Fsw_psw.man Missing

[Thomasina Norse]

Aftersome kind individual decided to rip off my driver side wing mirror, I decided that rather than just repairing/replacing the broken one like for like, I would take the opportunity to upgrade the entire setup to power fold mirrors.

There are different types of mirrors and mirror switches that BMW installed on these cars and the setup of any given car depends on other things such as whether the car has electric memory seats, for example .

This guide is concerned particularly with my own car which, for reference, had factory installed manual fold mirrors and memory seats. Whilst I uncovered a lot of information about pre facelift cars, there are still some areas that are a mystery to me!

Since I had memory seats/mirrors already, I had a light blue backed switch installed. I just needed a pair of power fold mirrors and the purple backed switch (part number 61316901383, approx 54 from BMW).

On a facelift vehicle, like mine, BMW shifted mirror control to the GM5 ECU module which eliminates the requirement for separate control modules. This also resulted in the mirrors changing their connector to a ribbon style one that is not backwards compatible with the old pre facelift mirrors.

At this point, the mirror adjustment controls should work but the power fold will not. The car needs to be coded to first inform the ECU that power fold mirrors are installed and secondly that the feature should be enabled.

Save the file after editing.Press the Process ECU button (F4)

Select the same module that was originally selected for the read operation in step 6.Press the Change Job button (F3)

Select SG_CODIEREN from the list. This is the WRITE operation.Press the Execute Job button

When the text changes from Coding Activ to Coding Ended, the write operation has completed. The modified settings saved in the FSW_PSW.MAN file have now been written to the specified ECU.Turn the key from POSII to OFF then back to POSII to power the modules up again.All being well, the mirrors should now be fully functional and fold up and down when pressing the button on the interior switch. They will also fold up when you lock the car with the fob and then hold the lock button down (part of the comfort access option). They will fold back down when the car is unlocked.

Hi Michael, can you post a link showing which connectors you are talking about or a link to the same exact mirrors you bought? A picture of the wing mirror without the plastic cover would help. So I can tell you what you are missing. I have just done the conversion on my Facelift E46 330Ci.

Hi P-Man,

The power folding mirror I bought on eBay has 2 separate wires attached to individual mirror and 1 of the wire is longer than the others with connector plug on the ends of each wire, the link I sent you earlier in my previous message is the type of power folding mirror I bought of Ebay, so if you can please check that might be able to give you an idea of what the wing mirror I have on my car looks like, thanks a lot mate.

Michael

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