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HeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHHhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!I did it I've just constructed a test rig (470 Ohm (parallel to a tiny LED ) with a 1000 Ohm in series and a current blocking diode), connected the Positive wire to a cigarette lighter and the negative wire to the wire coming from ECU (wire which is supposed to give lighting signal) and that Works. The led shed its light once I hit the button for engaging cruise. I then connected the test rig to the other wire to light the SET button and drove over 40 Km/h and switched the button SET and guess what... ?... the light came on. That was a real relief to have everything working Now tomorrow I'll be finalising the setup and mounting the LEDs to the instrument cluster. I'll post a full review with pictures once it's done.Cheers !
CC won't engage unless the brake pedal has been depressed once since start up. In your rewiring, have you ensured that the logic for this is still correct and working
wolfmane, CC doesn't engage below 40 or 50 kph. Try other way: connect everything to buttons, and then disconnect wires from ECU, attach resistance meter to wires and try to check if proper resistance is between right wires, when ON/OFF button is pressed and then other buttons. This wil solve any mismatches on sockets/pins/wires/
Quote from: Phil №❶ on January 30, 2015, 08:54:30CC won't engage unless the brake pedal has been depressed once since start up. In your rewiring, have you ensured that the logic for this is still correct and working I don't have any way of checking that. However, that condition is always met, since it's impossible to put the car in gear without pressing on the brake pedal.
Quote from: wolfmane on February 13, 2015, 04:23:42Quote from: Phil №❶ on January 30, 2015, 08:54:30CC won't engage unless the brake pedal has been depressed once since start up. In your rewiring, have you ensured that the logic for this is still correct and working I don't have any way of checking that. However, that condition is always met, since it's impossible to put the car in gear without pressing on the brake pedal.In my experience the car has always gone in gear with the clutch pedal...not the brake.As Phil mentioned tapping the brake pedal once when the car is at speed should then allow it to be activated, mine wont activate below 70kph.
Quote from: CraigB on March 17, 2015, 17:34:20 mine wont activate below 70kph.70 kph is high. Mine in the Calais can be activated for 40 kph school zones!
mine wont activate below 70kph.
Quote from: Dazzler on March 17, 2015, 21:07:06Quote from: CraigB on March 17, 2015, 17:34:20 mine wont activate below 70kph.70 kph is high. Mine in the Calais can be activated for 40 kph school zones!You might have something there Dazz, it's been a year or more since I last used CC so my memory may be failing me I'll have to retest when I can get my car out of the driveway as there's a trailer load of road base in front of the carport at the moment for the artificial lawn.
I still have Kamini's car out in the carpark
Quote from: CraigB on March 17, 2015, 17:34:20Quote from: wolfmane on February 13, 2015, 04:23:42Quote from: Phil №❶ on January 30, 2015, 08:54:30CC won't engage unless the brake pedal has been depressed once since start up. In your rewiring, have you ensured that the logic for this is still correct and working I don't have any way of checking that. However, that condition is always met, since it's impossible to put the car in gear without pressing on the brake pedal.In my experience the car has always gone in gear with the clutch pedal...not the brake.As Phil mentioned tapping the brake pedal once when the car is at speed should then allow it to be activated, mine wont activate below 70kph.70 kph is high. Mine in the Calais can be activated for 40 kph school zones!
It never ceases to amaze me how many people refuse to use cruise control or only use it rarely. Especially in a country with speed cameras and draconian cops everywhere. If you think you can do a better job of keeping an even speed than a cruise control, you're both seriously deluded and a danger to everyone else on the road by concentrating far to much on your speedometer and not nearly enough on the environment around you. I use it all the time, even in the city, and it frees my attention to be where it belongs. It's also far less fatiguing on long trips, and if you're worried about falling asleep with the cruise control engaged, you shouldn't be driving without it either.
Just a note - CC doesn't prevent the car picking up speed going down hill
Likewise when going down an incline i feel the engine pulling back, again to keep at set mph.Will check next time i'm on motorway to be sure....
... when i am going up an incline i hear/feel the engine's revs increase ...
It's not rocket science. CC is simply a feedback control loop, matching detected speed to throttle. Any apparent braking is simply a lack of throttle to keep at a set speed. Likewise, going uphill the speed will naturally reduce speed, which is when more throttle is applied.Don't read any more into it.