If that every got out, it would totally corrupt the companies ability to make profit on those type of options.
#BMW IDRIVE NAVIGATION HOW TO#
You are asking for all the trade secrets on how to set that software bit. ConnectedDrive Services: BMW’s navigation system integrates with ConnectedDrive services, providing features like weather forecasts, news, and online search capabilities. If I had to guess, the GPS hardware is probably already there.) seems they are now built into bluetooth / mobile rf antenna / integrated units, and they are pretty cheap in quantity. (Note: I was curious about the price of GPS chips, so I just did a quick check. you ordered a Navigation option, and the board was missing the GPS chip, ouch.) You absolutely don't want to degrade quality. Remember one quality screw up costs a lot in repair costs and reputation. If its $0.10 or less it wouldn't surprise me if they just soldered that onto the board, and gave it away. And as for the GPS chip? Depends on what that costs.
And yeah, that bit location and its values was a highly secure secret from all the employees not working on that specific engineering team. I know that on the high end vehicle lines I worked at, the only difference between the navigation option and not WAS A SINGLE PARAMETER BIT SET IN SOFTWARE STORAGE at the end of the manufacturing line. Obviously you are going to tool up just one. Do you want to tool up two or three of those, or just one. As an example, let's look at the computer motherboard for your entertainment / HVAC Control / Navigation system. Too many options in the manufacturing plant = the potential for screw ups and bad quality. If you are going to manufacture something, and design and tooling costs are crazy expensive it's way better to design things to be in common. It wouldn't surprise me if that option package generates $1200 USD of extra price to a demanding customer.Īnd then there are design and manufacturing issues. That GPS / Nav system? Its a very high dollar option. The company that designed and built your vehicle did so to make a profit. This may come as a surprise, but it shouldn't. Marketing, Marketing, Making Money, Marketing.
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