronics￿for￿steering￿column￿adjustment Motor￿for￿electric￿steering￿column￿adjustment,￿height Motor￿for￿electric￿steering￿column￿adjustment,￿vertical...

  • Page 271: Exterior Mirrors

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 11.￿Exterior￿Mirrors 11.1.￿Exterior￿mirror 11.1.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Exterior￿mirror...
  • Page 272 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 11.￿Exterior￿Mirrors Index Explanation Outside￿temperature￿sensor Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Exterior￿mirror,￿front￿passenger's￿side Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Exterior￿mirror,￿driver's￿side Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Inside￿mirror The￿instrument￿cluster￿receives￿the￿value￿of￿the￿ambient￿temperature￿from￿the￿outside￿temperature sensor￿and￿makes￿this￿available￿via￿the￿PT-CAN.￿The￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿evaluates￿the￿signal￿and triggers￿the￿activation￿of￿the￿mirror￿heating￿via￿the￿local￿interconnect￿network￿bus.￿The￿control￿of￿the heater￿output￿is￿dependent￿on￿the￿ambient￿temperature. The￿mirror￿servomotors￿are￿activated￿by￿the￿mirror￿electronics.￿The￿request￿for￿adjusting￿the￿exterior mirror￿is￿received￿by￿the￿mirror￿electronics￿via￿the￿local￿interconnect￿network￿bus. The￿exterior￿mirrors￿still￿retain￿the￿folding￿in￿function,￿but￿now￿they￿can￿be￿programmed￿to automatically￿fold￿inward￿when￿the￿vehicle￿is￿locked.￿This￿feature￿must￿be￿activated￿in￿the￿CID￿by selecting￿My￿Vehicle. First￿select￿“My￿Vehicle” Next￿select￿“Vehicle￿settings”...
  • Page 273 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 11.￿Exterior￿Mirrors Select￿“Doors/Key” Select￿“Fold￿mirrors￿in￿when￿locked”...

  • Page 274: Interior Mirror

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 12.￿Interior￿Mirror 12.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Inside￿mirror Index Explanation Inside￿mirror Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) The￿interior￿mirror￿is￿connected￿with￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿via￿LIN￿bus. The￿LED￿for￿the￿alarm￿system￿is￿located￿in￿the￿interior￿mirror.

  • Page 275: Seats

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats 13.1.￿Front￿seats 13.1.1.￿Memory￿sports￿seat,￿driver's￿side,￿front Memory￿seat￿and￿memory￿sports￿seat,￿driver's￿side,￿front...
  • Page 276 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats Index Explanation Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Exterior￿mirror,￿front￿passenger's￿side Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator Motor,￿longitudinal￿seat￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿angle￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿height￿adjustment Motor,￿backrest￿angle￿adjustment Motor,￿headrest￿height￿adjustment Driver's￿seat￿module (SMFA) Valve￿block,￿backrest￿width￿adjustment Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿pump Valve￿block,￿lumbar-support￿adjustment Switch,￿seat￿adjustment Seat￿heating￿pad,￿backrest Seat￿heating￿pad,￿seat￿surface Memory￿switch Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Exterior￿mirror,￿driver's￿side Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning￿(IHKA)
  • Page 277 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats 13.1.2.￿Fully-electric￿seat,￿front,￿passenger's￿side Fully-electric￿seat,￿front,￿passenger's￿side...
  • Page 278 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats Index Explanation Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Seat-heating￿electronics￿on￿front￿passenger's￿side Seat￿heating￿pad,￿backrest Seat￿heating￿pad,￿seat￿surface Valve￿block,￿lumbar-support￿adjustment Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿pump Valve￿block,￿backrest￿width￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿height￿adjustment Motor,￿backrest￿angle￿adjustment Motor,￿headrest￿height￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿angle￿adjustment Motor,￿longitudinal￿seat￿adjustment Switch,￿seat￿adjustment...
  • Page 279 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats 13.1.3.￿Multifunction￿seat,￿front The￿following￿wiring￿diagram￿shows￿the￿seat￿on￿the￿driver's￿side.￿The￿passenger's￿side￿is￿identical￿but reversed￿left-to-right. Multifunction￿seat,￿front,￿driver's￿side...
  • Page 280 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats Index Explanation Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Exterior￿mirror,￿front￿passenger's￿side Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right CAN￿terminator Motor,￿longitudinal￿seat￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿angle￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿height￿adjustment Motor,￿backrest￿angle￿adjustment Motor,￿headrest￿height￿adjustment Motor,￿seat￿depth￿adjustment Motor,￿backrest￿head￿adjustment Motor,￿backrest￿width￿adjustment Motor,￿backrest￿width￿adjustment Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿seat￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿seat￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿seat￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿seat￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿backrest￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿backrest￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿backrest￿surface Motor,￿active￿seat￿ventilation,￿backrest￿surface Driver's￿seat￿module (SMFA) Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿pump Valve￿block,￿lumbar-support￿adjustment Seat￿heating￿pad,￿backrest Seat￿heating￿pad,￿seat￿surface Switch,￿seat￿adjustment Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door Memory￿switch Exterior￿mirror,￿driver's￿side...

  • Page 281: Rear Seats

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats 13.2.￿Rear￿seats 13.2.1.￿Seat￿heating,￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Seat￿heating,￿basic￿seat,￿rear￿passenger￿compartment...

  • Page 282: Massage

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Seat￿heating￿pad,￿seat￿surface,￿passenger’s￿side￿rear Seat￿heating￿pad,￿backrest,￿passenger’s￿side￿rear Seat-heating￿electronics,￿rear￿passenger's￿side Fuse￿in￿the￿rear￿power￿distribution￿box Seat-heating￿electronics,￿rear￿driver's￿side Seat￿heating￿pad,￿backrest,￿driver’s￿side￿rear Seat￿heating￿pad,￿seat￿surface,￿driver’s￿side￿rear Seat-heating￿switch,￿rear￿left Seat-heating￿switch,￿rear￿right 13.3.￿Massage Eight￿different￿massage￿functions￿in￿the￿backrest￿and￿seat￿cushion￿are￿available￿to￿activate￿or￿relax muscles.￿This￿allows￿the￿back￿muscles￿to￿be￿relaxed￿and￿the￿strain￿on￿the￿spinal￿discs￿to￿be￿relieved. The￿8￿programs￿are￿divided￿into￿3￿categories: • Mobilization • Relaxation • Vitalization In￿the￿case￿of￿mobilization,￿the￿strain￿on￿the￿spine￿is￿relieved￿by￿targeted￿body￿movements. In￿the￿relaxation￿program,￿the￿muscles￿are￿relaxed￿by￿massage. The￿vitalization￿program￿is￿made￿up￿of￿both￿mobilization￿and￿relaxation.￿The￿combination￿of￿movement and￿massage￿ensures￿relaxation￿and￿recuperation,￿particularly￿on￿long￿drives.
  • Page 283 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats 13.3.1.￿Seat￿massage,￿both￿front￿seats Seat￿massage,￿both￿front￿seats...
  • Page 284 G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 13.￿Seats Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box CAN￿terminator Switch￿block,￿front￿passenger￿door Switch,￿lumbar￿support,￿front￿passenger￿seat Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿right Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿pump,￿front￿passenger￿seat Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿pump,￿driver's￿seat Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿left Switch,￿lumbar￿support,￿driver's￿seat Switch￿block,￿driver's￿door...

  • Page 285: Horn

    G30￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics 14.￿Horn 14.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram Horns Index Explanation Horn,￿left Horn,￿right Relay￿in￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Signal￿path￿of￿horn: • When￿the￿horn￿is￿pressed￿the￿signal￿is￿received￿by￿the￿steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL). • The￿SZL￿sends￿the￿information￿via￿the￿LIN￿bus￿to￿the￿Body￿Domain￿Controller. • The￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿evaluates￿the￿information￿and￿activates￿the￿relay￿for￿the￿horn.
  • Page 287 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...

  • Page 288: Technical￿Training

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems BMW￿Service...

  • Page 289: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿November￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 290 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. Further￿information ......................................G30￿Bus￿Overview ............................................KAFAS ....................................................3.1. Functional￿limitations ....................................... Optional￿Equipment￿System ....................................Overview￿of￿Sensors .......................................... Intelligent￿Safety ............................................6.1. Overview￿of￿the￿configuration￿menu ........................... Collision￿Warning ............................................. 7.1. Warning￿and￿braking￿function ............................... 7.1.1. Displays ......................................7.2. Operation ............................................7.3. Limits￿of￿the￿system ..................................... Lane￿Departure￿Warning ......................................8.1. Active￿steering￿intervention ................................
  • Page 291 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems Contents 13.1. Operation ............................................13.2. Limits￿of￿the￿system ..................................... 14. Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert ......................................14.1. Operation ............................................14.2. Limits￿of￿the￿system ..................................... 15. Night￿ Vision ................................................ 15.1. Operation ............................................15.2. Limits￿of￿the￿system ..................................... 16. Cameras ..................................................16.1. Surround￿View ........................................16.1.1. Automatic￿camera￿angle ............................16.1.2. Side￿view ....................................... 16.1.3. Front￿camera ...................................
  • Page 292 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems Contents 18. Cross￿Traffic￿Alert ..........................................18.1. Functional￿principle ......................................18.2. Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear ................................... 18.3. Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front ..................................18.4. Displays ............................................. 18.5. Operation ............................................18.6. Limits￿of￿the￿system ..................................... 19. Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant ..................................19.1. Parallel￿parking/perpendicular￿parking ..........................19.1.1. Curbside￿parking ................................19.1.2. Perpendicular￿parking ............................... 19.2. System￿components ....................................19.3. System￿wiring￿diagram .....................................
  • Page 293 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems Contents 23. Lateral￿Guidance￿Assistants ................................... 23.1. Launch￿timeline ........................................ 24. Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants ............................ 24.1. Functional￿principle ....................................24.1.1. Hands-off-Detection ............................... 24.1.2. Functional￿prerequisites ........................... 24.1.3. Lane￿change ..................................24.1.4. Function￿logic ..................................24.1.5. Steering￿interventions ............................24.1.6. Operation ....................................24.1.7. Deactivation￿criteria ..............................24.1.8. Limits￿of￿the￿system ............................... 25. Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant .................................
  • Page 294 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 1.￿Introduction The￿most￿versatile￿range￿of￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿ever￿for￿a￿BMW￿model￿was￿launched￿with￿the introduction￿of￿the￿G12. Numerous￿innovative￿systems￿have￿been￿introduced￿and￿have￿opened￿the￿way￿for￿highly￿automated driving.￿It￿is￿planned￿that￿the￿technical￿prerequisites￿will￿have￿been￿laid￿for￿an￿“Autobahn￿pilot”￿by￿2020 so￿that￿we￿will￿be￿able￿to￿offer￿highly￿automated￿driving￿for￿the￿first￿time. At￿present,￿however,￿the￿appropriate￿legal￿foundations￿have￿not￿been￿laid￿for￿autonomous￿driving. Drivers￿are￿still￿expected￿to￿drive￿with￿both￿hands￿on￿the￿steering￿wheel,￿although￿systems￿are￿already in￿place￿to￿drive￿the￿vehicle￿autonomously￿in￿certain￿situations. The￿already￿comprehensive￿range￿of￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿has￿been￿expanded￿again￿in￿the￿G30 to￿include￿revolutionary￿new￿systems.￿Systems￿such￿as￿Intersection￿Warning￿are￿in￿use.￿Evasion￿Aid is￿presented￿for￿the￿first￿time￿with￿the￿launch￿of￿the￿G30.￿For￿even￿greater￿convenience,￿the￿restart time￿on￿the￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿Stop&Go￿function￿has￿been￿increased,￿and￿the￿detection￿of￿more information￿and￿the￿incorporation￿of￿further￿sensors￿has￿made￿more￿driver-like￿driving￿characteristics possible. A￿further￿feature￿among￿the￿camera￿systems￿is￿the￿Remote￿3D￿View￿function￿which￿makes￿it￿possible to￿transmit￿an￿image￿of￿the￿parked￿vehicle￿to￿mobile￿devices. The￿interplay￿between￿the￿varied￿and￿intelligent￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿supports￿the￿driver￿in every￿respect;￿from￿making￿driving￿more￿comfortable￿to￿providing￿the￿reassuring￿feeling￿of￿safety￿on￿all roads. The￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿help￿to￿make￿the￿driver's￿life￿easier￿by: • Providing￿the￿driver￿with￿information • Prompting￿the￿driver￿with￿suggestions • Automatically￿intervening￿in￿the￿driving￿process This￿reference￿manual￿contains￿an￿overview￿of￿all￿the￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿used￿in￿the￿G30: • Camera-based￿collision￿warning • Frontal￿Collision￿Warning￿with￿City￿Collision￿Mitigation • Daytime￿Pedestrian￿Protection • Lane￿Departure￿Warning • Blind￿Spot￿Detection •...

  • Page 295: Further Information

    Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant • Remote￿Control￿Parking • Speed￿control • Speed￿limit￿warning • Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant • Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance • Evasion￿Aid Identifying￿road￿users￿driving￿ahead￿as￿well￿as￿detecting￿objects￿and￿lane￿edges￿are￿among￿the￿most important￿prerequisites￿for￿the￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems.￿This￿applies￿not￿only￿for￿the￿far￿range￿but also￿the￿close￿range. The￿optional￿functions￿available￿for￿the￿G30￿are￿implemented￿either￿as￿camera-based￿systems￿with a￿shared￿camera￿and￿integrated￿control￿unit,￿or￿using￿sensors￿such￿as￿ultrasonic￿or￿radar￿sensors. Evaluation￿signals￿provided￿by￿various￿control￿units￿(for￿example,￿from￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety Module￿(ACSM))￿are￿also￿taken￿into￿consideration. 1.1.￿Further￿information The￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿in￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿builds￿on￿those￿of￿the￿BMW￿7￿Series￿G12. Accompanying￿information￿for￿the￿topics￿listed￿below￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance Systems”￿reference￿manual. Topic reference￿manual Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿(section￿12) Auto￿PDC G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿(section￿16.2) Active￿Park￿Distance￿Control G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿(section￿16.3) Remote￿Control￿Parking G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿(section￿17) Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿(section￿19) Hands-off-Detection G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿(section￿23.1.1) For￿more￿information￿on￿the￿operating￿concept￿of￿the￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems,￿please￿refer￿to￿the Owner's￿Handbook.
  • Page 296 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 2.￿G30￿Bus￿Overview G30￿Bus￿overview...
  • Page 297 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 2.￿G30￿Bus￿Overview Index Explanation Active￿Cruise￿Control ACSM Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module AMPT Top￿HiFi￿amplifier Active￿Sound￿Design Body￿Domain￿Controller Controller Digital￿Motor￿Electronics DME2 Digital￿Engine￿Electronics￿2 Dynamic￿Stability￿Control EARSH Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear EARSV Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front Electronic￿transmission￿control Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering High-beam￿assistant FLER Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right FLEL Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left Roof￿function￿center Gear￿selector HEADUNIT Head￿unit HKFM Tailgate￿function￿module Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control IHKA Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning KAFAS Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems KOMBI Instrument￿panel Light￿effect￿manager Night￿Vision￿Electronics Power￿Control￿Unit...
  • Page 298 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 2.￿G30￿Bus￿Overview Index Explanation SMBFH Seat￿module,￿passenger,￿rear SMFA Seat￿module,￿driver SMFAH Seat￿module,￿driver,￿rear SPNMHL Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿back￿left SPNMHR Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿back￿right SPNMVL Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿left SPNMVR Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿right Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(primary) (also￿known￿as￿Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) SWW2 Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(secondary) (also￿known￿as￿Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) Telematic￿Communication￿Box TRSVC Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera Vertical￿Dynamic￿Platform Transfer￿box Wireless￿charging￿station Central￿gateway￿module Start-up￿node￿control￿units￿for￿starting￿and synchronizing￿the￿FlexRay￿bus￿system Control￿units￿with￿wake-up￿authorisation Control￿units￿also￿connected￿at￿terminal￿15WUP...

  • Page 299: Kafas

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 3.￿KAFAS Since￿the￿requirements￿on￿the￿KAFAS￿camera￿have￿further￿increased￿in￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series,￿the KAFAS￿stereo￿camera,￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12,￿is￿also￿used￿on￿the￿G30. KAFAS￿stereo￿camera The￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿is￿calibrated￿within￿a￿distance￿of￿approximately￿1.25￿mi￿(2￿km)￿during driving. The￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿is￿the￿key￿element￿of￿the￿following￿systems: • Frontal￿Collision￿Warning￿with￿City￿Collision￿Mitigation • Daytime￿Pedestrian￿Protection • Lane￿Departure￿Warning • Road￿Sign￿Recognition The￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿plays￿a￿supporting￿role￿in￿the￿following￿systems: • Active￿Cruise￿Control￿With￿Stop&Go￿Function • Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant • Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance • Intersection￿Warning The￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿installed￿in￿the￿mirror￿base￿of￿the￿interior￿mirror￿on￿the￿windscreen monitors￿the￿area￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle.
  • Page 300 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 3.￿KAFAS G30￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Index Explanation KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Rain‐light‐solar-condensation￿sensor Photosensor￿for￿electrochromic￿interior￿mirror The￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿has￿a￿detection￿range￿of￿up￿to￿approximately￿130￿ft￿(40 m)￿ahead￿of￿the vehicle￿and￿up￿to￿approximately￿16￿ft￿(5 m)￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿on￿the￿right￿and￿left.￿The￿overall detection￿range￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿is￿approximately￿1600￿ft￿(500 m). The￿tasks￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿are: • Person￿recognition • Road￿Sign￿Recognition • Lane￿detection...

  • Page 301: Functional￿Limitations

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 3.￿KAFAS KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿detection￿range 3.1.￿Functional￿limitations The￿function￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿and￿thus￿the￿function￿of￿the￿corresponding￿Driver Assistance￿Systems￿may￿be￿impaired￿due￿to￿the￿physical￿limits￿of￿the￿optical￿systems,￿for￿example￿in the￿following￿situations: • Heavy￿fog,￿rain,￿spray￿or￿snow. • Strong￿light￿in￿the￿camera￿lens. • If￿the￿field￿of￿view￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿or￿the￿windscreen￿is￿dirty. • On￿tight￿bends. • If￿boundary￿lines￿are￿missing,￿worn,￿poorly￿visible,￿converging￿or￿diverging,￿or￿not￿clearly recognizable,￿as￿may￿be￿the￿case￿when￿road￿construction￿is￿being￿performed. • If￿boundary￿lines￿are￿covered￿by￿snow,￿ice,￿dirt￿or￿water. • If￿boundary￿lines￿are￿covered￿by￿objects. • If￿driving￿at￿close￿proximity￿to￿a￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. • If￿the￿windscreen￿in￿front￿of￿the￿interior￿mirror￿is￿misted￿over,￿soiled￿or￿covered￿by￿stickers,￿e.g. parking￿permits,￿etc. • Up￿to￿10￿seconds￿after￿driving￿readiness￿is￿activated￿via￿the￿start/stop￿button. • During￿the￿calibration￿process￿for￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿immediately￿after￿vehicle￿delivery or￿a￿camera￿change.
  • Page 302 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 3.￿KAFAS Example￿of￿limits￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Due￿to￿functional￿limitations￿and￿system￿restrictions￿it￿may￿transpire￿that￿warnings￿and￿alerts￿are￿not issued,￿are￿issued￿too￿late￿or￿are￿unwarranted.￿Therefore,￿be￿attentive￿in￿order￿to￿be￿able￿to￿actively intervene￿at￿any￿time.￿Otherwise,￿there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident.
  • Page 303 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 4.￿Optional￿Equipment￿System The￿G30￿also￿features￿the￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS)￿control￿unit￿which￿is￿already￿familiar￿and which￿provides￿a￿host￿of￿Driver￿Assistance￿System￿functions. Possible￿functions: • Frontal￿Collision￿Warning￿with￿City￿Collision￿Mitigation • Daytime￿Pedestrian￿Protection • Dynamic￿Brake￿Control • Distance￿information • Cruise￿control￿with￿braking￿function • Active￿Cruise￿Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function • Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant • Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance • Evasion￿Aid • Speed￿Limit￿Information • Blind￿Spot￿Detection • Lane￿Departure￿Warning • Cross￿Traffic￿Alert • Intersection￿Warning • Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant • Remote￿Control￿Parking • Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant G30￿Control￿unit￿for￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS)

  • Page 304: Overview￿Of￿Sensors

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 5.￿Overview￿of￿Sensors The￿graphic￿below￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿main￿sensors￿used￿in￿the￿G30￿for￿the￿Driver￿Assistance Systems￿and￿shows￿their￿installation￿locations. G30￿Overview￿of￿sensors...
  • Page 305 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 5.￿Overview￿of￿Sensors Index Explanation Control￿unit￿for￿radar￿sensor,￿right￿(RSR)￿(also￿known￿as Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(primary)￿(also￿known￿as Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(secondary)￿(also￿known￿as Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) Control￿unit￿for￿radar￿sensor,￿left￿(RSL)￿(also￿known￿as Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)￿(also￿known￿as Full￿Range￿Radar￿Sensor￿(FRR)￿in￿Technical￿Systems) Night￿Vision￿camera...

  • Page 306: Intelligent￿Safety

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 6.￿Intelligent￿Safety Due￿to￿the￿ever￿increasing￿amount￿of￿traffic￿on￿our￿roads,￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿in￿vehicles continue￿to￿gain￿in￿importance.￿The￿systems￿have￿different￿functions:￿some￿gather￿information￿to￿help the￿driver￿in￿the￿decision-making￿process,￿while￿others￿take￿on￿the￿driver's￿roles￿in￿monotonous￿traffic situations￿or￿intervene￿to￿make￿corrections. The￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿support￿the￿driver￿on￿highways,￿single-lane￿roads￿and￿in￿urban environments.￿Systems￿such￿as￿the￿Daytime￿Pedestrian￿Protection￿provide￿support￿in￿urban￿traffic,￿for instance.￿Night￿Vision￿can￿assist￿the￿driver￿when￿driving￿on￿single-lane￿roads￿with￿adjacent￿woodland (deer￿crossings,￿etc.).￿The￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿and￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿as￿well￿as￿the￿Side Collision￿Avoidance￿provide￿even￿more￿safety￿in￿traffic.￿Accidents￿can￿be￿avoided￿through￿automatic brake￿interventions,￿active￿steering￿interventions￿or￿a￿combination￿of￿both. Once￿more,￿new￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿are￿being￿presented￿with￿the￿launch￿of￿a￿new￿BMW￿5 Series.￿The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿menu￿has￿been￿adapted￿to￿the￿new￿systems￿accordingly. Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment,￿the￿driver￿has￿a￿multitude￿of￿individual￿configurations￿available￿in the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿menu.￿For￿some￿systems,￿no￿configuration￿options￿are￿provided￿by￿the￿operating concept.￿Thus,￿for￿example,￿Evasion￿Aid￿can￿only￿be￿deactivated￿by￿switching￿off￿all￿Intelligent￿Safety systems￿(ALL OFF). Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment,￿Intelligent￿Safety￿consists￿of￿one￿or￿several￿systems,￿which￿can help￿to￿avoid￿a￿potential￿collision.￿The￿following￿systems￿are￿offered￿in￿the￿G30: • Daytime￿Pedestrian￿Protection • Night￿Vision￿with￿person￿and￿animal￿recognition • Lane￿Departure￿Warning • Blind￿Spot￿Detection • Side￿Collision￿Avoidance • Evasion￿Aid • Frontal￿Collision￿Warning￿with￿City￿Collision￿Mitigation The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button,￿already￿familiar￿from￿other￿BMW￿models,￿enables￿the￿Driver￿Assistance Systems￿to￿be￿operated￿centrally.￿This￿means￿the￿systems￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿or￿off￿using￿a￿button and￿the￿submenu￿can￿be￿called￿up￿to￿personalize￿the￿settings.
  • Page 307 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 6.￿Intelligent￿Safety G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button Index Explanation Intelligent￿Safety￿button Press￿button • The￿"Intelligent￿Safety"￿menu￿is￿displayed￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID). Settings￿can￿be￿made￿using￿the￿controller.￿The￿individual￿settings￿are￿stored￿for￿the￿respective ID￿transmitter￿used. Press￿and￿release￿button • When￿all￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿on: Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿off￿individually￿depending￿on￿the￿individual￿setting. • When￿all￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿not￿switched￿on: All￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿on. Press￿button￿for￿an￿extended￿period • All￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿off.

  • Page 308: Overview￿Of￿The￿Configuration￿Menu

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 6.￿Intelligent￿Safety G30￿Status￿indicator￿light￿(Intelligent￿Safety￿button) Index Explanation All￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿on Some￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿off or￿sub-function￿settings￿have￿been￿changed All￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿off The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿automatically￿active￿after￿each￿engine￿start￿via￿the￿START-STOP button. 6.1.￿Overview￿of￿the￿configuration￿menu The￿system￿is￿operated￿by￿pressing￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button￿and￿using￿a￿menu￿to￿configure￿the Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID). G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿overview￿configuration￿menu...
  • Page 309 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 6.￿Intelligent￿Safety Index Explanation "Intelligent￿Safety"￿configuration￿menu "ALL￿ON"￿selection Note￿for￿the￿driver:￿the￿colored￿circle￿shows￿the￿driver￿the￿activation￿status￿of the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems.￿The￿color￿of￿the￿circle￿always￿matches￿the￿color of￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button￿indicator￿light. "INDIVIDUAL"￿selection "ALL￿OFF"￿selection "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL" Note￿for￿the￿driver:￿In￿this￿example￿the￿information￿is￿being￿provided￿that￿the driver￿must￿hold￿the￿controller￿down￿for￿three￿seconds￿after￿selecting￿the￿ALL OFF￿menu￿item￿to￿deactivate￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems. "ALL￿ON" • All￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿on.￿The￿basic￿settings￿are￿activated￿for￿the subfunctions,￿for￿example￿the￿warning￿time￿setting.￿The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button￿lights up￿green. "INDIVIDUAL" • The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿on￿in￿accordance￿with￿the￿individual￿settings. Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment,￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿can￿be￿configured individually.￿The￿individual￿settings￿are￿activated￿and￿stored￿for￿the￿respective￿ID￿transmitter used. G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿("Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"￿selection) Index Explanation "Intelligent￿Safety"￿configuration￿menu "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"...
  • Page 310 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 6.￿Intelligent￿Safety G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿"INDIVIDUAL"￿configuration￿menu￿(settings￿options) Index Explanation "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL" "Pedestrian￿alert￿active" "Collision￿warning"￿(selected￿setting:￿Medium) "Lane￿Departure￿Warning"￿(selected￿setting:￿Always) "Steering￿intervention" "Blind￿Spot￿Detection"￿(selected￿setting:￿Medium) "Steering￿intervention" "Side￿Collision￿Avoidance" “Give￿way￿warning”￿(not￿for￿US)￿(setting￿selected:￿Early) As￿soon￿as￿a￿setting￿is￿changed￿in￿the￿menu,￿all￿the￿settings￿the￿driver￿has￿previously￿configured￿are activated.￿The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button￿lights￿up￿orange. "ALL￿OFF" • All￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿off.￿The￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button￿does￿not￿light￿up.

  • Page 311: Collision￿Warning

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 7.￿Collision￿Warning The￿camera-based￿collision￿warning￿is￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿optional￿equipment (OE 5AS)￿in￿the￿G30￿and￿is￿implemented￿using￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera. The￿collision￿warning￿in￿the￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿contains￿the￿familiar￿Frontal￿Collision￿Warning￿with City￿Collision￿Mitigation￿and￿Daytime￿Pedestrian￿Protection￿functions. In￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT),￿the￿cruise￿control￿radar sensor￿is￿also￿used￿to￿control￿the￿collision￿warning. G30￿Fusion￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera/ACC￿radar￿sensor￿(diagram￿of￿the￿monitoring￿ranges) Index Explanation Close￿range Long￿distance KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿detection￿range Detection￿range￿of￿the￿radar￿sensor Vehicles￿with￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 5AT)￿have￿the￿Active￿Cruise Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿integrated￿as￿standard. The￿system￿warns￿the￿driver￿in￿situations￿where￿a￿collision￿is￿imminent.￿The￿early￿warning,￿a￿visual signal,￿is￿issued￿first￿to￿draw￿the￿driver's￿attention￿to￿the￿situation.￿If￿the￿situation￿becomes￿more critical,￿an￿acute￿early￿warning￿in￿the￿form￿of￿a￿visual￿and￿acoustic￿signal￿is￿issued.￿The￿nature￿of￿the warning￿is￿such￿that￿the￿driver￿can￿still￿prevent￿a￿collision￿providing￿he￿acts￿quickly. The￿collision￿warning￿is￿dependent￿on￿the￿vehicle's￿own￿driving￿speed.￿The￿distance￿measured￿for￿the collision￿warning￿is￿significantly￿lower￿than￿the￿legally￿required￿minimum￿distance.￿It￿is￿therefore￿the responsibility￿of￿the￿driver￿to￿adhere￿to￿the￿legal￿minimum￿distance.

  • Page 312: Displays

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 7.￿Collision￿Warning 7.1.￿Warning￿and￿braking￿function 7.1.1.￿Displays Symbols Explanation Early￿warning: • Vehicle￿symbol￿lights￿up￿red • Increase￿distance￿and￿brake￿if￿necessary Acute￿warning: • Vehicle￿symbol￿flashes￿red￿and￿a￿signal sounds • Request￿for￿intervention￿by￿braking￿and evasive￿action,￿if￿required Acute￿warning: • Person￿symbol￿flashes￿red￿and￿a￿signal￿sounds • Request￿for￿intervention￿by￿braking￿and evasive￿action,￿if￿required The￿acute￿warning￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿his￿responsibility￿to￿adapt￿the￿speed￿and￿driving￿style to￿the￿traffic￿conditions. Additional￿information￿regarding￿the￿collision￿warning￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance Systems”￿reference￿manual￿(sections￿7.1￿and￿7.2).

  • Page 313: Operation

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 7.￿Collision￿Warning 7.2.￿Operation The￿collision￿warning￿and￿pedestrian￿warning￿are￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿using￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety button. G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button Index Explanation Intelligent￿Safety￿button The￿point￿at￿which￿the￿early￿collision￿warning￿is￿issued￿can￿be￿configured￿in￿the￿"Intelligent￿Safety systems"￿menu￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID). The￿acute￿warning￿cannot￿be￿deactivated￿separately.￿The￿timing￿of￿the￿acute￿warning￿also￿cannot be￿adjusted.￿If￿the￿acute￿warning￿is￿not￿to￿be￿issued,￿the￿"collision￿warning"￿front￿protective￿function must￿be￿deactivated.￿The￿collision￿warning￿can￿be￿switched￿off￿by￿holding￿down￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety button. It￿is￿also￿not￿possible￿to￿configure￿or￿deactivate￿the￿pedestrian￿warning￿separately.￿The￿"collision warning"￿front￿protective￿function￿must￿be￿also￿deactivated￿by￿holding￿down￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety button￿in￿order￿to￿deactivate￿the￿pedestrian￿warning￿function.
  • Page 314 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 7.￿Collision￿Warning 7.3.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿collision￿warning￿has￿a￿limited￿capacity￿for￿detection. As￿a￿result,￿incorrect￿or￿delayed￿warnings￿may￿occur.￿It￿is￿possible￿the￿following￿vehicles￿are￿not detected: • A￿slow￿vehicle￿when￿driving￿off￿at￿high￿speed. • Vehicles￿that￿suddenly￿swerve￿or￿decelerate￿rapidly. • Vehicles￿with￿an￿unusual￿rear￿view￿or￿with￿insufficiently￿visible￿rear￿lights. • Partially￿concealed￿vehicles. • Two-wheeled￿vehicles￿travelling￿ahead. Functional￿limitations The￿function￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿and￿thus￿the￿function￿of￿the￿corresponding￿Driver Assistance￿Systems￿may￿be￿impaired￿in￿the￿following￿situations,￿for￿example: • Heavy￿fog,￿rain,￿spray￿or￿snow. • Insufficient￿light. • Strong￿light￿in￿the￿camera￿lens. • If￿the￿field￿of￿view￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿or￿the￿windscreen￿is￿dirty. • On￿sharp￿bends. • With￿pedestrians￿up￿to￿approximately￿2.5￿ft￿(80 cm)￿in￿height. • Up￿to￿10 seconds￿after￿engine￿start￿via￿the￿START-STOP￿button. • During￿the￿calibration￿process￿for￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿immediately￿after￿vehicle￿delivery or￿a￿camera￿change. Due￿to￿functional￿limitations￿and￿system￿restrictions￿it￿may￿transpire￿that￿warnings￿and￿alerts￿are￿not issued,￿are￿issued￿too￿late￿or￿are￿unwarranted.￿Therefore,￿be￿attentive￿in￿order￿to￿be￿able￿to￿actively intervene￿at￿any￿time.￿Otherwise,￿there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident.

  • Page 315: Lane Departure Warning

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 8.￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning The￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿is￿an￿element￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 5AS)￿and￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT). The￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿detects￿lane￿markings￿from￿a￿speed￿of￿approximately￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h) and￿warns￿the￿driver￿against￿unintentionally￿leaving￿the￿lane. The￿information￿required￿about￿usable￿roadway￿and￿lane￿markings￿is￿provided￿by￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo camera.￿Based￿on￿the￿calculated￿positions,￿lane￿edges￿and￿curves￿in￿relation￿to￿the￿relative￿position￿of the￿driver's￿vehicle,￿a￿corresponding￿warning￿is￿issued. If￿the￿driver￿crosses￿the￿lane￿marking￿unintentionally￿(without￿using￿the￿turn￿indicator)￿or￿leaves￿the road￿boundary,￿he￿is￿warned￿abruptly￿by￿the￿steering￿wheel￿vibrating￿gently￿and￿has￿the￿opportunity to￿react￿accordingly.￿The￿vibration￿in￿the￿steering￿wheel￿can￿be￿compared￿to￿the￿vibration￿effect￿when driving￿over￿a￿profiled￿road￿marking. In￿the￿settings￿menu￿the￿driver￿can￿set￿the￿desired￿strength￿of￿the￿abrupt￿warnings￿on￿the￿steering wheel￿via￿the￿iDrive. G30￿Steering￿wheel￿vibration￿settings￿menu￿on￿CID Index Explanation Steering￿wheel￿vibration￿menu Additional￿note￿for￿the￿driver "Strong" "Medium" "Light" If￿the￿driver￿uses￿the￿turn￿indicator￿when￿moving￿across￿to￿another￿lane,￿the￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning recognizes￿that￿this￿is￿an￿intentional￿lane￿change￿and￿a￿warning￿is￿not￿issued.
  • Page 316 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 8.￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning The￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿can￿be￿configured￿individually￿in￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿system￿submenu. G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿view￿on￿the￿CID￿(Lane￿Departure￿Warning) Index Explanation "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"￿menu "Lane￿Departure￿Warning"￿(selected￿setting:￿Always) "Lane￿Departure￿Warning"￿(settings￿options:￿Always,￿Reduced,￿Off) The￿individual￿settings￿applied￿by￿the￿driver￿are￿saved￿for￿the￿driver￿profile￿currently￿in￿use. Displays￿in￿the￿Instrument￿Cluster￿(KOMBI) Symbol Explanation At￿least￿one￿lane￿boundary￿has￿been￿detected and￿warnings￿can￿be￿issued.
  • Page 317 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 8.￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning 8.1.￿Active￿steering￿intervention In￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿(included￿in￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional equipment￿OE 5AT),￿the￿driver￿is￿assisted￿by￿another￿measure￿known￿as￿"active￿steering￿intervention". If￿the￿driver￿does￿not￿react￿to￿the￿warning￿issued￿by￿the￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿system￿and￿crosses the￿lane￿marking,￿he￿is￿assisted￿to￿stay￿in￿lane￿by￿a￿brief￿active￿steering￿intervention. G30￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿(active￿steering￿intervention) The￿active￿steering￿intervention￿can￿be￿felt￿on￿the￿steering￿wheel,￿but￿can￿be￿overridden￿by￿the￿driver at￿any￿time.￿If￿the￿driver￿does￿override￿the￿intervention,￿the￿active￿steering￿intervention￿is￿cancelled. The￿"steering￿intervention"￿for￿the￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿the￿iDrive menu￿in￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿by￿making￿the￿following￿selection￿via￿the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "Vehicle￿settings" • "Intelligent￿Safety" • "Steering￿intervention" The￿configuration￿menu￿can￿be￿accessed￿quickly￿by￿pressing￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button. G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿view￿on￿the￿CID￿(Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿with￿active￿steering￿intervention)
  • Page 318 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 8.￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning Index Explanation "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"￿menu "Steering￿intervention"￿(switching￿the￿steering￿intervention for￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿on￿and￿off) Steering￿interventions￿are￿not￿initiated￿when￿the￿trailer￿socket￿is￿in￿use,￿such￿as￿when￿a￿trailer￿is￿being towed￿or￿a￿bicycle￿carrier￿is￿mounted. 8.2.￿Deactivation￿criteria The￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning￿is￿available￿at￿a￿speed￿range￿from￿43￿–￿130￿mph￿(70 km/h￿–￿210 km/h). A￿warning￿is￿not￿issued￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • Use￿of￿the￿turn￿indicator • In￿construction￿zones • Lane￿is￿narrower￿than￿8½￿ft￿(2.60 m) The￿warning￿is￿cancelled￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • Automatically￿after￿approximately￿3￿seconds • As￿soon￿as￿the￿driver￿moves￿back￿into￿his￿own￿lane • The￿turn￿indicator￿is￿used • When￿sharp￿braking￿or￿steering￿maneuvers￿are￿made￿and￿when the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿intervenes 8.3.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿function￿of￿the￿system￿may￿not￿be￿available￿or￿may￿only￿be￿available￿to￿a￿limited￿extent￿in￿the following￿situations: • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • At￿sharp￿bends￿or￿on￿narrow￿roadways. • If￿boundary￿lines￿are￿covered￿by￿snow,￿ice,￿dirt￿or￿water. • If￿boundary￿lines￿are￿covered￿by￿objects. • If￿boundary￿lines￿are￿missing,￿worn,￿poorly￿visible,￿converging￿or￿diverging,￿or￿not￿clearly recognizable,￿such￿as￿when￿driving￿through￿construction￿zones.

