So I continued digging last night and will try to summarize what I've found, maybe even add some pictures.
So a quick recap about where we are now...
- My gateway has been updated from 5Q0 to 3Q0
--- After that I noticed that color by driving profile was working, although the colors were not what I would want
- That got me thinking about the problem of no color control in my last post
--- My pre-facelift does not have the adaptations that allow you to choose color by driving profile "coupled" or "not coupled"
--- So when I color by driving profile is set active the infotainment has no control over ambient color'
--- And my older 5Q0 gateway apparently did not support color by profile
Anyway back to where we are now...
- I currently have one RGB module connected and illuminated, PN 8W0.947.355.J
- There are 3 (sets of 3) RGB lists in my that I can customize
- On my infotainment screen I can enable a drop down with color selection
--- The options are white, warm white, red, orange, blue, turquoise
So... if I select white, red or blue my RGB changes to one of the colors defined in my RGB color list
- I've matched my RGB color list adaptations to these selections
- That means my infotainment color selection matches the color of the RGB
- See the table below for a digestible explanation of what I'm on about
| Infotainment Dropdown Color Selection | Color List Number (assigned via adaptation) | Color List Value (RGB) | Illumination of RGB LED |
| White | 1 | White (255, 255, 255) | White |
| Red | 2 | Red (255, 0, 0) | Red |
| Blue | 3 | Blue (0, 0, 255) | Blue |
- If I choose any of the other colors (warm white, orange, turquoise) the RGB goes blue
--- Reading from
@Chillout's
page here and in the above post he talks about ambientcolormap.res, where the default color is blue
--- It seems the RGB color selection is similar in that way... if no color list is defined (remember I have only 3) the RGB light reverts to blue, as in this table
| Infotainment Dropdown Color Selection | Color List Number (assigned via adaptation) | Color List Value (RGB) | Illumination of RGB LED |
| White | 1 | White (255, 255, 255) | White |
| Red | 2 | Red (255, 0, 0) | Red |
| Blue | 3 | Blue (0, 0, 255) | Blue |
| Warm White | N/A ( only has 3 color lists) | N/A | Blue (seems to be default color) |
| Orange | N/A | N/A | Blue |
| Turquoise | N/A | N/A | Blue |
- Now since we are talking RGB color lists they can be set to any color you want, with one
problem
- Only infotainment dropdown color selections white, red and blue are matched to the Color Lists (only 3 available in my )
- So in this way you can pick any 3 colors you want, but then your RGB lights will not match the color selection/representation shown on your infotainment screen... see below table
| Infotainment Dropdown Color Selection | Color List Number (assigned via adaptation) | Color List Value (RGB) | Illumination of RGB LED |
| White | 1 | Green (0, 255, 0) | Green |
| Red | 2 | Yellow (255, 255, 0) | Yellow |
| Blue | 3 | Purple (255, 0, 255) | Purple |
- This means if I'm going to select colors on screen, I would limit myself to white, red or blue
- Having the colors on the screen not match the actual colors of the lights is a
no-go for me
All that being said, the other option that works is setting color by driving profile.
- In this case the infotainment graphics representation has no meaning, so I would
not want to see it all
--- I
think there is a away to get brightness sliders for each zone instead of the picture showing the car interior
- Going this route I was able to assign colors to profiles, but only grouped as follows
-- Eco/Comfort as Color 1 (Green)
-- Normal as Color 2 (Blue)
-- Sport/Individual as Color 3 (Red)
- There might be some other way to do this by modifying FPA (driving profile) data sets, but I'm not there yet.
When set this way, no color control is possible from the Infotainment screen. When you unlock the doors you should get a default color. I didn't really pay attention but I think it was white-ish. Then once ignition is on the RGB switched to the color of the active driving profile.
Personally I would end up going for color by driving profile. I would love to choose colors as I see fit but it I'm limited to White, Red and Blue (since I want the screen to match). I would say however, that pre-facelift cars (or more correctly, my pre-facelift Golf Mk7 with Hardware and Software 5Q0-937-087-S)
DOES support RGB lighting, albeit in a limited fashion as compared to facelift cars.
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for your feedback cordially
