Enable day time running lights DRL's

I have 01 AUDI TT Quattro roadster. I want to enable the DRL's when ignition
is on and disable them when off with the least amount of cutting and splicing.
I purchased and installed the "Euro" relay in slot 4, but no change in action.
I Need some help.

daytripper wrote:
>>I have 01 AUDI TT Quattro roadster. I want to enable the DRL's when ignition
>>is on and disable them when off with the least amount of cutting and splicing.
>>I purchased and installed the "Euro" relay in slot 4, but no change in action.
>>I Need some help.
>
>I suspect you need to recode the convenience system to enable this function.
>Know anyone with a VAG-COM kit?
>
>/daytripper
>'00 s4 6spd
I know nobody. I alone in my town with an Audi, so I'm relying on forums for
help and instructions.

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:21:01 GMT, "sawboan" <u33307@uwe> wrote:

>I have 01 AUDI TT Quattro roadster. I want to enable the DRL's when ignition
>is on and disable them when off with the least amount of cutting and splicing.
>I purchased and installed the "Euro" relay in slot 4, but no change in action.
>I Need some help.

I suspect you need to recode the convenience system to enable this function.
Know anyone with a VAG-COM kit?

/daytripper
'00 s4 6spd

sawboan wrote:
> daytripper wrote:
>>> I have 01 AUDI TT Quattro roadster. I want to enable the DRL's when ignition
>>> is on and disable them when off with the least amount of cutting and splicing.
>>> I purchased and installed the "Euro" relay in slot 4, but no change in action.
>>> I Need some help.
>> I suspect you need to recode the convenience system to enable this function.
>> Know anyone with a VAG-COM kit?
>>
>> /daytripper
>> '00 s4 6spd
> I know nobody. I alone in my town with an Audi, so I'm relying on forums for
> help and instructions.
>
I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25
shipped...now I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a
laptop and am looking forward to playing around with some of the
settings on my '98 A6 Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the
country code to display kilometers instead of miles, resetting the
service indicators, etc.

A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it
on my schedule, etc.

Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!

Bart

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Bart Oleksy wrote:
>>>> I have 01 AUDI TT Quattro roadster. I want to enable the DRL's when ignition
>>>> is on and disable them when off with the least amount of cutting and splicing.
>[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>> I know nobody. I alone in my town with an Audi, so I'm relying on forums for
>> help and instructions.
>
>I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25
>shipped...now I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a
>laptop and am looking forward to playing around with some of the
>settings on my '98 A6 Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the
>country code to display kilometers instead of miles, resetting the
>service indicators, etc.
>
>A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
>exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
>needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it
>on my schedule, etc.
>
>Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!
>
>Bart
>
Thanks, I'll check in on it. It's my understanding though, that not all the
necessary relays and connections are the same and present on the US cars as
compared to the Canada/Euro ones. I understand it to be more than a program
function to achieve my goal. Not sure myself. It would be nice if all I had
to do was change a program. Jerry

"Bart Oleksy" > wrote in message
.. .
> I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25 shipped...now
> I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a laptop and am
> looking forward to playing around with some of the settings on my '98 A6
> Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the country code to display
> kilometers instead of miles, resetting the service indicators, etc.
>
> A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
> exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
> needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it on
> my schedule, etc.
>
> Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!

Sounds rather interesting - is there a page anywhere that shows just what
settings you can change on each car?

sawboan wrote:
> Bart Oleksy wrote:
>>>>> I have 01 AUDI TT Quattro roadster. I want to enable the DRL's when ignition
>>>>> is on and disable them when off with the least amount of cutting and splicing.
>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>>> I know nobody. I alone in my town with an Audi, so I'm relying on forums for
>>> help and instructions.
>> I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25
>> shipped...now I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a
>> laptop and am looking forward to playing around with some of the
>> settings on my '98 A6 Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the
>> country code to display kilometers instead of miles, resetting the
>> service indicators, etc.
>>
>> A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
>> exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
>> needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it
>> on my schedule, etc.
>>
>> Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!
>>
>> Bart
>>
> Thanks, I'll check in on it. It's my understanding though, that not all the
> necessary relays and connections are the same and present on the US cars as
> compared to the Canada/Euro ones. I understand it to be more than a program
> function to achieve my goal. Not sure myself. It would be nice if all I had
> to do was change a program. Jerry
>
Definitely check on it - I'm in Canada, but have bought these 2 Audis
from the U.S. so they've needed a few of those changes. I think I paid
$80 for a local shop to change the first one, so buying the cable for
$25-ish seemed to make sense to me. But in my limited Googling on it so
far, there are plenty of things that can be done with the cable &
software, so I wouldn't be surprised if this would solve your problem.
Good luck!