  • Page 319: Blind￿Spot￿Detection

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 9.￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection The￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿system￿can￿detect￿traffic￿situations￿that￿could￿pose￿a￿risk￿if￿the￿driver changes￿lane.￿These￿traffic￿situations￿include￿vehicles￿approaching￿quickly￿from￿behind￿or￿vehicles￿in the￿driver's￿blind￿spot.￿The￿system￿operates￿within￿a￿speed￿range￿between￿12￿–￿130￿mph￿(20￿–￿210 km/h). The￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿function￿may￿also￿be￿known￿as￿“Lane￿change￿warning”￿in￿technical￿systems. G30￿Vehicle￿detection￿using￿radar￿sensors￿(Blind￿Spot￿Detection) The￿control￿units￿(radar￿sensors)￿for￿the￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(SWW)￿are￿located￿under￿the￿rear bumper. G30￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(SWW)￿(radar￿sensors) The￿control￿unit￿for￿the￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(primary)￿(SWW)￿is￿installed￿on￿the￿right￿and￿the￿control unit￿for￿the￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(secondary)￿(SWW2)￿is￿installed￿on￿the￿left. When￿a￿vehicle￿is￿detected￿and￿the￿system￿is￿activated,￿the￿driver￿is￿informed￿of￿the￿situation￿by￿an unobtrusive￿indicator￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirror.￿By￿having￿this￿information￿before￿making￿a￿lane￿change maneuver,￿the￿driver￿can￿confidently￿prepare￿for￿the￿lane￿change￿and￿avoid￿critical￿situations￿from￿the outset.
  • Page 320 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 9.￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection The￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿indicators￿are￿located￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirror￿glass. G30￿Signal￿unit￿(LED)￿in￿mirror￿glass The￿driver￿must￿steer￿the￿vehicle￿back￿into￿his￿own￿lane￿to￿avoid￿a￿potential￿collision. The￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿can￿be￿configured￿individually￿in￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿system￿submenu. G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿view￿on￿the￿CID￿(Blind￿Spot￿Detection)
  • Page 321 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 9.￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection Index Explanation "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"￿menu "Blind￿Spot￿Detection"￿(selected￿setting:￿Medium) "Blind￿Spot￿Detection"￿(settings￿options:￿Early,￿Medium,￿Late,￿Off) 9.1.￿Active￿steering￿intervention Depending￿on￿the￿setting￿in￿the￿"Intelligent￿Safety"￿menu,￿a￿brief￿active￿steering￿intervention￿is initiated￿by￿the￿system￿that￿assists￿in￿moving￿the￿vehicle￿back￿into￿the￿original￿lane￿for￿vehicles￿with the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿function,￿which￿is￿included￿in￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional equipment￿(OE￿5AT). G30￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(active￿steering￿intervention) The￿corresponding￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿indicator￿flashes￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirror￿at￿the￿same￿time. The￿steering￿intervention￿is￿initiated￿within￿a￿speed￿range￿of￿between￿43￿and￿130￿mph￿(70 km/h￿and 210 km/h). The￿active￿steering￿intervention￿can￿be￿felt￿on￿the￿steering￿wheel,￿but￿can￿be￿overridden￿by￿the￿driver at￿any￿time.￿If￿the￿driver￿does￿override￿the￿intervention,￿the￿active￿steering￿intervention￿is￿cancelled. The￿"steering￿intervention"￿for￿the￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿the￿iDrive menu￿in￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿by￿making￿the￿following￿selection￿via￿the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "Vehicle￿settings" • "Intelligent￿Safety" • "Steering￿intervention"...
  • Page 322 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 9.￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection The￿configuration￿menu￿can￿be￿accessed￿quickly￿by￿pressing￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button. G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿view￿on￿the￿CID￿(Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿with￿active￿steering￿intervention) Index Explanation "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"￿menu "Steering￿intervention"￿(switching￿the￿steering intervention￿for￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿on￿and￿off) 9.2.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿function￿of￿the￿system￿may￿not￿be￿available￿or￿may￿only￿be￿available￿to￿a￿limited￿extent￿in￿the following￿situations: • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • At￿sharp￿bends￿or￿on￿narrow￿roadways. • If￿the￿bumper￿is￿dirty,￿iced￿up￿or￿stickers￿are￿placed￿over￿it. • If￿the￿speed￿of￿the￿approaching￿vehicle￿is￿much￿higher￿than￿the￿driver's￿speed.
  • Page 323 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 10.￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance The￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿is￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision Avoidance.￿The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿is￿part￿of￿the￿scope of￿supply￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT).￿The￿Side￿Collision Avoidance￿is￿not￿available￿separately. The￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿assists￿the￿driver￿in￿avoiding￿a￿potential￿side￿collision. Four￿radar￿sensors￿monitor￿the￿area￿next￿to￿the￿vehicle￿and￿function￿regardless￿of￿the￿lighting conditions￿and￿largely￿irrespective￿of￿the￿weather￿conditions. G30￿Vehicle￿detection￿using￿radar￿sensors￿(Side￿Collision￿Avoidance) If￿there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿a￿collision,￿the￿corresponding￿indicator￿flashes￿(depending￿on￿which￿side￿the￿risk relates￿to,￿left￿or￿right)￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirror￿with￿high￿intensity￿and￿the￿steering￿wheel￿starts￿to￿vibrate. G30￿Signal￿unit￿(LED)￿in￿mirror￿glass...
  • Page 324 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 10.￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance An￿active￿steering￿intervention￿is￿then￿initiated,￿which￿assists￿the￿driver￿in￿moving￿his￿vehicle￿back￿to￿a safe￿area￿within￿his￿own￿lane. G30￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿with￿active￿steering￿intervention￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿potential￿side￿collision The￿steering￿intervention￿is￿initiated￿within￿a￿speed￿range￿of￿between￿43￿and￿130￿mph￿(70 km/h￿and 210 km/h). The￿active￿steering￿intervention￿can￿be￿felt￿on￿the￿steering￿wheel,￿but￿can￿be￿manually￿overridden￿by the￿driver￿at￿any￿time. Radar￿sensors The￿rear￿radar￿sensors￿are￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(SWW)￿sensors. G30￿Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(SWW)￿(radar￿sensors)
  • Page 325 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 10.￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance Two￿additional￿radar￿sensors￿are￿used￿for￿the￿front￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance. G30￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿(radar￿sensors) Functional￿prerequisites A￿prerequisite￿for￿the￿activation￿of￿the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿with￿steering￿intervention￿is￿that￿the lane￿markings￿must￿be￿detected￿by￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera. If￿the￿lane￿markings￿are￿not￿detected￿or￿if￿the￿driver￿is￿driving￿within￿the￿speed￿range￿of￿18￿to￿43￿mph (30 to￿70 km/h),￿only￿the￿reduced￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿is￿active.￿The￿warning￿functions￿in￿the￿form of￿the￿flashing￿indicator￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirror￿and￿the￿vibration￿of￿the￿steering￿wheel￿continue￿to￿be implemented. With￿the￿reduced￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿there￿is￿no￿active￿lateral￿guidance￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿In￿this case￿the￿driver￿is￿only￿warned￿by￿a￿single￿steering￿wheel￿pulse￿on￿the￿opposite￿side￿of￿the￿wheel￿to￿the danger. The￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿the￿iDrive￿menu￿by￿making￿the￿following selection￿via￿the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "Vehicle￿settings" • "Intelligent￿Safety" • "Side￿Collision￿Avoidance" The￿configuration￿menu￿can￿be￿accessed￿quickly￿by￿pressing￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿button.
  • Page 326 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 10.￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance G30￿Intelligent￿Safety￿view￿on￿the￿CID￿(Side￿Collision￿Avoidance) Index Explanation "Configure￿INDIVIDUAL"￿menu "Side￿Collision￿Avoidance" "Side￿Collision￿Avoidance"￿(switching￿the￿side￿collision warning￿with￿steering￿intervention￿on￿and￿off) It￿is￿not￿possible￿to￿switch￿off￿the￿steering￿intervention￿for￿the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿separately. The￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿automatically￿activates￿itself￿again￿after￿the￿vehicle￿moves￿off￿if￿the function￿was￿switched￿on￿at￿the￿time￿of￿the￿last￿engine￿shutdown. 10.1.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿function￿of￿the￿system￿may￿not￿be￿available￿or￿may￿only￿be￿available￿to￿a￿limited￿extent￿in￿the following￿situations. • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • At￿sharp￿bends￿or￿on￿narrow￿roadways. • If￿the￿bumper￿is￿dirty,￿iced￿up￿or￿stickers￿are￿placed￿over￿it. • If￿driving￿at￿close￿proximity￿to￿a￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. • If￿the￿speed￿of￿the￿approaching￿vehicle￿is￿much￿higher￿than￿the￿driver's￿speed.

  • Page 327: Functional Principle

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 11.￿Intersection￿Warning Intersections￿are￿some￿of￿the￿most￿likely￿points￿for￿accidents￿in￿urban￿traffic.￿Statistics￿tell￿us￿that approximately￿one￿accident￿in￿three,￿with￿injury￿to￿persons,￿occurs￿at￿an￿intersection.￿Accidents￿here can￿largely￿be￿attributed￿to￿distraction￿or￿poor￿estimation￿by￿the￿drivers. The￿Intersection￿Warning￿is￿installed￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in￿the￿G30￿and￿can￿make￿a￿major￿contribution￿to safety. The￿driver￿is￿warned￿both￿visually￿and￿audibly￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿risk￿of￿a￿collision￿with￿crossing￿traffic. This￿can￿significantly￿reduce￿the￿likelihood￿of￿an￿accident￿or￿even￿the￿severity￿of￿an￿accident￿at intersections. Intersection￿Warning￿is￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment (OE￿5AT). 11.1.￿Functional￿principle Intersection￿Warning￿is￿able￿to￿detect￿an￿impending￿collision￿with￿crossing￿traffic￿in￿good￿time￿and￿so such￿collisions￿can￿possibly￿be￿prevented￿by￿this. The￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿and￿the￿front￿radar￿sensor￿(ACC￿radar￿sensor)￿monitor￿the￿traffic conditions.￿The￿information￿obtained￿from￿these￿sources￿forms￿the￿basis￿for￿the￿system.￿The￿sensors detect￿the￿distance￿from￿other￿traffic￿and￿its￿speed￿and￿direction￿of￿movement.￿The￿speed￿of￿the￿car￿is also￿determined. G30￿Intersection￿Warning...

  • Page 328: Warning

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 11.￿Intersection￿Warning 11.1.1.￿Warning A￿warning￿is￿issued￿if￿a￿risk￿of￿a￿collision￿(approximately 1 second￿before￿the￿collision)￿with￿crossing traffic￿is￿detected￿and￿its￿avoidance￿by￿the￿driver￿or￿the￿crossing￿traffic￿is￿only￿now￿possible￿through￿an uncomfortable￿maneuver. The￿warning￿is,￿however,￿only￿issued￿if￿the￿crossing￿traffic￿is￿travelling￿more￿slowly￿than￿the￿vehicle. So￿if￿the￿crossing￿vehicle￿is￿travelling￿faster￿than￿the￿car,￿no￿warning￿would￿be￿issued,￿as￿the￿crossing vehicle￿would￿be￿outside￿the￿detection￿range￿of￿the￿sensor￿system￿until￿shortly￿before￿the￿collision. Warning￿range The￿graphic￿below￿shows￿the￿danger￿area￿which￿is￿decisive￿for￿the￿Intersection￿Warning: G30￿Intersection￿Warning:￿Danger￿area Index Explanation Danger￿area Own￿vehicle Vehicle￿located￿in￿the￿danger￿area Vehicle￿outside￿the￿danger￿area If￿the￿detection￿system￿identifies￿a￿hazardous￿situation,￿it￿prompts￿the￿driver￿into￿emergency￿braking by￿a￿visual￿and￿an￿audible￿warning. At￿the￿same￿time,￿the￿brake￿system￿is￿prefilled.￿However,￿there￿is￿no￿automatically￿triggered￿brake intervention￿by￿the￿system.￿It￿is￿rather￿that￿the￿driver￿is￿prompted￿to￿act￿quickly￿and￿to￿apply￿the￿brakes himself.￿There￿may￿be￿automatic￿brake-servo￿assistance￿during￿the￿emergency￿braking,￿as￿necessary. The￿brake￿pressure￿is￿regulated￿as￿needed￿for￿effective￿panic￿braking.
  • Page 329 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 11.￿Intersection￿Warning Displays The￿visual￿warning￿is￿given￿by￿the￿following￿warning￿symbols: Symbol Explanation Intersection￿Warning￿symbol￿(warning￿of￿vehicle approaching￿from￿the￿left) Intersection￿Warning￿symbol￿(warning￿of￿vehicle approaching￿from￿the￿right) The￿visual￿warning￿appears￿in￿the￿KOMBI￿instrument￿cluster￿or￿Head‐Up￿Display￿if￿the￿vehicle￿is￿fitted with￿the￿Head‐Up￿Display￿(OE 610). G30￿Intersection￿Warning:￿Warning￿symbol The￿Intersection￿Warning￿is￿active￿in￿the￿speed￿range￿from￿approximately￿9￿mph￿(15 km/h)￿to approximately￿40￿mph￿(65 km/h). The￿Intersection￿Warning￿is￿also￿switched￿off￿by￿selecting￿ALL￿OFF.￿There￿is￿no￿separate￿deactivation or￿configuration￿option￿in￿the￿iDrive￿menu￿for￿the￿Intersection￿Warning. The￿Intersection￿Warning￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly judging￿the￿visibility￿and￿traffic￿situation.￿The￿driver's￿driving￿style￿should￿be￿adapted￿to￿the￿traffic conditions.￿The￿driver￿should￿check￿the￿traffic￿conditions,￿and￿react￿accordingly￿if￿required.
  • Page 330 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 11.￿Intersection￿Warning 11.2.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿function￿of￿the￿Intersection￿Warning￿may￿be￿restricted￿because￿of￿system￿limits￿or￿unfavorable conditions￿in￿the￿following￿situations,￿for￿example: • If￿there￿are￿other￿objects￿in￿the￿field￿of￿view￿of￿the￿sensors￿that￿are￿concealing￿the￿cross￿traffic. • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • If￿the￿front￿bumper￿is￿dirty￿or￿iced￿up. • If￿stickers￿have￿been￿attached￿near￿the￿radar￿sensors￿on￿the￿bumper. • If￿the￿speed￿of￿the￿approaching￿vehicle￿is￿very￿high. • If￿crossing￿objects￿are￿moving￿very￿slowly. • If￿it￿is￿almost￿impossible￿to￿detect￿the￿crossing￿traffic￿because￿of￿the￿way￿the￿road￿runs￿or topographical￿conditions,￿for￿example￿in￿tight￿bends,￿building￿complexes￿in￿the￿way￿etc. The￿system￿does￿not￿replace￿the￿personal￿assessment￿of￿the￿road￿and￿the￿traffic￿situation. The￿Intersection￿Warning￿is￿only￿intended￿to￿assist￿the￿driver.￿There￿can￿be￿functional￿limitations because￿of￿system￿restrictions￿or￿unfavorable￿topographical￿conditions.

  • Page 331: Road￿Sign￿Recognition

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 12.￿Road￿Sign￿Recognition The￿Speed￿Limit￿Information￿function￿is￿known￿from￿the￿G12.￿Current￿top￿speed￿limitations￿are detected￿by￿the￿Road￿Sign￿Recognition￿system￿and￿displayed￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿or￿the￿Head‐Up Display￿in￿the￿form￿of￿speed￿limit￿symbols. Top￿speed￿limitation￿symbol￿shown￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster Index Explanation Road￿Sign￿Recognition￿(example:￿a￿detected￿top￿speed￿limitation￿is￿displayed) Road￿Sign￿Recognition￿(Speed￿Limit￿Information)￿is￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant,￿optional equipment￿(OE￿5AS),￿in￿the￿G30. The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿visibility￿and traffic￿situation.￿The￿driver￿is￿solely￿responsible￿for￿the￿vehicle￿and￿the￿speed￿at￿which￿it￿is￿driven. 12.1.￿Operation The￿road￿sign￿detection￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿the￿iDrive￿menu￿by￿making￿the￿following selection￿via￿the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "iDrive￿settings" • "Displays" • "Instrument￿panel" • Apply￿desired￿settings...
  • Page 332 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 12.￿Road￿Sign￿Recognition 12.2.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system Road￿signs￿for￿top￿speed￿limitations￿that￿do￿not￿comply￿with￿the￿legal￿standard,￿particularly￿those without￿circular￿frames,￿are￿not￿always￿detected.￿The￿same￿also￿applies￿for￿road￿signs￿which￿are￿fully or￿partially￿covered￿by￿labels,￿dirt￿or￿vegetation.￿Long￿distances￿to￿the￿road￿sign,￿high￿driving￿speeds and￿poor￿weather￿conditions,￿particularly￿at￿night,￿make￿it￿more￿difficult￿for￿the￿system￿to￿recognize road￿signs￿reliably.￿To￿ensure￿the￿current￿top￿speed￿limitations￿are￿displayed￿as￿accurately￿as￿possible, the￿data￿of￿the￿navigation￿road￿map￿should￿be￿up-to-date. The￿functionality￿of￿the￿Road￿Sign￿Recognition￿may￿be￿impaired￿in￿the￿following￿situations￿and￿this may￿lead￿to￿incorrect￿information￿being￿displayed: • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • If￿signs￿are￿covered￿by￿objects. • If￿driving￿at￿close￿proximity￿to￿a￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. • Strong￿light￿in￿the￿camera￿lens. • If￿the￿windscreen￿in￿front￿of￿the￿interior￿mirror￿is￿misted￿over,￿soiled￿or￿covered￿by￿stickers,￿etc. • As￿a￿result￿of￿incorrect￿detection￿by￿the￿camera. • If￿the￿top￿speed￿limitations￿stored￿in￿the￿navigation￿system￿are￿incorrect. • In￿areas￿not￿covered￿by￿the￿navigation￿system. • In￿the￿event￿of￿deviations￿from￿the￿navigation,￿e.g.￿due￿to￿modified￿road￿layouts. • When￿overtaking￿buses￿or￿trucks￿with￿speed￿limit￿stickers. • If￿road￿signs￿do￿not￿correspond￿to￿the￿standard. • When￿calibrating￿the￿camera￿immediately￿after￿vehicle￿delivery. The￿system￿does￿not￿replace￿the￿personal￿assessment￿of￿the￿traffic￿situation.￿Due￿to￿system restrictions￿and￿functional￿limitations,￿it￿may￿transpire￿that￿warnings￿and￿alerts￿are￿not￿issued,￿are issued￿too￿late￿or￿are￿unwarranted.￿The￿Road￿Sign￿Recognition￿supports￿the￿driver￿and￿does￿not replace￿the￿human￿eye.
  • Page 333 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 13.￿Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant The￿Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant￿indicates￿to￿the￿driver￿the￿ideal￿time￿to￿lift￿off￿the￿accelerator￿pedal￿for a￿reduction￿in￿consumption. Relevant￿sections￿of￿road￿are: • Intersections • Bends • Crossroads • Roundabouts • Entrances￿to￿towns • Top￿speed￿limitations • Highway￿exits Operation￿of￿the￿Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant￿in￿the￿G30￿requires￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus, optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT). G30￿Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant￿displays￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster An￿indicator￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿or￿Head-Up￿Display￿(only￿with￿optional￿equipment￿OE 610)￿alerts the￿driver￿that￿he￿is￿on￿a￿section￿of￿road￿relevant￿for￿the￿Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant￿and￿gives￿him￿the option￿to￿react￿accordingly.

  • Page 334: Operation

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 13.￿Proactive￿Driving￿Assistant 13.1.￿Operation To￿use￿the￿proactive￿driving￿assistant,￿ECO￿PRO￿mode￿or￿ECO￿PRO+￿mode￿must￿be￿activated￿via￿the driving￿experience￿switch. G30￿Switch￿block￿with￿driving￿experience￿switch The￿proactive￿driving￿assistant￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿in￿the￿ECO￿PRO￿configuration￿menu. The￿reliability￿of￿the￿system￿depends￿on￿having￿the￿most￿current￿and￿accurate￿navigation￿data. 13.2.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿proactive￿driving￿assistant￿is￿not￿available￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • Speeds￿below￿31￿mph￿(50￿km/h) • Temporary￿and￿variable￿top￿speed￿limitation,￿such￿as￿on￿building￿sites • Quality￿of￿navigation￿data￿insufficient • Cruise￿control￿active Additional￿information￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems”￿reference￿manual (section￿12).

  • Page 335: Operation

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 14.￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert The￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert￿helps￿to￿avoid￿accidents￿caused￿by￿tiredness￿on￿long,￿monotonous journeys.￿It￿is￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Protection￿equipment￿(OE￿5AL)￿included￿in￿the￿basic￿equipment. A￿change￿in￿the￿driver's￿driving￿behavior￿is￿perceived￿by￿the￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert.￿In￿the￿event of￿increasing￿inattentiveness￿or￿if￿the￿driver￿is￿tired,￿the￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert￿shows￿a￿display recommending￿that￿the￿driver￿take￿a￿break￿as￿a￿Check￿Control￿message￿in￿the￿Central￿Information Display￿(CID). The￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert￿is￿automatically￿active￿after￿each￿engine￿start￿from￿a￿speed￿of￿roughly 43￿mph￿(70 km/h). 14.1.￿Operation The￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿the￿iDrive￿menu.￿The￿driver￿can￿also￿set the￿level￿of￿sensitivity￿in￿this￿menu￿by￿making￿the￿following￿selection￿via￿the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "Vehicle￿settings" • "Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert" • Select￿desired￿settings G30￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert￿display￿on￿the￿CID Index Explanation "Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert"￿menu Additional￿note￿for￿the￿driver "Sensitive" Standard...
  • Page 336 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 14.￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert The￿settings￿for￿the￿Fatigue￿and￿Focus￿Alert￿has￿the￿following￿differences: Selected￿setting Explanation Sensitive The￿break￿recommendation￿is￿issued￿earlier (significantly￿more￿sensitive￿or,￿in￿other￿words, earlier￿output￿compared￿to￿the￿"Standard" setting). Standard The￿break￿recommendation￿is￿issued￿with￿a defined￿value￿(in￿the￿same￿way￿as￿for￿BMW models￿up￿to￿now). A￿break￿recommendation￿is￿not￿issued. 14.2.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿functionality￿may￿be￿impaired￿in￿the￿following￿situations￿and￿no￿warning￿or￿an￿incorrect￿warning may￿be￿issued: • If￿the￿clock￿is￿set￿incorrectly. • If￿the￿speed￿is￿predominantly￿below￿approximately￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h). • If￿the￿driver￿adopts￿a￿sporty￿driving￿style,￿for￿example￿rapid￿acceleration￿or￿fast￿cornering. • In￿active￿driving￿situations,￿for￿example￿frequent￿lane￿changes. • Poor￿road￿condition. • Strong￿crosswind. The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿his￿physical condition.￿Increasing￿inattentiveness￿or￿fatigue￿may￿not￿be￿detected￿at￿all￿or￿in￿time.

  • Page 337: Night Vision

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 15.￿Night￿Vision In￿the￿G30,￿the￿Night￿Vision￿system￿is￿available￿in￿the￿form￿of￿BMW￿Night￿Vision￿with￿person￿and animal￿detection,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿6UK). Night￿Vision￿detects￿people￿and￿animals￿in￿optimum￿conditions￿at￿night￿up￿to￿a￿distance￿of approximately￿330￿ft￿(100 m)￿away￿and￿therefore￿assists￿the￿driver,￿especially￿on￿dark￿and￿difficult stretches￿of￿road,￿such￿as￿when￿driving￿on￿single-lane￿roads￿with￿adjacent￿woods. In￿potentially￿dangerous￿situations,￿the￿system￿warns￿the￿driver￿of￿people￿and￿animals￿on￿the￿road. The￿Night￿Vision￿camera￿integrated￿in￿the￿BMW￿radiator￿grille￿records￿the￿area￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle and￿sends￿the￿data￿to￿the￿Night￿Vision￿Electronics￿(NVE). G30￿Night￿Vision￿camera The￿image￿data￿is￿analyzed￿by￿the￿Night￿Vision￿Electronics￿control￿unit￿and￿the￿corresponding￿image information￿is￿sent￿to￿the￿head￿unit￿via￿the￿Color￿Video￿Blanking￿Signal. G30￿Night￿Vision￿Electronics￿(NVE)￿control￿unit...
  • Page 338 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 15.￿Night￿Vision Hot￿objects￿with￿outlines￿that￿resemble￿people￿or￿animals￿are￿detected￿by￿the￿system￿and￿can￿be displayed￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿if￿necessary. G30￿Night￿Vision￿detection￿range Index Explanation Night￿Vision￿camera￿detection￿range Night￿Vision￿camera￿image￿showing￿detected￿person (display￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display) Night￿Vision￿camera￿image￿showing￿detected￿animals (display￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display) Object￿detection￿range • Person￿recognition:￿up￿to￿approximately￿330￿ft￿(100 m) • Recognition￿of￿large￿animals:￿up￿to￿approximately￿500￿ft￿(150 m) • Recognition￿of￿medium-sized￿animals:￿up￿to￿approximately￿230￿ft￿(70 m) Warning￿levels Night￿Vision￿detects￿people￿and￿determines￿their￿position￿and￿distance￿from￿the￿vehicle.￿Taking￿into account￿the￿driving￿speed￿and￿steering￿angle,￿the￿system￿calculates￿whether￿there￿is￿a￿potential￿risk and￿displays￿a￿warning￿sign￿(early￿warning)￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿and￿in￿the￿Head-Up￿Display,￿if present. In￿critical￿situations￿a￿warning￿signal￿also￿sounds￿(acute￿warning).￿The￿warning￿threshold￿values￿are also￿dependent￿on￿whether￿the￿person￿or￿the￿animal￿is￿moving￿or￿standing￿still.
  • Page 339 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 15.￿Night￿Vision The￿table￿below￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿symbols￿with￿their￿meanings: Symbols Explanation Early￿warning￿(person￿on￿the￿roadway) Early￿warning￿(person￿crossing￿the￿roadway) Acute￿warning￿when￿a￿person￿is￿detected Early￿warning￿when￿an￿animal￿is￿detected Acute￿warning￿when￿an￿animal￿is￿detected...

  • Page 340: Operation

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 15.￿Night￿Vision 15.1.￿Operation Night￿Vision￿is￿automatically￿switched￿on￿every￿time￿the￿vehicle￿drives￿off￿when￿it￿is￿dark.￿The￿warning functions￿are￿therefore￿issued￿irrespective￿of￿the￿view￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display.￿The￿driver can￿switch￿the￿Night￿Vision￿camera￿display￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿on￿and￿off￿by￿pressing the￿Night￿Vision￿button￿in￿the￿light￿operating￿unit. It￿is￿also￿possible￿to￿set￿the￿brightness￿and￿contrast￿of￿the￿Night￿Vision￿display￿via￿the￿iDrive. G30￿Button￿for￿thermal￿imaging￿camera/Night￿Vision Index Explanation Night￿Vision￿button...
  • Page 341 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 15.￿Night￿Vision 15.2.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿functionality￿may￿be￿impaired￿in￿the￿following￿situations￿and￿no￿warning￿or￿an￿incorrect￿warning may￿be￿issued: • On￿steep￿summits￿or￿dips￿and￿tight￿bends. • If￿the￿camera￿is￿dirty￿or￿the￿protective￿screen￿is￿damaged. • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • If￿the￿outside￿temperatures￿are￿very￿high. The￿person￿and￿animal￿recognition￿may￿also￿be￿impaired￿or￿may￿not￿issue￿the￿usual￿warnings. This￿can￿occur￿in￿the￿following￿cases: • If￿the￿person￿or￿animal￿is￿fully￿or￿partially￿hidden,￿particularly￿the￿head. • If￿the￿person￿is￿not￿in￿an￿upright￿position,￿e.g.￿if￿they￿are￿lying￿down. • If￿a￿bike￿has￿non-conventional￿wheels,￿e.g.￿recumbent￿bicycle. • If￿the￿system￿has￿been￿affected￿mechanically,￿e.g.￿after￿an￿accident. In￿certain￿cases￿small￿animals￿may￿be￿entirely￿visible￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display,￿but￿may not￿be￿identified￿by￿the￿object￿detection.￿As￿a￿consequence,￿a￿warning￿is￿also￿not￿issued. The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿visibility￿and traffic￿situation.￿The￿driver￿is￿solely￿responsible￿for￿the￿vehicle￿and￿the￿speed￿at￿which￿it￿is￿driven.

  • Page 342: Surround￿View

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras The￿camera￿systems￿provide￿support￿for￿parking,￿maneuvering￿and￿for￿complex￿exits￿and intersections. The￿range￿of￿camera￿systems￿offered￿has￿changed￿completely￿with￿the￿G30.￿With￿the￿exception￿of￿the rear￿view￿camera,￿the￿systems￿are￿no￿longer￿available￿as￿individual￿items￿of￿optional￿equipment. The￿new￿range￿strategy￿now￿looks￿like￿this: • The￿rear￿view￿camera￿is￿available￿separately￿as￿the￿rear￿view￿camera,￿optional￿equipment (OE￿3AG). • Surround￿View￿is￿offered￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment (OE 5DN).￿The￿Surround￿View￿function￿with￿Top￿View,￿Panorama￿View￿and￿3D￿View￿provides 360°￿visibility￿around￿the￿vehicle. • The￿Remote￿3D￿view￿(Remote￿360°)￿is￿presented￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the Parking￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 5DN).￿This￿function￿allows￿the￿customer￿to display￿images￿of￿his￿parked￿vehicle￿on￿a￿mobile￿device￿(such￿as￿a￿smartphone). 16.1.￿Surround￿View Surround￿View￿shows￿the￿vehicle￿surroundings￿and￿displays￿them￿in￿TOP￿View￿and￿3D￿View￿on￿the Central￿Information￿Display. The￿system￿comprises￿the￿front￿camera,￿the￿two￿cameras￿integrated￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirrors,￿the￿rear view￿camera￿(RFK)￿and￿the￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC)￿control￿unit.￿The￿TRSVC￿may￿be referred￿to￿as￿ICAM2￿in￿technical￿systems. The￿images￿from￿the￿four￿cameras￿are￿combined￿into￿a￿panoramic￿view￿around￿the￿vehicle￿from different￿angles￿using￿3D￿computer￿graphics. The￿driver￿can￿choose￿from￿preset￿views￿or￿can￿freely￿select￿the￿view￿(for￿example,￿car￿wash entrances). In￿addition,￿assistance￿functions￿such￿as￿guidance￿lines￿can￿be￿shown￿on￿the￿Central￿Information Display. The￿following￿camera￿angles￿can￿be￿displayed: • Automatic￿camera￿angle • Side￿view • Front￿camera • Panorama￿view • Rear￿view￿camera •...
  • Page 343 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.1.1.￿Automatic￿camera￿angle The￿system￿automatically￿shows￿the￿most￿appropriate￿camera￿angle￿depending￿on￿the￿driving situation,￿thus￿providing￿the￿driver￿with￿optimum￿assistance￿when￿parking￿and￿maneuvering.￿The automatic￿camera￿angle￿shows￿a￿steering-dependent￿view￿and￿takes￿into￿account￿the￿respective direction￿of￿travel￿and￿the￿distance￿information￿from￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC). As￿soon￿as￿obstacles￿are￿detected,￿the￿view￿changes￿to￿a￿fixed￿display￿of￿the￿area￿in￿front￿of￿or￿behind the￿vehicle,￿or￿changes￿to￿the￿corresponding￿side￿view￿if￿required. 16.1.2.￿Side￿view This￿view￿helps￿the￿driver￿to￿position￿the￿vehicle￿next￿to￿the￿curb￿or￿other￿obstacles￿at￿the￿side of￿the￿vehicle￿by￿displaying￿the￿side￿surroundings.￿The￿side￿view￿is￿from￿the￿rear￿to￿the￿front￿and automatically￿focuses￿on￿potential￿obstacles￿if￿there￿is￿a￿collision￿risk. Both￿the￿left￿and￿right￿sides￿of￿the￿vehicle￿are￿recorded. 16.1.3.￿Front￿camera The￿front￿camera￿supports￿the￿driver￿when￿parking￿and￿maneuvering.￿The￿area￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle is￿recorded￿by￿the￿front￿camera￿and￿shown￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display.￿The￿front￿camera￿view cannot￿be￿selected￿separately.￿The￿driver￿must￿select￿the￿"Auto"￿camera￿angle￿to￿view￿it￿or￿if￿desired, switch￿on￿the￿"Panorama￿View"￿function. 16.1.4.￿Panorama￿View Panorama￿View￿enables￿the￿driver￿to￿see￿the￿cross￿traffic￿at￿blind￿exits￿and￿intersections￿before proceeding￿and￿provides￿the￿driver￿with￿optimum￿assistance￿in￿this￿situation.￿Road￿users￿that￿are hidden￿by￿obstacles￿to￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿are￿sometimes￿only￿seen￿by￿the￿driver￿very￿late￿or￿not￿at all.￿To￿improve￿the￿view,￿the￿front￿and￿rear￿view￿cameras￿record￿the￿lateral￿roadway￿area.￿Depending￿on which￿drive￿position￿is￿engaged,￿the￿front￿or￿rear￿view￿camera￿can￿be￿activated.
  • Page 344 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras G30￿Panorama￿View￿on￿the￿CID Yellow￿lines￿in￿the￿screen￿display￿mark￿the￿front￿and￿rear￿ends￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿The￿camera￿image￿is badly￿distorted￿in￿some￿areas￿and￿is￿therefore￿not￿suitable￿for￿estimating￿distances. The￿function￿can￿be￿activated￿using￿the￿Panorama￿View￿button.￿Press￿the￿button￿again￿to￿deactivate the￿function.￿The￿Panorama￿View￿function￿is￿automatically￿deactivated￿at￿speeds￿above￿approximately 9￿mph￿(15 km/h). Panorama￿View￿(GPS-based) GPS-supported,￿automatic￿activation￿of￿the￿Panorama￿View￿function￿has￿been￿implemented in￿the￿G30. G30￿Automatic￿switch￿on￿at￿a￿set￿activation￿point Positions￿at￿which￿the￿Panorama￿View￿should￿switch￿itself￿on￿automatically￿can￿be￿saved￿as￿activation points￿provided￿that￿a￿GPS￿signal￿is￿received.￿A￿maximum￿of￿ten￿activation￿points￿can￿be￿saved￿for￿the front￿camera.
  • Page 345 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras To￿save￿the￿activation￿points,￿the￿driver￿must￿proceed￿as￿follows: • Stop￿after￿reaching￿the￿place￿where￿the￿Panorama￿View￿should￿switch￿itself￿on￿automatically. • Press￿the￿Panorama￿View￿button￿and￿then￿tilt￿the￿controller￿to￿the￿left. • Then￿select￿"Add￿activation￿point"￿(the￿current￿position￿is￿displayed)￿and￿confirm￿by￿selecting "Add￿activation￿point." G30￿Setting￿activation￿points Index Explanation "Add￿activation￿point" If￿possible,￿the￿activation￿points￿are￿saved￿with￿the￿town/city￿and￿street￿or￿with￿the￿GPS￿coordinates. The￿direction￿of￿travel￿is￿also￿saved￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the￿activation￿point. The￿driver￿can￿display￿the￿saved￿activation￿points￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display.
  • Page 346 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras G30￿Displaying￿activation￿points Index Explanation "Show￿activation￿points" The￿use￿of￿activation￿points￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿iDrive. G30￿Panorama￿View￿activation￿menu￿on￿the￿CID Index Explanation "Parking"￿menu "Panorama￿View,￿GPS-based"...
  • Page 347 G30 Driver Assistance Systems 16. Cameras 16.1.5. Rear view camera The rear view camera supports the driver when parking and maneuvering. The area behind the vehicle is recorded by the rear view camera and shown on the Central Information Display. G30 Rear view camera image in the CID 16.1.6.
  • Page 348 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras G30￿Exterior￿camera￿view￿(moving￿camera￿angle)￿on￿the￿CID To￿leave￿this￿view,￿tilt￿the￿controller￿to￿the￿side,￿press￿it￿or￿touch￿the￿highlighted￿camera￿symbol￿via￿the touch￿screen. If￿Gesture￿Control￿is￿being￿used,￿the￿gesture￿symbol￿is￿shown￿on￿the￿right￿half￿of￿the￿Central Information￿Display￿screen. Rotating￿the￿camera￿view￿using￿Gesture￿Control...
  • Page 349 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.2.￿Overview￿of￿exterior￿camera￿operating￿menu Once￿the￿camera￿systems￿have￿been￿activated￿successfully,￿the￿driver￿has￿the￿option￿of￿selecting￿the appropriate￿view￿or￿camera￿via￿iDrive. G30￿Switch￿block￿with￿Panorama￿View￿button Index Explanation Parking￿assistance￿button Panorama￿View￿button The￿camera￿systems￿can￿be￿activated￿(depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment)￿as￿follows: • Manually￿by￿pressing￿the￿parking￿assistance￿button￿or￿the￿camera￿button￿(Panorama￿View). • By￿engaging￿drive￿position￿"R". • By￿engaging￿reverse￿gear￿(on￿vehicles￿with￿a￿manual￿gearbox). • Automatically￿via￿the￿"Auto￿PDC"￿function. • Automatically￿via￿the￿GPS-supported￿automatic￿activation￿of￿the￿Panorama￿View￿function, provided￿that￿activation￿points￿have￿been￿saved.

