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Truth. I guess that (along with price) is how VAG differentiates between brands...

Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean to call attention to the IR part of the request; clearly, we'd be looking for modern garage door opener system compatibility. I was surprised to find €500 and up for these kits online (none of which seemed to explicitly mention the Octavia) - I guess it's because the kits seem to integrate into the roof/ control panel. I was figuring there ought to be one that would go in to / replace the driver's sun visor. Eh, I guess I'll just buy an additional one with a clip and stick it on the visor :-)

A couple of threads in this forum have asked, with no answers: So, is there a garage door opener retrofit for the MkIII Octavia? I'd like to add it to my model year 2020 Scout. thanks, -Jay

Thanks. I've tried it both ways; no change. I assume, even if it won't end up working completely (the "it goes down but doesn't come back up" that more than one person has mentioned) that I ought to at least be able to get the mirror to dip down. So far, I've gotten .. nothing. Reverse gets me reverse (which, let's admit, is not a bad thing 😅) but has no effect on the mirrors. So I figure I'm still doing something wrong in the coding. I've followed the settings as discussed here, and in this OBDeleven forum thread https://forum.obdeleven.com/thread/1017/mirror-dip One thing, is it necessary, once the coding is done, to put the car in reverse and set the dipped position? That is, that the coding just turns on that it would remember a dipped position, but not that it does dip to some (default) dipped position unless/until you tell it what that dipped position in reverse should be by adjusting the mirror yourself while in reverse gear? -Jay

Thanks for this detail. I've looked in OBDeleven's Info for the doors, and I get the feeling that it can't read the mirror motor part number (or I don't know where to look for it). Is there a software way to see what mirror motor part number is installed in my car, or do I need to take something apart to figure it out? cheers,

I stand corrected. I'd been sure that I'd seen TJA as an option in the Octavia MkIII / 2020 model year .. but looking back now, TJA was introduced in the MkIV for the 2021 model year that had been announced in 2020. Thanks everyone. (Fortunately, I almost never have to drive through traffic anyway; it was just a cool thought...)

Um. Why would the car creep forward? (You mention a clutch; I have a DSG7 automatic transmission; the car is capable of autonomously braking to a complete stop to avoid a collision. If it can "press" the brake that hard, why could it "keep the brake pressed" until traffic in front clears to allow TJA to move forward again?) Also, per https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/454210-electric-parking-brake/ I don't get the impression that the Octavia MkIII even comes with an electronic parking brake option? (I think the MkIV moved to that). -Jay

Great, thanks @Ecomatt. Could someone please comment on the slight differences in hardware? TSG BFS J387 (in both cases) 5Q4959592K (mine) vs 5Q4959592B (Ecomatt's) Does a different letter at the end signify meaningfully different characteristics/ capabilities, or just older/newer versions of "the same thing"? thanks,

Hi, thanks for the idea. I'm not sure why the parking brake would be involved in the Traffic Jam Assistant, since only the regular brake (which Adaptive Cruise Control, Pedestrian/crossing traffic/ Collision avoidance, etc all use) is how a car/driver in traffic slow and even temporarily stops a car in stop-and-go traffic?

Quick update, got back in the car, connected to the OBDeleven so I could check the Adaptations: Adaptive Cruise Control, Long Coding: Lane_change_support (deactivated) [my car has both active lane keeping and blind spot detection/ lane change assistance activated and working, despite this setting] Traffic_sign_detection (deactivated) [not relevant to lane vs lane, but, I've activated Traffic sign recognition, and it is working, despite this setting] Control_module_for_lane_assistance (not installed) [despite that all lane keeping and change assistance functions are activated and working] Lane Change Assistant Right, nothing in Adaptations, nothing in Long Coding. Steering Assistance, nothing in Adaptations, Lane assistant (active) Driver Assistance, Adaptations, Warning intensity, lane depart, warning (settable as Weak, Medium, Strong, or Selection via Menu) Switch-on condition, lane depart, warn (settable as Off, On, on setting via menu, or off settings via menu) Driver Assistance, Long Coding: SWA (Not_coded) LaneAssist_AGW_output (disabled) Lane_assist_off_text (disabled) Blind_spot_detection (Coded) -Jay

