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#1 | Auxilliary Lights datum

Mon May 21, 2018 9:35 pm

Hi all

This was probably covered in great detail on the old site, but now that I come to install some auxilliary lights, all that useful info is no more..

I bought some Denali DM's which are nice and unobtrusive on the bike, and are very visible. I decided to get the Machine Art bars to mount them, but for some reason, one light ended up being 20mm lower than the other which just looks awful and is not good for my OCD
So I have returned the bars and I'm thinking of using the standard BMW bar.

I'm also a bit scared of wiring in the DMs (cutting through insulation etc) so I purchased a Cansmart to make this more acceptable to BMW and future owners. Great piece of kit, but oh so expensive!! Have I bought a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for setting this site up btw

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#2 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Tue May 22, 2018 3:21 pm

Hi
I bought the machine art and the Denali lights and a canbus. It matched perfekt and i am very satisfied, can send photos later.

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#3 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Fri May 25, 2018 10:22 am

Thanks for the reply

Yes I�d love to see photos particularly of the bars as they just didn�t work on my bike.

I�m going to stick with the can smart and see how it all works out this weekend

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#4 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Fri May 25, 2018 3:54 pm

You should be pleased since the CANSmart Controller is designed to work with Denali lights. Did you see my YouTube video on my installation? It might help.

Regards,
Grumpy Goat

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#5 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Fri May 25, 2018 10:48 pm

Zitat von Grumpy Goat im Beitrag #4
You should be pleased since the CANSmart Controller is designed to work with Denali lights. Did you see my YouTube video on my installation? It might help.

Do you have any news from Denali about the "Off when turn signal active" option? I watched your video (thanks a lot btw for the vital info), I ordered it because I find it important to have, but it seems to me that this option is still reserved by HEX Innovate for their devices.

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#6 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Fri May 25, 2018 10:55 pm (Last edited: Fri May 25, 2018 11:00 pm)

Zitat von swedkg im Beitrag #5
Do you have any news from Denali about the "Off when turn signal active" option? I watched your video (thanks a lot btw for the vital info), I ordered it because I find it important to have, but it seems to me that this option is still reserved by HEX Innovate for their devices.

No further news yet. I have been beta testing this for them and it works well so I guess it is a question of when they choose to officially release it as a firmware upgrade for the CANSmart Controller. Unless they have some other impediment they can release it now.

UPDATE - I just went to the Denali Electronics website for the CANSmart Controller and there is a new firmware Version 1803.2, Released 5.16.2018 and the screenshot shows the "Off when turn signal active" option so you should be able to get this functionality now.

Regards,
Grumpy Goat
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#7 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Sat May 26, 2018 4:16 am

That's some great news! I hope it will be delivered next week together with a set of Denali D2 so I can test this out!

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#8 | RE: Auxilliary Lights datum

Sun May 27, 2018 12:30 pm (Last edited: Sun May 27, 2018 12:33 pm)

Grumpy Goat I did watch your videos and they were very helpful when I came to install yesterday. All working now thanks very much

Just as an update, when I installed the Cansmart it did a firmware upgrade and the lights do turn off when the turn signal is on. Would be nice if it was just one instead of both, but better than nothing!

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