  • Page 350: Assistant￿Function

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras G30￿Exterior￿cameras￿view￿(camera￿angles)￿on￿the￿CID Index Explanation Toolbar Selection￿window Side￿view Automatic￿camera￿angle Rear￿view￿camera Moving￿camera￿angle Camera￿image Other￿settings￿and￿options￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿toolbar,￿depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment.￿Thus, for￿example,￿the￿driver￿can￿switch￿the￿parking￿assistance￿lines,￿the￿obstacle￿marking￿etc.￿on￿and￿off,￿or also￿make￿adjustments￿to￿the￿image￿brightness￿and￿contrast.￿The￿driver￿can￿also￿activate￿or￿deactivate the￿assistance￿functions￿here￿such￿as￿the￿car￿wash￿view,￿for￿instance. 16.3.￿Assistant￿function The￿following￿assistance￿functions￿are￿available: • Car￿wash￿view • Side￿protection • Door￿opening￿angle...
  • Page 351 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.3.1.￿Car￿wash￿view The￿car￿wash￿view￿assists￿the￿driver￿when￿entering￿a￿car￿wash.￿When￿the￿car￿wash￿view￿is￿selected, immediately￿before￿entering￿the￿car￿wash,￿a￿bird's￿eye￿view￿is￿displayed￿on￿the￿Central￿Information Display.￿To￿enable￿the￿driver￿to￿align￿the￿vehicle￿more￿easily,￿the￿vehicle's￿tire￿tracks￿are￿shown￿on￿the display. The￿car￿wash￿view￿can￿be￿activated￿via￿the￿iDrive￿in￿the￿toolbar￿under￿the￿"Car￿wash"￿menu￿item. G30￿PDC￿car￿wash￿view￿on￿the￿CID Index Explanation "Car￿wash"...
  • Page 352 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.3.2.￿Side￿protection The￿side￿protection￿warns￿against￿obstacles￿at￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿and￿thus￿supports￿the￿driver when￿parking￿and￿maneuvering. To￿protect￿the￿sides￿of￿the￿vehicle￿from￿collisions￿with￿obstacles,￿additional￿obstacle￿markings￿are shown￿to￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display,￿if￿necessary. G30￿Side￿protection￿view￿(additional￿obstacle￿markings) More￿information￿on￿the￿operation￿of￿the￿side￿protection￿function￿can￿be￿found￿in￿section￿17.4.
  • Page 353 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.3.3.￿Door￿opening￿angle When￿the￿vehicle￿is￿stopped￿and￿the￿selector￿lever￿position￿"P"￿is￿engaged,￿the￿maximum￿opening angle￿of￿the￿doors￿is￿displayed￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display. If￿there￿is￿an￿obstacle￿near￿the￿door￿and￿it￿is￿detected￿by￿the￿side￿protection,￿this￿is￿marked￿on￿the Central￿Information￿Display.￿The￿obstacle￿marking￿display￿only￿points￿out￿objects￿in￿the￿area￿of the￿door.￿It￿is￿not￿possible￿for￿a￿view￿from￿the￿camera￿systems￿to￿be￿displayed,￿as￿the￿door￿area￿is simulated.￿Therefore,￿the￿driver￿is￿only￿informed￿that￿there￿is￿an￿object￿at￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle;￿it￿is not￿certain￿that￿the￿door￿will￿definitely￿collide￿with￿the￿identified￿object.￿The￿driver￿must￿judge￿this￿for himself. G30￿Door￿opening￿angle￿view￿on￿the￿CID The￿"Parking￿assistance￿lines"￿and￿"Obstacle￿marking"￿features￿already￿used￿in￿other￿BMW￿models can￿also￿be￿activated￿and￿deactivated￿via￿the￿iDrive￿in￿the￿toolbar￿under￿the￿relevant￿menu￿items. The￿camera￿systems￿do￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿traffic situation.￿There￿is￿still￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident.￿The￿driver's￿driving￿style￿should￿be￿adapted￿to￿the￿traffic conditions.￿The￿driver￿should￿check￿the￿traffic￿conditions￿and￿the￿vehicle's￿surroundings￿by￿looking around￿and￿react￿accordingly￿if￿required. 16.4.￿Remote￿3D￿View The￿Remote 3D￿View￿(Remote 360°)￿is￿provided￿for￿the￿first￿time￿on￿the￿G30.￿This￿function￿allows￿the customer￿to￿display￿images￿of￿his￿parked￿vehicle￿on￿a￿mobile￿device￿(such￿as￿a￿smartphone). The￿user￿can￿send￿a￿remote￿request￿to￿the￿parked￿vehicle￿through￿his￿device.￿The￿vehicle￿takes images￿of￿its￿surroundings￿and￿sends￿these￿to￿the￿device￿where￿an￿app￿generates￿a￿3D￿view. The￿view￿can￿be￿adjusted￿by￿gesture,￿as￿in￿the￿vehicle. The￿customer￿thus￿has￿the￿capability￿of￿viewing￿his￿vehicle's￿surroundings￿at￿any￿time. Examples: • What￿does￿it￿look￿like￿around￿my￿vehicle? • Who￿or￿what￿is￿near￿my￿vehicle? Remote 3D￿View￿is￿part￿of￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 5DN).
  • Page 354 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.4.1.￿Functional￿principle Surround￿View￿is￿a￿prerequisite￿for￿Remote￿3D￿View￿(Remote 360°)￿as￿it￿includes￿the￿Top￿View 3D function.￿This￿means￿that￿the￿already￿familiar￿cameras￿are￿used. The￿function￿is￿sold￿via￿the￿Remote￿Services￿standard￿equipment￿(6AP). The￿Remote￿Services,￿standard￿equipment￿(OE￿6AP),￿contains￿a￿number￿of￿functions￿that￿are￿active for￿the￿lifetime￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿Remote￿3D￿View￿is,￿however,￿an￿exception.￿The￿function￿is￿active￿for 2 years￿following￿activation.￿The￿service￿expires￿after￿2 years.￿In￿this￿event,￿the￿customer￿is￿notified￿by text￿and￿email￿2￿weeks￿before￿expiry￿of￿the￿Remote￿3D￿View￿service. When￿the￿service￿has￿expired,￿the￿customer￿has￿the￿option￿of￿activating￿or￿purchasing￿the￿function￿for a￿further￿two￿years￿through￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿Shop.￿Availability￿of￿the￿function￿can￿be￿extended￿as many￿times￿as￿desired￿via￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿Shop. Application: The￿customer￿should￿like￿to￿have￿an￿image￿of￿the￿area￿around￿his￿parked￿vehicle. G30￿Remote￿3D￿View He￿sends￿a￿request￿to￿the￿BMW￿back￿end￿via￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿App￿(Remote 3D￿View)￿on￿his smartphone. Following￿verification￿of￿the￿data,￿the￿BMW￿back￿end￿passes￿the￿request￿on￿to￿the￿appropriate vehicle.￿The￿vehicle￿then￿takes￿four￿separate￿Surround￿View￿images￿using￿the￿external cameras.￿These￿are￿then￿sent￿in￿the￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿control￿unit￿to￿the￿Telematic Communication￿Box￿(TCB)￿and￿temporarily￿buffered.
  • Page 355 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras G30￿Remote￿3D￿View:￿Surround￿view￿images The￿images￿are￿then￿sent￿by￿the￿vehicle￿through￿the￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿(TCB)￿to￿the BMW￿back￿end. The￿BMW￿back￿end￿sends￿the￿image￿data￿and￿a￿matching￿encryption￿code￿to￿the￿customer's smartphone.￿Once￿the￿data￿has￿been￿sent￿to￿the￿smartphone,￿it￿is￿deleted￿from￿the￿BMW￿back end.￿The￿image￿data￿received￿is￿merged￿to￿form￿a￿360°￿all-round￿view￿in￿the￿smartphone. G30￿Remote￿3D￿View:￿view￿in￿the￿smartphone The￿3D￿optical￿display￿appears￿once￿the￿smartphone￿has￿received￿all￿four￿images.
  • Page 356 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras Availability The￿system￿includes￿a￿function￿detecting￿any￿border￿crossing￿or￿the￿country￿in￿which￿the￿vehicle￿is located￿in￿order￿to￿allow￿a￿country-specific￿release￿and￿configuration￿of￿the￿Remote￿3D￿View￿function while￿at￿the￿same￿time￿taking￿account￿of￿local￿laws￿which￿might￿possibly￿prohibit￿the￿use￿of￿this function.￿The￿function￿may￿be￿automatically￿deactivated,￿as￿appropriate. The￿driver￿also￿has￿the￿possibility￿of￿activating￿or￿deactivating￿the￿function￿itself￿via￿the￿iDrive￿(if￿the function￿is￿supported￿in￿the￿country￿in￿which￿the￿vehicle￿is￿located). The￿new￿status￿is￿sent￿to￿the￿BMW￿back￿end￿after￿every￿change￿to￿the￿setting￿(to￿Remote￿3D￿View deactivated,￿for￿example).￿The￿BMW￿back￿end￿stores￿the￿status￿permanently￿and￿releases￿or￿inhibits the￿function￿calls￿as￿appropriate￿on￿the￿basis￿of￿this. 16.5.￿System￿components 16.5.1.￿Front￿camera The￿front￿camera￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿center￿between￿the￿two￿front￿ornamental￿grilles￿on￿the￿G30. G30￿Front￿camera...
  • Page 357 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.5.2.￿Top￿view￿camera The￿two￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿exterior￿mirrors￿on￿the￿G30. G30￿Exterior￿mirror￿camera,￿left Index Explanation Exterior￿mirror￿camera...
  • Page 358 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras 16.5.3.￿Rear￿view￿camera The￿rear￿view￿camera￿supports￿the￿driver￿when￿parking￿and￿maneuvering.￿The￿area￿behind￿the￿vehicle is￿shown￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display.￿Guidance￿lines￿integrated￿in￿the￿image￿provide￿the￿driver with￿additional￿assistance￿with￿distances,￿the￿turning￿circle￿and￿obstacle￿markings,￿if￿required. The￿rear￿view￿camera￿is￿located￿in￿the￿trunk￿lid￿handle￿strip. G30￿Rear￿view￿camera The￿camera￿has￿been￿revised￿and￿the￿video￿signals￿are￿now￿transmitted￿via￿Ethernet￿in￿the￿stand- alone￿variant￿too.￿The￿control￿unit￿remains￿integrated￿in￿the￿rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK),￿in￿this￿version. System￿wiring￿diagram The￿system￿wiring￿diagram￿below￿shows￿the￿scope￿of￿the￿rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK)￿optional￿equipment (OE 3AG).
  • Page 359 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras G30￿Rear￿view￿camera￿RFK￿(OE 3AG)￿system￿wiring￿diagram...
  • Page 360 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 16.￿Cameras Index Explanation Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿rear￿right Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) Button￿for￿camera￿activation Controller￿(CON) Head￿unit 16.5.4.￿TRSVC￿control￿unit The￿exterior￿cameras￿record￿the￿area￿around￿the￿vehicle￿from￿various￿angles￿and￿send￿this￿information to￿the￿TRSVC￿control￿unit￿via￿Ethernet.￿The￿video￿signals￿are￿transmitted￿from￿the￿TRSVC￿control￿unit to￿the￿head￿unit￿via￿an￿Ethernet￿line.￿The￿head￿unit￿transmits￿the￿signals￿to￿the￿Central￿Information Display￿via￿an￿Automotive￿Pixel￿Link￿line. The￿installation￿location￿of￿the￿TRSVC￿control￿unit￿is￿in￿the￿footwell￿on￿the￿driver's￿side. G30￿TRSVC￿control￿unit...

  • Page 361: Park￿Distance￿Control

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 17.￿Park￿Distance￿Control The￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC),￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿508),￿assists￿the￿driver￿when￿maneuvering in￿and￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space.￿The￿current￿distance￿from￿an￿obstruction￿is￿indicated￿by￿acoustic￿signals and￿on￿a￿visual￿display. G30￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿PDC￿view￿in￿the￿CID The￿distance￿from￿an￿obstruction￿is￿measured￿by￿four￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿the￿rear￿bumper￿panel￿and four￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿the￿front￿bumper￿panel. 17.1.￿System￿components G30￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿system￿components...
  • Page 362 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 17.￿Park￿Distance￿Control Index Explanation Ultrasonic￿sensors￿for￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿front Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Operating￿unit Control￿unit￿for￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) Ultrasonic￿sensors,￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿rear Head￿Unit￿High Vehicles￿that￿do￿not￿have￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿but￿do￿have￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control have￿a￿separate￿control￿unit,￿which￿is￿recognized￿as￿the￿PMA￿control￿unit￿by￿diagnosis￿and￿is￿also referred￿to￿by￿this￿name￿in￿the￿bus￿diagram.￿In￿other￿words,￿there￿is￿no￿longer￿a￿difference￿in￿the naming￿of￿the￿PDC￿and￿PMA￿control￿unit￿(there￿are￿however￿differences￿in￿the￿hardware￿design between￿the￿control￿units￿and￿the￿software￿is￿adapted￿to￿the￿equipment￿specification). G30￿Control￿unit￿for￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) 17.2.￿Auto￿PDC On￿the￿G30,￿Auto￿PDC￿is￿activated￿automatically￿if￿the￿vehicle￿is￿approaching￿an￿object￿at￿a￿speed below￿approximately￿3￿mph￿(5 km/h)￿and￿the￿object￿is￿located￿in￿a￿collision-critical￿area.￿The￿Auto￿PDC function￿is￿available￿for￿both￿the￿front￿and￿rear￿of￿the￿vehicle. The￿automatic￿switch-on￿function￿when￿obstacles￿are￿detected￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿iDrive. Further￿information￿about￿Auto￿PDC￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems”￿reference manual￿(section￿16.2).
  • Page 363 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 17.￿Park￿Distance￿Control 17.3.￿Active￿Park￿Distance￿Control In￿G30￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Parking￿Assistant,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5DM),￿or￿Parking￿Assistant￿Plus, (OE￿5DN)￿optional￿equipment,￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿function￿has￿been￿extended￿to￿include the￿Active￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿function.￿This￿automatically￿brakes￿the￿vehicle￿to￿a￿stop￿when￿it is￿travelling￿at￿walking￿speed￿(￿<￿approximately￿4￿mph￿(6 km/h))￿if￿an￿object￿is￿detected￿behind￿the vehicle. The￿Active￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿function￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿iDrive. The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿traffic situation.￿The￿driver￿should￿check￿the￿traffic￿conditions￿and￿the￿vehicle's￿surroundings￿by￿looking around￿and￿react￿accordingly￿if￿required. Further￿information￿about￿the￿Active￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿function￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver Assistance￿Systems”￿reference￿manual￿(section￿16.3). 17.4.￿Side￿protection The￿side￿protection￿warns￿against￿obstacles￿at￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿and￿thus￿supports￿the￿driver when￿parking￿and￿maneuvering. G30￿Side￿protection Vehicles￿with￿the￿Parking￿Assistant,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5DM),￿have￿side￿protection. Obstacles￿detected￿by￿the￿four￿side￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿integrated￿in￿the￿bumpers￿can￿be￿displayed￿by the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿system.
  • Page 364 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 17.￿Park￿Distance￿Control Display￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display Meaning (CID) Colored￿markings Warning￿of￿detected￿obstacles Grey￿markings The￿area￿next￿to￿the￿vehicle￿has not￿yet￿been￿recorded No￿markings No￿obstacles￿have￿been￿detected 17.4.1.￿Functional￿principle Four￿side￿ultrasonic￿sensors,￿two￿integrated￿in￿the￿front￿bumper￿and￿two￿integrated￿in￿the￿rear￿bumper, measure￿the￿distance￿to￿an￿obstruction.￿Obstructions￿detected￿by￿the￿sensors￿are￿tracked￿along￿the side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿as￿it￿moves.￿They￿are￿shown￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿and,￿in￿situations where￿a￿collision￿is￿imminent,￿an￿acoustic￿warning￿also￿sounds. G30￿Side￿protection￿view￿on￿the￿CID Obstructions￿approaching￿the￿stationary￿vehicle￿are￿not￿taken￿into￿account,￿as￿in￿this￿case￿the￿system cannot￿evaluate￿the￿situation￿unequivocally.￿The￿prerequisite￿for￿identifying￿obstructions￿is￿that￿the (driver's)￿vehicle￿is￿moving. The￿distance￿markings￿shown￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿are￿displayed￿for￿approximately 13 seconds￿once￿the￿vehicle￿has￿stopped.￿The￿markings￿are￿only￿shown￿again￿once￿the￿vehicle￿starts moving.

  • Page 365: Operation

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 17.￿Park￿Distance￿Control 17.5.￿Operation The￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿system￿is￿enabled￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • If￿drive￿position￿R￿reverse￿gear￿is￿engaged￿when￿driving￿readiness￿is￿switched￿on. • If￿the￿parking￿assistance￿button￿in￿the￿switch￿block￿next￿to￿the￿controller￿is￿pressed when￿driving￿readiness￿is￿switched￿on. • Auto￿PDC￿is￿activated￿and￿all￿conditions￿for￿automatic￿activation￿are￿met. G30￿switch￿block￿with￿parking￿assistance￿button Index Explanation Parking￿assistance￿button Further￿information￿about￿the￿operating￿concept￿for￿Auto￿PDC,￿the￿Active￿Park￿Distance￿Control function￿and￿acoustic￿signal￿output￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems”￿reference manual￿(section￿16.5.1-16.5.3). 17.6.￿Deactivation￿criteria Similar￿to￿other￿BMW￿models,￿the￿deactivation￿is￿distance/speed-based.￿The￿switch-off￿is￿effected after￿a￿journey￿of￿approximately￿164￿ft￿(50 m)￿or￿at￿a￿speed￿over￿6￿mph￿(10 km/h). If￿a￿fault￿develops,￿a￿Check￿Control￿message￿"PDC￿has￿malfunctioned.￿Have￿system￿checked."￿is displayed￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID).￿In￿addition,￿the￿detection￿range￿of￿the￿sensors￿is shown￿shaded￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID).
  • Page 366 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 17.￿Park￿Distance￿Control 17.7.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system Due￿to￿the￿physical￿limits￿during￿the￿ultrasonic￿measurement,￿obstructions￿may￿not￿be￿detected￿by￿the Park￿Distance￿Control￿system.￿Several￿examples￿of￿this￿are￿shown￿below: • If￿the￿objects￿are￿thin￿or￿wedge-shaped. • When￿the￿objects￿are￿low. • When￿objects￿that,￿due￿to￿their￿shape,￿have￿corners￿and￿sharp￿edges. • With￿snow. • If￿the￿objects￿have￿a￿porous￿surface. A￿warning￿may￿also￿be￿displayed￿although￿there￿is￿no￿obstruction￿in￿the￿detection￿range.￿This￿may￿be the￿case￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • When￿it￿is￿raining￿heavily. • If￿the￿sensors￿are￿heavily￿soiled￿or￿iced￿over. • If￿the￿sensors￿are￿covered￿with￿snow. • If￿the￿street￿surface￿is￿rough. • If￿there￿are￿bumps,￿e.g.￿speed￿bumps. • In￿large￿right-angled￿buildings￿with￿smooth￿walls,￿e.g.￿underground￿car￿parks. • Due￿to￿heavy￿exhaust￿gas￿fumes. • Due￿to￿other￿ultrasound￿sources. To￿ensure￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿remain￿fully￿operational,￿they￿must￿be￿kept￿clean￿and￿free￿of￿ice. When￿cleaning￿the￿sensors￿using￿a￿high￿pressure￿cleaner,￿avoid￿direct￿and￿sustained￿contact￿with￿a high-pressure￿water￿jet.￿Furthermore,￿when￿using￿high￿pressure￿cleaners,￿a￿distance￿of￿at￿least￿1￿ft (30 cm)￿from￿the￿sensors￿must￿be￿maintained. The￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿cannot￿replace￿the￿driver's￿personal￿judgement￿of￿the￿traffic￿situation.￿Also check￿the￿traffic￿situation￿around￿the￿vehicle￿by￿looking￿around,￿otherwise￿there￿may￿be￿a￿risk￿of￿an accident￿as￿a￿result￿of￿road￿users￿or￿objects￿which￿lie￿outside￿the￿detection￿range￿of￿the￿Park￿Distance Control.￿Loud￿sound￿sources￿outside￿and￿inside￿the￿vehicle￿could￿drown￿out￿the￿PDC￿signal.

  • Page 367: Cross￿Traffic￿Alert

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 18.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿was￿used￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in￿the￿G12.￿This￿warning￿assists￿the￿driver￿when maneuvering￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space￿and￿in￿other￿everyday￿situations￿where￿it￿is￿difficult￿to￿see￿the traffic,￿such￿as￿at￿blind￿entrances￿and￿exits. Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment,￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿is￿available￿in￿the￿G30￿for￿rear￿or￿also￿for the￿front. The￿system￿can￿detect￿objects￿that￿are￿approaching￿the￿vehicle￿from￿the￿side,￿either￿from￿the￿front￿or rear￿(depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment).￿The￿driver￿is￿made￿aware￿or,￿if￿necessary,￿warned￿of￿cross traffic￿by￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿when￿maneuvering￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space￿or￿entering￿the￿cross￿traffic. 18.1.￿Functional￿principle If￿a￿moving￿object￿is￿detected,￿which￿based￿on￿the￿current￿speed￿would￿be￿in￿the￿area￿in￿front￿of￿or behind￿the￿vehicle￿in￿approximately￿the￿next￿two￿seconds,￿a￿visual￿and￿acoustic￿warning￿is￿issued. When￿a￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear￿is￿issued,￿the￿LED￿in￿the￿mirror￿glass￿is￿also￿switched￿on.￿The￿Blind Spot￿Detection￿signal￿unit￿is￿used￿as￿an￿indicator.￿The￿indicator￿is￿switched￿on￿in￿either￿the￿left￿or￿right mirror￿depending￿on￿the￿direction￿from￿which￿the￿object￿is￿approaching￿the￿vehicle. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿works￿up￿to￿a￿speed￿of￿approximately￿4￿mph￿(7 km/h).￿Another￿prerequisite￿of the￿function￿is￿that￿the￿side￿radar￿sensors￿are￿able￿to￿detect￿the￿road￿or￿approaching￿object.￿The￿radar sensors￿can￿detect￿objects￿up￿to￿a￿maximum￿of￿262￿ft￿(80 m)￿away￿from￿the￿vehicle. G30￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear:￿maneuvering￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space...
  • Page 368 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 18.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert 18.2.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear￿assists￿the￿driver￿when￿reversing￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space￿and￿warns￿of potential￿collisions￿with￿cross￿traffic￿in￿traffic￿situations￿where￿it￿is￿difficult￿to￿see￿obstructions. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear￿is￿included￿in￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AS), scope￿of￿supply. The￿warning￿is￿displayed￿in￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿image￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display. In￿conjunction￿with￿the￿rear￿view￿camera,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 3AG),￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear will￿be￿extended￿to￿include￿an￿additional￿display￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display.￿The￿warning￿will￿be shown￿in￿the￿form￿of￿a￿red￿bar￿in￿the￿camera's￿video￿screen. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear￿is￿enabled￿if￿the￿driver￿engages￿the￿"R"￿drive￿position￿or￿the￿Park￿Distance Control￿is￿active. In￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5DN),￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear is￿also￿enabled￿if￿Panorama￿View￿has￿been￿activated. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear￿is￿available￿at￿speeds￿up￿to￿approximately￿4￿mph￿(7 km/h). 18.3.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front￿assists￿the￿driver￿when￿entering￿the￿cross￿traffic￿from￿exits￿and￿blind intersections. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front￿is￿included￿in￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 5AT),￿scope￿of￿supply.￿If￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿for￿the￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿is￿installed,￿the￿rear￿version￿is activated￿automatically. The￿warning￿is￿displayed￿in￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿image￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front￿is￿enabled￿if￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿is￿active￿and￿the￿speed￿of￿the vehicle￿does￿not￿exceed￿approximately￿4￿mph￿(7 km/h). In￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5DN),￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front is￿also￿enabled￿if￿Panorama￿View￿has￿been￿activated. Like￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear,￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front￿function￿is￿available￿at￿speeds￿up￿to approximately￿4￿mph￿(7 km/h).
  • Page 369 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 18.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert 18.4.￿Displays Various￿representations￿in￿the￿CID￿are￿possible￿depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment. The￿respective￿peripheral￿region￿in￿the￿PDC￿view￿flashes￿red￿if￿vehicles￿are￿detected￿by￿the￿sensors. G30￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿in￿the￿PDC￿view In￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Parking￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5DN),￿the￿warning￿is￿shown￿on￿the Central￿Information￿Display￿in￿the￿PDC￿view￿image￿and￿in￿the￿front￿camera￿and￿rear￿view￿camera￿video images￿in￿the￿form￿of￿a￿red￿bar. If￿Panorama￿View￿is￿activated,￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿is￿shown￿in￿the￿form￿of￿a￿red￿bar￿on￿the￿Central Information￿Display. G30￿Panorama￿View￿(Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Front)
  • Page 370 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 18.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert G30￿Panorama￿View￿(Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿Rear) The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿is￿available￿to￿the￿driver￿for￿both￿the￿front￿and￿rear￿views.
  • Page 371 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 18.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert 18.5.￿Operation Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿via￿the￿iDrive￿menu￿by￿making￿the￿following￿selection￿via the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "Vehicle￿settings" • "Parking" • "Cross￿traffic￿alert" G30￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿activation￿on￿the￿CID Index Explanation "Vehicle￿settings" "Parking" "Cross￿traffic￿alert"￿(switching￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿on￿and￿off) If￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿has￿been￿activated￿in￿the￿iDrive￿menu,￿the￿function￿is￿switched￿on automatically￿as￿soon￿as￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿or￿Panorama￿View￿is￿active. The￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert￿is￿deactivated￿automatically￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • If￿the￿driver's￿vehicle￿is￿travelling￿at￿a￿speed￿higher￿than￿walking￿speed￿(threshold￿value approximately￿4￿mph￿(7 km/h)). • If￿the￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿is￿active. • If￿the￿driver￿is￿currently￿parking￿using￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant.
  • Page 372 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 18.￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert 18.6.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿function￿may￿be￿restricted￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • If￿there￿are￿other￿objects￿in￿the￿field￿of￿view￿of￿the￿sensors￿that￿are￿concealing￿the￿cross￿traffic. • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • If￿the￿bumper￿is￿dirty￿or￿iced￿over. • If￿stickers￿have￿been￿attached￿near￿the￿radar￿sensors￿on￿the￿bumper. • If￿the￿speed￿of￿the￿approaching￿vehicle￿is￿very￿high. • If￿crossing￿objects￿are￿moving￿very￿slowly. • On￿sharp￿bends. If￿a￿trailer￿socket￿is￿being￿used,￿for￿example￿to￿operate￿a￿trailer￿or￿bicycle￿carrier,￿the￿Cross￿Traffic￿Alert is￿not￿available￿for￿the￿area￿behind￿the￿vehicle.
  • Page 373 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿supports￿the￿driver￿in￿many￿ways.￿The￿assistant￿measures the￿size￿of￿a￿gap￿between￿cars￿and￿decides,￿based￿on￿the￿result,￿whether￿the￿gap￿is￿large￿enough￿to accommodate￿the￿vehicle.￿It￿also￿relieves￿the￿driver￿of￿the￿task￿of￿maneuvering￿into￿the￿space. The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(OE 5DP)￿is￿no￿longer￿available￿as￿an￿individual￿item￿of￿optional equipment. The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿is￿included￿in￿the￿Parking￿Assistant,￿optional￿equipment (OE 5DM),￿in￿the￿G30. Parking￿Assistant￿(OE 5DM)￿is￿available￿only￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the￿automatically￿dipping￿exterior mirror,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 4T8). 19.1.￿Parallel￿parking/perpendicular￿parking The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿function￿facilitates￿maneuvering￿into￿parking￿spaces￿that￿are parallel￿(parallel￿parking)￿and￿perpendicular￿(bay￿parking)￿to￿the￿roadway. 19.1.1.￿Curbside￿parking G30￿Principle￿of￿curbside￿parking...

  • Page 374: Perpendicular￿Parking

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.1.2.￿Perpendicular￿parking G30￿Principle￿of￿perpendicular￿parking 19.2.￿System￿components Below￿is￿an￿overview￿of￿important￿sensors￿and￿operating￿elements: • The￿parking￿assistance￿button￿is￿the￿central￿control￿panel￿for￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering Assistant￿function￿(position 8). • Two￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿the￿front￿bumper￿measure￿parking￿spaces￿while￿driving (position 1). • The￿distance￿from￿an￿obstruction￿is￿measured￿by￿four￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿the￿rear￿bumper panel￿and￿four￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿in￿the￿front￿bumper￿panel￿(positions￿11￿and￿19). • Two￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿rear￿bumper￿to￿precisely￿detect￿the￿size of￿a￿transverse￿parking￿space￿during￿the￿parking￿maneuver.￿The￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors measure￿the￿distance￿to￿detected￿objects.
  • Page 375 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant G30￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿system￿components Index Explanation Ultrasonic￿sensors￿of￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Head￿Unit￿High Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Controller￿(CON)
  • Page 376 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant Index Explanation Parking￿assistance￿button Ultrasonic￿sensors,￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿rear￿side Control￿unit￿for￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) Ultrasonic￿sensors,￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿rear Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Control￿unit￿for￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Digital￿Engine￿Electronics￿2￿(DME2) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) Ultrasonic￿sensors￿for￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿front 19.3.￿System￿wiring￿diagram The￿system￿wiring￿diagram￿on￿the￿next￿page￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿system￿components￿used￿when parking￿and￿maneuvering￿the￿vehicle.￿Depending￿on￿the￿vehicle￿equipment,￿partial￿scopes￿may￿also￿be installed.
  • Page 377 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant G30￿Parking￿and￿maneuvering￿system￿wiring￿diagram...
  • Page 378 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant Index Explanation Ultrasonic￿sensors￿for￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿front Front￿camera Ultrasonic￿sensors￿for￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Electronic￿transmission￿control￿(EGS) CAN￿terminator CAN￿terminator Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Right￿side￿view￿camera Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Fuse￿for￿rear￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Control￿unit￿for￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) Remote￿Control￿Parking￿aerial Ultrasonic￿sensors,￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿rear￿side Ultrasonic￿sensors,￿Park￿Distance￿Control,￿rear Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) Controller￿(CON) Parking￿assistance￿button￿and￿button￿for￿camera￿activation Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Steering￿column￿switch￿cluster￿(SZL) Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Control￿unit￿for￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS) Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Head￿Unit￿High CAN￿terminator Left￿side￿view￿camera Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC)￿control￿unit...

  • Page 379: Control Unit

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.4.￿Control￿unit In￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant,￿both￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿and￿Parking Maneuvering￿Assistant￿functions￿are￿provided￿by￿the￿PMA￿control￿unit. G30￿Control￿unit￿for￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA) 19.5.￿Functional￿principle The￿system￿measures￿potential￿parking￿spaces￿when￿driving￿past￿at￿a￿speed￿below￿approximately 22￿mph￿(35 km/h)￿even￿without￿the￿system￿having￿been￿activated. The￿parking￿spaces￿are￿measured￿by￿two￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors,￿which￿are￿integrated￿into the￿front￿wheel￿arch.￿Two￿additional￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿rear￿bumper￿in￿the￿G30￿to precisely￿detect￿the￿size￿of￿a￿perpendicular￿parking￿space￿during￿the￿parking￿maneuver.￿The￿additional ultrasonic￿sensors￿measure￿the￿distance￿to￿detected￿objects. The￿four￿sensors￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿control￿unit,￿which￿also incorporates￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿function.￿The￿function￿of￿the￿four￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿is￿similar to￿that￿of￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC).￿Ultrasonic￿pulses￿are￿sent￿and￿echo￿impulses￿are￿received. If￿a￿parking￿space￿of￿a￿sufficient￿length￿and￿width￿is￿found￿and￿the￿system￿is￿activated,￿the￿driver￿is shown￿the￿space￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display. When￿searching￿for￿a￿parking￿space￿and￿when￿parking,￿all￿relevant￿information￿is￿presented￿to￿the driver￿in￿an￿integrated￿display;￿from￿the￿parking￿space￿itself￿to￿the￿status￿of￿the￿parking￿assistant￿and corresponding￿handling￿instructions￿to￿distances￿from￿other￿objects. The￿driver￿is￿still￿responsible￿for￿monitoring￿the￿vehicle￿environment￿and￿can￿intervene￿in￿the automatic￿parking￿maneuver￿at￿any￿time￿if￿required￿due￿to￿the￿vehicle￿environment. The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿takes￿over￿complete￿control￿of￿the￿vehicle￿including steering,￿braking￿and￿gear￿selection.

  • Page 380: Personal￿Responsibility

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.5.1.￿Personal￿responsibility • Directly￿monitor￿gaps￿and￿the￿parking￿procedure￿and￿intervene￿if￿necessary,￿as￿otherwise there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿accidents. • If￿a￿parking￿space￿that￿has￿already￿been￿measured￿changes,￿the￿system￿does￿not￿take￿this￿into account. • The￿system￿does￿not￿take￿loads￿that￿project￿above￿the￿vehicle￿into￿account￿during￿parking. • The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿may￿steer￿the￿vehicle￿over￿or￿up￿onto￿curbs.￿You should￿therefore￿use￿the￿facility￿for￿active￿intervention￿at￿any￿time￿with￿caution￿as￿you￿may otherwise￿damage￿wheels￿and￿tires￿or￿the￿vehicle￿itself. The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿during parking.￿Therefore,￿be￿attentive￿in￿order￿to￿be￿able￿to￿actively￿intervene￿at￿any￿time.￿Otherwise,￿there￿is a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident. 19.6.￿Functional￿prerequisites To￿use￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿function,￿the￿following￿basic￿prerequisites￿must￿be￿met: • The￿doors￿must￿be￿closed • The￿trunk￿lid￿must￿be￿closed • The￿driver's￿seat￿belt￿must￿be￿fastened • The￿parking￿brake￿must￿be￿released...
  • Page 381 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.6.1.￿Measuring￿parking￿spaces Parking￿spaces￿are￿measured￿while￿driving.￿The￿following￿parameters￿apply: • Driving￿forwards￿straight-ahead￿up￿to￿approximately￿22￿mph￿(35 km/h) • Maximum￿distance￿to￿the￿row￿of￿parked￿vehicles:￿5￿ft￿(1.5 m) Detecting￿the￿curb If￿a￿curb￿is￿detected￿within￿the￿range￿of￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensor￿while￿the￿system￿is￿searching￿for￿a parking￿space,￿the￿parking￿space￿is,￿for￿the￿most￿part,￿a￿space￿that￿is￿parallel￿to￿the￿road. In￿the￿case￿of￿parking￿spaces￿that￿are￿perpendicular￿to￿the￿roadway,￿the￿curb￿is￿usually￿outside￿the detection￿range￿of￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿(range￿approximately￿14￿ft￿(4.2 m)). G30￿Curb￿detection￿via￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors Index Explanation Range￿approximately￿4.2 m;￿opening￿angle￿of￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿vertical￿±￿30° Curb￿detection Additional￿information￿on￿parking￿spaces￿suitable￿for￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿may￿be￿found in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems”￿reference￿manual￿(section￿19.5.2-19.5.4).

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    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.7.￿Operation There￿are￿two￿ways￿to￿activate￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿function: • Activation￿via￿parking￿assistance￿button • Activation￿by￿"Engaging￿reverse￿gear"￿followed￿by￿"iDrive￿controller￿operation" Activation￿via￿parking￿assistance￿button When￿the￿PMA￿is￿activated￿via￿the￿parking￿assistance￿button￿in￿the￿center￿console,￿the￿parking assistance￿menu￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)￿is￿displayed.￿As￿soon￿as￿a￿parking￿space￿is found,￿the￿driver￿receives￿handling￿instructions￿that￿guide￿him￿though￿the￿parking￿procedure￿with￿the support￿of￿the￿system. G30￿Switch￿block￿with￿parking￿assistance￿button Index Explanation Parking￿assistance￿button Activation￿by￿"Engaging￿reverse￿gear"￿followed￿by￿"iDrive￿controller￿operation" When￿reverse￿gear￿is￿engaged,￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿menu￿is￿displayed￿on￿the Central￿Information￿Display￿accompanied￿by￿the￿status￿of￿the￿parking￿space￿search.￿The￿Parking Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿is,￿however,￿not￿yet￿activated.￿This￿is￿indicated￿to￿the￿driver￿by￿the Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿symbol￿in￿the￿toolbar￿of￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display.￿In￿order￿to park￿supported￿by￿the￿system,￿the￿parking￿operation￿must￿be￿activated￿via￿the￿controller￿by￿selecting the￿corresponding￿symbol￿in￿the￿symbol￿bar￿at￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID).
  • Page 383 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.7.1.￿Park￿procedure As￿soon￿as￿a￿parking￿space￿is￿found,￿the￿driver￿is￿instructed￿to￿stop￿the￿vehicle￿and￿confirm￿the￿parking space￿by￿using￿the￿turn￿indicator￿corresponding￿to￿the￿parking￿direction.￿During￿the￿entire￿parking procedure,￿the￿driver￿receives￿further￿instructions￿that￿guide￿him￿though￿the￿entire￿parking￿procedure with￿the￿support￿of￿the￿system. The￿driver￿is￿prompted￿to￿take￿his￿hands￿from￿the￿steering￿wheel￿during￿automatic￿parking￿and￿hold down￿the￿parking￿assistance￿button￿until￿the￿parking￿procedure￿is￿complete. 19.7.2.￿Deactivation￿criteria Manual￿deactivation￿criteria The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿can￿be￿deactivated￿at￿any￿time,￿if￿necessary,￿by￿the￿driver via￿the￿controller￿by￿selecting￿the￿corresponding￿symbol￿in￿the￿symbol￿bar￿on￿the￿Central￿Information Display￿(CID).￿Another￿way￿to￿deactivate￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿is￿to￿release￿the parking￿assistance￿button￿in￿the￿switch￿block￿next￿to￿the￿iDrive￿controller. If￿a￿fault￿develops,￿a￿Check￿Control￿message￿"The￿PDC￿has￿malfunctioned.￿Have￿system￿checked."￿is displayed￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID). Automatic￿deactivation￿criteria The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿is￿switched￿off￿automatically￿when￿the￿following￿events occur: • The￿parking￿assistance￿button￿is￿released. • The￿driver￿holds￿on￿to￿the￿steering￿wheel￿or￿steers￿himself. • A￿gear￿is￿selected￿that￿does￿not￿correspond￿to￿the￿instruction￿on￿the￿control￿display. • When￿accelerating. • The￿parking￿brake￿is￿secured. • The￿turn￿indicator￿opposite￿the￿required￿parking￿side￿is￿switched￿on. • At￿speeds￿above￿approximately￿6￿mph￿(10 km/h). • Possibly￿if￿the￿roadway￿is￿covered￿with￿snow￿or￿is￿slippery. • The￿trunk￿lid￿is￿open. • Possibly￿if￿the￿objects￿are￿difficult￿to￿overcome,￿e.g.￿curbs. •...
  • Page 384 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 19.￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant 19.8.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿detection￿of￿objects￿can￿test￿the￿ultrasonic￿measurement￿system￿to￿its￿limits.￿Several￿examples of￿this￿are￿shown￿below: • With￿trailer￿towbars￿and￿couplings. • If￿the￿objects￿are￿thin￿or￿wedge-shaped. • If￿the￿objects￿are￿projecting￿and￿elevated,￿e.g.￿wall￿projections￿or￿loads. • If￿the￿objects￿have￿corners￿and￿sharp￿edges. • If￿the￿objects￿have￿fine￿surfaces￿or￿structures,￿e.g.￿fences. Low￿objects￿that￿are￿already￿displayed,￿e.g.￿curbs,￿may￿fall￿within￿the￿blind￿spot￿of￿the￿sensors￿before or￿after￿a￿continuous￿alarm￿sounds.￿It￿would￿not￿be￿possible￿to￿detect￿objects￿that￿are￿higher￿up￿and projecting,￿e.g.￿wall￿projections.￿Parking￿spaces￿may￿be￿detected￿although￿these￿are￿not￿suitable. There￿may￿be￿other￿functional￿limitations￿in￿the￿following￿situations,￿for￿example: • If￿the￿sensors￿are￿soiled￿or￿iced￿up. • Heavy￿fog,￿rain￿or￿snow. • On￿uneven￿surfaces,￿e.g.￿gravel￿roads. • On￿slippery￿surfaces. • On￿steep￿inclines￿or￿downhill￿gradients. • If￿leaves￿have￿gathered￿or￿snow￿has￿piled￿up￿in￿the￿parking￿space. To￿ensure￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿remain￿fully￿operational,￿they￿must￿be￿kept￿clean￿and￿free￿of￿ice. When￿cleaning￿the￿sensors￿using￿a￿high￿pressure￿cleaner,￿avoid￿direct￿and￿sustained￿contact￿with￿a high-pressure￿water￿jet.￿Furthermore,￿when￿using￿high￿pressure￿cleaners,￿a￿distance￿of￿at￿least￿1￿ft (30 cm)￿from￿the￿sensors￿must￿be￿maintained. The￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿cannot￿replace￿the￿driver's￿personal￿judgement￿of￿the traffic￿situation.￿Also￿check￿the￿traffic￿situation￿around￿the￿vehicle￿by￿looking￿around,￿otherwise￿there may￿be￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident￿as￿a￿result￿of￿road￿users￿or￿objects￿which￿lie￿outside￿the￿detection￿range￿of the￿Park￿Distance￿Control.￿Loud￿sound￿sources￿outside￿and￿inside￿the￿vehicle￿may￿mask￿the￿acoustic signals￿of￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿or￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC).
  • Page 385 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 20.￿Remote￿Control￿Parking The￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿assistant￿became￿available￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in￿the￿G12.￿This￿assistance system￿enables￿the￿vehicle￿to￿be￿maneuvered￿in￿and￿out￿of￿a￿parking￿space￿remotely￿using￿the BMW display￿key.￿The￿system￿assists￿the￿driver￿to￿park￿in￿tight￿parking￿bays￿or￿enclosed￿spaces￿(such as￿garages￿or￿in￿multi-story￿car￿parks),￿where￿it￿is￿difficult￿for￿the￿driver￿to￿get￿in￿and￿out￿of￿the￿vehicle. G30￿Remote￿Control￿Parking Automatic￿parking￿in￿and￿reversing￿out￿of￿bay￿parking￿spaces￿is￿possible￿by￿activating￿the￿"remote- controlled￿parking"￿function￿on￿the￿display￿key. The￿Remote￿Control￿Parking,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5DV),￿is￿only￿available￿for￿certain￿models￿and national-market￿versions.￿In￿addition,￿the￿assistance￿system￿can￿only￿be￿ordered￿in￿conjunction￿with the￿following￿equipment: • Steptronic￿sport￿transmission￿(OE 2TB) • Comfort￿Access￿(OE￿322) • BMW￿display￿key￿(OE￿3DS) • Parking￿Assistant￿Plus￿(OE 5DN) • Professional￿navigation￿system￿(OE 609) The￿entire￿parking￿procedure￿is￿monitored￿by￿the￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿and￿Parking￿Maneuvering Assistant￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿and￿the￿Surround￿View￿cameras￿within￿their￿system￿limits.￿The￿driver￿is outside￿the￿vehicle￿while￿it￿is￿being￿parked.￿He￿must,￿however,￿check￿the￿situation￿around￿the￿vehicle by￿looking￿around￿and￿can￿cancel￿the￿parking￿procedure￿at￿any￿time￿using￿the￿BMW￿display￿key.￿If￿the driver￿leaves￿the￿operating￿range,￿the￿vehicle￿stops￿automatically.

