This thread is awesome, I am thinking I missed some things. I have a 2023 with the 4 switches(Tow/Haul, Traction control, F and R park assist). I am wanting to go to a 6 and use them for air bags,(1 inflate and 1 deflate) Has this been successfully done, and is there some info on how to do it?
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I have been trying to find the aux switch panel for my truck but it’s on backorder everywhere. I need the one with tow/haul, traction, front park sense, rear park sense and the 6 aux switches.
If anyone is selling or knows where i can get one let me know. Thanks
If anyone is selling or knows where i can get one let me know. Thanks
Hello [mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] and [mention]Jd3443 [/mention] I’m looking into getting some connectors and terminals to make a couple of pigtails for different modules. Where do you guys find the connector numbers and stuff?
I usually use https://connectorrepairkit.mopar.com/ for looking up wiring stuff but it doesn’t help with finding connectors and terminals.
Especially idk how you guys find the female connectors that are behind the modules like back of the switch bank. If you could help me locate where i can look up this stuff it’s greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hello, has anyone installed these switches on UC5 nav on a 19? I have a 19 Ram 1500 Laramie with a 23 BCM installed by dealer. I initially had the 12” uconnect 4c nav from factory.
I upgraded to uc5 and added aux switch panel.
I also wanted to add the cargo camera.
In the alphaobd setting i enabled these:
CBC Features: Configuration Aux Switches PTO-Six Switches
Lin & Misc: ASBM Present - YES
CustSetMenu 1: Auxiliary Switches CSM Present - SWITCH 3-6 OPTION
Vehicle Config 1: CHMSL Camera - Yes
After i did these changes i ran the ECU RESET 3 times on Radio and BCM module. Nothing showed up in settings for aux switches and no softkey for Cargo camera. I let it sit overnight thinking it will fix itself.
I come back to it in morning after more than 12 hrs and still nothing in menu for aux switches or camera. I thought maybe the Vehicle config 1: Model Year has to be changed since it still showed 19. I changed it to 23. Still same issue.
I did do the system read on alfaobd to double check all changes are still there as expected. I did try factory reset on radio and restart radio options too.
[mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] or anyone know what the issue could be? Thanks
I upgraded to uc5 and added aux switch panel.
I also wanted to add the cargo camera.
In the alphaobd setting i enabled these:
CBC Features: Configuration Aux Switches PTO-Six Switches
Lin & Misc: ASBM Present - YES
CustSetMenu 1: Auxiliary Switches CSM Present - SWITCH 3-6 OPTION
Vehicle Config 1: CHMSL Camera - Yes
After i did these changes i ran the ECU RESET 3 times on Radio and BCM module. Nothing showed up in settings for aux switches and no softkey for Cargo camera. I let it sit overnight thinking it will fix itself.
I come back to it in morning after more than 12 hrs and still nothing in menu for aux switches or camera. I thought maybe the Vehicle config 1: Model Year has to be changed since it still showed 19. I changed it to 23. Still same issue.
I did do the system read on alfaobd to double check all changes are still there as expected. I did try factory reset on radio and restart radio options too.
[mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] or anyone know what the issue could be? Thanks
So apparently changing the model year to 23 makes my radio loose all its settings when key is cycled so thats a no go. I had to revert back to 19. Im kinda lost on what else to try at this point to get the cargo camera softkey and aux button settings to show up on uc5 screen.
Any suggestions from anyone who has attempted either of these?
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I don’t know about the soft key and camera issue, but the Aux buttons haven’t worked on any 2019, unless the BCM module was upgraded to that of one for a 2020 or 2021.
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Yeah i upgraded the BCM to a 23 and had the dealer program it. All the switches do come on and appear to be doing what they need to do. I just don’t get any menu in uc5 or my cluster to configure them. Plus the camera key hasn’t shown up yet so idk what im missing. If you do have uc5 and the switches, what software version is your uc5 on? Mine is FCA-MY23.mnl.69 i doubt that is the issue…
Thanks
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I don’t have uc5 and haven’t upgraded to a later model bcm yet. What did the 23 bcm and dealer programming wind up costing you?
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Here is the write up I did on all that's needed: Swap BCM from 2019 to 2022 for New Features?
If doing it, then go with 23 at least for stuff like digital mirror or digital cluster etc..