Hi @langers2k Looking at backup and history.txt files from OBDeleven, here are where I find the various "lane assistant" vs "lane change assistance" settings: Control Unit: A5 Driver Assistance System description: MQB_B_MFK Software number: 3Q0980654L Software version: 0610 Hardware number: 3Q0980654A Hardware version: H13 ODX name: EV_MFKBoschMQBB ODX version: 002041 Long coding: 0203070200000401002200558150A90084000E20000000 Adaptations: Switch-on condition, lane depart. warn.: ---: on (setting via menu) Um. Weird. That's the ONLY "lane" that I find (including search "fahr" and "bahn") in the OBDeleven backup and history files... Okay, manually searching: Central Electrics, found nothing, neither in Long Coding nor in Adaptations. Adaptive Cruise Control, Long Coding: Lane_change_support (deactivated) [my car has both active lane keeping and blind spot detection/ lane change assistance activated and working, despite this setting] Traffic_sign_detection (deactivated) [not relevant to lane vs lane, but, I've activated Traffic sign recognition, and it is working, despite this setting] Control_module_for_lane_assistance (not installed) [despite that all lane keeping and change assistance functions are activated and working] Lane Change Assistant Right, (can't check Adaptations offline), nothing in Long Coding. Steering Assistance, (can't check Adaptations offline), Lane assistant (active) Driver Assistance, (can't check Adaptations offline), Long Coding: SWA (Not_coded) LaneAssist_AGW_output (disabled) Lane_assist_off_text (disabled) Blind_spot_detection (Coded) -Jay (totally unrelated to all of the above, gotta love the field texts in OBDeleven "Urban_autonomouse_emergency*"; I guess little creatures bring big features to these ultra-modern computers-on-wheels that we call cars these days? 🐁 😸)

Has anyone enabled Traffic Jam Assistant on an Octavia MkIII that already has Adaptive Cruise Control and Adaptive Lane Guidance (active lane keeping)? Per https://forum.obdeleven.com/thread/2069/traffic-jam-assistant-coding-obdeleven#ixzz5eXHsmx4n (this thread is about the Audi Q5) and https://forum.obdeleven.com/thread/6873/activate-traffic-jam-assist-emergency (this thread is specifically about the Tiguan MkII 5N) it looks like the hardware of ACC and ALG should be enough, assuming that TJA is NOT extra software that isn't already installed. Anyone know if TJA is in fact extra software/ what to look for (I have an OBDeleven) to see if all the bits are present and it's just a matter of enabling it via long coding and/or adaptations? thanks!

I have a Scout (so it has Offroad mode), and I hadn't even been aware of the existence of the "Offroad gauges" display. I found it accidentally when attempting to enable a compass display (which of course doesn't work, because my car has no nav, and has no compass) but I did cause that display to appear. You mention water temp; some kind of temperature gause does appear in my Offroad gauges display, but I thought it was oil temp. (Which is already on the virtual cockpit, so I didn't pay attention to it). The one gauge that appears and works on the Offroad gauges display for me is the wheel angle, and it seems to seriously lag the actual angle-away-from-straight-forward of the wheels of the car, to the point that I can't think of any situation in which it would be useful, so I plan to disable that display.

Hi @SashaGrace , I understand this. I looked back through the thread and I don't see part numbers that a car would have to have in order for mirror dip to be able to work. Is there a list of compatible part numbers somewhere? @Powerred and @Ecomatt Would you please be so kind as to post the hardware and software versions of the related components in your car? (I guess this is OBDeleven Info; I report mine below. I assume similar is available in VCDS, etc). Thanks. Looking at the Info for the Control Unit: Driver Door on my car in OBDeleven I see: System Description: TSG FS Identifier: J386 Hardware number: 5Q4959593K Hardware version: 007 Software number: 5Q4959593K Software version: 0485 Long coding: 001C0920DE00020000001100 ODX file: Use latest ODX name: EV_DCU2DriveSideMAXHCONT ODX version: 001005 Protocol: CAN: UDS And Passenger Door: System Description: TSG BFS Identifier: J387 Hardware number: 5Q4959592K Hardware version: 007 Software number: 5Q4959592K Software version: 0485 Long coding: 001C0120DE00020000001100 ODX file: Use latest ODX name: EV_DCU2PasseSideMAXHCONT ODX version: 001005 Protocol: CAN: UDS

Hi @langers2k, On the subject of OBDeleven how-tos and especially backups, today I found this very complete treatment of the subject: http://cupra280.co.uk/obd11.html -Jay

Thanks @Powerred, could you post the various changes you made to enable this? I think I've got all the changes including then making sure it is marked as enabled in the head unit Car settings, and then I've tried with the mirror adjust switch in neutral, in driver-side, and in passenger-side position, and the mirrors simply never dip going into reverse gear. By the way, what do you mean you "enabled it in MMI"? regards, -Jay

Thanks @shyVRS245, I had seen that. I'm really looking for the (I'm dating myself here ...) late 1980s-style "Oil every X thousand miles, timing belt at Y tens of thousands of miles, clean/lube/check suspension every Z thousand miles, ..." - the whole list. I'm flatly amazed that Skoda's expectation for this car is "oil once every 10k or 20k", "timing belt (I see in the overall tech specs of the vehicle) at 112K miles", and I suppose everything depending on the technician at the shop that does the routine 1 or 2 year checks to know everything and miss nothing?? I have a great deal of trouble having that much faith.