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    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 20.￿Remote￿Control￿Parking G30￿Remote￿Control￿Parking Index Explanation BMW￿display￿key Operating￿area￿for￿remote￿controlled￿parking 20.1.￿Operation The￿touch￿screen￿display￿and￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿button￿on￿the￿BMW￿display￿key￿are￿used￿to operate￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿function.￿This￿makes￿the￿function￿intuitive￿to￿use￿and￿provides￿the driver￿with￿messages￿on￿the￿action￿required￿to￿operate￿the￿function￿and￿system￿limits. The￿remote-controlled￿parking￿button￿must￿be￿pressed￿and￿held￿throughout￿the￿entire￿parking procedure,￿otherwise￿parking￿will￿not￿start￿or￿the￿vehicle￿will￿initiate￿emergency￿braking￿if￿the￿button is￿released￿(electromechanical￿parking￿brake￿subsequently￿applied).￿If￿the￿data￿transfer￿between￿the vehicle￿and￿BMW￿display￿key￿is￿interrupted,￿the￿vehicle￿is￿also￿decelerated￿to￿a￿standstill,￿as￿the￿data can￿only￿be￿transmitted￿in￿the￿vicinity￿of￿the￿vehicle. If￿objects￿are￿detected,￿the￿system￿brakes￿the￿vehicle￿to￿a￿stop￿and￿prevents￿it￿from￿rolling￿away (activates￿the￿service￿brake￿and￿engages￿selector￿position￿"P").￿A￿corresponding￿notification￿is￿shown to￿the￿driver￿in￿the￿BMW￿display￿key. The￿braking￿process￿because￿of￿a￿detected￿obstacle￿is￿initiated￿only￿if￿this￿obstacle￿is￿permanently detected￿by￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors.￿Objects￿that￿are,￿for￿example,￿too￿flat￿or￿are￿outside￿the￿detection range￿of￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿cannot￿be￿detected.￿If￿the￿driver￿is￿not￿paying￿attention,￿there￿is￿a￿risk of￿an￿accident￿or￿danger￿of￿damage.
  • Page 387 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 20.￿Remote￿Control￿Parking The￿function￿can￿continue￿within￿30 seconds￿if￿the￿detected￿object￿has￿been￿removed.￿If￿this￿time period￿expires,￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿switches￿off￿the￿engine￿and￿applies￿the￿electric￿parking￿brake. The￿parking￿procedure￿can￿be￿continued￿by￿activating￿the￿system￿again. The￿driver￿must￿meet￿the￿following￿basic￿prerequisites￿before￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿function can￿be￿used: • Position￿the￿vehicle￿facing￿forwards￿and￿as￿centrally￿and￿straight￿as￿possible￿in￿front￿of￿the parking￿space￿(maximum￿3°￿turn￿angle￿and￿4￿in￿(10￿cm)￿offset￿to￿the￿center￿of￿the￿parking space￿are￿compensated￿for￿by￿small￿steering￿adjustments). • The￿vehicle￿should￿be￿no￿more￿than￿approximately￿6½￿ft￿(2 m)￿away￿from￿the￿parking￿space. • Apply￿the￿electromechanical￿parking￿brake￿to￿secure￿the￿vehicle￿against￿rolling￿away. • Switch￿off￿driving￿readiness￿with￿the￿start/stop￿button. The￿graphic￿below￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿activation￿of￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿function￿and￿its operating￿logic. Activation:￿Remote￿Control￿Parking Index Explanation Activate￿the￿display￿by￿pressing￿the￿button￿on￿the￿side￿of￿the￿key￿and￿then unlock￿it￿by￿swiping￿your￿finger￿upwards￿on￿the￿display. Establish￿a￿connection￿to￿the￿vehicle.￿To￿do￿so,￿either￿change￿to￿the￿Remote Control￿Parking￿menu￿and￿then￿hold￿down￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿button, or￿hold￿down￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿button￿immediately￿after￿unlocking the￿display. Start￿the￿engine￿using￿the￿BMW￿display￿key. Specify￿the￿direction￿of￿travel￿of￿the￿vehicle￿by￿pressing￿the￿corresponding arrow￿symbol￿on￿the￿button.￿The￿vehicle￿will￿move￿all￿the￿time￿the￿arrow symbol￿is￿touched.￿If￿the￿direction￿arrow￿is￿released,￿the￿vehicle￿brakes￿to￿a stop￿by￿means￿of￿a￿gentle￿brake￿intervention. The￿maximum￿distance￿the￿vehicle￿will￿travel￿corresponds￿to￿1½￿times￿the￿vehicle￿length.
  • Page 388 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 20.￿Remote￿Control￿Parking The￿BMW￿display￿key￿can￿likewise￿show￿the￿driver￿a￿variety￿of￿targeted￿instructions￿and￿fault messages,￿giving￿him￿direct￿feedback￿and￿information￿on￿operating￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking function. The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿traffic and￿parking￿situation.￿Due￿to￿the￿limits￿of￿the￿system,￿it￿cannot￿automatically￿react￿adequately￿in￿all situations.￿There￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident￿or￿danger￿of￿material￿damage.￿The￿driver￿should￿check￿the traffic￿conditions￿and￿parking￿situation,￿and￿react￿accordingly￿if￿required. Unauthorized￿persons,￿e.g.￿children,￿can￿set￿the￿vehicle￿in￿motion￿using￿the￿BMW￿display￿key,￿without anyone￿being￿in￿the￿vehicle.￿There￿is￿still￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident.￿Protect￿the￿BMW￿display￿key￿from unauthorized￿use. 20.1.1.￿Cut-off￿events Cut-off￿events￿include: • Opening￿the￿doors,￿hood￿or￿trunk￿lid. • Pressing￿the￿brake￿or￿accelerator￿pedal￿(carried￿out￿by￿a￿person inside￿the￿vehicle). • Steering￿interventions. • Operating￿the￿electric￿parking￿brake￿or￿gear￿selector￿switch￿(carried￿out￿by￿a person￿inside￿the￿vehicle). • Exceeding￿the￿maximum￿movement￿range. • Selecting￿another￿function￿using￿the￿BMW￿display￿key. • System￿fault. • Failure￿or￿contamination￿of￿the￿ultrasonic￿sensors. • State￿of￿charge￿of￿the￿BMW￿display￿key￿battery￿too￿low￿(remote-controlled parking￿not￿possible￿below￿approximately￿50%￿absolute￿state￿of￿charge). • Releasing￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿button. • Background￿noise. •...
  • Page 389 G30 Driver Assistance Systems 20. Remote Control Parking 20.2. Requirements on the parking space The following graphic illustrates which conditions or prerequisites the parking space must meet to be able to use the Remote Control Parking function. G30 Prerequisites for Remote Control Parking Index Explanation Potential parking area...

  • Page 390: System Overview

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 20.￿Remote￿Control￿Parking 20.3.￿System￿overview The￿Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC)￿and￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS)￿control￿units￿are￿the central￿system￿components￿of￿the￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿function.￿The￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC) and￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿(PMA)￿ultrasonic￿sensors,￿and￿the￿Surround￿View￿cameras￿record the￿area￿around￿the￿vehicle.￿The￿Comfort￿Access￿aerials￿and￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿aerial￿are￿used￿to detect￿the￿location￿of￿the￿driver￿and￿BMW￿display￿key. The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿the￿components￿required￿for￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿in￿addition￿to￿those that￿make￿up￿the￿Parking￿Maneuvering￿Assistant￿function. G30￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿system￿components...
  • Page 391 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 20.￿Remote￿Control￿Parking Index Explanation Right￿side￿view￿camera Remote￿control￿receiver￿(FBD) Rear￿view￿camera￿(RFK) Remote￿Control￿Parking￿aerial Left￿side￿view￿camera Top￿Rear￿Side￿View￿Camera￿(TRSVC)￿control￿unit Front￿camera 20.4.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system Remote￿Control￿Parking￿cannot￿be￿used￿when￿trailer￿towing. The￿function￿may￿be￿restricted￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • On￿uneven￿surfaces,￿e.g.￿gravel￿roads. • On￿slippery￿surfaces. • On￿steep￿inclines￿or￿downhill￿gradients. • If￿leaves￿have￿gathered￿or￿snow￿has￿piled￿up￿in￿the￿parking￿space. • If￿the￿emergency￿spare￿wheel￿is￿fitted. • If￿a￿parking￿space￿that￿has￿already￿been￿measured￿changes. • If￿there￿are￿ditches￿or￿chasms,￿e.g.￿harbor￿edges. Due￿to￿the￿technical￿system￿limits￿of￿the￿ultrasonic￿measurement,￿the￿system￿may￿react￿incorrectly￿or not￿at￿all. Limits￿of￿the￿ultrasonic￿measurement • If￿there￿are￿small￿children￿or￿animals. • If￿the￿sensors￿are￿dirty,￿iced￿up,￿damaged￿or￿incorrectly￿adjusted. • If￿trailer￿towbars￿and￿couplings￿are￿used￿to￿connect￿other￿vehicles. • If￿the￿objects￿are￿projecting￿and￿elevated,￿e.g.￿wall￿projections￿or￿loads. Further￿information￿about￿Remote￿Control￿Parking￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance Systems”￿reference￿manual￿(section￿17).

  • Page 392: Cruise Control

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control 21.1.￿Introduction Two￿cruise￿control￿functions￿can￿be￿used￿in￿the￿G30.￿The￿cruise￿control￿with￿braking￿function, Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control￿(DCC),￿is￿part￿of￿the￿standard￿equipment. ACC Stop&Go￿can￿be￿obtained￿if￿the￿customer￿opts￿for￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional equipment￿(OE 5AT),￿as￿it￿is￿contained￿in￿this￿equipment￿package. The￿cruise￿control￿systems￿support￿the￿driver￿with￿adapting￿the￿speed,￿distance￿and￿driving￿style￿to the￿traffic￿conditions,￿but￿do￿not￿relieve￿him￿of￿his￿responsibility.￿The￿driver￿must￿actively￿intervene, e.g.￿by￿braking,￿steering￿or￿taking￿evasive￿action,￿as￿otherwise￿there￿is￿a￿risk￿of￿an￿accident. 21.2.￿Cruise￿control￿with￿braking￿function The￿cruise￿control￿with￿braking￿function￿is￿included￿as￿part￿of￿the￿G30's￿standard￿equipment.￿The system￿is￿also￿known￿as￿"Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control"￿(DCC).￿Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control￿(DCC)￿supports the￿driver￿on￿roads￿with￿less￿traffic￿by￿keeping￿the￿speed￿constant￿irrespective￿of￿rolling￿resistances (incline,￿downhill￿driving￿and￿vehicle￿load).￿In￿spite￿of￿the￿support,￿the￿driver￿remains￿responsible￿for control￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿It￿is￿possible￿to￿override￿the￿DCC￿function￿at￿any￿time￿by￿braking￿or￿accelerating the￿vehicle. 21.2.1.￿Operation The￿driver￿has￿the￿option￿of￿adjusting￿the￿set￿speed￿in￿small￿or￿large￿increments,￿which￿is￿then￿set and￿maintained￿by￿the￿system￿by￿controlling￿the￿drive￿and￿brakes.￿It￿can￿be￿changed￿using￿the￿left- hand￿switch￿block￿on￿the￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿(MFL).￿The￿speed￿is￿increased￿or￿reduced by￿1 mph￿by￿tapping￿the￿rocker￿switch.￿Each￿time￿the￿rocker￿button￿is￿pressed￿beyond￿the￿pressure point,￿the￿speed￿increases￿or￿reduces￿by￿5 mph.￿The￿DCC￿steadily￿maintains￿a￿selected￿speed￿from approximately￿20￿mph￿(30￿km/h). The￿set￿speed￿is￿indicated￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿in￿the￿familiar￿way;￿by￿a￿mark￿that￿moves￿round￿the speed￿reading.￿Notes￿are￿added￿to￿the￿displays￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster,￿if￿necessary. If￿the￿vehicle's￿own￿deceleration￿is￿not￿sufficient￿to￿maintain￿the￿preset￿speed,￿the￿brake￿is￿activated accordingly. If￿ECO￿PRO￿or￿SPORT￿mode￿is￿activated,￿cruise￿control￿is￿also￿set￿to￿a￿fuel-efficient￿or￿sporty￿driving style.￿Due￿to￿the￿fuel-efficient￿driving￿style￿in￿ECO PRO￿driving￿mode,￿in￿some￿situations￿the￿vehicle's speed￿may￿exceed￿or￿drop￿below￿the￿set￿speed,￿for￿example￿on￿downhill￿gradients￿or￿inclines.
  • Page 393 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control G30￿Buttons￿of￿the￿Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control￿(DCC) Index Explanation Button￿for￿activating￿or￿deactivating￿the￿Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control￿(DCC) Rocker￿switch￿for￿changing￿the￿set￿speed “SET”￿button￿for￿setting￿the￿speed￿of￿cruise￿control Button￿for￿calling￿up￿a￿saved￿set￿speed/temporarily￿switching off￿the￿cruise￿control The￿system￿is￿interrupted￿automatically￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • If￿the￿brakes￿are￿used. • If￿the￿selector￿lever￿position￿is￿moved￿out￿of￿position￿"D". • If￿the￿Dynamic￿Traction￿Control￿(DTC)￿is￿activated￿or￿the Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿is￿deactivated. • If￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿is￿performing￿an￿adjustment. 21.3.￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function The￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿(ACC Stop&Go)￿is￿offered￿as￿a￿function￿of￿the￿Active Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT),￿for￿the￿G30. ACC￿Stop&Go￿adjusts￿a￿driver-specified￿set￿speed￿and,￿if￿required￿by￿the￿traffic￿situation,￿also automatically￿adjusts￿the￿preselected￿following￿distance￿to￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿(detected vehicles￿include￿passenger￿cars,￿trucks￿and￿motorbikes).￿The￿application￿range￿of￿ACC￿Stop&Go ranges￿from￿higher￿speeds￿down￿to￿a￿standstill.￿The￿distance￿and￿the￿speed￿are￿automatically￿adjusted in￿this￿range.
  • Page 394 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control G30￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)￿Stop&Go Depending￿on￿the￿stationary￿time,￿driving￿off￿from￿a￿standstill￿is￿performed￿automatically￿or￿in response￿to￿a￿prompt￿by￿the￿driver.￿ACC Stop&Go￿not￿only￿detects￿vehicles￿that￿are￿slowly￿coming to￿a￿stop,￿but￿also￿stationary￿vehicles. Due￿to￿improved￿monitoring￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle,￿the￿system￿is￿capable￿of￿reacting￿more￿quickly￿to vehicles￿swinging￿in￿and￿out￿and￿turning￿off. The￿extended￿application￿range￿has￿been￿achieved￿by￿the￿incorporation￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera. Image￿data￿is￿evaluated￿by￿the￿ACC Stop&Go￿system.￿The￿KAFAS￿control￿unit￿clearly￿detects￿vehicles when￿their￿rear￿ends￿are￿recorded￿by￿the￿camera.￿In￿addition,￿the￿KAFAS￿control￿unit￿ensures￿that￿the driving￿lane￿information,￿vehicle￿positions￿and￿movements￿are￿determined.
  • Page 395 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control Object￿detection￿provided￿by￿a￿combination￿of￿radar￿sensor￿and￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera. In￿addition￿to￿image￿data,￿radar￿data￿is￿also￿gathered￿and￿evaluated￿by￿the￿radar￿sensors.￿This￿fusion of￿image￿and￿radar￿data￿makes￿possible￿the￿clear￿identification￿of￿lane￿markings￿and￿the￿distinction between￿stationary￿vehicles￿and￿other￿fixed￿objects.
  • Page 396 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control G30￿Radar￿sensor/KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿fusion:￿Radar￿sensor￿object￿detection A￿77 GHz￿radar￿sensor￿emits￿bundled￿electromagnetic￿waves.￿The￿echoes￿reflected￿by￿objects￿are received￿and￿evaluated￿by￿the￿radar￿sensor.￿This￿enables￿information￿about￿objects￿located￿in￿front￿of the￿radar￿sensor￿to￿be￿obtained.￿This￿information￿includes￿size,￿distance￿and￿the￿deduced￿speed.￿The system's￿radar￿sensor￿can￿identify￿vehicles￿ahead￿up￿to￿a￿distance￿of￿650￿ft￿(200 m),￿to￿a￿large￿extent irrespective￿of￿weather￿conditions.
  • Page 397 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control The￿sensor￿is￿located￿behind￿the￿air￿inlet￿grille￿on￿the￿front￿bumper. G30￿Installation￿location￿of￿front￿radar￿sensor￿for￿ACC￿Stop&Go Index Explanation Removable￿grille Sensor￿for￿ACC￿Stop&Go G30￿Front￿radar￿sensor￿for￿ACC￿Stop&Go Index Explanation Adjustment￿feature...
  • Page 398 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control Thanks￿to￿the￿radar￿sensor's￿improved￿detection￿capability￿and￿alignment￿with￿the￿image￿data￿from the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera,￿vehicles￿in￿neighboring￿lanes￿are￿also￿detected.￿If￿these￿vehicles￿are￿driving in￿their￿own￿lane,￿then￿ACC￿Stop&Go￿adapts￿the￿speed￿to￿the￿vehicle￿pulling￿in￿or￿vehicle￿ahead.￿As￿a result,￿a￿time￿lag￿selected￿by￿the￿driver￿is￿constantly￿maintained. ACC￿Stop&Go￿adjusts￿the￿speed￿if￿there￿is￿no￿vehicle￿driving￿directly￿ahead￿and￿automatically switches￿to￿distance￿control￿if￿the￿sensor￿system￿detects￿a￿slower￿vehicle￿in￿its￿lane.￿The￿system's Stop&Go￿function￿brings￿the￿vehicle￿to￿a￿complete￿standstill￿if￿necessary. Detecting￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front Additionally￿detecting￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿is￿likewise￿new￿on￿the￿G30. This￿is￿analyzed￿using￿the￿sensors￿already￿fitted.￿Object￿detection￿is￿based￿on￿a￿fusion￿of￿the￿front radar￿sensor￿and￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera.￿Both￿sensors￿are,￿in￿principle,￿capable￿of￿detecting￿a vehicle￿two￿positions￿ahead. In￿most￿cases,￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿is,￿however,￿concealed￿by￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front, which￿is￿why￿the￿camera￿can￿generally￿not￿detect￿it.￿The￿front￿radar,￿however,￿consistently￿provides good￿detection￿quality￿here￿by￿“looking￿under”￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front. The￿advantages￿of￿this￿are￿as￿follows: • Improved￿"driver-like"￿speed￿governing￿behavior • Smoother￿following￿driving￿(“ACC￿cruising”) • Enhanced￿dynamics￿for￿traffic￿light-controlled￿journeys • Driver-like￿behavior￿when￿approaching￿distant￿objects Evaluation￿of￿ultrasound￿data Since￿both￿the￿front￿radar￿sensor￿and￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿are￿only￿of￿limited￿use￿for￿close-range monitoring,￿the￿ultrasonic￿data￿for￿the￿ACC Stop&Go￿system￿is￿evaluated￿for￿the￿first￿time￿on￿the￿G30. The￿data￿is￿provided￿by￿the￿front￿ultrasonic￿sensors￿already￿described.￿These￿are￿needed￿to￿monitor the￿close￿range￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿for￿freedom￿from￿obstacles. Coupling￿to￿the￿navigation￿system Improved￿cornering￿behavior￿is￿made￿possible￿by￿coupling￿ACC Stop&Go￿to￿the￿navigation￿system. This￿contributes￿to￿a￿further￿improvement￿of￿driver-like￿behavior.￿This￿also￿takes￿into￿consideration￿the intention￿to￿turn￿off￿the￿road￿and￿intersections,￿among￿other￿aspects. Restart￿time The￿restart￿time￿after￿automatic￿braking￿to￿a￿stop￿by￿ACC Stop&Go￿previously￿of￿approximately 3 seconds￿has￿been￿raised￿to￿approximately 30 seconds￿on￿the￿G30. The￿prerequisite￿for￿extended￿restarting￿is￿that￿the￿vehicle￿is￿located￿on￿a￿highway￿or￿a￿divided highway￿outside￿the￿town.
  • Page 399 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control If￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿starts￿driving￿again￿after￿being￿stopped￿(for￿more￿than￿approximately 3 seconds or￿longer￿than￿approximately 30 seconds￿on￿highways￿and￿divided￿highways),￿a￿note￿is￿shown￿to￿the driver.￿To￿drive￿off￿again￿the￿driver￿must￿confirm￿this￿note￿by￿pressing￿the￿RES/CNCL￿button￿or￿the accelerator￿pedal. Additional￿convenience￿is￿provided￿by￿the￿extended￿restart￿time￿without￿driver￿intervention. ACC￿Stop&Go￿does￿not￿only￿support￿the￿driver￿in￿flowing￿traffic,￿but￿also￿in￿traffic￿jam￿situations,￿both on￿multiple-lane￿highways￿and￿ordinary￿roads￿and￿on￿urban￿arterial￿and￿ring￿roads. The￿adjustment￿range￿for￿the￿set￿speed￿is￿limited￿to￿a￿maximum￿of￿130￿mph￿(210 km/h). If￿ECO￿PRO￿or￿SPORT￿mode￿is￿activated,￿the￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿is￿also set￿to￿a￿fuel-efficient￿or￿sporty￿driving￿style.￿Due￿to￿the￿fuel-efficient￿driving￿style￿in￿ECO PRO￿driving mode,￿in￿some￿situations￿the￿vehicle's￿speed￿may￿exceed￿or￿drop￿below￿the￿set￿speed,￿for￿example￿on downhill￿gradients￿or￿inclines.
  • Page 400 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control 21.3.1.￿Operation Activation￿and￿deactivation The￿activation￿and￿deactivation￿of￿the￿ACC￿Stop&Go￿and￿the￿Dynamic￿Cruise￿Control￿are￿almost￿the same.￿ACC Stop&Go￿can￿either￿be￿activated￿while￿driving￿or￿at￿a￿standstill.￿For￿safety￿reasons,￿when the￿vehicle￿is￿at￿a￿standstill￿the￿function￿can￿only￿be￿put￿in￿Standby￿mode￿or￿deactivated￿while￿the￿foot brake￿is￿applied. If￿the￿function￿is￿active,￿it￿can￿be￿interrupted￿by￿pressing￿the￿RES/CNCL￿button.￿The￿distance￿and speed￿will￿no￿longer￿be￿maintained￿and￿the￿set￿speed￿is￿greyed￿out￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster. The￿driver￿can￿select￿a￿desired￿distance￿in￿four￿stages￿using￿the￿left-hand￿multifunction￿button￿on￿the multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿(MFL).￿The￿following￿distance￿most￿recently￿selected￿is￿saved￿depending on￿the￿key￿being￿used. • The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿the￿button￿assignment￿for￿the￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems￿on￿the multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿(MFL)￿in￿vehicles￿with￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional equipment￿(OE￿5AT): G30￿Buttons￿for￿ACC Stop&Go￿with￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT) Index Explanation Button￿for￿activating￿or￿deactivating￿the￿Active Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant Button￿for￿activating￿or￿deactivating￿ACC￿Stop&Go Rocker￿switch￿for￿changing￿the￿set￿speed “SET”￿button￿for￿setting￿the￿speed￿of￿cruise￿control Button￿for￿adjusting￿the￿distance￿of￿the￿driver's￿vehicle to￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead Button￿for￿calling￿up￿a￿saved￿set￿speed/temporarily switching￿off￿the￿cruise￿control...
  • Page 401 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control The￿following￿conditions￿must￿also￿be￿satisfied￿for￿activation: • Seat￿belt￿fastened￿and￿doors￿closed • Drive￿position￿"D"￿engaged￿and￿brake￿pressed • Engine￿running • Parking￿brake￿not￿activated • Camera￿and￿radar￿sensor￿operational • No￿system￿faults￿detected The￿system￿is￿interrupted￿automatically￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • If￿the￿brakes￿are￿used. • If￿the￿selector￿lever￿position￿is￿moved￿out￿of￿position￿"D". • If￿the￿Dynamic￿Traction￿Control￿(DTC)￿is￿activated￿or￿the Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿is￿deactivated. • If￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿is￿performing￿an￿adjustment. • If￿the￿seat￿belt￿is￿unfastened￿and￿the￿driver's￿door￿is￿opened￿in￿a￿stationary￿vehicle. • If￿the￿system￿has￿not￿detected￿an￿object￿for￿a￿long￿time,￿e.g.￿on￿rarely￿frequented￿sections￿of road￿with￿no￿distinct￿edge. • If￿the￿detection￿range￿of￿the￿radar￿is￿impaired,￿e.g.￿due￿to￿contamination￿or￿heavy￿precipitation. • Following￿a￿longer￿immobilization￿period,￿if￿the￿vehicle￿has￿been￿decelerated￿to￿a￿standstill￿by ACC￿Stop&Go. The￿set￿speed￿is￿indicated￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿in￿the￿familiar￿way;￿by￿a￿mark￿that￿moves￿round the￿speed￿reading.￿If￿ACC Stop&Go￿is￿activated,￿this￿mark￿is￿green,￿whereas￿in￿"Standby"￿mode￿it￿is grey￿and￿the￿last￿set￿speed￿is￿displayed.￿After￿the￿ACC Stop&Go￿function￿is￿activated￿or￿after￿the￿driver has￿adjusted￿the￿set￿speed,￿the￿current￿digital￿value￿is￿displayed.￿If￿the￿distance￿is￿changed,￿a￿symbol appears￿briefly￿as￿an￿acknowledgement.￿The￿symbol￿screen￿masks￿are￿for￿example￿the￿set￿speed￿and the￿distance￿bar.￿With￿each￿subsequent￿operation￿the￿display￿is￿shown￿for￿another￿three￿seconds.
  • Page 402 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control Displays Displays￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿when￿ACC￿Stop&Go￿is￿activated Symbols Explanation Display￿lights￿up￿black/grey,￿no￿vehicle￿symbol shown: System￿has￿been￿interrupted. Distance￿control￿briefly￿paused,￿as￿the accelerator￿pedal￿is￿depressed. Vehicle￿symbol￿and￿distance￿bars￿flash￿red￿and a￿signal￿sounds: Request￿for￿intervention￿by￿braking￿and,￿if required,￿evasive￿action. Distance￿control￿(ranging)￿active: ACC￿Stop&Go￿adjusts￿to￿the￿set￿distance (distance￿1). The￿speedometer￿mark￿for￿the￿Active￿Cruise Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿also￿lights￿up green￿in￿the￿speed￿reading.
  • Page 403 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 21.￿Cruise￿Control Symbols Explanation Distance￿control￿(ranging)￿active: ACC￿Stop&Go￿adjusts￿to￿the￿set￿distance (distance￿2). The￿speedometer￿mark￿for￿the￿Active￿Cruise Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿also￿lights￿up green￿in￿the￿speed￿reading. Distance￿control￿(ranging)￿active: ACC￿Stop&Go￿adjusts￿to￿the￿set￿distance (distance￿3). The￿speedometer￿mark￿for￿the￿Active￿Cruise Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿also￿lights￿up green￿in￿the￿speed￿reading. Distance￿3￿is￿approximately￿half￿the￿value￿of the￿speed￿indicator￿in￿metres￿and￿is￿pre-set automatically￿when￿the￿system￿is￿first￿switched Distance￿control￿(ranging)￿active: ACC￿Stop&Go￿adjusts￿to￿the￿set￿distance (distance￿4). The￿speedometer￿mark￿for￿the￿Active￿Cruise Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function￿also￿lights￿up green￿in￿the￿speed￿reading.

  • Page 404: Speed Limit Warning

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 22.￿Speed￿Limit￿Warning The￿driver￿has￿the￿option￿of￿setting￿a￿speed￿at￿which￿a￿warning￿is￿issued￿when￿the￿system￿is￿activated and￿the￿preset￿speed￿is￿exceeded. 22.1.￿Operation The￿speed￿limit￿warning￿can￿be￿switched￿on￿and￿off￿in￿the￿iDrive￿menu,￿as￿well￿as￿the￿speed￿setting￿at which￿the￿warning￿should￿be￿issued,￿by￿making￿the￿following￿selection￿via￿the￿controller: • "My￿Vehicle" • "Vehicle￿settings" • "Speed￿warning" • "Warning￿at:" • Turn￿controller￿until￿the￿desired￿speed￿is￿displayed • Press￿controller • Speed￿limit￿warning￿is￿saved G30￿Speed￿limit￿warning￿display￿on￿the￿CID...
  • Page 405 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 23.￿Lateral￿Guidance￿Assistants The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿were￿introduced￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in the￿G12. Further￿innovative￿systems￿are￿introduced￿with￿the￿launch￿of￿the￿G30.￿The￿driver￿of￿a￿new￿BMW￿5 Series￿now￿also￿has￿Evasion￿Aid￿at￿his￿disposal. 23.1.￿Launch￿timeline The￿graphic￿below￿shows￿when￿the￿lateral￿guidance￿systems￿were￿introduced: Overview￿of￿lateral￿guidance￿assistance...
  • Page 406 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 23.￿Lateral￿Guidance￿Assistants Index System Functional￿characteristics￿of￿the￿systems Second￿generation￿Traffic • 0￿–￿43￿mph￿(0￿–￿70 km/h) Jam￿Assistant￿(from￿2015 • Traffic￿jam￿following￿distance￿control￿with with￿launch￿of￿G12) lane￿center￿guidance • No￿road-type￿restrictions Active￿Lane￿Keeping • 43￿–￿130￿mph￿(70￿–￿210 km/h) Assistant￿(from￿2015￿with • Lane￿center￿guidance launch￿of￿G12) • No￿road-type￿restrictions Active￿Lane￿Keeping • 18￿–￿43￿mph￿(30￿–￿70 km/h)￿(warning￿in￿form Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision of￿single￿steering￿wheel￿pulse) Avoidance￿(from￿2015￿with • 43￿–￿130￿mph￿(70–￿210 km/h)￿(corrective launch￿of￿G12) steering￿interventions) • Active￿steering￿interventions￿in￿situations where￿a￿collision￿is￿imminent • No￿road-type￿restrictions Second￿generation￿Traffic •...

  • Page 407: Functional Principle

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants What￿drivers￿wish￿for￿most￿while￿driving￿is￿relief￿from￿monotonous￿situations￿such￿as￿sitting￿in￿a￿jam or￿slow￿moving￿traffic.￿In￿addition￿to￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿with￿Stop&Go￿function,￿drivers￿are￿now￿also supported￿by￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant.￿The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿was￿first￿introduced in￿the￿G12. The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿are￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT). The￿system￿assists￿the￿driver￿in￿keeping￿the￿vehicle￿in￿lane￿by￿initiating￿corrective￿steering interventions￿if￿required. G30￿Active￿steering￿intervention 24.1.￿Functional￿principle Depending￿on￿the￿speed,￿the￿system￿is￿guided￿by￿the￿lane￿edges￿or￿vehicles￿driving￿ahead. The￿position￿of￿the￿lane￿edges￿and￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿is￿determined￿with￿the￿help￿of￿five￿radar sensors￿and￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera.
  • Page 408 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants G30￿Installation￿locations￿of￿radar￿sensors￿and￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Index Explanation Control￿unit￿for￿radar￿sensor,￿right￿(RSR) KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(primary) Blind￿Spot￿Detection￿(secondary) Control￿unit￿for￿radar￿sensor,￿left￿(RSL) Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC)
  • Page 409 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants The￿system￿has￿two￿subfunctions:￿the￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿(second￿generation)￿and￿the￿Active￿Lane Keeping￿Assistant. The￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿is￿available￿for￿speeds￿up￿to￿approximately￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h),￿the￿Active Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿from￿approximately￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h)￿to￿approximately￿130￿mph￿(210 km/h). The￿table￿below￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿differences￿between￿the￿two￿subfunctions: Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant Speed￿range￿0￿–￿43￿mph￿(0￿–￿70 km/h) Speed￿range￿from￿43￿–￿130￿mph￿(70 –￿210 km/h) Corrective￿steering￿interventions￿in￿the Corrective￿steering￿interventions￿in￿the￿direction direction￿of￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead of￿the￿center￿of￿the￿lane Detected￿lane￿markings￿taken￿into Gaps￿in￿lane￿markings￿can￿be￿bridged￿for￿a consideration limited￿time￿by￿aligning￿with￿vehicle￿ahead If￿the￿Traffic￿Jam￿and￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistants￿are￿activated,￿the￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿is also￿interlinked. 24.1.1.￿Hands-off-Detection To￿ensure￿the￿driver￿is￿alert￿and￿able￿to￿react,￿he￿is￿urged￿to￿always￿have￿both￿hands￿on￿the￿steering wheel￿when￿the￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿are￿activated￿(established￿in the￿German￿road￿traffic￿regulations).￿If￿the￿driver￿takes￿both￿hands￿off￿the￿steering￿wheel￿rim,￿control￿is stopped￿after￿a￿few￿seconds￿during￿active￿control￿and￿the￿driver￿is￿requested￿to￿take￿over￿steering. Additional￿information￿about￿Hands-off-Detection￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿“G12￿Driver￿Assistance Systems”￿reference￿manual￿(section￿23.1.1). 24.1.2.￿Functional￿prerequisites The￿following￿prerequisites￿must￿be￿met￿in￿order￿for￿the￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic Jam￿Assistant￿to￿be￿used: • Speed￿must￿be￿below￿130￿mph￿(210 km/h). • Above￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h):￿both￿lane￿edges￿must￿be￿detected. • Below￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h):￿both￿lane￿edges￿or￿a￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿must￿be￿detected. • The￿lane￿width￿must￿be￿sufficient. • The￿vehicle￿should￿be￿positioned￿as￿centrally￿as￿possible￿in￿the￿lane.

  • Page 410: Function￿Logic

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants In￿order￿for￿the￿system￿to￿be￿activated,￿two￿lane￿boundary￿lines￿must￿be￿detected.￿Below￿a￿speed￿of approximately￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h)￿a￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿in￿the￿same￿lane￿is￿sufficient￿to￿activate￿the system. The￿system￿is￿put￿in￿Standby￿mode￿if￿the￿marginal￿conditions￿are￿not￿satisfied￿(e.g.￿hands￿not￿on steering￿wheel,￿lane￿too￿narrow￿or￿dazzling￿of￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera).￿Once￿all￿marginal￿conditions have￿been￿met,￿the￿system￿is￿re-enabled￿automatically. To￿activate￿the￿system,￿the￿speed￿of￿the￿vehicle￿is￿another￿input￿quantity￿that￿is￿evaluated.￿The￿system uses￿these￿values￿to￿decide￿which￿function￿will￿be￿enabled.￿As￿mentioned￿above,￿the￿threshold￿values are￿set￿as￿follows: • The￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿can￿be￿enabled￿within￿a￿speed￿range￿of￿0￿to￿approximately￿43￿mph (70 km/h). • The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿can￿be￿enabled￿within￿a￿speed￿range￿from￿approximately 43￿to￿approximately￿130￿mph￿(70 to￿approximately￿210 km/h). 24.1.3.￿Lane￿change For￿a￿lane￿change￿to￿be￿as￿comfortable￿as￿possible,￿the￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic￿Jam Assistant￿are￿put￿silently￿into￿Standby￿mode￿when￿the￿turn￿indicator￿is￿activated￿and￿reactivates￿itself automatically￿once￿the￿turn￿indicator￿is￿back￿in￿its￿initial￿position￿and￿a￿lane￿change￿has￿occurred. 24.1.4.￿Function￿logic The￿main￿function￿logic￿of￿the￿lateral￿guidance￿is￿implemented￿in￿the￿Optional￿Equipment￿System (SAS)￿control￿unit. The￿majority￿of￿the￿data￿for￿the￿function￿is￿provided￿by￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera,￿where￿algorithms￿for the￿lane￿and￿object￿detection￿run. Vehicle￿dynamics￿data,￿such￿as￿the￿driving￿speed,￿wheel￿speeds,￿yaw￿rate,￿steering￿angle,￿lateral acceleration,￿longitudinal￿acceleration,￿etc.,￿is￿provided￿by￿the￿rest￿of￿the￿vehicle￿network￿via￿a￿FlexRay or￿CAN￿connection. A￿target￿trajectory￿(also￿known￿as￿a￿path￿curve)￿is￿calculated￿in￿the￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS) control￿unit.￿This￿is￿used￿to￿determine￿whether￿a￿steering￿correction￿is￿required.