Don't let them rip you off lol
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Do you have the air ride suspension on your truck? If so can you still select your ride height? Or is that just a mislabeled switch? TIA
Do you have the air ride suspension on your truck? If so can you still select your ride height? Or is that just a mislabeled switch? TIA
Nope my truck doesn’t have that feature and this was the only switch panel i could find on ebay after searching for days. But the other 4 switches do work as expected and this one switch does nothing when pressed since its never meant to be there but if your truck has it then it will work and i have read on several posts of people getting it to work if they already have it and those that don’t have the factory option just have a dummy switch.
Do you have the air ride suspension on your truck? If so can you still select your ride height? Or is that just a mislabeled switch? TIA
FWIW, Alt Trailer Height button is what's on the HD's with rear air assist.
@Abhi.K will have to comment on if it does anything on the 1500.
Success!!
Finally after messing with my uconnect for a bit and comparing my stock BCM file with the modified one, I figured out the aux switches issues.
Turns out my uconnect 5 radio module that came from 23 2500 limited had a weird software on it. It showed up as FCA-MY23 but had MNL.69 after it and was missing PROD in the end.
Idk much about it but being a software developer myself I had a hunch that this was non production software since it was missing the PROD in it and had a app called Engineering mode already on it with a bunch of developer settings. Idk if its standard but given its a android unit after all i would expect that to be hidden but it wasn’t and even after factory reset it would still be there. I did get my hands on tazer DT and tried reboot and settings on that with no luck.
Also when i tried to update software to the latest stable T27.46-PROD i was always greeted with software not supported message. Idk if the software had to be updated version by version and theres no way im getting my hands on all versions from MNL.69 to T27.46 since those files are impossible to get hands on without OTA updates.
Just for the sake of it i got my hands on another radio module from 23 and this time the software version was T25.51-PROD and as soon as i swapped the unit and run ecu reset on both BCM and radio using AlphaOBD the menu is there and switches are now configurable from radio screen. I was also able to update to the T27.46 software.
IMPORTANT: I have a 23 BCM installed on my truck and i have post above with the link to writeup i did on all thats needed for it. Given that my truck is a early 19 (radio manufacturer date was from 2018) and it is able to work on it then all 5th gen 1500 should be able to do it ONLY the 19&20 need this BCM upgrade.
The only thing i would say is make sure your uc5 radio is on Txx.xx-PROD version to avoid going through all the struggles Ive had.
Thanks to [mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] [mention]vincentw56 [/mention] [mention]Csjumper2003 [/mention]
One other thing i have been trying to do is get the AUX 1 & 2 camera soft key enabled since uc5 does not support cargo cam softkey according to what [mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] had discovered in settings. I did enable the Vehicle Config 8: Auxilary trailer Camera —>Yes and it has been that way for over a week now so idk what im missing i see no option in camera settings either for aux cameras enable.
If anyone with a UC5 & alphaOBD has the aux camera 1 & 2 options enabled on their unit screen ping me. I would like to get these working on my 19 and see if we need anything else other than BCM for 19-20 trucks. I will just need the BCM backup files from alphaOBD for comparing and see if some option is missing in my file.
Thanks
Finally after messing with my uconnect for a bit and comparing my stock BCM file with the modified one, I figured out the aux switches issues.
Turns out my uconnect 5 radio module that came from 23 2500 limited had a weird software on it. It showed up as FCA-MY23 but had MNL.69 after it and was missing PROD in the end.
Idk much about it but being a software developer myself I had a hunch that this was non production software since it was missing the PROD in it and had a app called Engineering mode already on it with a bunch of developer settings. Idk if its standard but given its a android unit after all i would expect that to be hidden but it wasn’t and even after factory reset it would still be there. I did get my hands on tazer DT and tried reboot and settings on that with no luck.
Also when i tried to update software to the latest stable T27.46-PROD i was always greeted with software not supported message. Idk if the software had to be updated version by version and theres no way im getting my hands on all versions from MNL.69 to T27.46 since those files are impossible to get hands on without OTA updates.
Just for the sake of it i got my hands on another radio module from 23 and this time the software version was T25.51-PROD and as soon as i swapped the unit and run ecu reset on both BCM and radio using AlphaOBD the menu is there and switches are now configurable from radio screen. I was also able to update to the T27.46 software.
