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VAN Intro
USB VAN Monitor
Pioneer Headunit Control
VAN Line Protocol
VAN Frame Check Sequence
VAN Bus Packets

VAN Bus Packets:

Hmm, still must write that page about the frame format - hey on with the data anyway!

Well these are the idents I've heard about along with some more I found on my bus. Decodes I know about are on the way!

IDEN Data Decoded Certainty R/W Notes
464 ? 0%   W On the bus regularly without engine running (all 0x00)
4D4 Audio settings? 0%   R I've not seen this (but I have no HU installed)
4DC AirCon? 0% Looks likley W AC/Auto/Demist cabin temp...
4EC CDC info? Partial Untested R I've not seen this (but I have no CDC connected - see 4D4)
4FC Lights status Partial Looks ok W headlight, foglight, indicator state
524 Car status 2 Partial Looks ok W handbrake, left stalk btn, seatbelt warning, door lock, doors open, auto lights/wipers
54E ? 0%   R Appeared after using remote to access sat-nav (start&end 0x81,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,0x86)
554 Radio info Partial   R Multiple message types - includes radio rds data
564 Car status Partial   R doors/boot open/closed right stick button, range, mpg, agv speed mpg and trip
5E4 Display settings? 0%   W On the bus regularly without engine running
64E ? 0%   R Appeared after using remote to access sat-nav (start&end 0x80)
664 Dashboard buttons Partial Looks ok W hazard lights, lock doors and brightness.
6CE ? 0%   R ASCII chars House Number and Street set for navigation (start&end 0x89) also memory lookup
74E ? 0% Guess R Appeared after using remote to access sat-nav - nav instruction?(start&end 0x81)
7CE ? 0%   R On the bus regularly without engine running(start&end 0x87) (like satnav stuff)
824 Dash speed & RPM Partial Look ok W rpm, mph and sequence number (presumably because of needle display?)
8A4 Dashboard gauges Partial Looks ok W hbeat, brightness, contact? engine?, economy(mode?) temp oil, water & ext oil+fuel
8C4 Radio buttons Partial Looks ok W two message formats on this iden? I still get one type in car with no HU
8CE ? 0%   W Appeared after using remote to access sat-nav
8D4 Radio Control Partial Looks ok ? Unverified
8FC Odometer 100% Good R Odometer reading with header an footer in km only read at engine start
94E ? 0%   W Appeared after using remote to access sat-nav
984 Time? Partial Doubtful W Not very regular hh:mm dosn't seem to change much either
9C4 Radio Remote All but 3 bits Pretty good W vol, seek, src button positions and wheel position
9CE ? 0%   R Appeared after using remote to access sat-nav(start&end 0x80)
B0E ? 0%   W On the bus regularly without engine running byte 9 goes 00-FF and increments 8...
E24 VIN 100% Total W 18 ASCII characters matches Vehicle Identification Number

At present I don't have the standard head unit in the car so I will not be seeing messages from that and I won't be seeing any CDC messages as it is only on the VAN bus via the pass through in the standard head unit. So far this is data gathered from a bus log (VIN removed) taken with the engine off but the key in the ignition position.

Each IDEN is a hyperlink going to the single HTML page with what I know so far. It's ugly but functional!

Archive of other bus logs I found on the web (format is similar but not identical to mine)


Author: Graham Auld
Dated: 16th July 2009