  • Page 411: Steering￿Interventions

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants 24.1.5.￿Steering￿interventions If￿the￿current￿course￿of￿the￿vehicle￿deviates￿too￿much￿from￿the￿target￿trajectory￿(path￿curve),￿a￿steering correction￿is￿initiated. The￿steering￿intervention￿is￿a￿corrective￿measure.￿This￿means￿the￿driver￿is￿not￿relieved￿of￿his￿duty￿to steer￿the￿vehicle.￿As￿the￿corrective￿steering￿interventions￿are￿limited￿to￿approximately￿1.5 m/s²￿based on￿the￿lateral￿acceleration,￿the￿system￿cannot￿navigate￿curves￿above￿the￿respective￿speed-dependent curve￿radius￿without￿the￿driver's￿assistance.￿The￿driver￿must￿therefore￿steer￿the￿vehicle￿at￿the￿same time￿in￿order￿to￿stay￿on￿the￿roadway. The￿target￿trajectory￿and￿required￿steering￿corrections￿are￿calculated￿based￿on￿the￿driving￿speed￿as follows: Speed￿range￿0￿to￿43￿mph￿(0￿to￿70 km/h): • The￿position￿and￿previous￿movements￿of￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿are￿given￿priority￿when determining￿the￿appropriate￿steering￿corrections. • Detected￿lane￿markings￿are￿taken￿into￿account￿to￿avoid￿unwanted￿steering￿corrections￿that would￿result￿in￿leaving￿the￿lane. • Corrective￿steering￿interventions￿in￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿center￿of￿the￿lane￿are￿initiated￿if￿the vehicle￿detects￿there￿is￿not￿a￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. Speed￿range￿43￿to￿80￿mph￿(70 km/h￿to￿130 km/h): • Corrective￿steering￿interventions￿in￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿center￿of￿the￿lane￿are￿initiated. • It￿is￿possible￿to￿bridge￿the￿gap￿for￿a￿limited￿time￿where￿lane￿markings￿are￿not￿detected￿by estimating￿the￿course￿of￿the￿lane￿based￿on￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. Speed￿range￿80￿to￿130￿mph￿(130 km/h￿to￿210 km/h): • Corrective￿steering￿interventions￿in￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿center￿of￿the￿lane￿are￿initiated. • For￿safety￿reasons￿above￿a￿driving￿speed￿of￿approximately￿80￿mph￿(130 km/h)￿the￿course￿of the￿lane￿is￿not￿estimated￿using￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. The￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿is￿given￿priority￿as￿the￿"correction￿target"￿at￿speeds￿up￿to￿approximately￿43 mph￿(70 km/h)￿due￿to￿the￿limited￿detection￿of￿lane￿markings. In￿traffic￿jams￿or￿slow-moving￿traffic￿following￿distances￿are￿often￿extremely￿small￿(<￿30￿ft￿(< 10 m))￿due to￿tailgating￿and￿lanes￿ahead￿are￿often￿partially￿covered￿due￿to￿staggered￿driving. This￿means￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿is￿unable￿to￿correctly￿interpret￿the￿lane￿markings￿in￿some￿cases. When￿classifying￿the￿object￿driving￿ahead,￿vehicles￿such￿as￿motorbikes￿are￿not￿used￿as￿the￿"correction target".
  • Page 412 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants Steering￿momentum The￿driving￿dynamics￿function￿software￿in￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿control￿unit￿calculates￿a target￿steering￿torque￿based￿on￿the￿curve￿nominal￿value.￿The￿target￿steering￿torque￿is￿then￿converted to￿an￿engine￿torque￿by￿the￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS),￿which￿finally￿results￿in￿a￿steering￿wheel movement￿at￿the￿wheels. The￿maximum￿steering￿torque￿has￿been￿set￿in￿such￿a￿way￿that￿it￿can￿always￿be￿overruled￿by￿the￿driver and￿therefore￿steering￿past￿the￿maximum￿steering￿torque￿is￿possible. 24.1.6.￿Operation The￿system￿is￿switched￿on￿via￿the￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿button￿on￿the￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel (MFL). G30￿buttons￿for￿ACC Stop&Go￿with￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT) Index Explanation Button￿for￿activating￿or￿deactivating￿the￿Active Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant Button￿for￿activating￿or￿deactivating￿ACC￿Stop&Go Rocker￿switch￿for￿changing￿the￿set￿speed “SET”￿button￿for￿setting￿the￿speed￿of￿cruise￿control Button￿for￿adjusting￿the￿distance￿of￿the￿driver's￿vehicle￿to the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead Button￿for￿calling￿up￿a￿saved￿set￿speed/temporarily￿switching off￿the￿cruise￿control...
  • Page 413 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants Displays Symbols Explanation Grey￿steering￿wheel￿symbol: • The￿system￿has￿been￿interrupted￿and will￿not￿make￿any￿further￿steering￿wheel movements.￿The￿system￿is￿in￿Standby mode. • Once￿the￿system￿conditions￿are met,￿the￿system￿reactivates￿itself automatically. Green￿steering￿wheel￿symbol￿and￿lane￿edges: • The￿system￿assists￿in￿keeping￿the vehicle￿in￿the￿lane. Green￿steering￿wheel￿symbol,￿grey￿lane￿edges: • No￿lane￿edges￿detected.￿The￿vehicle follows￿the￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead. Yellow￿steering￿wheel￿symbol: • Request￿for￿driver￿to￿place￿hands￿back on￿the￿steering￿wheel￿(grasp￿steering wheel).￿System￿continues￿to￿be￿active. Red￿steering￿wheel￿symbol￿and￿acoustic￿signal sounds: • The￿system￿has￿been￿interrupted.￿It￿will not￿make￿any￿further￿steering￿wheel movements. Configuration￿options The￿driver￿can￿change￿the￿system￿settings￿in￿the￿Intelligent￿Safety￿configuration￿menu.
  • Page 414 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 24.￿Lane￿Keeping￿&￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistants 24.1.7.￿Deactivation￿criteria The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿and￿Traffic￿Jam￿Assistant￿is￿deactivated￿automatically in￿the￿following￿situations: • If￿the￿vehicle￿departs￿from￿the￿detected￿lane￿or￿the￿lane￿width￿does￿not￿meet￿the requirements. • If￿the￿lane￿edges￿of￿the￿current￿lane￿are￿not￿detected￿by￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera. • If￿no￿vehicle￿driving￿ahead￿is￿detected. • The￿vehicle￿is￿travelling￿at￿a￿speed￿greater￿than￿130￿mph￿(210 km/h). • If￿the￿Hands-off-Detection￿cannot￿detect￿the￿hands￿(at￿least￿one￿hand)￿on￿the￿steering￿wheel rim.￿The￿system￿is￿switched￿off￿once￿a￿defined￿time￿threshold￿(several￿seconds)￿has￿elapsed. • Due￿to￿the￿radius￿of￿the￿bend￿in￿the￿road,￿the￿inner￿lane￿edge￿is￿no￿longer￿detected￿due￿to￿the camera￿aperture￿angle. • Pedestrian￿protection￿assumes￿the￿operating￿condition￿"Fault￿exists". • If￿the￿turn￿indicator￿is￿on. • The￿driver￿intervenes￿actively￿in￿the￿steering. • If￿over￿a￿certain￿time￿period￿no￿lane￿edges￿are￿detected￿and￿there￿is￿not￿a￿vehicle driving￿ahead. • If￿the￿driver￿manually￿deactivates￿the￿DSC￿(DSC￿off). • If￿there￿is￿an￿intervention￿from￿the￿preventative￿pedestrian￿protection. • After￿Dynamic￿Brake￿Control￿braking￿(brake￿assistant). 24.1.8.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system When￿driving￿in￿narrow￿lanes,￿e.g.￿when￿driving￿through￿construction￿zones￿or￿when￿emergency￿lanes are￿formed,￿the￿system￿cannot￿be￿activated￿or￿used￿meaningfully. Due￿to￿the￿limited￿detection￿capacity￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera,￿the￿driver￿must￿remain￿alert￿and observant￿in￿order￿to￿be￿able￿to￿actively￿intervene￿at￿any￿time￿so￿as￿to￿avoid￿the￿risk￿of￿an￿accident. The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿traffic situation.￿The￿driver￿is￿solely￿responsible￿for￿the￿vehicle.
  • Page 415 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 25.￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant The￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant￿with￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance￿is￿part￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT). By￿making￿corrective￿steering￿interventions,￿the￿system,￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12￿helps￿the￿driver to￿keep￿the￿vehicle￿in￿lane￿at￿speeds￿from￿approximately￿43￿mph￿(70 km/h)￿to￿approximately￿130￿mph (210 km/h)￿and￿to￿actively￿avoid￿potential￿side￿collisions.￿The￿system￿endeavors￿to￿orient￿the￿vehicle￿in its￿lane￿according￿to￿the￿situation￿and￿within￿the￿framework￿of￿the￿system￿limits. The￿system￿consists￿of￿the￿following￿four￿subfunctions: • Side￿Collision￿Avoidance • Reduced￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance • Lane￿Departure￿Warning • Blind￿Spot￿Detection 25.1.￿Side￿Collision￿Avoidance The￿table￿below￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿functional￿characteristics￿of￿the￿"Side￿Collision￿Avoidance" subfunction: Speed￿range Warning￿functions Corrective￿steering￿intervention 43￿–￿130￿mph￿(70 ￿– • Issued￿if￿the￿vehicle • Corrective￿steering 210 km/h) detects￿that￿it￿is￿getting intervention￿in￿the￿direction critically￿close￿to of￿the￿available￿space￿on￿the another￿vehicle￿to￿the roadway side Requirements: • Haptic￿warning￿in￿the • Detected￿lanes form￿of￿vibration￿in￿the steering￿wheel￿using￿an...
  • Page 416 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 25.￿Active￿Lane￿Keeping￿Assistant The￿table￿below￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿functional￿characteristics￿of￿the￿"Reduced￿Side￿Collision Avoidance"￿subfunction: Speed￿range Warning￿functions Corrective￿steering￿intervention 18￿–￿130￿mph • Issued￿if￿the￿vehicle • A￿corrective￿steering (30￿–￿210 km/h) detects￿that￿it￿is￿getting intervention￿is￿not￿initiated; critically￿close￿to instead￿only￿a￿single another￿vehicle￿to steering￿wheel￿pulse the￿side warning￿is￿issued￿in￿the opposite￿direction￿to￿the • Haptic￿warning￿in￿the detected￿object￿the￿vehicle form￿of￿vibration￿in￿the could￿collide￿with. steering￿wheel￿using￿an unbalanced￿actuator • Visual￿warning￿in exterior￿mirror￿in the￿form￿of￿the corresponding warning￿light • 18￿–￿46￿mph￿(30￿– 75 km/h)￿additional warning￿in￿form￿of single￿steering￿wheel pulse 25.2.￿Lane￿Departure￿Warning The￿table￿below￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿functional￿characteristics￿of￿the￿"Lane￿Departure￿Warning"...
  • Page 417 G30 Driver Assistance Systems 25. Active Lane Keeping Assistant 25.3. Blind Spot Detection The table below shows an overview of the functional characteristics of the "Blind Spot Detection" subfunction: Speed range Warning functions Corrective steering intervention 43 – 130 mph •...
  • Page 418 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid Often￿a￿collision￿with￿another￿vehicle￿(at￿the￿end￿of￿a￿traffic￿jam￿for￿example)￿or￿obstacle￿can￿only be￿prevented￿by￿an￿avoidance￿maneuver.￿Since￿the￿driver's￿response￿time￿plays￿a￿decisive￿role￿in an￿avoidance￿maneuver￿just￿as￿in￿a￿braking￿maneuver,￿Evasion￿Aid￿is￿able￿to￿make￿a￿considerable contribution￿to￿avoiding￿an￿impending￿collision. Evasion￿Aid￿supports￿the￿driver￿in￿such￿critical￿driving￿situations￿with￿a￿focused￿steering￿intervention if￿the￿driver￿needs￿to￿avoid￿an￿obstacle.￿The￿system￿also￿help￿keep￿the￿vehicle￿stable￿during￿and￿after the￿avoidance￿maneuver. This￿is￿achieved￿by￿an￿interaction￿between￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC),￿the￿Electronic￿Power Steering￿(EPS)￿and￿the￿analysis￿of￿data￿from￿the￿assistance￿sensors. G30￿Evasion￿Aid:￿interaction￿of￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control(￿DSC)￿and￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Evasion￿Aid￿is￿a￿function￿of￿the￿Active￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus,￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿5AT),￿and￿is fitted￿in￿the￿G30￿for￿the￿first￿time. 26.1.￿Functional￿principle An￿emergency￿avoidance￿maneuver￿takes￿place￿when￿a￿suddenly￿occurring￿obstacle￿is￿detected￿in front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿and￿the￿driver￿has￿to￿avoid￿this￿obstacle￿quickly￿and￿without￿“significant”￿braking. Evasion￿Aid￿supports￿the￿driver￿in￿avoidance￿maneuvers￿in￿emergency￿situations￿and￿calculates￿an optimum￿“escape￿track”￿past￿the￿obstacle. The￿“escape￿track”￿is￿calculated￿within￿the￿physical￿limits￿of￿the￿particular￿vehicle.￿The￿calculated “escape￿track”￿is￿designed￿to￿minimize￿transverse￿dynamics.
  • Page 419 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid G30￿Evasion￿Aid The￿vehicle￿is￿preconditioned￿before￿an￿anticipated￿avoidance￿maneuver. Here￿all￿functions￿that￿contribute￿to￿stabilize￿the￿vehicle￿are￿adapted￿in￿their￿configuration￿for￿the maximum￿support￿of￿the￿driver.￿This￿can￿reduce￿the￿risk￿of￿unstable￿vehicle￿behavior￿or￿overloading￿the driver￿in￿an￿acute￿avoidance￿maneuver. Evasion￿Aid￿checks￿the￿current￿vehicle￿inclination￿and￿the￿driver's￿steering￿wheel￿actions￿and compares￿the￿information￿with￿the￿computed￿“escape￿track”.￿Should￿the￿system￿detect￿discrepancies, an￿appropriate￿steering￿intervention￿is￿applied￿to￿steer￿the￿vehicle￿to￿the￿previously￿estimated￿“escape track”. The￿design￿objective￿for￿the￿system￿was￿that￿the￿driver's￿selected￿steering￿is￿not￿bypassed,￿but instead￿the￿feel￿of￿the￿steering￿wheel￿use￿is￿modified.￿The￿driver￿is￿supported￿by￿an￿additional￿support torque￿in￿the￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS)￿for￿the￿avoidance￿maneuver. If￿a￿collision-threatening￿situation￿is￿detected￿and￿an￿acute￿warning￿has￿been￿issued,￿Evasion￿Aid evaluates￿the￿traffic￿situation.
  • Page 420 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid The￿possible￿free￿space￿for￿an￿avoidance￿maneuver￿is￿analyzed￿on￿the￿basis￿of￿this￿critical￿situation. Radar￿sensors￿and￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿monitor￿the￿vehicle's￿surroundings.￿The￿system￿can intervene￿to￿provide￿support￿if￿an￿avoidance￿opportunity￿next￿to￿the￿vehicle￿in￿front￿is￿available￿and￿if no￿collision￿object￿has￿been￿detected￿to￿the￿side￿of￿the￿own￿vehicle. The￿system￿assists￿the￿driver￿in￿the￿speed￿range￿from￿25￿–￿100￿mph￿(40￿to￿160 km/h). The￿driver￿initiates￿the￿avoidance￿maneuver￿by￿turning￿the￿steering￿wheel￿rapidly,￿at￿the￿same￿time determining￿the￿avoiding￿direction.￿Any￿brake￿intervention￿initiated￿by￿the￿acute￿warning￿is￿aborted￿or suppressed￿as￿appropriate.￿The￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS)￿implements￿a￿supporting￿steering intervention. The￿vehicle￿is￿made￿“more￿agile”￿by￿the￿system￿as￿it￿steers￿around￿the￿obstacle￿and￿then￿stabilized again￿when￿it￿reaches￿the￿escape￿lane. Rapid￿and￿effective￿avoidance￿is￿possible￿thanks￿to￿the￿vehicle's￿improved￿response￿to￿steering commands,￿without￿endangering￿the￿general￿driving￿stability. G30￿Evasion￿Aid:￿make￿agile/stabilize Index Explanation Make￿agile Stabilize The￿hard￿shoulder￿may￿be￿used￿as￿the￿escape￿lane,￿in￿addition￿to￿a￿normal￿lane. The￿supporting￿steering￿intervention￿by￿the￿system￿is￿not￿performed￿until￿after￿the￿driver￿has￿actively initiated￿the￿avoidance￿maneuver.￿An￿avoidance￿maneuver￿by￿Evasion￿Aid￿alone￿is￿thus￿not￿performed. The￿driver￿must￿likewise￿determine￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿avoidance.
  • Page 421 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid 26.2.￿System￿overview Below￿we￿describe￿which￿main￿components￿or￿sensors￿are￿relevant￿to￿Evasion￿Aid. • Object￿or￿obstacles￿are￿detected￿by￿means￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿and￿the￿ACC Stop&Go￿front￿radar￿sensor. • The￿four￿side￿radar￿sensors￿monitor￿the￿area￿around￿the￿vehicle.￿The￿data￿from￿the￿KAFAS stereo￿camera￿is￿also￿analyzed￿and￿in￿this￿way￿a￿possible￿free￿space￿for￿an￿avoidance maneuver￿can￿be￿identified. • A￿target￿trajectory￿(also￿known￿as￿a￿path￿curve),￿that￿is￿the￿“escape￿track”￿itself,￿is￿calculated￿in the￿Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS)￿control￿unit. • The￿driving￿dynamics￿function￿software￿in￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)￿control￿unit calculates￿a￿target￿steering￿torque￿based￿on￿the￿“escape￿track”. • The￿target￿steering￿torque￿is￿converted￿to￿an￿engine￿torque￿by￿the￿Electronic￿Power￿Steering (EPS),￿which￿finally￿results￿in￿a￿supporting￿steering￿intervention,￿if￿necessary. The￿maximum￿steering￿torque￿has￿been￿set￿in￿such￿a￿way￿that￿it￿can￿always￿be￿overruled￿by the￿driver￿and￿therefore￿steering￿past￿the￿maximum￿steering￿torque￿is￿possible.
  • Page 422 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid G30￿Evasion￿Aid￿system￿overview Index Explanation Control￿unit￿for￿radar￿sensor,￿right￿(RSR) KAFAS￿stereo￿camera Blind￿Spot￿Detection,￿right￿(primary) Blind￿Spot￿Detection,￿left￿(secondary) Optional￿Equipment￿System￿(SAS)

  • Page 423: Operation

    G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Control￿unit￿for￿radar￿sensor,￿left￿(RSL) Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(electromechanical￿power￿steering)￿(EPS) 26.3.￿Operation A￿special￿precondition￿such￿as￿the￿individual￿configuration￿capability￿for￿the￿system￿or￿deactivation￿of this￿function￿only￿is￿not￿possible. Evasion￿Aid￿can￿only￿be￿deactivated￿by￿switching￿off￿all￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿(ALL OFF). The￿system￿does￿not￿relieve￿the￿driver￿of￿personal￿responsibility￿for￿correctly￿judging￿the￿traffic situation.￿The￿driver￿is￿solely￿responsible￿for￿the￿vehicle. 26.4.￿Functional￿prerequisites Evasion￿Aid￿is￿not￿linked￿to￿a￿particular￿road￿type. The￿following￿parameters￿are￿the￿prerequisites￿for￿the￿availability￿of￿Evasion￿Aid: • The￿vehicle's￿speed￿must￿not￿be￿below￿approximately￿25￿mph￿(40 km/h)￿and be￿no￿higher￿than￿approximately￿100￿(160 km/h). • The￿system￿must￿have￿identified￿a￿free￿space￿for￿an￿avoidance￿maneuver. Evasion￿Aid￿is￿generally￿not￿available￿in￿the￿following￿cases: • The￿vehicle's￿speed￿is￿below￿approximately￿25￿mph￿(40 km/h)￿or￿higher than￿approximately￿100￿mph￿(160 km/h). • During￿a￿dynamic￿overtaking￿maneuver￿initiated￿by￿the￿driver. • If￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿has￿been￿switched￿off￿by￿the￿driver, or￿there￿is￿a￿fault￿in￿the￿DSC. • When￿all￿Intelligent￿Safety￿systems￿are￿switched￿off. • In￿the￿event￿of￿systemic￿limitations￿of￿the￿radar￿sensors￿or￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera.
  • Page 424 G30￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems 26.￿Evasion￿Aid 26.5.￿Limits￿of￿the￿system The￿collision￿warning￿has￿a￿limited￿capacity￿for￿detection.￿As￿a￿result,￿incorrect￿or￿delayed￿warnings may￿occur￿and￿consequently￿Evasion￿Aid￿is￿limited￿in￿its￿operation.￿It￿is￿also￿possible￿that￿the￿following vehicles￿are￿not￿detected: • A￿slow￿vehicle￿when￿driving￿off￿at￿high￿speed. • Vehicles￿that￿suddenly￿swerve￿or￿decelerate￿rapidly. • Vehicles￿with￿an￿unusual￿rear￿view￿or￿with￿insufficiently￿visible￿rear￿lights. • Partially￿concealed￿vehicles. • Two-wheeled￿vehicles￿travelling￿ahead. The￿function￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿and￿the￿radar￿sensors,￿and￿thus￿the￿function￿of￿Evasion￿Aid may￿be￿impaired￿in￿the￿following￿situations: • Heavy￿fog,￿rain,￿spray￿or￿snow. • Insufficient￿light. • Strong￿light￿in￿the￿camera￿lens. • If￿the￿field￿of￿view￿of￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿or￿the￿windscreen￿is￿dirty. • On￿sharp￿bends. • Up￿to￿10 seconds￿after￿engine￿start￿via￿the￿START-STOP￿button. • On￿restriction￿or￿deactivation￿of￿the￿driving￿dynamics￿systems,￿for￿example￿DSC￿OFF. • During￿the￿calibration￿process￿for￿the￿KAFAS￿stereo￿camera￿immediately￿after￿vehicle delivery￿or￿a￿camera￿change. Evasion￿Aid￿does￿not￿release￿the￿driver￿from￿his￿comprehensive￿responsibility￿as￿the￿driver.￿There￿can be￿functional￿limitations￿because￿of￿system￿restrictions.
  • Page 425 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...

  • Page 426: Technical￿Training

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls BMW￿Service...

  • Page 427: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿technical￿training￿of￿the BMW￿Group￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 428 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls Contents Control￿Elements ............................................1.1. Introduction ............................................. 1.1.1. New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 ............................1.1.2. Features￿in￿common￿with￿G12 ........................1.1.3. Overview￿of￿the￿interior .............................. 1.1.4. Controls￿in￿center￿console ............................ 1.2. Steering￿column￿switches ..................................1.2.1. Wash/wipe￿switch ................................1.2.2. Service ........................................Instrument￿Cluster ............................................. 2.1. Introduction ............................................. 2.2. Display ..............................................2.3. Driving￿Modes ..........................................2.4. Connection ...........................................
  • Page 429 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls Contents Gesture￿Control ............................................6.1. Overview ............................................6.2. Innovations ........................................... Multifunction￿Steering￿Wheel ................................... 7.1. Overview ............................................7.2. Steering￿wheel￿heating .................................... Driving￿Experience￿Switch ..................................... 8.1. Overview ............................................8.2. SPORT+ ............................................8.3. ADAPTIVE ............................................. 8.4. Individualization ........................................

  • Page 430: Control Elements

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 1.￿Control￿Elements 1.1.￿Introduction In￿the￿BMW￿5￿Series,￿interior￿design,￿functionality￿and￿comfort￿have￿reached￿an￿even￿higher￿level.￿The G30￿is￿a￿pioneer￿in￿intuitive￿operation.￿The￿continually￿upgraded￿BMW￿iDrive￿system￿makes￿a￿range￿of fascinating￿new￿vehicle￿comfort￿and￿infotainment￿features￿available￿to￿both￿the￿driver￿and the￿passengers. 1.1.1.￿New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 The￿G30￿is￿largely￿based￿on￿the￿G12￿in￿regard￿to￿the￿displays￿and￿controls. The￿following￿table￿compares￿the￿new￿features￿and￿changes￿to￿the￿displays￿and￿controls in￿G30￿with￿those￿in￿the￿G12: Function New￿feature/change Controls Turn￿signal/high￿beam￿switch￿and￿wash/wipe switch￿are￿designed￿to￿engage User￿interface User￿interface￿ID6￿(iDrive￿6th￿generation) Gesture￿control Extended￿gesture￿functions Multifunction￿steering￿wheel New￿installation￿location￿of￿the￿steering￿wheel heating￿button Driving￿experience￿switch Driving￿experience￿switch￿with￿and￿without ADAPTIVE￿mode SPORT+￿mode 1.1.2.￿Features￿in￿common￿with￿G12 This￿product￿information￿only￿describes￿the￿differences￿to￿the￿G12.￿A￿detailed￿description￿of￿the following￿systems/functions￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Technical￿Reference￿Manual￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete Vehicle,￿Displays￿and￿Controls: • Instrument￿panel • Controller • Central￿Information￿Display • Gesture￿control •...
  • Page 431 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 1.￿Control￿Elements 1.1.3.￿Overview￿of￿the￿interior The￿following￿graphic￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿displays￿and￿controls￿of￿the￿G30: Overview￿of￿cockpit￿of￿G30 Index Explanation Instrument￿panel￿(KOMBI) Head‐Up￿Display￿(HUD) Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Intelligent￿Safety￿button Heating￿and￿air￿conditioning￿controls/radio￿operating￿unit Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) Controller￿(CON) Driving￿experience￿switch Multifunction￿steering￿wheel...
  • Page 432 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 1.￿Control￿Elements 1.1.4.￿Controls￿in￿center￿console The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿the￿controls￿in￿the￿center￿console￿of￿the￿G30: G30￿Controls￿in￿center￿console Index Explanation Gear￿selector￿switch￿(GWS) Controller￿(CON) Electromechanical￿parking￿brake Automatic￿Hold Surround￿view Park￿Distance￿Control￿(PDC) Driving￿experience￿switch Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)

  • Page 433: Steering￿Column￿Switches

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 1.￿Control￿Elements 1.2.￿Steering￿column￿switches In￿the￿G30,￿the￿turn￿signal/high￿beam￿switch￿and￿the￿wash/wipe￿switch￿immediately￿engage￿when operated.￿The￿one-touch￿signalling￿and￿headlight￿flasher￿continue￿to￿function￿as￿before.￿This￿measure was￿implemented￿in￿response￿to￿customer￿requests.￿The￿one-touch￿button￿will￿gradually￿disappear from￿BMW￿vehicles. G30￿Steering￿column￿switches...

  • Page 434: Service

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 1.￿Control￿Elements 1.2.1.￿Wash/wipe￿switch The￿rain￿sensor￿mode￿is￿activated￿at￿the￿first￿detent￿position.￿An￿LED￿on￿the￿wash/wipe￿switch indicates￿that￿the￿rain￿sensor￿mode￿is￿activated. Following￿a￿terminal￿change,￿the￿rain￿sensor￿mode￿is￿automatically￿activated￿when￿the￿vehicle￿travels over￿5 km/h￿/￿3￿mph.￿The￿LED￿on￿the￿wash/wipe￿switch￿indicates￿that￿the￿rain￿sensor￿mode￿has￿been reactivated. The￿rain￿sensor￿mode￿is￿already￿included￿in￿the￿standard￿equipment. G30￿Wash/wipe￿switch Index Explanation Wash/wipe￿system￿settings Knurled￿wheel￿(sets￿the￿sensitivity￿of￿the￿rain￿sensor￿mode) Wash/wipe￿switch￿LED￿(rain￿sensor￿mode) 1.2.2.￿Service To￿avoid￿damage￿to￿the￿wiper￿blades￿when￿the￿windscreen￿is￿iced￿over,￿the￿rain￿sensor￿mode￿is￿not activated￿at￿temperatures￿of￿-5 °C￿/￿23 °F￿or￿lower￿until￿the￿vehicle￿is￿travelling￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿more￿than 7 km/h￿/￿4￿mph.

  • Page 435: Instrument Cluster

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 2.￿Instrument￿Cluster 2.1.￿Introduction There￿is￿only￿one￿instrument￿cluster￿available￿with￿the￿launch￿of￿the￿G30.￿The￿instrument￿cluster￿has an￿8.8”￿TFT￿display￿and￿therefore￿allows￿for￿situation-dependent￿display￿of￿information￿that￿is￿relevant to￿the￿driver.￿This￿flexible￿display￿of￿information￿achieves￿a￿maximum￿degree￿of￿clarity￿and￿comfort￿and is￿used￿among￿other￿things￿for￿the￿following￿improvements: • Minimization￿of￿driver￿distraction￿by￿optimum￿arrangement￿of￿related￿functions￿and￿situation- based￿displays. • Improvement￿of￿the￿driving￿experience￿by￿the￿display￿hierarchy￿and￿design￿adapted￿to￿the driving￿situation. • Improved￿driving￿comfort￿through￿the￿display￿of￿new￿indicating￿instruments￿and￿functions (e.g.￿picture-in-picture￿map￿display￿on￿the￿instrument￿cluster). Overview￿of￿the￿G30￿instrument￿cluster...

  • Page 436: Display

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 2.￿Instrument￿Cluster 2.2.￿Display BMW￿5￿Series￿instrument￿cluster￿warning￿and￿indicator￿lights Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿deactivated;￿Dynamic￿Traction￿Control￿activated Lane￿departure￿warning Seat￿belt￿warning Airbag￿warning￿light Turn￿signal￿indicator￿light￿/￿Hazard￿warning,￿left Side￿light￿and/or￿low-beam￿headlight￿active Fog￿light High-beam￿assistant High-beam￿headlight Fog￿light Turn￿signal￿indicator￿light￿/￿Hazard￿warning,￿right Parking￿brake Automatic￿Hold￿activated Brake￿system Anti-lock￿Brake￿System￿(ABS) Engine￿malfunction Steering￿system Dynamic￿Stability￿Control Tire￿pressure￿control...

  • Page 437: Driving￿Modes

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 2.￿Instrument￿Cluster 2.3.￿Driving￿Modes The￿displays￿of￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿are￿displayed￿depending￿on￿the￿driving￿mode￿selected. A￿distinction￿is￿made￿between￿the￿3￿following￿modes￿on￿the￿BMW￿5￿Series: • Comfort • Sport • ECO￿Pro...
  • Page 438 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 2.￿Instrument￿Cluster BMW￿5￿Series￿driving￿modes￿on￿the￿instrument￿cluster Index Explanation COMFORT￿mode SPORT￿mode ECO￿PRO￿mode...

  • Page 439: Connection

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 2.￿Instrument￿Cluster 2.4.￿Connection 2.4.1.￿APIX￿connection A￿Head￿Unit￿2￿(HU￿H2)￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿G30,￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿is￿connected￿to￿the￿head￿unit via￿an￿APIX￿line.￿The￿APIX￿connection￿is￿needed￿to￿show￿the￿high-quality￿graphic￿displays￿in￿the instrument￿cluster￿(navigation￿instructions,￿etc.). G30￿Navigation￿in￿the￿extended￿scope￿instrument￿cluster 2.4.2.￿Overview The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿connections: Navigation￿System￿Professional￿(Head￿Unit￿High￿2)￿and￿Head-Up￿Display;￿connection￿of￿the instrument￿cluster￿to￿the￿head￿unit￿via￿APIX;￿connection￿of￿the￿Head‐Up￿Display￿to￿the￿instrument cluster￿via￿APIX. G30￿Connection￿of￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿with￿the￿head￿unit...

  • Page 440: Showroom￿Mode

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 2.￿Instrument￿Cluster 2.5.￿Showroom￿mode The￿Showroom￿mode￿enables￿you￿to￿view￿the￿various￿instrument￿cluster￿displays￿and￿the￿Head-Up Display￿during￿a￿"virtual"￿journey. The￿Showroom￿mode￿is￿started￿via￿the￿test￿functions￿of￿the￿instrument￿cluster. The￿following￿steps￿must￿be￿followed: • Activate￿the￿PAD￿mode￿(press￿the￿start/stop￿button￿3￿times￿within￿0.8 s) • Press￿and￿hold￿the￿setting￿button￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster￿for￿10 s • Activate￿the￿"Showroom￿mode"￿test￿function. 2.5.1.￿Test￿functions There￿are￿further￿test￿functions￿in￿addition￿to￿the￿Showroom￿mode.￿An￿overview￿of￿the￿test￿functions of￿the￿G30￿is￿provided￿in￿the￿following￿table: Test￿functions Description Identification System￿test Roller￿test Showroom￿mode Unlock￿test￿functions Fuel￿gauge￿values Coolant￿temperature,￿ambient￿temperature On-board￿computer￿average￿values Correction￿factor￿for￿consumption￿figures 2.6.￿Presentation￿mode The￿Presentation￿mode￿is￿used￿to￿operate￿the￿vehicle￿functions￿in￿showroom￿and￿trade￿show￿vehicles to￿demonstrate￿these￿to￿the￿customer. This￿mode￿enables￿the￿vehicle￿functions￿to￿be￿demonstrated￿to￿and￿operated￿by￿the￿customer￿without a￿vehicle-specific￿ID￿transmitter￿and￿without￿starting￿the￿engine. In￿addition,￿vehicle￿functions￿that￿could￿potentially￿cause￿damage￿in￿showrooms￿are￿deactivated.￿For example:￿Wash/wipe￿functions,￿power￿window￿or￿the￿electrical￿slide/tilt￿sunroof.￿If￿the￿ID￿transmitter￿is located￿in￿the￿vehicle￿interior,￿these￿functions￿will￿be￿operable. The￿Presentation￿mode￿is￿activated￿in￿the￿service￿menu￿via￿the￿BMW￿diagnosis￿system.￿Furthermore, this￿mode￿is￿only￿effective￿in￿the￿"Residing"￿driving￿condition.

  • Page 441: Controller

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 3.￿Controller 3.1.￿Overview A￿Touch￿Controller￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿G30: Equipment Controller Navigation￿system￿Professional 7￿buttons￿with￿a￿touch￿control G30￿Controller...

  • Page 442: Controller

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 3.￿Controller 3.2.￿Controller 3.2.1.￿Direct￿access￿keys • Menu • MEDIA • • • • BACK • OPTION 3.2.2.￿Controller￿with￿a￿touch￿control￿box The￿touch￿entry￿is￿processed￿in￿the￿head￿unit.￿A￿separate￿control￿unit￿Touchbox￿(TBX)￿is￿not￿installed. 3.2.3.￿Function There￿are￿differences￿in￿how￿to￿operate￿the￿controller￿compared￿to￿G12: • In￿the￿G30,￿double-clicking￿on￿the￿menu￿button￿does￿not￿open￿the￿favorites list￿but￿enlarges￿the￿view￿of￿the￿main￿menu￿in￿the￿CID. • The￿favorites￿list￿is￿opened￿by￿pressing￿and￿holding￿the￿BACK￿button.

  • Page 443: Overview

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 4.￿Central￿Information￿Display 4.1.￿Overview In￿the￿G30,￿a￿10.25"￿display￿with￿touch￿operation￿is￿standard. G30￿Central￿information￿displays The￿operation￿and￿functions￿of￿the￿10.25"￿CID￿with￿touch￿function￿are￿identical￿to￿those￿in￿the￿G12.

  • Page 444: User Interface

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 5.￿User￿Interface 5.1.￿Introduction The￿G30￿contains￿a￿new￿user￿interface.￿It￿is￿referred￿to￿as￿the￿ID6￿(BMW￿iDrive￿of￿the￿6th￿generation). Marketing￿refers￿to￿the￿user￿interface￿of￿the￿G30￿as￿the￿"New￿Interface￿Design". The￿user￿interface￿of￿the￿G12￿is￿referred￿to￿as￿the￿ID5.￿Although￿they￿have￿the￿same￿head￿unit￿(HU- H2),￿the￿vehicles￿have￿a￿different￿user￿interface.￿The￿breakdown￿of￿the￿individual￿menus￿is￿identical￿to the￿user￿interface￿of￿the￿G12. G30￿CID￿main￿menu 5.2.￿Innovations 5.2.1.￿Content￿of￿the￿tiles The￿contents￿of￿the￿following￿tiles￿can￿be￿personalized: Menu Tile￿setting Navigation • • Arrow￿view On-board￿computer • Reduced￿on-board￿computer • On-board￿computer • Driving￿style￿analysis ConnectedDrive Some￿examples￿are￿listed: • Weather • News • Wiki￿Local • Yelp • My￿News The￿setting￿is￿made￿in￿the￿"My￿vehicle"￿menu￿or￿in￿the￿main￿menu￿by￿pressing￿the￿OPTION￿button￿on the￿controller.
  • Page 445 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 5.￿User￿Interface 5.2.2.￿Live￿tiles The￿information￿on￿the￿tiles￿is￿displayed￿in￿real-time.￿Thus,￿for￿example,￿an￿active￿navigation￿can continue￿to￿be￿used￿in￿the￿main￿menu. 5.2.3.￿Detailed￿view Double-clicking￿on￿the￿menu￿button￿on￿the￿controller￿changes￿the￿display￿on￿the￿main￿menu￿to￿three larger￿tiles. G30￿Detailed￿view￿of￿the￿tiles Index Explanation View￿of￿all￿6￿tiles Detailed￿view￿of￿the￿3￿left-hand￿tiles Detailed￿view￿of￿the￿3￿right-hand￿tiles...
  • Page 446 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 5.￿User￿Interface 5.2.4.￿Individual￿arrangement The￿tile￿arrangement￿is￿not￿fixed.￿The￿order￿of￿the￿tiles￿can￿be￿adjusted￿to￿individual￿requirements. Now￿with￿the￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2),￿the￿tiles￿can￿be￿moved￿using￿the￿touch￿function￿similar￿to￿the method￿used￿on￿a￿smartphone. G30￿Individual￿arrangement￿of￿the￿tiles The￿tiles￿can￿also￿be￿moved￿via￿the￿controller. G30￿Arrangement￿of￿the￿tiles￿via￿the￿controller...

