Amazing experience - ILS+ (Intelligent Lights) in the US
02-14-2023, 11:41 PM
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Peter set up ILS for my 2015 S65. Love it. Drive around with high beams on and never get flashed. I love how it lights up pedestrians.
Sign recognition put speed limit in the cluster but doesn’t pester you when speeding. Transmission modes is interesting... Sport mode has the box shifting better and seems less inclined to drop 2 or more gears at the slightest provocation. Sport + is a bit much for most driving I do daily but will be fun on that twisty road. I don’t miss having to reach down with every start to put it in S to keep it from ‘stalling’ at stop lights. Many nice improvements. Thanks Peter!
Sign recognition put speed limit in the cluster but doesn’t pester you when speeding. Transmission modes is interesting... Sport mode has the box shifting better and seems less inclined to drop 2 or more gears at the slightest provocation. Sport + is a bit much for most driving I do daily but will be fun on that twisty road. I don’t miss having to reach down with every start to put it in S to keep it from ‘stalling’ at stop lights. Many nice improvements. Thanks Peter!
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02-22-2023, 08:22 AM
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02-22-2023, 11:18 AM
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Thank you,
my second test drive was equally interesting (at least to me)
I found a dark less traveled road and made passes back and forth about 7 miles each way.
you can see the light reflect off signs a mile down the road, but yet, "not" blind oncoming traffic.
Of Note
The resultant beam pattern with the combination of high and low beams is different than when High beam is manually engaged
if you manually engage the high beam switch, the tree tops start to light up - which we are all familiar with on regular high beam
If you turn off the high beams while the ILS+ is engaged, you only notice a minor to moderate reduction in the beam path, unless its very dark.
if very dark, the high beam pattern is long, and of course, much more noticeable when deactivated
The low beams are aimed quite well and the high beam aids them as the typical arrangement.
This tells me that MB didnt just "brighten" the road... the intelligence is real
the darker the road, the further the high beams extend out
i still could not get a "flash" from oncoming traffic after another hour of high beam ON with intelligent lighting engaged,
HOWEVER
there was a moment when I disengaged the system while a car was oncoming, and in mere seconds after disengaging, he flashed me
So the only flash I received was a few seconds after deactivating the ILS+ System..... strange..
I have no explanation other than the lights were adjusting(moving) after deactivation and gave a glare at the right moment as the beams moved to the deactivated position.
I did turn on manual high beams to test.., but had to stop quickly...... because every car flashed me !
Overall, the beam pattern almost feels like daylight ... it is really nice.
you can tell the headlights are special when you look at them on the car...... special indeed
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For the life of me, I cannot understand how the DOT or SAE would reject these.... one road test would win anyone over.
maybe allow them while further studies are done.. maybe maybe???...... but I digress.... fantastic technology.
my second test drive was equally interesting (at least to me)
I found a dark less traveled road and made passes back and forth about 7 miles each way.
you can see the light reflect off signs a mile down the road, but yet, "not" blind oncoming traffic.
Of Note
The resultant beam pattern with the combination of high and low beams is different than when High beam is manually engaged
if you manually engage the high beam switch, the tree tops start to light up - which we are all familiar with on regular high beam
If you turn off the high beams while the ILS+ is engaged, you only notice a minor to moderate reduction in the beam path, unless its very dark.
if very dark, the high beam pattern is long, and of course, much more noticeable when deactivated
The low beams are aimed quite well and the high beam aids them as the typical arrangement.
This tells me that MB didnt just "brighten" the road... the intelligence is real
the darker the road, the further the high beams extend out
i still could not get a "flash" from oncoming traffic after another hour of high beam ON with intelligent lighting engaged,
HOWEVER
there was a moment when I disengaged the system while a car was oncoming, and in mere seconds after disengaging, he flashed me
So the only flash I received was a few seconds after deactivating the ILS+ System..... strange..
I have no explanation other than the lights were adjusting(moving) after deactivation and gave a glare at the right moment as the beams moved to the deactivated position.
I did turn on manual high beams to test.., but had to stop quickly...... because every car flashed me !
Overall, the beam pattern almost feels like daylight ... it is really nice.
you can tell the headlights are special when you look at them on the car...... special indeed
Other banter,
For the life of me, I cannot understand how the DOT or SAE would reject these.... one road test would win anyone over.
maybe allow them while further studies are done.. maybe maybe???...... but I digress.... fantastic technology.
02-22-2023, 07:53 PM
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Just to clarify, if its set to "right side traffic" then it is set for a left hand drive car. We drive on the right....
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Right-hand traffic and left-hand traffic and a Coc
Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practice, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side of the road, respectively.
In LHT, traffic keeps left, and cars have the steering wheel on the right, putting the driver on the side closest to the centre of the road, and the passenger on the side closest to the side of the road. Vehicles configured with RHT have the steering wheel on the left side while the driver and passenger occupy the same positions relative to the road as in the case described previously. The accelerator, brake pedals and clutch are positioned the same way for both left and right hand drive vehicles.RHT is used in 165 countries and territories, with the remaining 75 countries and territories using LHT. LHT countries in Europe include the Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, Malta and Cyprus.
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03-12-2023, 02:22 PM
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Just had BenzNinja install my ILS upgrade on a 2019 S560 with factory Multibeam LED headlamps. What a difference. It wakes up your high beams at night. No more flipping from low to high to low. Now it just moves the light around the object. Tested this last night with high beams on while on a 2 lane road. Worked perfectly.
Our 2017 E400 Cabriolet came with Intelligent Light System. Wonder why an S Class doesn't get it?
Our 2017 E400 Cabriolet came with Intelligent Light System. Wonder why an S Class doesn't get it?
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03-12-2023, 03:56 PM
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So in the tips and tricks thread, someone mentioned that ILS makes the beams operate "how they should, not just flick on and flick off". I've noticed that on auto-high beam mode in my car, I can watch the cutoff line of the headlights raise and lower as the beams activate, it's not just simply on/off. Does this mean my car has ILS enabled? Or does it do something different?
03-15-2023, 09:11 AM
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So in the tips and tricks thread, someone mentioned that ILS makes the beams operate "how they should, not just flick on and flick off". I've noticed that on auto-high beam mode in my car, I can watch the cutoff line of the headlights raise and lower as the beams activate, it's not just simply on/off. Does this mean my car has ILS enabled? Or does it do something different?
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03-15-2023, 09:21 AM
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03-15-2023, 10:59 AM
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Sorry for the inaccurate description of how they originally worked. They essentially just moved up and down. Now they do much more.
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03-16-2023, 06:36 PM
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Just to confirm: For the coding company/person who did ILS+ for you, you did not need to wait for any equipment or hardware to buy/rent before he was able to code it for you; correct? If so, can you share his contact info?
Just needed an ENET cable and laptop
