370Z CAN Bus Proprietary PID's

Brad370 · 06-18-2014, 10:06 AM

A somewhat silly use for this also occured to me since we can see the status of various buttons and switches in the car by monitoring the CAN bus. Here are 2 ideas:

This can be used to enter a 'code' to activate something or to identify the driver to the carputer. A code such as tapping the brake 5 times quickly.

Or we can repurpose buttons for something else. I found the bit that shows whether the key is inserted into the slot beneath the VDC button (I'll add it to my spreadsheet soon). It's just a button that can be pushed if you insert your finger all the way back. Just monitoring this bit can activate something and it makes for a very stealthy switch.

06-18-2014, 10:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
Brad370 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: online Posts: 102 Drives: car Rep Power: 16	A somewhat silly use for this also occured to me since we can see the status of various buttons and switches in the car by monitoring the CAN bus. Here are 2 ideas: This can be used to enter a 'code' to activate something or to identify the driver to the carputer. A code such as tapping the brake 5 times quickly. Or we can repurpose buttons for something else. I found the bit that shows whether the key is inserted into the slot beneath the VDC button (I'll add it to my spreadsheet soon). It's just a button that can be pushed if you insert your finger all the way back. Just monitoring this bit can activate something and it makes for a very stealthy switch. Paul_S, esfourteen, SouthArk370Z and 2 others like this.