  • Page 447: Favorites

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 5.￿User￿Interface 5.2.5.￿Favorites In￿the￿G12,￿the￿favorites￿(the￿last￿20￿menus￿selected)￿are￿not￿called￿up￿by￿double-clicking￿the￿menu button￿on￿the￿controller￿but￿by￿pressing￿and￿holding￿the￿BACK￿button￿on￿the￿controller.￿Double- clicking￿on￿the￿menu￿button￿on￿the￿controller￿changes￿the￿view￿in￿the￿main￿menu￿from￿6￿to￿3￿tiles￿(or vice￿versa). G30￿CID￿favorites 5.2.6.￿Direct￿opening In￿vehicles￿with￿a￿CID￿with￿touch￿function,￿the￿displayed￿menu￿can￿be￿opened￿directly. G30￿Direct￿menu￿opening Index Explanation Selecting￿the￿menu￿item￿opens￿the￿respective￿main￿menu Selecting￿the￿graphic￿opens￿the￿displayed￿menu...
  • Page 448 5.2.7.￿Menu￿adjustment The￿large￿number￿of￿new￿functions￿and￿applications￿can￿be￿used￿to￿configure￿a￿part￿of￿the￿menu. In￿the￿"Adjust￿menu"￿submenu,￿the￿lists￿can￿be￿individualized￿to￿obtain￿a￿better￿overview.￿Thus,￿the AM￿stations￿can￿be￿removed￿from￿the￿radio￿list,￿for￿example. The￿following￿menus￿can￿be￿customized: • Radio/Media • Communication • ConnectedDrive Media/radio • Stored￿stations • • • Online￿Entertainment • Music￿collection • Bluetooth￿audio • CD/DVD • Screen￿mirroring • Communication • BMW￿Assistant • BMW￿Messages • News • Email • Calendar • Tasks...
  • Page 449 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 5.￿User￿Interface ConnectedDrive The￿adjustment￿in￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿menu￿is￿country-specific￿due￿to￿the￿BMW￿Apps. • ConnectedDrive￿Store • BMW￿Assistant • Concierge￿Service • BMW￿Messages • Weather • News • Online￿search • Wiki￿Local...

  • Page 450: Gesture￿Control

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 6.￿Gesture￿Control 6.1.￿Overview A￿gesture￿control￿is￿available￿as￿optional￿equipment￿(OE 6U8)￿for￿the￿G30. The￿function￿and￿the￿detection￿range￿of￿the￿gesture￿camera￿in￿the￿roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) is￿identical￿to￿that￿in￿the￿G12. 6.2.￿Innovations In￿the￿G30,￿new￿functions￿are￿possible￿for￿selected￿gestures.￿The￿previous￿functions￿have￿been adopted￿from￿the￿G12￿without￿change.￿The￿following￿table￿lists￿the￿functions: Gesture Previous￿functions New￿in￿the￿G30 Select￿highlighted￿entry￿from￿a • Accept￿telephone￿call list￿during￿voice￿input • Confirm￿Check Control￿message End￿voice￿input • Reject￿telephone￿call • Close￿pop-up￿window The￿remaining￿gestures￿and￿their￿functions￿remain￿unchanged.￿Further￿information￿on￿this￿can￿be found￿in￿the￿Technical￿Reference￿Manual￿for￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle,￿Display￿and￿Controls" section.

  • Page 451: Overview

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 7.￿Multifunction￿Steering￿Wheel 7.1.￿Overview The￿buttons￿of￿the￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿in￿the￿G30￿are￿unchanged￿compared￿to￿those￿in￿G12. Part￿of￿the￿assistance￿system￿is￿operated￿on￿the￿left￿side.￿Multimedia￿functions￿are￿operated￿on￿the right￿side. The￿version￿of￿the￿control￿panel￿installed￿on￿the￿left￿side￿(assistance￿systems)￿depends￿on￿the equipment.￿The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿a￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿with￿maximum￿equipment: G30￿Multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿control￿panels Index Explanation Left￿control￿panel￿of￿the￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿(assistance￿systems) Shift￿paddles Right￿control￿panel￿of￿the￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿(infotainment) Steering￿wheel￿heating￿button...

  • Page 452: Multifunction Steering Wheel

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 7.￿Multifunction￿Steering￿Wheel 7.2.￿Steering￿wheel￿heating The￿steering￿wheel￿heating￿button￿is￿no￿longer￿installed￿on￿the￿side￿of￿the￿steering￿wheel￿but￿is￿now located￿centrally￿on￿the￿spoke￿for￿easier￿operation. G30￿Button,￿steering￿wheel￿heating...

  • Page 453: Sport

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 8.￿Driving￿Experience￿Switch 8.1.￿Overview The￿functions￿of￿the￿driving￿experience￿switch￿are￿identical￿to￿those￿of￿the￿G12￿except￿for￿the following. The￿following￿table￿shows￿a￿comparison￿of￿the￿functions￿of￿the￿driving￿experience￿switch￿in￿a￿G30￿and in￿the￿G12: Mode ECO￿PRO COMFORT COMFORT+ — SPORT SPORT+ — ADAPTIVE ￿Only￿with￿certain￿G30￿models. ￿Only￿with￿certain￿optional￿equipment. The￿COMFORT+￿mode￿is￿not￿offered￿in￿the￿G30. 8.2.￿SPORT+ The￿SPORT+￿mode￿is￿selectable￿in￿the￿following￿models￿of￿the￿G30: • BMW￿540i • BMW￿540i￿xDrive • BMW￿M550i￿xDrive￿(available￿a￿few￿months￿after￿market￿launch) The￿SPORT+￿mode￿influences￿the￿accelerator￿pedal￿characteristic￿curve,￿the￿shift￿points￿and￿the Active￿Sound￿Design.

  • Page 454: Adaptive

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 8.￿Driving￿Experience￿Switch 8.3.￿ADAPTIVE The￿ADAPTIVE￿mode￿is￿not￿always￿available￿in￿the￿G30,￿it￿also￿requires￿the￿optional￿equipment Dynamic￿Damper￿Control￿(OE￿223￿or￿ZDH). In￿the￿G30,￿there￿are￿two￿different￿driving￿experience￿switches,￿which￿depend￿on￿the￿equipment. A￿driving￿experience￿switch￿with￿the￿ADAPTIVE￿mode￿and￿a￿driving￿experience￿switch￿without the￿ADAPTIVE￿mode.￿Further￿information￿on￿the￿ADAPTIVE￿mode￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Technical Reference￿Manual￿for￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle,￿Displays￿and￿Controls”. G30￿Driving￿experience￿switch￿without￿the￿ADAPTIVE￿mode.
  • Page 455 G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 8.￿Driving￿Experience￿Switch G30￿Driving￿experience￿switch￿with￿the￿ADAPTIVE￿mode.

  • Page 456: Individualization

    G30￿Displays￿and￿Controls 8.￿Driving￿Experience￿Switch 8.4.￿Individualization In￿the￿G30,￿the￿individual￿modes￿can￿also￿be￿standardized￿or￿individually￿adjusted.￿This￿is￿shown￿in￿the following￿table: SPORT￿mode Tuning Sport Damping Comfort Sport Steering Comfort Sport+ Engine Sport Comfort Sport Transmission Comfort Backrest￿width￿adjustment Driver￿and￿front￿passenger￿(only￿with￿multi￿contour￿seat￿(OE 456))
  • Page 457 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...
  • Page 458 Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Infotainment BMW￿Service...

  • Page 459: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 460 G30￿Infotainment Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 .................................... Headunit ..................................................2.1. Introduction ............................................. 2.2. Further￿information ......................................Speaker￿Systems ............................................3.1. Overview ............................................... 3.2. HiFi￿system ............................................3.2.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..............................3.2.2. System￿overview ................................... 3.3. Harman￿Kardon￿system ....................................3.3.1. System￿wiring￿diagram ..............................3.3.2. System￿overview ................................... 3.4. Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿Diamond￿Surround￿Sound￿System ................

  • Page 462: Introduction

    G30￿Infotainment 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 The￿G30￿builds￿on￿the￿technology￿of￿the￿G12.￿This￿product￿information￿manual￿describes￿the￿new features￿or￿changes￿compared￿to￿the￿G12. The￿following￿table￿shows￿the￿new￿features￿and￿changes￿in￿the￿G30￿compared￿to￿the￿G12: Function/component New￿feature/change Speaker￿systems Hi-fi￿system Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿system Operation￿by￿remote￿control￿only...

  • Page 463: Headunit

    G30￿Infotainment 2.￿Headunit 2.1.￿Introduction In￿the￿G30,￿one￿headunit￿is￿installed: • Headunit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2) With￿the￿G12,￿the￿HU-H2￿received￿a￿function￿hub￿with￿new￿user￿interface￿(ID5).￿The￿user￿interface￿of the￿HU-H2￿has￿been￿revised￿again￿in￿the￿G30￿compared￿to￿the￿G12. You￿can￿find￿further￿information￿about￿the￿revised￿user￿interface￿in￿the￿“G30￿Display￿and￿Operating Elements”￿product￿information. 2.2.￿Further￿information The￿hardware￿of￿the￿HU-H2￿is￿already￿known￿from￿other￿BMW￿models.￿You￿can￿find￿additional information￿about￿this￿in￿the￿following￿Technical￿Reference￿manual: • ST1502￿F23￿Complete￿Vehicle • ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle￿“section￿Audio￿Systems”...

  • Page 464: Speaker￿Systems

    G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.1.￿Overview In￿the￿G30,￿3￿speaker￿systems￿are￿offered.￿A￿Hi-fi￿system￿is￿installed￿as￿standard￿equipment. The￿following￿table￿gives￿you￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿speaker￿systems￿utilized￿in￿the￿G30: Speaker￿system Speakers￿total Bus￿connection [overall￿power￿in￿watts] Hi-fi￿system￿(standard) — [205 W] Harman￿Kardon￿Surround MOST Sound￿System￿(OE￿688) [600 W] Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿Diamond MOST Surround￿Sound￿System (OE 6F1) [1400￿W]*...

  • Page 465: Hifi￿System

    G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.2.￿HiFi￿system 3.2.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿of￿hi-fi￿system...
  • Page 466 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems Index Explanation Tweeter,￿front￿center Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿center Headunit Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿right Tweeter,￿front￿right Bass￿speaker,￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿storage￿shelf￿on￿left Tweeter,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿left Tweeter,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿right CAN￿terminator Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment HiFi￿amplifier Active￿Sound￿Design￿(ASD) Bass￿speaker,￿left Tweeter,￿front￿left Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿left...
  • Page 467 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.2.2.￿System￿overview G30￿System￿overview￿hi-fi￿system Index Explanation Tweeters Mid-range￿speakers Bass￿speakers HiFi￿amplifier...
  • Page 468 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.3.￿Harman￿Kardon￿system 3.3.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿System￿wiring￿diagram,￿Harman￿Kardon￿system...
  • Page 469 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems Index Explanation Tweeter,￿front￿center Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿center Headunit Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿right Tweeter,￿front￿right Bass￿speaker,￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿storage￿shelf￿on￿left Tweeter,￿left￿storage￿shelf Tweeter,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿right Tweeter,￿rear￿right Active￿Sound￿Design￿(ASD) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment Amplifier￿Top￿(top￿high￿fidelity￿amplifier) CAN￿terminator Tweeter,￿rear￿left Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿left Bass￿speaker,￿left Tweeter,￿front￿left Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿left...
  • Page 470 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.3.2.￿System￿overview G30￿System￿overview￿Harman￿Kardon￿system Index Explanation Tweeters Mid-range￿speakers Bass￿speakers Amplifier￿Top￿(top￿high￿fidelity￿amplifier)
  • Page 471 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.4.￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿Diamond￿Surround￿Sound￿System 3.4.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿Diamond￿Surround￿Sound￿system...
  • Page 472 G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems Index Explanation Sound￿design￿microphone Tweeter,￿front￿center Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿center Front￿center￿LED Fuses￿in￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Tweeter,￿front￿right Mirror￿triangle￿LED,￿front￿right Active￿frequency￿diplexer,￿front￿right Headunit Speaker￿cover￿LED,￿front￿right Bass￿speaker,￿right Mid-range￿speaker￿in￿the￿front￿right￿door￿trim￿panel Tweeter,￿rear￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿storage￿shelf￿on￿left Tweeter,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿left Tweeter,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿window￿shelf,￿right Speaker￿cover￿LED,￿rear￿right Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿right Fuse￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿battery Luggage￿compartment￿power￿distribution￿box￿fuse CAN￿terminator Active￿Sound￿Design￿(ASD) Amplifier￿Top￿(top￿high￿fidelity￿amplifier)￿AMPT Light￿Effect￿Manager￿(LEM) Mid-range￿speaker,￿rear￿left Speaker￿cover￿LED,￿rear￿left Tweeter,￿rear￿left Bass￿speaker,￿left Mid-range￿speaker,￿front￿left Speaker￿cover￿LED,￿front￿left Active￿frequency￿diplexer,￿front￿left￿door Left￿mirror￿triangle￿LED Tweeter,￿front￿left...

  • Page 473: Service

    G30￿Infotainment 3.￿Speaker￿Systems 3.4.2.￿System￿overview G30￿System￿overview￿Bowers￿&￿Wilkins￿Diamond￿Surround￿Sound￿system Index Explanation Tweeters Mid-range￿speakers Active￿frequency￿diplexer Bass￿speakers Amplifier￿Top￿(top￿high￿fidelity￿amplifier) Microphone,￿driver's￿side 3.5.￿Service When￿removing￿and￿installing￿the￿bass￿speakers,￿it￿is￿important￿to￿ensure￿that￿the￿gasket￿is￿seated properly.￿If￿the￿gasket￿is￿destroyed￿or￿damaged￿during￿the￿installation,￿it￿could￿lead￿to￿the￿ingress￿of water￿into￿the￿vehicle￿interior￿in￿some￿cases.

  • Page 474: Antenna System

    G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.1.￿Overview The￿G30￿has￿different￿antenna￿systems,￿depending￿on￿the￿optional￿equipment: Antenna Installation￿location FM￿antenna FM1￿and￿FM2￿in￿the￿rear￿window AM￿antenna Lower SDARS￿antenna Roof￿antenna GPS￿antenna Roof￿antenna Remote￿control￿services￿antenna Underneath￿the￿storage￿shelf Telephone￿antenna Roof￿antenna (telephone￿and￿telematics￿services) Bluetooth￿antenna Integrated￿in￿the￿wiring￿harness WiFi￿antenna Vehicle￿WiFi￿integrated￿into the￿wiring￿harness Hotspot￿in￿the￿TCB2 Emergency￿GSM￿antenna TCB2 G30￿Antennas￿overview...
  • Page 475 G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System Index Explanation Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿(hotspot,￿emergency￿GSM￿antenna) Roof-mounted￿antenna￿(GPS￿antenna,￿telephone￿antenna,￿SDARS) AM￿antenna FM2￿antenna Remote￿control￿receiver FM1￿antenna Bluetooth￿antenna WiFi￿antenna...
  • Page 476 G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.1.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿antenna￿system￿multimedia G30￿antenna￿system￿multimedia...
  • Page 477 G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System Index Explanation Headunit Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿with￿integrated emergency￿GSM￿antenna SDARS￿antenna Additional￿brake￿light Antenna￿diversity￿module Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment FM2￿antenna AM/FM1￿antenna Remote￿control￿receiver Interference￿suppression￿filter...
  • Page 478 G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.1.2.￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿antenna￿system￿telephone￿and￿telematics G30￿antenna￿system￿telephone￿telematics...
  • Page 479 G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System Index Explanation Microphone,￿driver's￿side Passenger's￿side￿microphone,￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the￿convenient￿telephone with￿enhanced￿smartphone￿connection￿(OE 6NS)￿or￿telephone￿with￿wireless charging￿(OE 6NW) Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Bluetooth￿antenna Headunit USB￿interface,￿front￿center￿console Wireless￿charging￿station WiFi￿antenna￿hotspot￿(integrated￿in￿the￿TCB2) TEL2￿antenna￿(telematics￿connection) TEL1￿antenna￿(connection￿for￿customer￿mobile￿telephone￿with￿optional equipment￿telephone￿with￿wireless￿charging￿(OE￿6NW)￿and￿telematics services) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿(emergency￿GSM￿antenna) USB￿interface,￿front￿center￿console￿below￿the￿center￿armrest LTE￿line￿compensator WiFi￿antenna￿(vehicle￿WiFi) USB￿hub...

  • Page 480: Lower

    G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.1.3.￿Lower G30￿Antennas￿–￿rear￿window Index Explanation...
  • Page 481 G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.1.4.￿Roof￿antenna The￿TCB2￿is￿designed￿as￿roof￿variant￿in￿the￿G30.￿The￿roof-mounted￿antenna￿is￿connected￿directly￿with the￿TCB2￿via￿plug-in￿contacts. G30￿connection￿roof-mounted￿antenna Index Explanation TEL1￿(telephone￿connection￿customer￿telephone￿and￿telematics￿connection) TEL2￿(telematics￿connection) SDARS You￿can￿find￿additional￿information￿about￿the￿TCB2￿as￿roof￿variant￿in￿the￿“ST1501￿G12￿Complete Vehicle”￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics￿Systems￿section￿of￿the￿Technical￿Reference￿manual.

  • Page 482: Components

    G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.1.5.￿Components G30￿components￿antennas Index Explanation Roof￿antenna Wave￿trap￿additional￿brake￿light Antenna￿amplifier Wave￿trap,￿heated￿rear￿window...

  • Page 483: Bluetooth￿Antenna

    G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.2.￿Bluetooth￿antenna The￿Bluetooth￿antenna￿is￿installed￿on￿the￿side￿in￿the￿area￿of￿the￿center￿console.￿The￿Bluetooth antenna￿is￿designed￿as￿simple￿cable￿antenna. G30￿Bluetooth￿antenna Index Explanation Bluetooth￿antenna...

  • Page 484: Wifi￿Antenna

    G30￿Infotainment 4.￿Antenna￿System 4.3.￿WiFi￿antenna The￿antenna￿for￿the￿vehicle￿WiFi￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿area￿of￿the￿left￿side￿sill.￿The￿WiFi￿antenna￿is designed￿as￿simple￿cable￿antenna. G30￿WiFi￿antenna￿vehicle￿WiFi Index Explanation WiFi￿antenna The￿WiFi￿antenna￿for￿the￿hotspot￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿TCB2.

  • Page 485: Rear Seat Entertainment

    G30￿Infotainment 5.￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment 5.1.￿Overview The￿rear￿seat￿entertainment￿in￿the￿G30￿is￿available￿as￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿6FH). The￿rear￿seat￿entertainment￿corresponds￿to￿that￿of￿the￿G12,￿with￿the￿difference￿that￿the￿G30￿does not￿include￿the￿BMW￿Touch￿Command￿for￿controlling￿the￿rear￿seat￿entertainment.￿The￿rear￿seat entertainment￿is￿controlled￿exclusively￿via￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿remote￿control. G30￿Rear￿display...
  • Page 486 G30￿Infotainment 5.￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment 5.2.￿System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿system...
  • Page 487 G30￿Infotainment 5.￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment Index Explanation Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Right￿rear￿compartment￿display Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment￿(RSE) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment CAN￿terminator Light￿Effect￿Manager￿(LEM) Left￿rear￿compartment￿display Headunit BMW￿Online￿Entertainment￿can￿not￿be￿operated￿via￿the￿rear￿seat￿entertainment.

  • Page 488: Function Overview

    G30￿Infotainment 5.￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment 5.3.￿Function￿overview G30￿Function￿overview￿of￿rear￿seat￿entertainment￿system...
  • Page 489 G30￿Infotainment 5.￿Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment Index Explanation Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Headunit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2) Radio￿operating￿unit Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) Rear￿passenger￿compartment￿remote￿control Headphones Right￿rear￿compartment￿display Left￿rear￿compartment￿display Rear￿Seat￿Entertainment￿(RSE)
  • Page 491 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...
  • Page 492 Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Navigation￿System BMW￿Service...

  • Page 493: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿eft￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating￿elements￿or￿components are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the￿graphics￿in￿this￿document. Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in￿specific￿markets￿or countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 494 G30￿Navigation￿System Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 .................................... 1.2. Further￿information ......................................Navigation ................................................... 2.1. Functions ............................................. 2.1.1. Features￿of￿the￿Headunit￿High￿2 ......................... 2.1.2. Route￿guidance ..................................2.1.3. Turn-off￿recommendation ............................2.2. Navigation￿maps ........................................2.3. Update￿options .......................................... 2.3.1. Overview ......................................2.3.2. Automatic￿map￿data￿updating ......................... 2.3.3. Enabling￿code .................................... 2.3.4. ConnectedDrive￿portal ..............................

  • Page 496: Introduction

    G30￿Navigation￿System 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 The￿G30￿is￿based￿on￿the￿technology￿that￿was￿introduced￿in￿the￿7￿Series.￿This￿training￿manual describes￿the￿new￿features￿or￿changes￿when￿compared￿to￿the￿G12. The￿table￿below￿lists￿the￿new￿features￿and￿changes￿in￿the￿G30￿compared￿to￿the￿G12: Function/component New￿feature/change Navigation￿system • ParkNow • Parking￿information 1.2.￿Further￿information The￿functions￿in￿the￿G30￿are￿based￿to￿a￿great￿extent￿on￿those￿of￿the￿G12.￿the￿following￿table￿provides a￿more￿in-depth￿overview: Function Technical￿Reference￿Manual Navigation￿map￿update • ST1610￿Infotainment￿2016 • ST1501￿G12￿Information￿and￿Communication￿section Telephone￿and￿Telematics￿Systems Navigation￿system ST1501￿G12￿Information￿and￿Communication￿section￿Navigation...

  • Page 497: Navigation

    G30￿Navigation￿System 2.￿Navigation 2.1.￿Functions All￿the￿functions￿are￿already￿familiar￿from￿the￿G12. 2.1.1.￿Features￿of￿the￿Headunit￿High￿2 The￿table￿below￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿functions￿of￿the￿Professional￿Navigation￿System￿(OE￿609): View Description Route￿magnet The￿current￿route￿guidance￿can￿be￿modified￿if navigation￿is￿active. Quick￿search The￿quick￿search￿can￿be￿used￿to￿find￿special destinations￿or￿addresses￿by￿input. Assistance￿window Further￿information￿can￿be￿displayed￿in￿the assistance￿window￿of￿the￿split￿screen￿display. Roadbook The￿routing,￿including￿junction￿and￿additional information￿is￿displayed￿in￿the￿assistance window.
  • Page 498 G30￿Navigation￿System 2.￿Navigation View Description 3D￿view The￿buildings￿in￿selected￿cities￿are￿shown￿in￿a 3D￿view. Auto￿zoom In￿active￿route￿guidance,￿the￿map￿is automatically￿zoomed￿as￿a￿junction￿is approached. RTTI The￿current￿traffic￿flow￿is￿shown￿in￿different colors. Weather￿in￿map The￿current￿weather￿is￿displayed￿on￿the￿map.
  • Page 499 G30￿Navigation￿System 2.￿Navigation Function Graphic Satellite￿view Areas￿to￿avoid Detailed￿street￿view 3D￿exit Online￿routes Learning￿navigation￿(online)
  • Page 500 G30￿Navigation￿System 2.￿Navigation Function Graphic BMW￿Routes￿including￿importing￿and￿saving routes Aerial￿view Parking￿information 2.1.2.￿Route￿guidance If￿route￿guidance￿has￿been￿interrupted,￿the￿message￿asking￿whether￿the￿route￿guidance￿should￿be continued￿is￿only￿displayed￿under￿the￿following￿conditions: • The￿interruption￿lasted￿longer￿than￿15￿minutes. • The￿current￿vehicle￿location￿is￿more￿than￿300￿m￿from￿the￿destination.

  • Page 501: Navigation￿Maps

    G30￿Navigation￿System 2.￿Navigation 2.1.3.￿Turn-off￿recommendation The￿turn-off￿and￿lane￿recommendations￿are￿not￿only￿displayed￿in￿the￿assistance￿window.￿The￿turn- off￿information￿and￿lane￿recommendations￿are￿also￿shown￿in￿the￿navigation￿map￿if￿autozoom￿with information￿is￿active. G30￿turn-off￿recommendation Index Explanation Lane￿recommendation￿on￿the￿map Turn-off￿recommendation￿on￿the￿map Lane￿in￿which￿the￿vehicle￿is￿currently￿located Turn-off￿recommendation￿in￿the￿assistance￿window Lane￿recommendation￿in￿the￿assistance￿window 2.2.￿Navigation￿maps The￿customer￿is￿given￿a￿three-year￿subscription￿for￿navigation￿map￿updates￿for￿both￿navigation systems￿(Professional￿Navigation￿System￿(OE￿609).￿Furthermore,￿automatic￿updating￿of￿the￿navigation maps￿is￿available￿for￿both￿navigation￿systems.￿The￿prerequisite￿for￿this￿is￿a￿valid￿BMW￿ConnectedDrive contract￿(OE 6AK). The￿following￿table￿features￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿navigation￿system￿in￿the￿G30: Navigation￿system Headunit Map￿data Variable Professional HU-H2 32￿GB Navigation￿System (OE 609)

  • Page 502: Update￿Options

    G30￿Navigation￿System 2.￿Navigation 2.3.￿Update￿options 2.3.1.￿Overview The￿following￿options￿for￿updating￿the￿navigation￿maps￿are￿available: • Automatic￿updating • Updating￿during￿service • Updating￿by￿the￿customer 2.3.2.￿Automatic￿map￿data￿updating The￿prerequisite￿for￿automatic￿updating￿of￿the￿navigation￿maps￿is￿a￿valid￿ConnectedDrive￿contract. The￿region￿for￿automatic￿navigation￿map￿updating￿is￿set￿in￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿portal. 2.3.3.￿Enabling￿code The￿enabling￿code￿for￿the￿navigation￿maps￿is￿128￿digits￿long￿for￿the￿headunit￿(HU-H2)￿(20￿digits￿on older￿headunits).￿The￿enabling￿code￿is￿therefore￿no￿longer￿entered￿via￿the￿controller,￿but￿is￿provided￿on the￿USB￿stick￿together￿with￿the￿navigation￿maps. Further￿information￿relating￿to￿navigation￿map￿updating￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Aftersales￿Assistance Portal￿ASAP￿(Sweeping￿Technologies). 2.3.4.￿ConnectedDrive￿portal The￿customer￿can￿download￿the￿navigation￿maps￿from￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿portal￿and￿upload them￿into￿the￿vehicle￿himself.￿A￿detailed￿description￿of￿this￿procedure￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training Reference￿Manual￿“ST1610￿Infotainment￿2016”.

  • Page 503: Connecteddrive

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive 3.1.￿ParkNow G30￿ParkNow￿App. ParkNow￿displays￿parking￿availability￿in￿the￿surrounding￿area￿and￿permits￿cash-less￿and￿ticket-less parking￿on￿the￿street￿and￿in￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage.￿The￿parking￿process￿can￿be￿started￿and ended￿via￿the￿controller￿with￿a￿start￿and￿stop￿function￿that￿is￿accurate￿to￿the￿minute.￿The￿parking process￿is￿automatically￿started￿and￿stopped￿in￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage￿on￿entrance￿and￿exit. Access￿to￿the￿multi-storey￿car￿park￿is￿ensured￿either￿by￿number￿plate￿recognition￿or￿using￿the ParkNow￿customer￿card. For￿more￿information￿regarding￿ParkNow￿please￿visit￿https://www.park-now.com...
  • Page 504 G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive ParkNow￿web￿site A￿distinction￿is￿made￿between￿the￿following￿parking￿processes￿in￿ParkNow: • Parking￿in￿metered￿on-street￿parking￿areas • Parking￿in￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage￿or￿underground￿parking￿garage • Reservation￿of￿a￿parking￿space￿in￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage ParkNow￿is￿a￿function￿that￿can￿be￿used￿from￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿menu. BMW￿is￿offering￿ParkNow￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in￿the￿G30;￿further￿vehicles￿will￿also￿be￿given￿the￿function later￿date. The￿following￿vehicles￿will￿not￿have￿the￿ParkNow￿function: • • BMW￿i￿models￿will￿not￿get￿ParkNow￿until￿a￿later: • I01￿(November￿2017) • I12￿(March￿2018) ParkNow￿starts￿in￿the￿USA￿with￿the￿G30￿however￿other￿BMW￿models￿will￿not￿get￿the￿function￿until March￿2017.

  • Page 505: Registration

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive 3.1.1.￿Registration ParkNow￿only￿works￿in￿the￿vehicle￿if￿an￿active￿ConnectedDrive￿contract￿(6AK￿BMW￿Online￿and￿BMW Apps)￿is￿ordered.￿However￿6AK￿BMW￿Online￿and￿BMW￿Apps￿is￿standard￿equipment￿on￿the￿US￿version G30. The￿driver￿must￿first￿register￿with￿ParkNow￿and￿ConnectedDrive￿and￿then￿link￿the￿two￿accounts￿in order￿to￿be￿able￿to￿use￿ParkNow.￿There￿are￿two￿options￿available￿for￿the￿registration￿process: • Registration￿with￿ParkNow￿and￿subsequent￿linking￿to￿the￿Connected￿Drive￿account. • Start￿ParkNow￿registration￿via￿Connected￿Drive. ParkNow￿registration￿via￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿portal Index Explanation Delete￿ParkNow￿link ParkNow￿portal...
  • Page 506 G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive ParkNow￿logon￿via￿BMW￿ConnectedDrive￿Sign￿in Payment￿data￿is￿specified￿during￿ParkNow￿registration.￿Available￿payment￿options￿are￿direct￿debit, credit￿card￿or￿PayPal. 3.1.2.￿ParkNow￿app ParkNow￿can￿also￿be￿used￿on￿a￿smartphone;￿the￿ParkNow￿app￿must￿be￿installed￿for￿this. ParkNow￿app...

  • Page 507: Menu

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive Index Explanation Registration Select￿destination￿or￿parking￿zone Start￿parking Payment￿process 3.1.3.￿Menu The￿ParkNow￿function￿can￿be￿launched￿from￿a￿number￿of￿menus￿in￿the￿vehicle: • Navigation￿menu • ConnectedDrive￿menu Navigation￿menu ParkNow￿is￿started￿from￿the￿Navigation￿menu. G30￿ParkNow￿navigation Index Explanation Navigation￿menu...

  • Page 508: Examples

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive ConnectedDrive￿menu ParkNow￿can￿also￿be￿accessed￿via￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿menu￿in￿the￿vehicle. G30￿ParkNow￿ConnectedDrive Index Explanation ConnectedDrive￿menu 3.1.4.￿Examples Practical￿examples￿of￿ParkNow￿are￿described￿below: On-street￿parking The￿vehicle￿is￿parked￿in￿a￿metered￿on-street￿parking￿space￿(available￿from￿3/17).￿ParkNow￿is￿selected in￿the￿vehicle￿and￿parking￿is￿started.￿It￿is￿planned￿that￿the￿ParkNow￿app￿will￿be￿used￿to￿pay￿for￿the service￿via￿“smart”￿parking￿meters￿installed￿on￿the￿street.￿Parking￿is￿ended￿automatically￿as￿soon￿as the￿vehicle￿travels￿at￿a￿speed￿in￿excess￿of￿35￿km/h.￿The￿parking￿fees￿are￿billed￿by￿cash-less￿methods as￿mentioned￿previously. See￿the￿Parkmobile￿web￿site￿for￿further￿information￿regarding￿the￿on￿street￿parking￿transaction. See￿the￿ParkNow￿web￿site￿for￿more￿information￿regarding￿the￿parking￿service￿app.
  • Page 509 G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive G30￿ParkNow￿selection￿of￿metered￿parking￿space￿at￿the￿roadside Index Explanation Pay￿for￿parking Start￿parking￿time Prompt￿to￿display￿a￿ParkNow￿badge￿in￿the￿vehicle￿(only￿in￿German￿market; in￿the￿US￿market￿payment￿is￿done￿via￿the￿App) End￿parking Parking￿in￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage￿or￿underground￿parking￿garage If￿the￿multi-storey￿car￿park￿is￿a￿partner￿of￿the￿ParkNow￿program,￿the￿vehicle￿number￿plate￿will￿be captured￿by￿a￿camera￿and￿the￿barrier￿will￿open￿automatically￿as￿the￿vehicle￿enters.￿The￿parking￿time is￿started￿automatically￿at￿the￿same￿time.￿Partner￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage￿are￿identified￿on￿the navigation￿map￿with￿an￿asterisk.
  • Page 510 G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive Alternatively,￿the￿ParkNow￿customer￿card￿can￿be￿used￿if￿there￿is￿no￿number￿plate￿recognition￿facility. G30￿ParkNow￿parking￿in￿a￿multi-storey￿car￿park Index Explanation Pop-up￿message￿on￿entering￿the￿multi-storey￿car￿park￿with￿information concerning￿the￿multi-storey￿car￿park End￿parking￿with￿information￿relating￿to￿parking￿time￿and￿cost Reserve￿a￿parking￿space In￿some￿selected￿partner￿multi-storey￿parking￿garage￿a￿parking￿space￿can￿be￿reserved￿in￿advance. No￿particular￿parking￿space￿is￿assigned￿for￿a￿reservation,￿it￿merely￿means￿that￿a￿parking￿space￿is￿kept free￿in￿the￿multi-storey￿car￿park.￿Recognition￿and￿parking￿for￿a￿reserved￿parking￿space￿are￿identical￿to the￿procedure￿described￿above.

  • Page 511: Parking￿Information

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive ParkNow￿parking￿space￿reservation Index Explanation Select￿multi-storey￿car￿park Information￿about￿a￿reservation Reservation￿confirmation 3.2.￿Parking￿information Parking￿information￿is￿a￿new￿function￿in￿navigation.￿The￿parking￿information￿is￿called￿“On-Street Parking￿Information”￿in￿the￿vehicle￿menu. A￿probability￿of￿there￿being￿free￿parking￿spaces￿determined￿by￿calculating￿various￿values￿is￿shown on￿the￿navigation￿map.￿The￿data￿for￿this￿calculation￿is￿determined￿by￿Floating￿Car￿Data,￿among￿other parameters. The￿vehicle￿must￿satisfy￿the￿following￿prerequisites￿which￿are￿standard￿on￿all￿G30￿vehicles: • Professional￿Navigation￿System￿(OE￿609) • Advanced￿Real￿time￿traffic￿information￿(OE￿6AM) • ConnectedDrive￿services￿(OE￿6AK) The￿scale￿for￿the￿navigation￿map￿must￿not￿be￿set￿to￿more￿than￿500￿m￿to￿allow￿an￿overview￿of￿the parking￿information￿to￿be￿displayed￿in￿the￿navigation￿map.￿The￿parking￿information￿is￿displayed￿for￿a radius￿of￿2￿km￿around￿the￿current￿position￿of￿the￿vehicle.

  • Page 512: Activation

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive G30￿parking￿information Index Explanation Light￿blue Medium￿probability￿of￿finding￿a￿free￿parking￿space￿(approximately￿50%) Dark￿blue High￿probability￿of￿finding￿a￿free￿parking￿space￿(approximately￿75%) 3.2.1.￿Activation Parking￿information￿must￿be￿activated￿in￿the￿navigation￿system. G30￿activating￿parking￿information Index Explanation Additional￿information￿on￿map Parking￿information...

  • Page 513: Display

    G30￿Navigation￿System 3.￿ConnectedDrive 3.2.2.￿Display G30￿DriveNow￿parking￿information Index Explanation Time￿information￿concerning￿parking￿spaces￿freed￿up￿by￿DriveNow￿vehicles A￿“P”￿in￿the￿map￿display￿indicates￿when￿a￿DriveNow￿vehicle￿leaves￿a￿parking￿space￿free.￿The￿circle around￿the￿“P”￿runs￿down,￿like￿a￿stopwatch.￿This￿lets￿you￿see￿how￿long￿ago￿the￿DriveNow￿vehicle￿left the￿space.￿A￿complete￿revolution￿of￿the￿circle￿takes￿5￿minutes. 3.2.3.￿Cover Parking￿information￿is￿a￿ConnectedDrive￿service￿and￿is￿available￿in￿selected￿cities.￿You￿can￿call￿up￿a list￿showing￿these￿from￿the￿menu.￿At￿the￿start,￿parking￿information￿relates￿principally￿to￿a￿few￿major cities￿in￿Germany.￿The￿list￿can￿change￿at￿any￿time￿as￿this￿is￿a￿ConnectedDrive￿service.￿That￿means￿that further￿cities￿will￿follow. G30￿parking￿information￿cover Index Explanation Parking￿information￿cover...
  • Page 515 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...

  • Page 516: Technical￿Training

    Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics BMW￿Service...

  • Page 517: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 518 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 .................................... 1.2. Further￿information ......................................BMW￿ Apps ................................................2.1. BMW￿Connected￿app ..................................... 2.1.1. Introduction ....................................2.1.2. Overview ......................................2.1.3. Schedule￿trips .................................... 2.1.4. Remote￿3D￿View ................................2.2. Wireless￿connection ...................................... Apple®￿CarPlay￿Preparation ....................................3.1. Introduction ..........................................3.2. Prerequisites ..........................................3.2.1.

  • Page 520: Introduction

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿New￿features￿in￿the￿G30 The￿G30￿builds￿on￿the￿technology￿introduced￿in￿the￿7￿Series￿(G12).￿This￿Training￿manual￿describes the￿new￿features￿or￿changes￿with￿regard￿to￿the￿G12. The￿table￿below￿lists￿the￿new￿features￿and￿changes￿in￿the￿G30￿compared￿to￿the￿G12: Function/component New￿feature/change Apps • Apple®￿CarPlay • BMW￿Connected￿app • 360°￿Remote￿View Telephone￿systems • No￿telephone￿systems￿require a￿base￿plate • New￿wireless￿charging￿station￿location 1.2.￿Further￿information The￿functions￿in￿the￿G30,￿to￿a￿great￿extent￿build￿on￿those￿of￿the￿G12,￿the￿following￿table￿provides￿a more￿in-depth￿overview: Function Training￿Reference￿Manual Apple®￿CarPlay ST1610￿Infotainment￿2016 WiFi￿hotspot ST1501￿G12￿Telephone￿Systems Wireless￿charging￿of￿smartphones ST1501￿G12￿Telephone￿Systems...

