wait, does GAP/Pat know about this thread?
They do now
Hi guys,
What a great thread! Sorry I didn't get in on this sooner - I will have to start checking the forums more regularly. It is tough, though, because checking all the forums and answering questions can be time consuming. And the better forums (such as this one) tend to keep me occupied / distracted longer than I can usually allow for just lurking and reading because I find things that interest me.
Hope nobody at GAP is offended by this, I think you will see anyone using this product loves it and just want's to see the continued efforts you have been making to keep this the best LR product on the market! off my soap box.
Why would we be offended? Quite the opposite: thank you very much for starting this thread! I will def try to answer all questions. And if I / we are ever AWOL for a longer period, feel free to shoot us a mail (support at gap - diagnostic dotcom) and let us know to check back here.
I will jump right into the replies to the topics that have been raised:
- be able to disable wakeup on each door open/close event. This is essential for when camping. My traxide setup with two batteries gets drained easily after a 4-5 days of camping. Apparently there is some kind of "show room" mode that disables that wakeup logic when activated
- be able to disable auto leveling. Very useful when camping on uneven ground
- be able to manually deflate/inflate each corner for leveling when camping. Very useful with an RTT.
1. I do not know of a "show room mode". That said, just because we don't know about it doesn't mean it's not there. I'd be surprised, tho. LR Germany used specially programmed IIDTools at the IAA International Auto Show in Frankfurt in the past to level the cars w/o running the motors. In order to keep the vehicles from draining the batteries, large power packs are installed in place of the batteries during the show. But the compressor won't run without the engine running (battery drain!) and the engines could not be run with the power packs (and the engines could not be run with visitors in the convention center either). So, LR had a couple fo guys go around for a couple of hours each evening after the show closed, remove the power packs, install batteries, run the engines, level the EAS, remove the batteries etc etc. So we provided them with IIDTools that ran the compressor and leveled the vehicles w/o the engine running (until the 3rd IAA when a bigwig at LR Germany caught wind of the fact that an aftermarket company's products were being used on the cars at the show
and nixed that - despite the fact that we've done work for LR R&D as well...)
Long story, but nobody ever mentioned a "show room mode". And I'd think disabling the EAS would be one of the primary functions of such a mode. During the introduction of the L405 RR in Frankfurt, it was presented in the atrium of an office building for a week while select guests got to take a look. When I got there on day 3 or 4, it looked like a Mexican low-rider. The office building people would not allow LR to run the motor other than moving the vehicle in and out. Ok, enough of that...
- You can disable the EAS by going into "build mode" ("transport mode" for the early L322). Page 109 of our user manual.
- You can level the vehicle by using the "Test valve" function. Page 105 of the user manual. The pic below shows us with our TDV8 L322. It's hard to see through the grass, but the rear of the car is much higher than the front, and the RF tire is "stuffed" to get us level. Done using "Test valves" and in "Build mode". (Build mode / test valves can also be used to manually inflate a vehicle with an EAS issue and drive it out of wherever. No need for a manual inflation kit)