This question was asked over a year ago .. .. and received no answer. I recently bought a 2020 Octavia MkIII Scout 4x4 2.0TDI (my first new car purchase in twenty years), and I too am surprised to find that there doesn't seem to be a published official maintenance schedule for the vehicle. Just "trust the car computer" (or, wait for any idiot light to light up). I'm a little uncomfortable with that. Is there truly no more-or-less set maintenance schedule for these cars? .. not even for the Really Big Stuff(TM) like the timing belt? Are the cars' built-in sensors and programs really that reliable (especially for those of us who plan to keep cars for ten and more years)? thanks, Jay Catalunya, Spain

Link the car to Facebook and Google, and it'll even go so far as to say "Car load heavy for current tire pressure; is that Uncle Henry I see sitting in the back seat?"

Indeed @Powerred, absolutely true. (I've posted several threads here lately; in only one of them I gave my background; in short, I was writing program code in the 1970s. So, yeah, nothing about overlapping, apparently conflicting names/ settings surprises me. Just asking about a variety of specific examples of these possible apparent contradictions because I also sadly know how low quality software embedded in physical systems tends to be...). @langers2k I'll check where the various related setting names appear (adaptations vs long coding) and report back. Thanks!

@langers2k I agree - it's an easy tool with which to do damage. The first thing I did before editing anything was to take a full backup. So, if we can figure out how to export that in a usable format, there's your 2020 Octavia MkIII (Scout) default config (for my car's options, anyway...) Also, OBDeleven automatically keeps history. It's not the most user friendly thing in the world to walk back through it, but it's possible. (It's straightforward to export the History. I'm struggling to figure out where OBDeleven stored the Backup files; and I know that OBDeleven does not offer a "restore" option; the backups are for manual comparison in case of a need to [manually] restore individual settings. But, at least it's there. I've posted to the OBDeleven forums asking where the Backup files are stored).

Awwww, oh well. Back to un-code some stuff then 😅 Thanks, Jay

Hi @PetrolDave, I'm not sure if I understand the question. The mirror control switch (left, right, fold-in) is in the neutral position (pointing down, labeled "0"). My understanding of the automatic mirror dip feature is that, without touching that control, putting the car into reverse gear should cause both side mirrors to dip slightly (and then return to their previous position upon taking the car out of reverse gear). Apologies if I'm misunderstanding the question or the feature?

Thanks (yet again) @SashaGrace, I followed your instructions for "Menu Display Compass - OFF ROAD WITH AND WITHOUT NAV" and I do now have the sports gauges screen available in my 2020 MkIII Octavia Scout (tap the "Car" button repeatedly on the head unit to cycle until the three gauges appear). As you noted, in the absence of a physical compass, the compass display just says "North"... heh. (Unless, of course, my car has a compass, and there's something else I need to code/tweak/set to let this gauge access said compass?) How would I check if my car physically has a compass? (It has no nav system). thanks, again! -Jay

I'm trying to enable mirror dip in reverse, so far without success. I've done the following (using OBDeleven): Control Unit: Central Electrics, Long Coding, byte 04 bit 03 "Mirror Lowering with Reverse Gear" - ticked box (shows value 2). n.b. I also found/changed this under Adaptation Spiegelverstellung to set "Spiegelabsenkung bei Rueckwaertsfahrt"='active'. Control Unit: Driver Door, Long Coding, 'mirror_lowering_with_rear_gear', changed to 'active' Control Unit: Driver Door, Long Coding, 'position_memory_with_rear_gear', changed to 'active' Control Unit: Driver Door, Long Coding, 'memory_mirror', changed to 'active'. Control Unit: Passenger Door, Long Coding, 'mirror_lowering_with_rear_gear', changed to 'active' Control Unit: Passenger Door, Long Coding, 'position_memory_with_rear_gear', changed to 'active' Control Unit: Passenger Door, Long Coding, 'memory_mirror, changed to 'active' Control Unit: Central Electrics, Adaptation, "Menuesteurung Spiegelabsenkung"- changed to 'active' All of this above did make mirror "lower while reversing" appear in the car settings options in the head unit, however the mirrors still don't dip when I put the car in reverse. I understand (I think from a @SashaGrace thread?) that I need a minimum type and level of mirror hardware for this feature to be able to work. On another thread I found a part number; my car has what appears to be a slightly newer version of that same number, so I'm guessing that it's got the necessary bits .. though I could be mis-guessing how Skoda/VAG matches up incremented part numbers with whether they have at least all the same features as earlier part numbers. Looking in OBDeleven at the Control Unit: Driver Door, Info shows Hardware number 5Q4959593K, hardware version 007, software number 5Q4959593K, software version 0485, ODX name EV_DCU2DriveSideMAXHCONT, ODX version 001005. Any idea whether that is/isn't adequate mirror hardware to be able to enable mirror dip in reverse gear? Did I miss something in my list of coding above? many thanks, Jay