  • Page 521: Introduction

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps 2.1.￿BMW￿Connected￿app 2.1.1.￿Introduction The￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿combines￿all￿the￿apps￿previously￿provided￿by￿BMW￿into￿one￿common￿app. It￿replaces￿the￿following￿current￿apps: • My￿BMW￿Remote￿app • BMW￿i￿Remote￿app • BMW￿Remote￿App￿(G12) • BMW￿Connected￿Classic￿App￿(previously:￿BMW￿Connected￿app) The￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿is￿initially￿only￿available￿for￿the￿iPhone®.￿A￿version￿for￿Android® smartphones￿will￿follow￿shortly. The￿previous￿individual￿BMW￿apps￿will￿be￿replaced￿by￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿from￿October￿2016. 2.1.2.￿Overview The￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿is￿illustrated￿in￿this￿product￿information￿in￿conjunction￿with￿a￿BMW￿i3￿so￿as to￿be￿able￿to￿show￿more￿of￿the￿app's￿content. Main￿screen One￿or￿more￿vehicles￿are￿assigned￿to￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿by￿way￿of￿a￿registration￿process. A￿vehicle￿can￿be￿registered￿either￿through￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿portal￿or￿directly￿via￿the￿BMW Connected￿app. The￿graphic￿below￿shows￿the￿main￿screen￿of￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿once￿a￿vehicle￿has￿been assigned.
  • Page 522 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps G30￿BMW￿Connected￿overview Index Explanation Vehicle￿status￿and￿Remote￿Services Current￿position￿of￿the￿smartphone￿and￿the￿vehicle￿and￿display of￿scheduled￿trips. Scheduled￿trips￿(imported￿from￿calendar,￿Apple®￿maps,￿Google®￿maps,￿other apps￿(Yelp®)￿or￿from￿the￿Destinations￿menu￿for￿which￿a￿departure￿time￿has been￿saved) Trips￿that￿are￿saved￿for￿a￿later￿date￿(from￿the￿Destinations￿menu, with￿no￿fixed￿departure￿time) “Next￿trips”￿menu Destinations￿menu￿(contains￿POIs,￿frequently￿and￿recently￿used destinations￿and￿points￿1-4) More￿menu￿(further￿information,￿settings,￿profile￿and￿feedback￿area)
  • Page 523 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps The￿location￿of￿the￿vehicle￿and￿the￿smartphone￿is￿shown￿in￿the￿map￿section.￿The￿location￿services must￿be￿activated￿in￿the￿vehicle￿and￿in￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿for￿this￿view.￿The￿scheduled destinations￿are￿also￿marked￿on￿the￿map. BMW￿Connected￿app￿location￿services Index Explanation Current￿position￿of￿smartphone Current￿position￿of￿vehicle...
  • Page 524 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Door-to-door-navigation Route￿guidance￿can￿be￿continued￿after￿the￿car￿has￿been￿parked.￿This￿is￿done￿using￿walking￿directions. The￿Door-to-door￿navigation￿menu￿is￿selected￿by￿clicking￿on￿the￿map￿section.￿Walking￿directions￿can then￿be￿launched￿in￿the￿map￿from￿the￿current￿location￿to￿the￿final￿destination. BMW￿Connected￿app￿walking￿directions Index Explanation Walking￿directions￿to￿the￿destination End￿trip...
  • Page 525 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Remote￿Services Remote￿Services￿has￿been￿imported￿unchanged￿into￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿from￿the￿previous BMW￿Remote￿apps.￿Remote￿Services￿can￿be￿accessed￿by￿clicking￿on￿the￿vehicle￿icon￿in￿the￿main screen. G30￿BMW￿Connected￿Remote Index Explanation Remote￿Services￿(lock/unlock￿vehicle,￿horn,￿light) Climate￿control Set￿departure￿time...
  • Page 526 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Status The￿Status￿menu￿displays￿the￿current￿information￿from￿the￿service￿data. BMW￿Connected￿Status...
  • Page 527 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Settings￿menu BMW￿Connected￿app￿settings Index Explanation Battery￿usage￿(lower￿battery￿used,￿but￿rarely￿updated) Activation￿of￿location￿services￿(required￿for￿full￿use￿of￿the￿functions) Activation￿of￿push￿notifications￿(e.g.￿departure￿time) Access￿to￿calendar￿(sharing￿events￿with￿BMW￿Connected) Access￿to￿contacts Automatic￿start￿of￿navigation￿in￿the￿vehicle￿as￿soon￿as￿the smartphone￿is￿connected￿via￿Bluetooth￿or￿cable Permit￿use￿of￿data￿analytics Selection￿of￿Apple®￿or￿Google®￿maps￿for￿walking￿directions...
  • Page 528 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps 2.1.3.￿Schedule￿trips Destinations￿can￿be￿scheduled￿via￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app.￿Two￿options￿are￿available￿for￿this: Schedule￿trips￿in￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app Trips￿can￿be￿scheduled￿in￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app.￿An￿arrival￿time￿can￿be￿specified￿for￿the destinations.￿The￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿calculates￿the￿optimum￿departure￿time￿from￿current￿traffic data;￿you￿will￿receive￿a￿notification￿message￿10￿minutes￿before￿this￿time. BMW￿Connected￿app￿setting￿the￿departure￿time...
  • Page 529 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Share￿destinations￿via￿other￿apps Destinations￿can￿also￿be￿searched￿for￿in￿other￿apps￿such￿as￿Apple®￿Maps,￿Google®￿Maps￿or￿Yelp® and￿shared￿with￿BMW￿Connected. BMW￿Connected￿app￿selecting￿a￿destination￿on￿Apple®￿maps The￿current￿traffic￿volume￿for￿the￿scheduled￿destination￿is￿displayed￿in￿the￿BMW￿Connected app￿by￿color: • Green:￿no￿traffic￿on￿the￿scheduled￿route • Yellow:￿traffic￿on￿the￿scheduled￿route • Red:￿heavy￿traffic￿volumes￿on￿the￿scheduled￿route...
  • Page 530 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Sharing￿must￿first￿be￿enabled￿for￿this￿function. BMW￿Connected￿enable￿sharing Index Explanation Share￿menu￿in￿the￿smartphone,￿here￿in￿Apple®￿maps￿by￿way￿of￿example; add￿BMW￿Connected￿once￿by￿touching￿More Activating￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app Sharing￿via￿the￿BMW￿Connected￿app￿is￿possible Transferring￿the￿destination￿to￿the￿vehicle A￿destination￿planned￿on￿the￿smartphone￿can￿be￿sent￿to￿the￿vehicle's￿navigation￿system.￿Two￿options are￿available￿for￿this: • Bluetooth • BMW￿Connected￿Send￿to￿Car The￿destination￿can￿be￿sent￿to￿the￿navigation￿system￿if￿the￿smartphone￿is￿coupled￿via￿Bluetooth in￿the￿vehicle.
  • Page 531 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps The￿destination￿can￿also￿be￿sent￿to￿the￿vehicle￿via￿ConnectedDrive￿online.￿The￿route￿guidance￿will then￿be￿suggested￿in￿the￿vehicle￿where￿it￿can￿be￿accepted.￿In￿this￿example￿we￿illustrate￿this￿on￿the user￿interface￿of￿a￿G12. BMW￿Connected￿accept￿sent￿trip Index Explanation Main￿menu BMW￿messages Select￿destination Start￿route￿guidance...
  • Page 532 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps Third￿party￿apps The￿BMW￿Apps￿menu￿lists￿all￿third-party￿apps￿that￿are￿currently￿supported￿by￿BMW.￿These￿apps can￿be￿launched￿from￿the￿individual￿menus￿as￿before,￿or￿from￿the￿ConnectedDrive￿menu￿if￿they￿are installed￿on￿the￿smartphone. BMW￿Connected￿app￿third-party￿apps...
  • Page 533 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps 2.1.4.￿Remote￿3D￿View Remote 3D￿View￿is￿provided￿for￿the￿first￿time￿on￿the￿G30.￿This￿function￿allows￿the￿customer￿to￿view the￿area￿around￿his￿parked￿vehicle￿on￿his￿smartphone. G30￿Remote￿View￿3D￿display￿on￿smartphone Service Below￿we￿list￿some￿information￿about￿BMW￿Remote￿3D￿View￿which￿affects￿the￿service: • A￿maximum￿of￿three￿recordings￿in￿two￿hours￿is￿permitted.￿(The￿user￿will￿receive￿a￿message￿in the￿event￿of￿a￿further￿recording.) • The￿Remote￿3D￿View￿function￿is￿an￿element￿of￿standard￿equipment￿“Remote￿Services”￿(OE 6AP)￿and￿is￿valid￿for￿four￿years.￿Once￿this￿period￿has￿expired,￿the￿function￿can￿be￿extended￿via the￿ConnectedDrive￿Store￿for￿a￿fee. • The￿vehicle￿shown￿in￿the￿smartphone￿is￿always￿shown￿in￿silver￿paintwork. Further￿information Further￿information￿on￿BMW￿Remote￿3D￿View￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿ST1604￿G30￿Driver￿Assistance Systems￿Training￿Reference￿manual.

  • Page 534: Wireless Connection

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 2.￿BMW￿Apps 2.2.￿Wireless￿connection A￿base￿plate￿is￿no￿longer￿provided￿for￿any￿telephone￿system￿in￿the￿G30.￿For￿this￿reason,￿the￿telephone is￿connected￿to￿the￿head￿unit￿either￿wireless￿or￿through￿a￿USB￿port. A￿check￿mark￿must￿be￿set￿for￿Apps￿if￿these￿are￿to￿be￿used￿in￿the￿vehicle￿via￿Bluetooth￿when￿the smartphone￿is￿coupled￿in￿the￿vehicle. G30￿selecting￿Apps￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display Apps￿installed￿on￿the￿smartphone￿and￿approved￿by￿BMW￿(including￿BMW￿Connected)￿are￿selected￿in the￿vehicle￿as￿previously. G30￿Selecting￿apps...

  • Page 535: Apple®￿Carplay￿Preparation

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 3.￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿Preparation 3.1.￿Introduction Apple®￿CarPlay￿offers￿the￿capability￿of￿easily￿and￿conveniently￿reproducing￿selected￿content￿from￿the iPhone®￿in￿the￿vehicle.￿Displaying￿the￿Apple®￿icons￿on￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)￿permits intuitive￿operation￿and￿control￿of￿the￿functions. G30￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID) Index Explanation Main￿screen￿with￿Apple®￿CarPlay Assistance￿window,￿here,￿for￿example,￿shown￿with￿the￿BMW￿navigation￿map Apple®￿CarPlay￿is￿displayed￿only￿in￿the￿main￿screen.￿The￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿logo￿is￿displayed￿if￿there￿is no￿function￿in￿the￿assistance￿window.￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿is￿activated￿by￿pressing￿and￿holding￿the￿menu button￿on￿the￿controller.

  • Page 536: Prerequisites

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 3.￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿Preparation 3.2.￿Prerequisites The￿vehicle￿and￿the￿iPhone®￿must￿satisfy￿certain￿prerequisites￿before￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿can￿be￿used. 3.2.1.￿iPhone® The￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿function￿runs￿on￿the￿iPhone®￿5￿and￿more￿recent￿models. The￿iPhone￿operating￿system￿must￿be￿at￿least￿iOS￿9.3.3. Other￿Apple®￿devices￿(iPad®￿or￿iPod®)￿cannot￿be￿connected￿to￿the￿vehicle￿via￿Apple®￿CarPlay. 3.2.2.￿Vehicle The￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿preparation￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿6CP)￿is￿added￿to￿the￿BMW￿Online￿and￿BMW Apps￿standard￿equipment￿(OE￿6AK)￿and￿the￿standard￿equipment￿Professional￿navigation￿system￿(OE 609).￿Selected￿data￿attributes￿are￿swapped￿between￿the￿smartphone￿and￿the￿vehicle￿when￿Apple® CarPlay￿is￿used. Further￿information￿about￿Apple®￿CarPlay￿may￿be￿found￿in￿the￿ST1610￿Infotainment￿2016￿Product Information.

  • Page 537: Telephone￿Systems

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems 4.1.￿Equipment The￿G30￿has￿two￿different￿hands-free￿mode￿and￿charging￿variants￿for￿telephones: • Convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone￿connection￿(OE￿6NS)￿(standard￿equipment) • Telephone￿with￿wireless￿charging￿(OE￿6NW)￿(optional￿equipment) 4.1.1.￿Convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone￿connection No￿base￿plate￿is￿fitted￿for￿the￿convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone￿connection￿optional equipment.￿With￿this￿equipment￿it￿is￿therefore￿also￿not￿possible￿to￿charge￿a￿mobile￿phone￿through￿a snap-in￿adapter.￿Nor￿is￿connection￿to￿the￿roof-mounted￿antenna￿possible￿any￿longer￿with￿this￿optional equipment. Convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone￿connection￿is￿only￿offered￿in￿countries￿in￿which￿the telephone￿system￿with￿wireless￿charging￿optional￿equipment￿is￿not￿available. Differences￿over￿a￿hands-free￿system￿with￿USB￿interface The￿list￿below￿shows￿the￿convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone￿connection: • A￿microphone￿on￿the￿drivers￿and￿passenger's￿side￿for￿improved￿voice￿quality. • Two￿USB￿interfaces￿each￿with￿2.1￿A￿charge￿current. • WiFi￿Hotspot￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿6WD)￿can￿be￿added. • Possible￿to￿play￿videos￿via￿USB. • Coupling￿of￿2￿mobile￿phones￿and￿an￿audio￿device￿simultaneously.
  • Page 538 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems USB￿interface The￿following￿graphic￿provides￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿connections￿for￿the￿USB￿interface: G30￿Connection￿of￿USB￿interface￿to￿the￿head￿unit Index Explanation USB￿interface￿for￿the￿convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone connection￿(OE￿6NS)￿(standard￿equipment)￿or￿telephone￿system￿with￿wireless charging￿(OE￿6NW)￿(optional￿equipment),￿two￿USB￿interfaces￿each￿with￿2.1 A charge￿current Headunit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2) USB￿interface,￿center￿console￿front USB￿hub USB￿interface￿in￿the￿center￿console￿under￿the￿center￿armrest The￿additional￿USB￿interface￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿center￿console￿under￿the￿center￿armrest.
  • Page 539 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems G30￿USB￿interface￿center￿console System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿for￿convenient￿telephone￿with￿extended￿smartphone￿connection...
  • Page 540 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems Index Explanation Microphone,￿left Microphone,￿right Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Bluetooth￿antenna Headunit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2) Controller￿(CON) USB￿interface,￿center￿console￿front USB￿interface￿in￿the￿center￿console￿under￿the￿center￿armrest WiFi￿antenna￿for￿vehicle￿(WiFi) USB￿hub 4.1.2.￿Telephone￿with￿wireless￿charging Telephone￿with￿wireless￿charging￿(OE￿6NW)￿has￿the￿same￿functions￿as￿the￿convenient￿telephone￿with extended￿smartphone￿connection.￿Additionally,￿the￿smartphone￿can￿be￿charged￿wirelessly￿and￿has￿a connection￿to￿the￿roof-mounted￿antenna. Mobile￿phones￿must￿be￿compatible￿with￿wireless￿charging￿for￿this￿feature￿to￿operate. Charge￿station The￿wireless￿charging￿station￿is￿located￿in￿the￿front￿of￿the￿center￿console￿below￿the￿IHKA￿control panel.￿The￿wireless￿charging￿function￿and￿the￿connection￿to￿the￿roof-mounted￿antenna￿are￿identical￿to those￿for￿a￿wireless￿charging￿station￿under￿the￿center￿armrest￿(G12).￿If￿equipped,￿wireless￿charging￿of the￿BMW display￿key￿is￿also￿possible.
  • Page 541 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems BMW￿Display￿key The￿display￿key￿is￿only￿available￿as￿an￿option￿in￿the￿540i￿/￿540i￿xDrive￿and￿M550i￿xDrive￿G30￿vehicles. G30￿Wireless￿charging￿station￿in￿the￿front￿center￿console...
  • Page 542 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems The￿smartphone￿must￿be￿placed￿on￿the￿wireless￿charging￿station.￿The￿charging￿status￿LED￿is￿in￿the tray. LED￿display G30￿Wireless￿charging￿station￿LED Index Explanation Area￿in￿which￿the￿smartphone￿should￿be￿placed Charging￿status￿LED Blue￿LED:￿Charging￿(QI®￿compatible￿mobile￿phone￿&￿BMW display￿key) Orange￿LED:￿Shutdown￿because￿of￿excess￿temperature￿(60°C￿/￿140°F) Red￿LED:￿Internal￿fault...
  • Page 543 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿Telephone￿with￿wireless￿charging￿system￿wiring￿diagram...
  • Page 544 G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems Index Explanation Microphone,￿left Microphone,￿right Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Bluetooth￿antenna Headunit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2) Controller￿(CON) Wireless￿charging￿station￿(WCA) Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment LTE￿compensator USB￿interface￿in￿the￿center￿console￿under￿the￿center￿armrest WiFi￿antenna￿for￿vehicle￿(WiFi) USB￿hub USB￿interface,￿center￿console￿front...

  • Page 545: Provider

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems 4.2.￿WiFi￿hotspot G30￿WiFi￿hotspot The￿BMW￿Internet￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿6AR)￿is￿no￿longer￿offered￿in￿the￿G30. The￿WiFi￿hotspot￿(OE￿6WD)￿provides￿the￿capability￿of￿using￿the￿internet￿in￿the￿vehicle. The￿hotspot￿in￿the￿vehicle￿can￿be￿used￿for￿a￿fee￿once￿registered.￿The￿WiFi￿antenna￿is￿installed￿in￿the TCB2. 4.2.1.￿Provider AT&T￿currently￿supports￿the￿hotspot￿for￿BMW.

  • Page 546: Selection

    G30￿Telephone￿and￿Telematics 4.￿Telephone￿Systems 4.2.2.￿WiFi￿antenna The￿WiFi￿antenna￿for￿the￿WiFi￿hotspot￿is￿built￿into￿the￿TCB2.￿The￿two￿telephone￿antennas￿in￿the￿roof- mounted￿antenna￿are￿used￿for￿transmitting￿and￿receiving￿via￿LTE. G30￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) 4.2.3.￿Selection The￿following￿graphic￿shows￿how￿to￿select￿the￿hotspot￿from￿the￿menu. G30￿Selecting￿the￿WiFi￿hotspot...
  • Page 547 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...
  • Page 548 Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Climate￿Control BMW￿Service...

  • Page 549: General Information

    General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 550 G30￿Climate￿Control Contents Introduction ................................................1.1. General￿information ......................................1.2. Overview ............................................... System￿Overview ............................................2.1. IHKA,￿3/2-zone .......................................... 2.1.1. Wiring￿diagram ..................................2.1.2. Air￿conditioning￿control￿panel .......................... 2.1.3. Rear￿passenger￿compartment￿temperature￿control ............Stratification ................................................

  • Page 552: Introduction

    G30￿Climate￿Control 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿General￿information The￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿with￿the￿development￿code￿G30￿will￿be￿equipped￿with￿a￿further￿developed￿and optimized￿heating￿and￿air￿conditioning￿system.￿The￿heating￿and￿air-conditioning￿system￿is￿similar￿to the￿BMW￿G12.￿The￿G30￿uses￿the￿new￿R1234yf￿refrigerant. A￿brushless￿blower￿motor￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿heating￿and￿air-conditioning￿housing￿which￿provides￿the supply￿of￿fresh￿air￿to￿the￿vehicle￿interior￿via￿the￿fresh￿air￿microfilters.￿The￿microfilters￿can￿be￿replaced from￿an￿access￿point￿from￿the￿footwell￿area￿under￿the￿dashboard￿on￿the￿passenger's￿side. The￿IHKA￿control￿unit￿is￿separate￿from￿the￿IHKA￿control￿panel￿and￿is￿located￿behind￿the￿dashboard￿on the￿passenger￿side￿towards￿the￿center￿of￿the￿vehicle. IHKA￿control￿module￿location 1.2.￿Overview Currently￿only￿one￿version￿of￿climate￿control￿is￿available￿for￿the￿G30. • 3/2-zone￿IHKA In￿terms￿of￿technology,￿the￿G30’s￿climate￿control￿system￿is￿based￿on￿the￿G12￿system.￿For￿more detailed￿information￿on￿the￿topics￿listed￿below,￿please￿refer￿to￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual￿"ST1501 G12￿Complete￿Vehicle"￿Climate￿Control￿section. Topic "ST1501￿G12￿Complete￿Vehicle" Refrigerant￿line￿(With,￿inner￿heat￿exchanger) G12￿Climate￿Control (IWT) Coolant-cooled￿air￿conditioning￿condenser G12￿Climate￿Control Refrigerant￿circuit G12￿Climate￿Control Cooling￿system G12￿Climate￿Control Evaporator G12￿Climate￿Control...
  • Page 553 G30￿Climate￿Control 2.￿System￿Overview 2.1.￿IHKA,￿3/2-zone The￿climate￿control￿system￿is￿divided￿into￿two￿zones.￿The￿first￿digit￿“3”￿represents￿the￿individually adjustable￿temperature￿settings,￿the￿second￿digit￿“2”￿represents￿the￿zones￿in￿which￿the￿amount￿of￿air can￿be￿individually￿controlled. In￿the￿G30,￿a￿3/2-zone￿IHKA￿system￿is￿installed￿as￿standard￿equipment.￿Three￿different￿temperature zones￿can￿be￿set￿by￿the￿driver/front￿passenger￿and￿in￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment.￿The￿amount of￿air￿can￿only￿be￿regulated￿from￿the￿front￿control￿panel￿by￿the￿driver￿or￿front￿passenger.￿An￿automatic air￿recirculation￿control￿sensor￿is￿installed￿for￿automatic￿recirculated￿air￿flap￿control.￿The￿solar￿sensor￿is mounted￿on￿the￿windshield￿underneath￿the￿trim￿of￿the￿mirror￿base.￿Under￿strong￿sunlight￿conditions,￿it controls￿the￿temperature,￿amount￿of￿air￿and￿air￿distribution￿accordingly￿for￿the￿air￿conditioning.￿This￿is so￿the￿selected￿temperature￿for￿the￿vehicles￿interior￿is￿properly￿maintained. 3/2-zone￿IHKA￿–￿overview Index Explanation Air￿flow￿control￿for￿driver/front￿passenger Temperature￿control￿for￿driver/front￿passenger Temperature￿control￿for￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿via￿stratification...
  • Page 554 G30￿Climate￿Control 2.￿System￿Overview 2.1.1.￿Wiring￿diagram G30￿3/2-zone￿IHKA￿wiring￿diagram...
  • Page 555 G30￿Climate￿Control 2.￿System￿Overview Index Explanation Rain‐light‐solar-condensation￿sensor Air￿conditioning￿compressor Automatic￿air￿recirculation￿control￿sensor Outside￿temperature￿sensor Refrigerant￿pressure￿sensor Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Fuses￿for￿Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Blower￿motor Temperature￿sensor￿for￿evaporator Temperature￿sensor,￿footwell,￿front￿right Temperature￿sensor,￿footwell,￿front￿left Stratification￿controller￿for￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿with￿illumination Stepper￿motor￿for￿driver￿footwell Stepper￿motor￿for￿driver/front￿passenger￿stratification Stepper￿motor￿for￿ventilation,￿rear￿passenger￿compartment Stepper￿motor￿for￿front￿passenger￿footwell Stepper￿motor,￿defrost Stepper￿motor￿for￿front￿passenger￿ventilation Stepper￿motor￿for￿stratification,￿front￿passenger Stepper￿motor￿for￿ventilation,￿driver Stepper￿motor￿for￿air￿recirculation￿function Stepper￿motor￿for￿front￿blending￿flap,￿left Stepper￿motor￿for￿front￿blending￿flap,￿right Stepper￿motor￿for￿fresh￿air Control￿unit,￿integrated￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿(IHKA) Air￿conditioning￿control￿panel￿for￿driver/front￿passenger Lighting￿for￿ventilation￿outlet,￿driver Temperature￿sensor￿for￿center￿vent,￿driver/front￿passenger Lighting￿for￿ventilation￿outlet,￿front￿passenger...
  • Page 556 G30￿Climate￿Control 2.￿System￿Overview 2.1.2.￿Air￿conditioning￿control￿panel The￿3/2-zone￿IHKA￿uses￿the￿familiar￿operating￿concept￿from￿the￿G12.￿It￿provides￿the￿driver￿and￿front passenger￿with￿individual￿and￿separate￿left/right￿temperature￿control,￿blower￿control￿and￿individual selection￿of￿an￿automatic￿program.￿All￿functions￿on￿this￿control￿panel￿are￿controlled￿using￿buttons. Depending￿on￿the￿equipment￿installed,￿the￿amount￿of￿air￿and￿air￿distribution￿for￿the￿driver/front passenger,￿seat￿heating￿and￿active￿seat￿ventilation￿can￿be￿controlled￿using￿the￿IHKA￿control￿panel. On￿the￿3/2-zone￿IHKA,￿the￿current￿settings￿of￿the￿driver￿for￿temperature,￿amount￿of￿air￿and￿air distribution￿can￿be￿transferred￿to￿the￿passenger's￿side￿by￿pressing￿the￿SYNC￿button￿on￿the￿right side￿of￿the￿IHKA￿control￿panel.￿The￿IHKA￿menu￿is￿opened￿in￿the￿Central￿Information￿Display￿(CID)￿by the￿menu￿button￿in￿the￿center￿of￿the￿IHKA￿control￿panel.￿The￿stratification￿for￿driver/front￿passenger can￿be￿adjusted￿separately￿in￿this￿menu￿along￿with￿setting￿the￿activation￿times￿for￿the￿parked￿car ventilation.￿More￿information￿on￿the￿adjustment￿of￿the￿air￿stratification￿can￿be￿found￿in￿next￿section “Stratification”. G30￿3/2-zone￿air￿conditioning￿control￿panel 2.1.3.￿Rear￿passenger￿compartment￿temperature￿control The￿temperature￿in￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿is￿adjusted￿by￿a￿conventional￿stratification￿wheel. The￿amount￿of￿air￿for￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿is￿supplied￿by￿the￿main￿blower￿motor￿installed in￿the￿passenger￿footwell￿under￿the￿dashboard.￿The￿air￿volume￿can￿only￿be￿adjusted￿by￿the￿front control￿panel￿by￿the￿driver￿or￿front￿passenger.￿The￿air￿flow￿can￿be￿turned￿off￿by￿the￿rear￿passengers￿by rotating￿the￿air￿control￿wheels￿on￿the￿rear￿panel. Control￿panel￿for￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment...

  • Page 557: Stratification

    G30￿Climate￿Control 3.￿Stratification On￿the￿G30￿the￿stratification￿for￿the￿driver/front￿passenger￿is￿not￿adjusted￿in￿the￿usual￿manner￿by￿the knurled￿wheels￿on￿the￿front￿dash￿panel.￿Instead,￿there￿is￿a￿menu￿button￿located￿in￿the￿center￿of￿the IHKA￿control￿panel.￿Pressing￿this￿button￿opens￿the￿IHKA￿menu￿in￿the￿CID.￿Once￿the￿menu￿is￿displayed in￿the￿CID,￿you￿must￿select￿the￿temperature￿adjustment￿button￿as￿shown￿below. G30￿Climate￿control￿functions￿menu It￿is￿now￿possible￿to￿select￿the￿stratified￿air￿between￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger.￿Once￿the￿driver￿or passenger￿is￿selected,￿the￿stratification￿can￿be￿adjusted￿by￿turning￿the￿controller.￿The￿selected￿setting is￿saved￿by￿pressing￿the￿controller. G30￿IHKA￿stratification￿menu￿for￿driver/front￿passenger...
  • Page 559 Bayerische￿Motorenwerke￿Aktiengesellschaft Händlerqualifizierung￿und￿Training Röntgenstraße￿7 85716￿Unterschleißheim,￿Germany...
  • Page 560 Technical￿training. Product￿information. G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems BMW￿Service...
  • Page 561 General￿information Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿to￿facilitate￿better￿comprehension￿or￿to￿draw￿attention to￿very￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿information￿and￿information￿that￿needs￿to￿be￿observed￿strictly￿in￿order￿to guarantee￿the￿smooth￿operation￿of￿the￿system. Information￿status￿and￿national-market￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿meet￿the￿requirements￿of￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿standards.￿Changes in￿requirements￿for￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefits￿and￿design￿render￿necessary continuous￿development￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿Consequently,￿there￿may￿be￿discrepancies between￿the￿contents￿of￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿in￿the￿training￿course. This￿document￿basically￿relates￿to￿the￿European￿version￿of￿left￿hand￿drive￿vehicles.￿Some￿operating elements￿or￿components￿are￿arranged￿differently￿in￿right-hand￿drive￿vehicles￿than￿shown￿in￿the graphics￿in￿this￿document.￿Further￿differences￿may￿arise￿as￿the￿result￿of￿the￿equipment￿specification￿in specific￿markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿sources￿of￿information Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿topics￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿following: • Owner's￿Handbook • Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application. Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2016￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reprints￿of￿this￿publication￿or￿its￿parts￿require￿the￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿forms￿an￿integral￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical Qualification￿and￿is￿intended￿for￿the￿trainer￿and￿participants￿in￿the￿seminar.￿Refer￿to￿the￿latest￿relevant information￿systems￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿for￿any￿changes/additions￿to￿the￿technical￿data. Information￿status:￿September￿2016 Technical￿training.
  • Page 562 ........................3.2.2. Impact￿detection￿ ................................3.2.3. Trigger￿time￿and￿trigger￿sequence ...................... 3.2.4. Activation￿of￿the￿ignition￿circuit￿output￿stages ..............3.2.5. Sending￿the￿crash￿message ........................... 3.2.6. Crash￿documentation ..............................3.2.7. Emergency￿call￿function ............................3.2.8. BMW￿Assist￿eCall￿ ................................. 3.3. System￿monitoring￿functions ................................. 3.3.1. System￿self￿test ................................. 3.3.2. Display￿of￿system￿operability ........................3.3.3. Cyclic￿monitoring ................................3.3.4. Fault￿display￿and￿fault￿storage ........................3.3.5. Output￿of￿faults￿(diagnosis) ..........................
  • Page 563 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems Contents 4.2.6. Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch ............................4.2.7. Emergency￿call￿button ............................4.2.8. Seat-position￿sensors ............................... 4.3. Actuators ............................................4.3.1. Overview ......................................4.3.2. Driver's￿airbag ..................................4.3.3. Front￿passenger￿airbag ............................4.3.4. Knee￿airbag ....................................4.3.5. Head￿airbag ....................................4.3.6. Side￿airbag ....................................4.3.7. Automatic￿tensioner￿with￿linear￿mechanical￿force￿limiter ......... 4.3.8. Automatic￿tensioner￿with￿adaptive￿force￿limiter .............. 4.3.9. Active￿head￿restraints,￿front ..........................

  • Page 564: Introduction

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 1.￿Introduction 1.1.￿The￿hidden￿protector The￿passive￿safety￿system￿of￿the￿G30￿is￿based￿on￿the￿objectives￿and￿characteristics￿of￿current￿BMW models.￿The￿passive￿safety￿system￿fulfils￿all￿legislative￿requirements￿worldwide. The￿restraint￿systems￿ensure￿that￿the￿risk￿of￿injury￿is￿reduced. The￿5th￿generation￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿is￿used￿as￿the￿central￿airbag￿control￿unit for￿the￿passive￿safety￿system￿in￿the￿G30.￿With￿the￿passive￿safety￿system￿of￿the￿G30,￿the￿central￿sensor system￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿ACSM￿control￿unit,￿which￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿center￿of￿vehicle. The￿ACSM￿of￿the￿G30￿is￿a￿bus￿user￿in￿the￿FlexRay.￿This￿allows￿the￿sensor￿data￿of￿the￿central￿sensor system￿to￿be￿transferred￿to￿the￿Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC).

  • Page 565: System￿Wiring￿Diagrams

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview The￿following￿bus￿overview￿shows￿an￿overview￿of￿the￿G30￿vehicle￿electrical￿system￿structure￿and￿the incorporation￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿in￿the￿FlexRay. 2.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagrams...
  • Page 566 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview 2.1.1.￿Bus￿overview G30￿Bus￿overview...
  • Page 567 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview Index Explanation Active￿Cruse￿Control ACSM Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module AMPT Top￿HiFi￿amplifier Active￿Sound￿Design Body￿Domain￿Controller Controller Digital￿Motor￿Electronics DME2 Digital￿Engine￿Electronics￿2 Dynamic￿Stability￿Control EARSH Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿rear EARSV Electric￿active￿roll￿stabilization￿front Electronic￿transmission￿control Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering High-beam￿assistant FLER Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Right FLEL Frontal￿Light￿Electronics￿Left Roof￿function￿center Gear￿selector HEADUNIT Head￿unit HKFM Tailgate￿function￿module Rear￿axle￿slip￿angle￿control IHKA Integrated￿automatic￿heating￿/￿air￿conditioning KAFAS Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems KOMBI Instrument￿panel Light￿effect￿manager Night￿Vision￿Electronics Power￿Control￿Unit...
  • Page 568 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview Index Explanation SPMVL Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿left SPMVR Seat￿pneumatics￿module￿front￿right Lane￿change￿warning￿(primary)￿also￿know￿as￿Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR) SWW2 Lane￿change￿warning￿(secondary)￿also￿know￿as￿Short￿Range￿Radar￿(SRR2) Telematic￿Communication￿Box TRSVC Control￿unit￿for￿rear￿view￿camera￿and￿SideView Vertical￿Dynamic￿Platform Transfer￿box Wireless￿charging￿tray Central￿gateway￿module Start-up￿node￿control￿units￿for￿starting￿and￿synchronizing the￿FlexRay￿bus￿system Control￿units￿with￿wake-up￿authorisation Control￿units￿also￿connected￿at￿terminal￿15WUP...
  • Page 569 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview 2.1.2.￿System￿wiring￿diagram G30￿System￿wiring￿diagram...
  • Page 570 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Airbag￿front￿sensor,￿left Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Airbag￿front￿sensor,￿right Fuses￿in￿power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Knee￿airbag,￿front￿passenger Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Front￿passenger￿airbag Head￿airbag,￿right Airbag￿sensor,￿door,￿right￿(pressure) Acceleration￿sensor,￿B-pillar￿on￿right Adaptive￿belt￿force￿limiter,￿passenger's￿side Reel￿pretensioner,￿front￿passenger Crash-active￿headrest,￿front￿passenger Side￿airbag,￿front￿passenger Seat-position￿sensor,￿front￿right Seat￿occupancy￿mat￿(CIS￿mat) Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch,￿front￿passenger Electronic￿fuel￿pump￿control Safety￿battery￿terminal￿(SBK) Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch,￿driver Seat-position￿sensor,￿front￿left Side￿airbag,￿driver's￿side Crash-active￿headrest,￿driver Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Reel￿pretensioner,￿driver Adaptive￿belt￿force￿limiter,￿driver's￿side Acceleration￿sensor,￿B-pillar￿on￿left Airbag￿sensor,￿door,￿left￿(pressure) Head￿airbag,￿left Clock￿spring Driver's￿airbag Knee￿airbag,￿driver...
  • Page 571 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview 2.2.￿System￿overview G30￿System￿overview Index Explanation Airbag￿front￿sensor,￿right Knee￿airbag,￿front￿passenger Power￿distribution￿box,￿front￿right Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Switch￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation (European￿version;￿Korean￿version) Airbag￿sensor,￿door,￿right￿(pressure) Front￿passenger￿airbag Automatic￿tensioner,￿front￿passenger Acceleration￿sensor,￿B-pillar￿on￿right Side￿airbag,￿front￿passenger Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Crash-active￿headrest,￿front￿passenger...
  • Page 572 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 2.￿System￿Overview Index Explanation Crash-active￿headrest,￿driver Electronic￿fuel￿pump￿control Head￿airbag,￿left Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) Power￿distribution￿box,￿luggage￿compartment Safety￿battery￿terminal￿(SBK) Head￿airbag,￿right Side￿airbag,￿driver's￿side Acceleration￿sensor,￿B-pillar￿on￿left Automatic￿tensioner,￿driver Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch,￿front￿passenger Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch,￿driver Driver's￿airbag Airbag￿sensor,￿door,￿left￿(pressure) Instrument￿cluster￿(KOMBI) Knee￿airbag,￿driver Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Airbag￿front￿sensor,￿left...