IMPORTANT: I have a 23 BCM installed on my truck and i have post above with the link to writeup i did on all thats needed for it. Given that my truck is a early 19 (radio manufacturer date was from 2018) and it is able to work on it then all 5th gen 1500 should be able to do it ONLY the 19&20 need this BCM upgrade.
The only thing i would say is make sure your uc5 radio is on Txx.xx-PROD version to avoid going through all the struggles Ive had.
Thanks to [mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] [mention]vincentw56 [/mention] [mention]Csjumper2003 [/mention]
One other thing i have been trying to do is get the AUX 1 & 2 camera soft key enabled since uc5 does not support cargo cam softkey according to what [mention]Jimmy07 [/mention] had discovered in settings. I did enable the Vehicle Config 8: Auxilary trailer Camera —>Yes and it has been that way for over a week now so idk what im missing i see no option in camera settings either for aux cameras enable.
If anyone with a UC5 & alphaOBD has the aux camera 1 & 2 options enabled on their unit screen ping me. I would like to get these working on my 19 and see if we need anything else other than BCM for 19-20 trucks. I will just need the BCM backup files from alphaOBD for comparing and see if some option is missing in my file.
Thanks
Once my 23' BCM comes in and I get my dealer to program it, I may make a new thread how-to for all this including if you want to build your own wires and PDU. *crosses fingers the new BCM will arrive soon* Trying to troll through all this for details, part numbers, etc is so painful. Funny how this is a 5yrs in the making to get f-ing aux switches on a 19-20 DT. *sigh*
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That would be great!
Started one finally, been working on a write-up this weekend, making diagrams, etc.
Did anyone get these working correctly with Jscan yet?
I got all 6 buttons appearing to work (not plugged in my pigtail so cant validate the ground lead activation yet).
I can also sent each button in jscan to momentary, and that works as well according to the light buttons.
After some tweaking, I did get the menu item in the config to show up for buttons 1-4. I'm going to tweak and play a bit more. I originally had it set to "Auxiliary Switches in CSM on/off" set to "Switch option 2-5 buttons", but it didn't seem to show them on the screen. Reset that option to "Switch option 1-4 buttons" and those 4 showed on the screen under settings.
My JScan settings so far:
Adaptation = Axuiliary Switches - settings
[Search for "aux" (These should already be set now, but validate)]
I got all 6 buttons appearing to work (not plugged in my pigtail so cant validate the ground lead activation yet).
I can also sent each button in jscan to momentary, and that works as well according to the light buttons.
After some tweaking, I did get the menu item in the config to show up for buttons 1-4. I'm going to tweak and play a bit more. I originally had it set to "Auxiliary Switches in CSM on/off" set to "Switch option 2-5 buttons", but it didn't seem to show them on the screen. Reset that option to "Switch option 1-4 buttons" and those 4 showed on the screen under settings.
My JScan settings so far:
Adaptation = Axuiliary Switches - settings
- Auxiliary Switch Bank Module (ASBM) Present - On/Off : Active
- Auxiliary Switch Bank Module (ASBMM) Present - On/Off : Active (may not need this one)
- Auxiliary Switches in CSM On/Off
- Tried the "Switch option 2-5 buttons" and got nothing on my screen.
- Tried the "Switch option 1-4 buttons" and DID get 1-4 in the settings screen.
- Auxiliary Switches Settings : Switch 6 option
[Search for "aux" (These should already be set now, but validate)]
- Auxiliary switches customer settings menu : Switch 2-5 option / SWITCH_2_5 (now Switch option 1-4 buttons/ SWITCH_1_4)
- Aux Switch Configuration : Six Switches
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It appears JScan is missing the setting that you actually need- “switch 3-6 option”.
Try searching for it in modules > body controller > configuration > search for CSM1 and find that setting.
If it’s not there, you’ll either have to use alfaobd to do it, or let JScan know they need to add it.
Thanks @Jimmy07 , I went into the BCM settings itself, it's missing it. Now I'm not sure if it's missing it or just locked out from that 19' model year in jscan. I'll email them, damn, the first time its failed me, haha! I loaded up the demo version of Alpha and found where it was and could see the three different options on the demo.