Bart

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Marcus Redd wrote:
> "Bart Oleksy" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25 shipped...now
>> I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a laptop and am
>> looking forward to playing around with some of the settings on my '98 A6
>> Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the country code to display
>> kilometers instead of miles, resetting the service indicators, etc.
>>
>> A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
>> exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
>> needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it on
>> my schedule, etc.
>>
>> Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!
>
> Sounds rather interesting - is there a page anywhere that shows just what
> settings you can change on each car?
>
Sort of... you have to dig around for a while, but there are a few sites
that have some good detailed info on what you can do and how to do it.
I haven't done much yet - I was having some laptop issues but managed to
get the software on the laptop to recognize that it's connected to an
Audi "computer".

If you get one of these 'clone' USB cables, you might be distressed that
the software won't find the car computer... turns out that the clone USB
cables actually emulate a serial cable, so try one of the COM1/2/3 ports
instead of the USB port when connecting.

That took me a while to figure out... <sigh>

Bart

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"Bart Oleksy" > wrote in message
.. .
> Marcus Redd wrote:
>> "Bart Oleksy" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25
>>> shipped...now I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a
>>> laptop and am looking forward to playing around with some of the
>>> settings on my '98 A6 Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the
>>> country code to display kilometers instead of miles, resetting the
>>> service indicators, etc.
>>>
>>> A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
>>> exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
>>> needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it
>>> on my schedule, etc.
>>>
>>> Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!
>>
>> Sounds rather interesting - is there a page anywhere that shows just what
>> settings you can change on each car?
> Sort of... you have to dig around for a while, but there are a few sites
> that have some good detailed info on what you can do and how to do it. I
> haven't done much yet - I was having some laptop issues but managed to get
> the software on the laptop to recognize that it's connected to an Audi
> "computer".
>
> If you get one of these 'clone' USB cables, you might be distressed that
> the software won't find the car computer... turns out that the clone USB
> cables actually emulate a serial cable, so try one of the COM1/2/3 ports
> instead of the USB port when connecting.
>
> That took me a while to figure out... <sigh>

Hehehe... so where might one aquire this software? eBay or something?

Marcus Redd wrote:
> "Bart Oleksy" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Marcus Redd wrote:
>>> "Bart Oleksy" > wrote in message
>>> .. .
>>>> I just bought a "clone" VAG-COM cable from eBay for $20-$25
>>>> shipped...now I've downloaded the shareware Ross-tech software onto a
>>>> laptop and am looking forward to playing around with some of the
>>>> settings on my '98 A6 Avant Quattro and '97 A4 2.8Q, like changing the
>>>> country code to display kilometers instead of miles, resetting the
>>>> service indicators, etc.
>>>>
>>>> A local fellow was going to offer his VAG-COM stuff for me to use (in
>>>> exchange for some beer! lol) but since I already had the laptop and just
>>>> needed the cable, I think this will be far more convenient...can do it
>>>> on my schedule, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Might be worth the $20-$25 to get a cable for your TT!
>>> Sounds rather interesting - is there a page anywhere that shows just what
>>> settings you can change on each car?
>> Sort of... you have to dig around for a while, but there are a few sites
>> that have some good detailed info on what you can do and how to do it. I
>> haven't done much yet - I was having some laptop issues but managed to get
>> the software on the laptop to recognize that it's connected to an Audi
>> "computer".
>>
>> If you get one of these 'clone' USB cables, you might be distressed that
>> the software won't find the car computer... turns out that the clone USB
>> cables actually emulate a serial cable, so try one of the COM1/2/3 ports
>> instead of the USB port when connecting.
>>
>> That took me a while to figure out... <sigh>
>
> Hehehe... so where might one aquire this software? eBay or something?
>
>
No, the software's available as 'shareware' (or maybe even freeware - I
didn't notice anything about sending in payment if you like it).
Essentially you're getting an older version of the Ross-tech software
for 'free', but you'd pay for the more recent version. Certainly if
you're running a mechanic's shop you'd want the pay version, but I can
barely change my oil so I don't need much!

I got the CABLE off eBay for cheap, and some of them have links to where
you can download the software.

Good luck!

Bart

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