  • Page 573: Functions

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.1.￿Functions￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module The￿function￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿is￿to￿permanently￿evaluate￿all￿sensor￿signals￿in order￿to￿identify￿a￿crash￿situation.￿Based￿on￿the￿sensor￿signals￿and￿their￿evaluation,￿the￿Advanced Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿identifies￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿crash￿and￿the￿severity￿of￿the￿impact. The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿evaluates￿the￿sensor￿information￿and￿then￿initiates￿the relevant￿measures￿for￿selective￿activation￿of￿the￿necessary￿restraint￿systems. At￿the￿same￿time￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿monitors￿the￿system￿itself￿and￿indicates when￿it￿is￿ready￿for￿operation￿by￿switching￿off￿the￿airbag￿indicator￿light. If￿an￿error￿occurs￿during￿operation￿this￿is￿stored￿in￿a￿fault￿memory￿The￿fault￿memory￿can￿be￿read￿out for￿diagnosis￿purposes. If￿a￿crash￿situation￿is￿detected,￿a￿crash￿message￿is￿sent￿to￿the￿other￿bus￿users￿in￿the￿data￿bus￿network as￿notification.￿The￿relevant￿control￿units￿respond￿to￿this￿signal￿by￿executing￿their￿own￿activities according￿to￿the￿severity￿of￿the￿crash. The￿activities￿include: • Opening￿the￿central￿locking￿system • Activating￿the￿hazard￿warning￿flasher • Switching￿on￿the￿interior￿light • Switching￿off￿the￿fuel￿pump￿control￿electronics • Making￿an￿emergency￿call An￿additional￿function￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿is￿the￿acoustic￿seat￿belt￿warning￿that reminds￿the￿driver￿using￿visual￿and￿acoustic￿signals￿to￿fasten￿his￿seat￿belt.￿Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switches are￿used￿to￿identify￿whether￿the￿driver￿and￿the￿front￿passenger￿have￿their￿seat￿belts￿fastened.￿On motor￿vehicles￿in￿European￿version,￿the￿seat￿belt￿buckles￿in￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿are also￿monitored.￿In￿addition,￿for￿vehicles,￿the￿position￿of￿the￿driver's￿and￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat￿is monitored. The￿functions￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿generally￿belong￿to￿one￿of￿the￿following￿areas: • Crash-relevant￿functions • System￿monitoring￿functions • Additional￿convenience￿functions...
  • Page 574 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.2.￿Crash-relevant￿functions The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿must￿fulfil￿the￿following￿crash-relevant￿functions: • Evaluating￿the￿sensor￿signals • Impact￿detection • Determining￿actuators￿to￿be￿activated • Specifying￿the￿trigger￿time￿and￿trigger￿sequence • Activation￿of￿the￿ignition￿circuit￿output￿stages • Sending￿the￿crash￿message￿to￿all￿bus￿users • Crash￿documentation • Emergency￿call￿function 3.2.1.￿Evaluating￿the￿sensor￿signals The￿sensors￿serve￿to￿identify￿and￿verify￿front-end,￿side-on￿and￿rear-end￿crashes￿and￿also￿as￿roll-over detection. The￿sensors￿are￿located￿in￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿or￿are￿directly￿connected￿to the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module,￿where￿their￿signals￿are￿evaluated￿and￿processed. 3.2.2.￿Impact￿detection The￿G30￿is￿equipped￿with￿the￿following￿sensors: • One￿lateral￿and￿one￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensor￿in￿the￿B-pillars￿(green) • One￿airbag￿sensor￿to￿monitor￿the￿pressure￿in￿each￿of￿the￿front￿doors￿(blue) • One￿lateral￿and￿one￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensor￿in￿the￿ACSM￿(yellow) • One￿roll￿rate￿sensor￿in￿the￿ACSM￿(yellow) • One￿vertical￿acceleration￿sensor￿in￿the￿ACSM￿(yellow) • One￿airbag￿front￿sensor￿each￿on￿the￿engine￿supports￿(red) The￿airbag￿sensors￿in￿the￿doors￿assist￿with￿the￿identification￿of￿a￿side-on￿crash. The￿airbag￿front￿sensors￿assist￿with￿the￿identification￿of￿a￿head-on￿crash￿and￿its￿corresponding severity.
  • Page 575 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions G30￿Sensors 3.2.3.￿Trigger￿time￿and￿trigger￿sequence The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿uses￿the￿values￿transmitted￿by￿the￿sensors￿to￿determine￿the direction￿and￿severity￿of￿the￿crash. In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿head-on￿crash,￿for￿example,￿the￿correspondingly￿high￿acceleration￿values￿from￿the longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensors￿in￿the￿rear￿doors￿and￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) respectively￿must￿be￿detected.￿An￿algorithm￿determines￿the￿severity￿and￿direction￿of￿the￿crash based￿on￿the￿accelerations.￿This￿information￿is￿used￿to￿assist￿calculation￿of￿the￿activation￿times￿and sequence￿in￿which￿the￿restraint￿systems￿are￿activated. A￿possible￿imminent￿rollover￿is￿also￿detected￿and￿the￿appropriate￿protection￿systems￿are￿energized. 3.2.4.￿Activation￿of￿the￿ignition￿circuit￿output￿stages The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿is￿supplied￿by￿the￿power￿distribution￿box￿on￿the￿rear￿right￿using terminal￿30B.￿The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿is￿in￿offline￿mode￿with￿terminal￿30B.￿This means￿that￿it￿is￿active￿on￿the￿data￿bus￿and￿can￿perform￿all￿diagnostic￿functions. Activation￿of￿the￿ignition￿circuits￿is￿blocked￿and￿is￿available￿as￿of￿the￿"Driving"￿driving￿condition￿once the￿system￿self-test￿is￿complete. The￿ignition￿capacitors￿are￿recharged￿via￿a￿switching￿controller.￿These￿ignition￿capacitors￿make￿the firing￿energy￿available￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿crash.￿If￿the￿voltage￿supply￿is￿interrupted￿during￿a￿crash,￿the ignition￿capacitors￿serve￿briefly￿as￿an￿energy￿reserve. The￿ignition￿circuit￿output￿stages￿consist￿of￿a￿high-side￿and￿a￿low-side￿power￿switch.￿The￿high-side power￿switch￿connects￿the￿ignition￿voltage,￿while￿the￿low-side￿power￿switch￿connects￿to￿the￿ground. The￿ignition￿circuit￿output￿stages￿are￿controlled￿by￿a￿microcontroller. The￿high-side￿and￿low-side￿power￿switches￿also￿serve￿to￿check￿the￿ignition￿circuits￿during￿the￿system self-test.
  • Page 576 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.2.5.￿Sending￿the￿crash￿message In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿collision￿involving￿activation￿of￿the￿restraint￿systems,￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety Module￿(ACSM)￿sends￿a￿crash￿signal￿to￿the￿bus￿users￿in￿the￿data￿bus￿network. The￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿is￿actuated￿in￿parallel￿via￿a￿direct￿single-wire￿connection. The￿TCB2￿serves￿as￿a￿data￿modem￿in￿the￿vehicle.￿The￿emergency￿GSM￿antenna￿is￿integrated￿in￿the TCB2.￿This￿can￿be￿used￿to￿establish￿a￿telephone￿connection￿via￿the￿connected￿vehicle￿microphone even￿if￿the￿vehicle￿has￿rolled￿over.￿A￿built-in￿SIM￿card￿inside￿the￿control￿unit￿makes￿these￿emergency calls￿possible. As￿a￿result,￿the￿respective￿control￿units￿perform￿the￿following￿functions￿depending￿on￿the￿crash severity: Function Control￿unit Switch￿off￿electric￿fuel￿pump Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME)￿via￿electronic fuel￿pump￿control￿module￿(EKPS) Release￿central￿locking￿system Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Switch￿on￿hazard￿warning￿flashers Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Switch￿on￿interior￿light Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) Transmit￿emergency￿call Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2) 3.2.6.￿Crash￿documentation In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿collision￿where￿one￿or￿more￿actuators￿are￿activated,￿a￿crash￿entry￿is￿stored￿in￿a￿non- erasable￿memory.￿After￿5￿crash￿entries,￿a￿non-erasable￿fault￿memory￿entry￿is￿stored￿together￿with the￿information￿that￿the￿5￿crash￿signals￿have￿been￿saved.￿The￿airbag￿indicator￿light￿also￿lights￿up continuously. The￿5￿crash￿entries￿are￿also￿able￿to￿be￿stored￿during￿the￿course￿of￿an￿accident.￿Each￿crash￿entry is￿assigned￿a￿system￿time.￿The￿control￿unit￿remains￿ignitable￿even￿after￿5￿crash￿entries.￿The￿crash entries￿cannot￿be￿erased￿and￿serve￿the￿purpose￿of￿subsequent￿device￿diagnosis.￿A￿maximum￿of￿5 crash￿entries￿can￿be￿saved.￿The￿control￿unit￿must￿then￿be￿replaced.
  • Page 577 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.2.7.￿Emergency￿call￿function The￿emergency￿call￿functions￿are￿country-specific￿and￿are￿available￿to￿customers￿in￿countries with￿ConnectedDrive￿Services￿infrastructure.￿An￿emergency￿call￿requires￿an￿active￿SIM￿card￿in￿the Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿and￿an￿available￿mobile￿phone￿network. The￿emergency￿call￿button￿is￿connected￿directly￿with￿the￿TCB2. The￿manual￿emergency￿call￿allows￿the￿driver￿to￿request￿assistance￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿medical emergency. The￿next￿chapters￿provide￿detailed￿information￿on￿which￿functions￿the￿G30￿receives￿with￿the￿standard equipment￿BMW￿Assist￿eCall. 3.2.8.￿BMW￿Assist￿eCall The￿standard￿equipment￿BMW￿Assist￿eCall￿always￿includes￿the￿option￿of￿a￿manual￿or￿automatic emergency￿call￿(voice￿call￿and￿data￿transmission).￿A￿voice￿contact￿is￿initiated￿and￿data,￿such￿as￿the current￿position,￿is￿transmitted.￿The￿emergency￿call￿is￿made￿to￿a￿BMW￿Call￿center￿or￿an￿emergency coordination￿center,￿depending￿on￿the￿national-market￿version. In￿the￿event￿of￿an￿accident￿with￿corresponding￿crash￿severity,￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module (ACSM)￿sends￿a￿message￿to￿the￿TCB2.￿The￿TCB2￿initiates￿an￿emergency￿call. With￿this￿automatic￿emergency￿call,￿the￿presumed￿number￿of￿people￿in￿the￿vehicle￿and￿sensor￿data, among￿other￿things,￿are￿transmitted￿to￿the￿BMW￿Call￿center,￿in￿order￿to￿identify￿the￿severity￿of￿the crash. The￿information￿about￿the￿accident￿available￿at￿the￿call￿center￿can￿be￿forwarded￿to￿the￿emergency coordination￿center.￿The￿emergency￿coordination￿center￿can￿then￿initiate￿appropriate￿measures. Attempts￿are￿made￿at￿the￿same￿time￿to￿establish￿a￿voice￿contact￿with￿the￿occupants￿of￿the￿vehicle￿in order￿to￿obtain￿more￿detailed￿verbal￿information￿about￿the￿accident￿(e.g.￿condition￿of￿occupants). The￿following￿tables￿provides￿information￿on￿which￿functions￿are￿available￿in￿the￿case￿of￿an￿emergency call￿with￿BMW￿Assist￿eCall: Equipment Manual￿emergency￿call Automatic￿emergency￿call BMW￿Online￿with • Voice￿call￿(BMW Call • Voice￿call￿(BMW Call BMW￿Assist￿eCall center) center) • Data￿transfer￿(location) •...
  • Page 578 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.3.￿System￿monitoring￿functions The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿has￿the￿following￿system￿monitoring￿functions: • System￿self-test￿(pre-drive￿check) • Display￿of￿system￿operability • Cyclic￿monitoring • Fault￿display￿and￿fault￿storage • Output￿of￿faults￿(diagnosis) • Acoustic￿and￿visual￿seat￿belt￿warning • Deactivation￿of￿the￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿and￿side￿airbag￿and knee￿airbag￿on￿the￿passenger's￿side￿and￿the￿knee￿airbag 3.3.1.￿System￿self￿test The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿performs￿a￿system￿self-test￿after￿a￿terminal￿change￿has been￿made￿as￿of￿the￿"DRIVING"￿driving￿condition.￿The￿airbag￿indicator￿light￿is￿activated￿for￿roughly￿5 seconds￿during￿the￿system￿self￿test. Once￿the￿system￿self￿test￿is￿complete￿and￿no￿faults￿have￿been￿identified,￿the￿airbag￿indicator￿light goes￿out￿and￿the￿system￿is￿ready￿to￿operate. 3.3.2.￿Display￿of￿system￿operability The￿airbag￿indicator￿light￿in￿the￿instrument￿panel￿goes￿out￿to￿indicate￿that￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety Module￿is￿ready￿for￿operation. 3.3.3.￿Cyclic￿monitoring Once￿the￿system￿self-test￿has￿been￿successfully￿concluded￿and￿the￿system￿is￿ready￿for￿operation, a￿cyclic￿monitoring￿procedure￿is￿performed￿for￿fault￿monitoring￿purposes.￿This￿cyclical￿monitoring serves￿the￿internal￿diagnosis￿of￿the￿control￿unit￿and￿overall￿airbag￿system.￿Cyclical￿monitoring￿takes place￿continuously￿as￿of￿the￿"RESIDING"￿driving￿condition.￿It￿is￿only￿performed￿completely￿after￿a terminal￿change￿has￿been￿made￿as￿of￿the￿"DRIVING"￿driving￿condition. 3.3.4.￿Fault￿display￿and￿fault￿storage The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿has￿a￿non-volatile￿fault￿memory.￿The￿airbag￿indicator￿light lights￿up￿to￿indicate￿a￿fault￿entry. If￿the￿fault￿memory￿contains￿the￿entry￿that￿the￿restraint￿system￿has￿been￿activated,￿this￿only￿means￿the ignited￿restraint￿system￿is￿not￿available￿for￿further￿activation￿and￿not￿that￿it￿malfunctioned￿during￿the crash.
  • Page 579 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.3.5.￿Output￿of￿faults￿(diagnosis) Using￿the￿BMW￿diagnostic￿system,￿the￿fault￿memory￿can￿be￿read￿out￿via￿the￿diagnostic￿interface.￿After rectifying￿the￿faults￿or￿after￿renewing￿activated￿components,￿the￿fault￿memory￿can￿be￿cleared￿with￿the diagnosis￿command￿"Clear￿fault￿memory". 3.3.6.￿Acoustic￿and￿visual￿seat￿belt￿warning An￿acoustic￿and￿visual￿seat￿belt￿warning￿is￿a￿standard￿feature￿of￿all￿vehicles￿equipped￿with￿the Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM).￿The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿records whether￿or￿not￿the￿driver￿or￿front￿passenger￿have￿fastened￿their￿seat￿belts.￿If￿they￿have￿not,￿an￿acoustic and￿visual￿warning￿is￿output￿to￿remind￿them￿to￿fasten￿their￿seatbelts.￿Both￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿switches are￿monitored￿separately.￿Depending￿on￿the￿national-market￿version,￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿switches￿are also￿installed￿in￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿and￿a￿seat￿belt￿warning￿is￿issued￿accordingly￿for￿the rear￿seat￿passengers. 3.3.7.￿Deactivating￿the￿passenger￿airbag US￿vehicles A￿seat￿occupancy￿mat￿is￿used￿on￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat￿for￿the￿purpose￿of￿occupancy￿detection￿and classification￿of￿occupants￿in￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat.￿A￿Capacitive￿Interior￿Sensing￿mat￿(CIS￿mat)￿is used￿in￿the￿G30. The￿CIS￿mat￿is￿made￿up￿of￿2￿elements:￿A￿sensor￿wire,￿which￿runs￿parallel￿to￿the￿seat￿heating￿in the￿seat￿cushion￿and￿an￿evaluation￿unit.￿The￿CIS￿mat￿measures￿the￿capacity￿and￿ohmic￿resistance between￿the￿sensor￿wire￿(anode)￿and￿the￿vehicle￿ground￿(cathode)￿at￿a￿frequency￿of￿120￿kHz.￿The CIS￿mat￿determines￿from￿the￿change￿in￿capacity￿and￿resistance￿whether￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat￿is occupied￿by￿an￿adult￿or￿a￿child￿in￿a￿child￿seat. The￿deactivation￿of￿the￿front￿passenger￿airbag,￿the￿side￿airbag￿and￿knee￿airbag￿on￿the￿passenger's side￿is￿signalled￿by￿the￿indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation. The￿indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation￿in￿the￿roof￿function￿center￿lights￿up￿if￿a child￿seat￿with￿child,￿for￿e.g.￿a￿child￿restraint￿system￿that￿has￿been￿tested￿in￿accordance￿with￿the NHTSA￿regulations￿and￿is￿holding￿a￿small￿child,￿was￿detected￿on￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat￿or￿if￿the front￿passenger￿seat￿is￿unoccupied.

  • Page 580: Active￿Protection

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.4.￿Active￿protection The￿standard￿equipment￿of￿the￿G30￿already￿includes￿the￿Active￿Protection￿safety￿package. The￿Active￿Protection￿safety￿package￿comprises￿the￿following￿3￿functionally￿independent￿subsystems: • PreCrash • PostCrash • Alertness￿assistant The￿Active￿Protection￿safety￿package￿increases￿the￿safety￿of￿the￿occupants￿through￿preventative measures￿in￿the￿event￿of￿critical￿driving￿situations￿(PreCrash)￿and￿through￿measures￿after￿a￿crash (PostCrash).￿The￿attention￿assist￿monitors￿the￿driving￿style￿of￿the￿driver￿during￿the￿journey￿and encourages￿the￿driver￿to￿take￿breaks￿if￿necessary.
  • Page 581 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.4.1.￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿for￿Active￿Protection G30￿System￿wiring￿diagram￿for￿Active￿Protection...
  • Page 582 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions Index Explanation Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC) Digital￿Motor￿Electronics￿(DME) Electronic￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS) Radar￿sensor￿for￿Active￿Cruise￿Control￿(ACC) Fuse￿for￿front￿right￿power￿distribution￿box Body￿Domain￿Controller￿(BDC) CAN￿terminator Reversible￿electromotive￿reel￿right,￿(REMARE) Fuses￿in￿the￿power￿distribution￿box,￿rear￿right Reversible￿electromotive￿reel￿left,￿(REMALI) Front￿passenger￿seat￿module,￿(SMBF) Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD) Camera-based￿driver￿support￿systems￿(KAFAS) Control￿unit￿for￿optional￿equipment￿system￿(SAS)

  • Page 583: Precrash

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.4.2.￿PreCrash The￿PreCrash￿subsystem￿introduces￿preventative￿protective￿measures￿for￿the￿occupants￿in￿known critical￿driving￿situations￿which￿may￿lead￿to￿an￿accident. Identification￿of￿critical￿driving￿situations Critical￿driving￿situations￿are￿identified￿with￿help￿of￿the￿inertial￿sensor￿system￿installed￿in￿the￿vehicle. Critical￿driving￿situations￿include: • Emergency￿braking￿initiated • Strong￿understeer • Strong￿oversteer • Rollover￿of￿the￿vehicle Imminent￿collisions￿are￿detected￿with￿the￿assistance￿of￿the￿camera-based￿driver￿assistance systems￿(KAFAS)￿stereo￿camera.￿On￿vehicles￿with￿the￿optional￿equipment￿active￿cruise￿control￿with Stop&Go￿function￿(OE 5DF)￿or￿Driving￿Assistant￿Plus￿(OE 5AT)￿the￿data￿of￿the￿radar￿sensor￿system￿is additionally￿evaluated.￿For￿the￿PreCrash￿detection,￿separate￿threshold￿values￿are￿made￿available￿for the￿triggering￿of￿the￿PreCrash￿functions￿are￿made￿available￿by￿the￿camera-based￿driver￿assistance systems￿or￿the￿radar￿system. Convenience￿functions • When￿the￿seat￿belt￿is￿fastened,￿the￿front￿seat￿belts￿are￿automatically￿pre-tensioned￿once￿when driving￿starts. Safety￿functions In￿detected￿situations￿that￿are￿critical￿for￿driving￿dynamics￿(for￿example,￿emergency￿braking,￿strong understeer,￿skidding)￿the￿following￿individual￿functions￿become￿active￿as￿needed: • Automatic￿pre-tensioning￿of￿front￿seat￿belts • Automatic￿closing￿of￿windows￿up￿to￿a￿gap • Positioning￿the￿front￿passenger￿backrest • Closing￿of￿the￿sunroof...

  • Page 584: Postcrash

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 3.￿Functions 3.4.3.￿PostCrash The￿PostCrash￿subfunction￿includes￿the￿automatic￿braking￿function￿after￿an￿accident,￿which￿brakes the￿vehicle￿to￿a￿standstill￿in￿certain￿accident￿situations￿without￿intervention￿from￿the￿driver.￿The￿risk￿of another￿collision￿can￿thus￿be￿reduced.￿The￿driver￿may￿oversteer￿the￿automatic￿braking￿after￿a￿crash￿by pressing￿the￿brake￿pedal￿or￿accelerator￿pedal. The￿automatic￿braking￿after￿a￿crash￿is￿activated￿if￿a￿crash￿with￿sufficient￿severity￿has￿been￿identified￿in the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM).￿The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿then￿sends a￿signal￿to￿the￿fuel￿pump￿control￿electronics￿to￿switch￿off￿the￿electric￿fuel￿pump.￿The￿same￿signal￿is evaluated￿by￿the￿DSC.￿The￿DSC￿then￿brakes￿the￿vehicle￿to￿a￿standstill. The￿DSC￿generates￿a￿maximum￿setpoint￿deceleration￿of￿5￿m/s ￿for￿braking.￿During￿automatic￿braking the￿accelerator￿pedal￿and￿brake￿pedal￿are￿monitored.￿The￿automatic￿braking￿is￿interrupted￿if￿the accelerator￿pedal￿is￿pressed￿or￿if￿the￿brake￿pedal￿is￿pressed￿for￿a￿longer￿period￿by￿the￿driver.￿Pressing the￿accelerator￿pedal￿only￿causes￿the￿braking￿process￿to￿stop.￿Acceleration￿of￿the￿vehicle￿is￿not possible￿as￿the￿fuel￿pump￿is￿switched￿off. Also￿during￿automatic￿braking￿the￿ABS￿prevents￿the￿wheels￿from￿blocking￿and￿the￿DSC￿stabilises￿the vehicle.￿If￿the￿DSC￿is￿in￿DSC￿OFF￿mode￿during￿automatic￿braking,￿a￿forced￿activation￿of￿the￿DSC￿is carried￿out. Approx.￿1.5￿seconds￿after￿reaching￿standstill,￿the￿brake￿is￿automatically￿released￿and￿the￿vehicle￿must be￿secured￿against￿rolling￿away. If￿a￿crash￿is￿detected,￿which￿leads￿to￿activation￿of￿the￿safety￿battery￿terminal,￿then￿automatic￿braking cannot￿be￿activated￿as￿the￿DSC￿pump￿is￿no￿longer￿supplied￿with￿power. Automatic￿braking￿is￿not￿activated￿under￿the￿following￿conditions: • The￿DSC￿has￿failed￿before￿the￿crash. • The￿ABS￿has￿failed￿before￿the￿crash. • The￿brake￿fluid￿level￿is￿too￿low. If￿these￿faults￿occur￿during￿or￿after￿the￿crash,￿the￿control￿is￿led￿to￿the￿end￿as￿these￿faults￿are￿then interpreted￿as￿consequences￿of￿the￿crash.

  • Page 585: System Components

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.1.￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module The￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿in￿the￿G30￿is￿located￿centrally￿in￿the￿vehicle￿under￿the center￿console￿between￿the￿two￿front￿seats.￿The￿central￿sensor￿system￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿Advanced Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM). G30￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) 4.2.￿Sensors￿and￿switches The￿following￿sensors￿and￿switches￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿G30: • Lateral￿and￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensors￿in￿ACSM • Yaw￿rate￿sensor￿in￿the￿ACSM • Vertical￿acceleration￿sensor￿in￿the￿ACSM • Lateral￿and￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensors￿in￿the￿B-pillars • Airbag￿sensors￿(pressure)￿in￿the￿front￿doors • Airbag￿front￿sensors￿on￿the￿engine￿supports • Seat￿occupancy￿mat￿for￿seat￿belt￿warning • CIS￿mat￿with￿passenger￿classification • Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch • Seat-position￿sensor,￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger • Switch￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation...
  • Page 586 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.2.1.￿Lateral￿and￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensor,￿B-pillar The￿lateral￿and￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensors￿assist￿with￿the￿identification￿of￿head-on￿crashes, side-on￿crashes￿and￿rear-end￿crashes. The￿airbag￿sensor￿consists￿of￿a￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensor￿and￿a￿lateral￿acceleration￿sensor. The￿acceleration￿sensors￿measure￿the￿positive￿and￿negative￿acceleration￿in￿the￿X￿and￿Y￿direction.￿The result￿from￿the￿X￿and￿Y￿signals￿is￿decisive￿in￿identifying￿the￿direction￿of￿the￿crash.￿The￿airbag￿sensors on￿the￿left￿and￿right￿are￿of￿identical￿design￿and￿are￿allocated￿by￿way￿of￿mechanical￿encoding￿during installation. G30￿Lateral￿and￿longitudinal￿acceleration￿sensor...
  • Page 587 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.2.2.￿Door￿airbag￿sensor￿(pressure) In￿the￿G30,￿pressure￿sensors￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿driver's￿door￿and￿front￿passenger￿door.￿The￿airbag sensor￿in￿the￿doors￿are￿no￿longer￿secured￿with￿a￿screw￿as￿was￿previously￿the￿case.￿The￿airbag￿sensor are￿screwed￿into￿the￿bracket.￿The￿electrical￿attachment￿elements￿resp.￿the￿plug￿connections￿can￿only be￿connected￿after￿installation￿of￿the￿respective￿sensors. Side￿crashes￿are￿identified￿with￿the￿assistance￿of￿the￿airbag￿sensors.￿In￿addition￿to￿the￿lateral acceleration￿values￿that￿are￿present,￿the￿pressure￿in￿the￿door￿cavity￿also￿increases￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a side-on￿crash. The￿airbag￿sensors￿in￿the￿doors￿are￿used￿to￿verify￿the￿plausibility￿of￿the￿acceleration￿signals￿from the￿B-pillar￿airbag￿sensors￿and￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿when￿a￿side-on￿crash￿is detected.￿The￿airbag￿sensors￿are￿situated￿in￿the￿inner￿panel￿of￿the￿doors￿and￿measure￿the￿pressure increase￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿side-on￿collision.￿In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿side-on￿collision￿at￿the￿door￿the￿outer￿skin is￿pushed￿inwards.￿The￿door￿interior￿is￿reduced￿in￿size￿and￿the￿inner￿pressure￿increases.￿This￿pressure change￿is￿measured￿by￿the￿airbag￿sensors.￿The￿airbag￿sensor￿also￿includes￿electronics,￿in￿addition￿to the￿pressure￿sensor,￿that￿digitise￿the￿pressure￿readings￿and￿transmit￿them￿cyclically￿to￿the￿Advanced Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM).￿The￿data￿transfer￿is￿effected￿analogue￿to￿the￿airbag￿sensors￿in￿the￿B- pillars.￿The￿pressure￿readings￿are￿evaluated￿in￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM). G30￿Door￿airbag￿sensor￿(pressure)
  • Page 588 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.2.3.￿Airbag￿front￿sensor Two￿airbag￿front￿sensors￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿front￿area￿of￿the￿engine￿supports.￿The￿measured￿values are￿forwarded￿to￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿where￿they￿are￿evaluated. The￿airbag￿front￿sensors￿on￿the￿left￿and￿right￿assist￿with￿the￿identification￿of￿a￿head-on￿crash. The￿sensors￿deliver￿additional￿information￿to￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿on￿the characteristics￿and￿severity￿of￿the￿collision.￿Each￿sensor￿contains￿an￿acceleration￿sensor￿for￿recording the￿deceleration,￿signal￿processing￿technology￿and￿electronics￿for￿data￿transfer.￿The￿measured￿values are￿sent￿in￿the￿form￿of￿a￿message￿to￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM)￿and￿are￿used￿in￿the calculation￿of￿the￿algorithm. G30￿airbag￿front￿sensor...
  • Page 589 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.2.4.￿Sensors￿in￿the￿ACSM In￿the￿G30,￿the￿central￿sensor￿system￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿ACSM.￿The￿ACSM￿contains￿a￿longitudinal and￿lateral￿acceleration￿sensor,￿a￿vertical￿acceleration￿sensor￿and￿a￿roll￿rate￿sensor￿(with￿the￿Dynamic Damper￿Control￿(OE￿223))￿for￿the￿impact￿detection.￿The￿ACSM￿also￿includes￿a￿longitudinal￿and￿lateral acceleration￿sensor￿and￿a￿yaw￿sensor￿for￿the￿driving￿dynamics￿control. The￿sensor￿data￿for￿impact￿detection￿are￿evaluated￿in￿the￿ACSM￿and￿help￿identify￿side-on,￿rear-end￿or head-on￿crashes￿and￿assists￿with￿roll-over￿detection.￿The￿sensor￿data￿not￿yet￿evaluated￿for￿the￿driving dynamics￿control￿is￿sent￿to￿the￿DSC￿via￿FlexRay￿where￿it￿is￿processed. G30￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module￿(ACSM) 4.2.5.￿CIS￿mat The￿capacitive￿interior￿sensing￿mat￿(CIS￿mat)￿is￿fitted￿in￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat.￿The￿CIS￿mat￿detects whether￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat￿is￿occupied￿by￿an￿adult￿or￿a￿by￿child￿in￿a￿child￿seat.￿The￿deactivation of￿the￿front￿passenger￿airbag,￿the￿side￿airbag￿and￿the￿knee￿airbag￿on￿the￿passenger's￿side￿is￿signalled by￿the￿indicator￿light￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation. 4.2.6.￿Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch The￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿switches￿are￿located￿in￿the￿seat￿belt￿buckles￿of￿the￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger seat.￿European￿version￿vehicles￿are￿additionally￿equipped￿with￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿switches￿on￿the￿rear seat￿bench. The￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch￿detects￿whether￿the￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿tongue￿is￿in￿the￿seat￿belt￿buckle. The￿supply￿of￿the￿sensors￿and￿the￿evaluation￿occurs￿through￿the￿ACSM.￿As￿of￿the￿driving￿condition RESIDING,￿the￿seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch￿is￿continuously￿monitored￿and￿used￿for￿the￿visual￿and￿acoustic seat￿belt￿warning￿and￿also￿to￿determine￿which￿restraint￿systems￿are￿to￿be￿triggered.￿The￿seat￿belt warning￿is￿active￿as￿of￿the￿DRIVING￿driving￿condition.
  • Page 590 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components G30￿Seat￿belt￿buckle￿switch 4.2.7.￿Emergency￿call￿button The￿emergency￿call￿button￿is￿located￿in￿the￿roof￿function￿center. G30￿Roof￿function￿center￿(FZD)￿with￿emergency￿call￿button Index Explanation Emergency￿call￿button...

  • Page 591: Seat-Position￿Sensors

    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.2.8.￿Seat-position￿sensors In￿accordance￿with￿the￿US￿legal￿requirement￿(FMVSS208),￿a￿height￿identification￿for￿the￿person￿in the￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger￿seat￿must￿be￿effected.￿This￿height￿identification￿is￿effected￿via￿the adjustment￿travel￿of￿the￿forward/back￿seat￿adjustment.￿In￿US-version￿vehicles,￿the￿exact￿position￿is identified￿using￿the￿seat-position￿sensors￿for￿the￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger￿seats. The￿job￿of￿the￿seat-position￿detector￿is￿to￿distinguish￿between￿a￿relatively￿small￿person￿and￿a￿person of￿normal￿height￿within￿the￿lengthways￿adjustment￿range￿of￿the￿seat.￿This￿detection￿is￿another technical￿feature￿aimed￿at￿increasing￿the￿safety￿of￿the￿occupants.￿The￿deployment￿of￿the￿2￿airbag stages￿is￿then￿adjusted￿to￿the￿driver's/front￿passenger's￿seat￿position. The￿seat-position￿detector￿takes￿the￿form￿of￿a￿2-wire￿hall￿effect￿sensor￿and￿is￿supplied￿with￿voltage￿via the￿ACSM.￿The￿current￿level￿of￿the￿seat-position￿sensor￿changes￿depending￿on￿the￿seat￿position. 4.3.￿Actuators 4.3.1.￿Overview The￿following￿actuators￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿G30: • Two-stage￿driver's￿airbag • Two-stage￿front￿passenger￿airbag • Knee￿airbag￿on￿front￿left￿and￿right • Head￿airbag￿on￿left￿and￿right • Side￿airbag￿on￿front￿left￿and￿right • Reel￿pretensioner￿with￿adaptive￿force￿limiter • Safety￿battery￿terminal In￿addition,￿the￿following￿indicator￿lights￿inform￿the￿vehicle￿occupants￿about￿the￿condition￿of￿the￿safety systems: • Airbag￿indicator￿light • Seat￿belt￿warning￿light￿for￿driver￿and￿passenger • Seat￿belt￿warning￿light,￿rear￿passenger￿compartment • Indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation The￿familiar￿three-point￿seat￿belts￿are￿used￿as￿the￿seat￿belt￿systems￿for￿all￿seats￿in￿the￿G30.
  • Page 592 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components G30￿Seat￿belt Index Explanation Seat￿belt￿buckle Belt￿tensioner...
  • Page 593 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.2.￿Driver's￿airbag A￿two-stage￿airbag￿is￿installed,￿which￿can￿be￿used￿to￿activate￿the￿stages￿at￿short￿or￿long￿time differences,￿depending￿on￿the￿severity￿of￿the￿crash￿detected￿and￿taking￿into￿consideration￿the￿seat position. In￿addition,￿the￿driver's￿airbag￿features￿an￿active￿vent￿valve. G30￿Driver's￿airbag Index Explanation Ignition￿module,￿level￿1 Ignition￿module,￿level￿2...
  • Page 594 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.3.￿Front￿passenger￿airbag The￿purpose￿of￿the￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿is￿to￿reduce￿the￿risk￿of￿accident￿to￿the￿front￿passenger￿in the￿event￿of￿a￿front-end￿crash.￿The￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿is￿located￿in￿the￿dashboard.￿When￿the￿front passenger￿airbag￿expands,￿the￿dashboard￿tears￿open￿at￿defined￿points. A￿two-stage￿gas￿generator￿is￿installed,￿which￿can￿be￿used￿to￿activate￿the￿stages￿at￿short￿or￿long￿time differences,￿depending￿on￿the￿severity￿of￿the￿crash￿detected￿and￿taking￿into￿consideration￿the￿seat position. Furthermore,￿the￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿features￿an￿active￿vent￿valve. G30￿Front￿passenger￿airbag￿in￿US￿version￿of￿vehicles Index Explanation Ignition￿module￿for￿active￿vent￿valve Ignition￿module,￿level￿1 Ignition￿module,￿level￿2...
  • Page 595 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.4.￿Knee￿airbag Front￿driver￿&￿passenger Knee￿airbags￿are￿installed￿on￿the￿driver's￿side￿and￿passenger's￿side￿to￿control￿the￿forwards displacement￿of￿the￿occupant(s)￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿head-on￿crash. G30￿knee￿airbag...
  • Page 596 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.5.￿Head￿airbag Head￿airbags￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿G30￿to￿protect￿the￿occupants'￿heads￿in￿the￿event￿of￿side￿collisions. The￿head￿airbag￿extends￿from￿the￿A-pillar￿to￿the￿C-pillar￿and￿covers￿the￿entire￿area￿of￿the￿side windows.￿It￿expands￿between￿the￿occupants￿and￿side￿structure. System￿features: • Extended￿covered￿area￿across￿all￿front￿and￿rear￿side￿windows • Protection￿of￿occupants￿from￿glass￿splinters • Covered￿area￿for￿different-sized￿occupants￿optimized G30￿Head￿airbag...
  • Page 597 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.6.￿Side￿airbag As￿with￿all￿current￿BMW￿models,￿the￿side￿airbag￿at￿the￿front￿ignites￿out￿of￿the￿front￿seat￿backrest. The￿side￿airbags￿and￿gas￿generators￿are￿accommodated￿in￿a￿plastic￿housing,￿the￿airbag￿module.￿This is￿installed￿in￿the￿front￿seat￿backrest￿and￿is￿concealed￿by￿the￿seat￿cover. If￿activated,￿the￿side￿airbag￿emerges￿outwards￿from￿the￿backrest￿frame￿and￿spreads￿between￿the￿side structure￿and￿occupant. It￿is￿important￿to￿ensure￿that￿no￿additional￿seat￿covers￿are￿fitted￿as￿they￿would￿greatly￿impair￿the function￿of￿the￿side￿airbag,￿or￿even￿immobilize￿it￿altogether. G30￿side￿airbag Index Explanation Side￿airbag...
  • Page 598 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.7.￿Automatic￿tensioner￿with￿linear￿mechanical￿force￿limiter In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿front-end￿or￿rear-end￿crash￿or￿rollover,￿the￿automatic￿reel￿blocks￿the￿extension￿of￿the seat￿belt￿in￿order￿to￿restrain￿the￿occupants.￿The￿belt￿force￿limiter￿limits￿the￿load￿exerted￿by￿the￿belt￿on the￿occupants￿during￿the￿accident￿and￿the￿airbags￿provide￿the￿remaining￿restraining￿effect. With￿the￿linear￿system,￿the￿belt￿force￿is￿limited￿after￿the￿locking￿pins￿have￿been￿sheared￿off￿by￿the twisting￿motion￿of￿a￿torsion￿bar￿spring￿in￿the￿seat￿belt￿inertia￿reel. Reel￿pretensioners￿with￿linear￿mechanical￿force￿limiters￿are￿installed￿in￿the￿G30￿in￿the￿front￿and￿in￿the rear￿passenger￿compartment￿on￿the￿left￿and￿right. G30￿Belt￿tensioner￿with￿linear￿mechanical￿force￿limiter Index Explanation Connection￿of￿ignition￿module,￿belt￿tensioner...
  • Page 599 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.8.￿Automatic￿tensioner￿with￿adaptive￿force￿limiter For￿the￿driver￿and￿front￿passenger,￿an￿automatic￿reel￿with￿adaptive￿force￿limitation￿is￿installed.￿With￿the aid￿of￿a￿gas￿generator,￿there￿is￿a￿changeover￿from￿a￿high￿to￿a￿low￿power￿level￿during￿the￿crash,￿in￿order to￿reduce￿the￿seat￿belt￿restraining￿forces. When￿optimally￿harmonised￿with￿the￿airbag,￿it￿ensures￿the￿kinetic￿energy￿acting￿on￿the￿occupants￿is more￿evenly￿dissipated￿for￿the￿duration￿of￿the￿crash.￿Thus￿lower￿occupant￿stress￿values￿are￿achieved. G30￿Belt￿tensioner￿with￿adaptive￿force￿limiter Index Explanation Connection￿of￿ignition￿module,￿belt￿tensioner Connection￿of￿ignition￿module,￿adaptive￿force￿limiter 4.3.9.￿Active￿head￿restraints,￿front The￿active￿head￿restraint￿is￿used￿in￿the￿G30￿in￿conjunction￿with￿the￿multifunction￿seat￿(OE￿456).￿This is￿a￿head￿restraint￿with￿a￿pyrotechnic￿actuator￿that￿optimizes￿the￿distance￿and￿height￿of￿the￿headrest in￿relation￿to￿the￿head￿if￿a￿rear-end￿collision￿of￿sufficient￿force￿occurs.￿This￿reduces￿the￿load￿on￿the cervical￿vertebrae￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿rear-end￿collision.￿The￿head￿restraint￿is￿activated￿early,￿even￿prior￿to backwards￿displacement￿of￿the￿occupant's￿head.
  • Page 600 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components The￿active￿head￿restraint￿reduces￿the￿load￿in￿the￿cervical￿vertebrae￿in￿the￿event￿of￿a￿rear-end￿collision. For￿the￿vehicle￿occupants￿therefore,￿correct￿adjustment￿of￿the￿head￿restraint￿and￿the￿distance￿of￿the head￿from￿the￿head￿restraint￿is￿of￿crucial￿importance. In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿rear-end￿collision,￿the￿active￿head￿restraint￿reduces￿the￿distance￿between￿the￿head and￿the￿head￿restraint￿before￿the￿occupants￿are￿displaced￿backwards.￿This￿reduces￿the￿danger￿of injury￿to￿the￿cervical￿vertebrae,￿even￿if￿a￿minor￿accident￿occurs. G30￿connection￿active￿head￿restraint,￿front Index Explanation Connection￿active￿head￿restraint Seat￿or￿head￿restraint￿covers￿and/or￿accessories￿that￿could￿impair￿the￿protective￿effect￿must￿not￿be mounted￿on￿the￿head￿restraints.

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    G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.10.￿Safety￿battery￿terminal If￿the￿ACSM￿detects￿a￿crash￿of￿sufficient￿force,￿the￿safety￿battery￿terminal￿is￿activated. Even￿though￿the￿safety￿battery￿terminal￿has￿been￿disconnected,￿a￿voltage￿supply￿to￿all￿safety-relevant consumers￿such￿as￿hazard￿warning￿lights,￿interior￿light,￿airbag￿and￿telephone￿(including￿emergency call)￿is￿still￿ensured. G30￿Safety￿battery￿terminal￿(SBK) 4.3.11.￿Airbag￿indicator￿light The￿airbag￿indicator￿light￿is￿located￿on￿the￿instrument￿panel.￿The￿airbag￿indicator￿light￿lights￿up￿and then￿goes￿out￿during￿the￿pre-drive￿check￿to￿signal￿readiness￿of￿the￿Advanced￿Crash￿Safety￿Module (ACSM)￿and￿passive￿safety￿systems.
  • Page 602 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components G30￿Airbag￿indicator￿light 4.3.12.￿Seat￿belt￿warning￿light A￿visual￿and￿audible￿warning￿is￿issued￿if￿the￿seat￿belt￿is￿not￿fastened￿or￿is￿unbuckled￿during￿driving. G30￿Seat￿belt￿warning￿light The￿seat￿belt￿warning￿light￿of￿the￿seat￿belts￿in￿the￿rear￿passenger￿compartment￿is￿briefly￿visible￿when the￿engine￿is￿started￿or￿for￿a￿change￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster.
  • Page 603 G30￿Passive￿Safety￿Systems 4.￿System￿Components 4.3.13.￿Indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation In￿the￿G30,￿the￿indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation￿is￿located￿in￿the￿roof￿function center.￿The￿indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation￿is￿automatically￿activated￿if￿the￿CIS mat￿detects￿a￿small￿child￿in￿a￿child￿seat￿or￿if￿the￿front￿passenger￿seat￿is￿unoccupied. G30￿Indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation Index Explanation Indicator￿lamp￿for￿front￿passenger￿airbag￿deactivation...
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