Exterior lighting / signalling

Dipped beam function

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Block diagram: dipped beam function

Synoptique: fonction feux de croisement
Block diagram: dipped beam function

Key:

  • single arrow: wired link,
  • triple arrow: multiplexed link.
Description fonctionnelle : fonction feux de croisement

Functional description: dipped beam function

STEP

DETAILS

1 Driver action on the lighting switch: dipped beam position
2 Reading and filtering of the lighting switch position by the steering column switch module.

Transmission of the lighting switch position to the BSI via the CAR1 VAN network

3 The BSI knows the status of the sidelights.
Control of the dipped beam relays at the BSM by the BSI via the CAR1 VAN network
Control of the dipped beam warning light on the instrument cluster by the BSI via the CONFORT VAN network

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