Got my SmartTop
STE93 v1.3x module today
.... Could not wait until Saturday and it was a light day in the office with US holiday. So I got one of my guys at the office who's electrical whiz to help me out to install it. It took us over an hour. Getting the rear sit out of the way as per instructions probably took the longest, specially removing left side cushion with out breaking clips.... At the end we had it done, tested it and put the back sit together. If you're planning to install it yourself TEST IT before putting rear sit back in place. We did run into minor problem that required to re-check all wire connections. Would of been a bitch
if we put the sit back in and had to go through disassembling again.
IMO this is a great mode for anyone who drives BMW 1,3 or 6 Convertable series, even with Comfort Access that I have as an option. The additional features it adds to:
- Remote Control
- One-Touch for the soft-top switch
- All-Windows-Switch
- Maximum allowed speed for roof operation. Since I got caught few times holding traffic with light turning green while openning or closing the roof.
- Folding mirrors -E88 and E93 only
- Automatic door unlocking
http://www.wit-usa.com/sms/db/smartt...general/en.php are great !!!
are worth it and dissapoints me that BMW don't have it netavile and you have to purchase after market solution.
Another suggestion I have is to connect USB cable to the USB SmartTop interface and make cable easily accessiable for future firmware upgrades, to avoid rear sit dismentaling in the future which as I said was a bitch
One minor issue so far that I came across is with folding mirrors. When I used setting: Folding mirrors AUTO+KEYLESS it would get my mirrors most of the time out of synch and internal folding/unfolding button would stop working. Which is I hope addressed in the new firmware V1.33, which supposedly fixes issues with folding mirrors and adds roof switch reverse setting. Preconnected USB cable certainly should simplify firmware update process
