Hello all,
That's my first post here, as I had troubles registering ever since I got into the VEMS world. I have been continously posting on the WiKi (josephbmw).
The absence of CAN is in fact a real back off for VEMS, especially in cars like BMWs & VWs & the list goes on.
The only solution I came up with was integrating an Arduino with a CAN bus shield, I was busy lately so I am starting the project. I do want to read the stream directly from the VEMS (possibility in AiM) then let the Arduino broadcast it to the CAN bus.
Problems am looking to solve:
* RPM, coolant, consumption gauges that need a CAN signal & doesn't work since I VEMSed the car
* Get the AC to work since the compressor activation on BMWs is sent from the cluster to the ECU, especially with the new firmware supporting it (am waiting for the 1.2.33 to be available ever since I saw the config)
Speaking about that, the only documents I have about AiM suggests it is a CAN protocol of some sort, am trying to collect the missing pieces
That's in brief, excuse me for any language/typing mistakes, am on the go