Traffic sign recognition nearly coded

**Disstrict** · 04-12-2015,12:49 PM

Hey guys, do You know if its possible to code the traffic recognition, when I do not have the lane assist? I have the camera in the windshield, that is used with the adaptive high beams, so was thinking that this camera could be used for the recognition but this feature is just disabled"? or is that a completely different cam? I also do not have the ACC :/

thanks!

**Hellodave.** · 04-12-2015,12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Disstrict

Hey guys, do You know if its possible to code the traffic recognition, when I do not have the lane assist? I have the camera in the windshield, that is used with the adaptive high beams, so was thinking that this camera could be used for the recognition but this feature is just disabled"? or is that a completely different cam? I also do not have the ACC :/

thanks!

I think the lane assist and high beam cameras are different - the lane assist camera is a wide unit above the rear view mirror.

In any case traffic sign recognition won't work without acc or lane assist because you need the image processing unit (address 8E on a VCDS scan) to interpret the signs. This is a separate control unit under the passenger floor and won't be fitted as part of high beam assist.

To be sure do a VCDS scan - if you don't have an 8E "image processing" module you're out of luck.

**M1tchy** · 04-12-2015,12:57 PM

Beat me to it!

^^^what he says

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**Disstrict** · 04-12-2015,01:01 PM

oh what a shame

anyway, thanks a lot for Your prompt replies

**949BFN** · 04-12-2015,07:50 PM

I don't have lane assist / departure either, but do have Adaptive Cruise Control and was able to enable the Traffic Recognition function. (I believe the Image Processing module (8E) forms part of adaptive cruise control, because my vehicle has the 8E module). But I agree, that without module 8E, you will not be able to enable Traffic Sign Recognition.
By the way, I had a horrific experience playing around with the Traffic Sign Recognition business.
I came to the conclusion that the possibility of enabling Traffic Sign Recognition (TR), depends on the country code of the vehicle (or probably the navigation database). (My vehicle has the South African navigation database).
Simply doing the coding as explained in the first post, got TR working in my vehicle (i.e. without requiring the Kufatec TR module.)I do however get an warning "TR limited functionality" and I was hoping that the Kufatec module would get rid of the warning. BIG MISTAKE.
After plugging in the Kufatec module, I lost the adaptive cruise control. I had to reverse the coding which enabled the TR to work to get the adaptive cruise control working again. In short, the Kufatec TR module messed up my 8E module.
Many emails were exchanged with Kufatec and they even at some stage checked my coding (the dialed into my PC running the VCDS software with Teamviewer). This was after about 3 weeks of exchanging emails with them. At that stage, they all of a sudden decided that I purchased a module not intended for South African vehicles and I am to blame for the issue. I begged them to provide me with a Kufatec module that would reverse the coding of their TR module (for which I was prepared to pay for again), but they were not interested in assisting me any further.
The would not even tell me which control unit of the vehicle was affected by the Kufatec module.
After many hours of searching the internet and thinking this over, I decided that the Kufatec programming module probably changed the coding of the Image Processing (8E) unit. I ordered a new camera / Image Processing unit (the figured out that the Image Processing unit forms part of the camera assembly) (obviously an expensive piece of kit). Fortunately my guess was correct. After replacing this unit, I was able to enable the TR function again without losing adaptive cruise control.
I came to the conclusion (but do not have firm confirmation) that in some countries it is possible to enable the TR function by simply changing the coding (Like South Africa and Switzerland), whilst in others it cannot be enabled without the dreaded (for me) Kufatec module. My suspicion is that it has something to do with the Nav database - if it does NOT contain speed limit data, the TR can be enabled by simply applying the coding in the first post of this thread. (It works fine and the speed limit is displayed in the Heads Up Display as well as in the instrument cluster, but it does give a warning that the TR system has limited functionality.)
EDIT: After reading Helodave’s post again, I suddenly realised that I might be mistaken about the Image processing unit forming part of the camera. I simply asked my dealer to order and replace the image processing unit, believing that that would mean replacing the actual camera. I did not get the parts back, else I suppose I would have realised that it does not form part of the camera.

**watronik7** · 19-12-2015,09:21 PM

Do we have any update regaridng full working solution for traffic recognition? Coding described in first few posts does a half the tric only.

**watronik7** · 22-12-2015,12:22 PM

I have done some research and I believe traffic sign recognition can be unlocked via VCDS and some changes in hidden green menu. Could someone who has this option available be able to confirm some configurations in VCDS and hidden menu?. I could prepare list of checks once volunteer found

**M1tchy** · 22-12-2015,03:46 PM

I did some VCDS mods and then bought a dongle from kufatec which enabled it fully. Not compared before and after scans yet.

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**watronik7** · 22-12-2015,10:23 PM

Hi M1tchy,
All I need is to compare some of your settings after activation with my setting before activation. I have seen some working coding for VW so it must be an option for Audi as well. Could you please confirm what information you have in hidden menu (you can reply referring to relevant numbers from my list below)

Go to hidden menu as listed below and confirm status of “Traffic sign recognition (VZE)”