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jlivingood · Jan 14th, 2002, 01:25 AM

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Originally posted by Basil

It's a multi-highway now of digital signals along the same cable. There is no way I would be connecting anything to this car without BMW doing the hard wiring.

I have heard that called CAN-bus by some car company or other. Could be totally off-base but I have heard it described somewhat like an Ethernet network. You have to plug into it in some way and figure out how stuff is addressed on a hardware layer (MAC addresses I suppose). I am sure it is all integrated into the ECU along with everything else - so perhaps the chip tuners will help figure this stuff out...

Jason

Jan 14th, 2002, 01:25 AM	#11
jlivingood MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA, US Local Time: 01:55 AM Posts: 808 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by Basil It's a multi-highway now of digital signals along the same cable. There is no way I would be connecting anything to this car without BMW doing the hard wiring. I have heard that called CAN-bus by some car company or other. Could be totally off-base but I have heard it described somewhat like an Ethernet network. You have to plug into it in some way and figure out how stuff is addressed on a hardware layer (MAC addresses I suppose). I am sure it is all integrated into the ECU along with everything else - so perhaps the chip tuners will help figure this stuff out... Jason Jason Livingood \| personal web site 2002 DS/W MINI Cooper S Thank you for signing my rear fog light petition. Now we have rear fogs! :-)