6C - RVC-HIGH CAMERA MODELS + CALIBRATION

[chrispie]

Earlier this year i retrofitted my MK7,5 with a 6C RVC camera which after a few tweaks and re-coding, works totally fine for me and is pretty accurate too.
Coding it as a highline, I lose the front Parkpilot, while coding it as a Lowline I lose the camera views; the last option is the one I use.

The persistent B2010 00 [009] - - [RearView system not calibrated] error keeps bothering me a little bit though.

In  one of the many fora i found a process description about how to calibrate a 6C with VCDS.
With a borrowed domino-calibration plate and my HEX-V2 I tried to follow the calibration process.

• Camera lens must be clean.
• Vehicle needs to be positioned on a firm and level surface.
• There must be sufficient space all around the vehicle being calibrated.
• Parking brake is applied.
• Steering wheel in zero position, wheels point straight ahead.
• All doors and rear lid are closed.
• There is nobody in the vehicle.
• Vehicle is not loaded.
• Before calibration: switch on ignition.

Accessing my 6C control unit appeared to be the dealbreaker.
No mather what i tried, security access to the proper chanels was rejected with a misterious 7F error.
Also with my OBD11 interface    [CONTROL UNITS] -> [6C] -> [SECURITY ACCESS] -> [LOGIN CODE] no access is granted with the 6C access codes I've found so far.

16017
20103
20113
22351
61378
71679
801129

 
After some research I found out that my 6C camera type (5Q0980556B) originated from one of 3 Audi models.
According to some other forum, calibrating this particular camera type in a Golf MK7 would also be a hassle with the official ODIS system since ODIS doesn't expect this camera type in this car.   


  
 In another thread about Module 6c (reversing camera high) calibration with obdeleven

3 year ago A user acquell stated below and was asked for the details but but never answered. 

Jul 25, 2020 at 4:58pm via mobile ReplyQuotelikePost OptionsPost by acquell on Jul 25, 2020 at 4:58pm

Hi,



I’ve managed to calibrate the rear view camera using Obdeleven on a c7 using a homemade board. Took a few bits of trial and error but fully calibrated now.



It’s easier with android than iOS at present as if you go to channel 001 on the camera module it gives the instructions of what channels you need to do (channel 004 and channel 005) then setting channel 001 to 1 to trigger calibration.

My question is:

- Has anyone managed to calibrate a 6C using OBD11? if yes how did you do that?

- Can anyone provide me with a working access code for my camera type?

- vwjap: i see your camera type is a 5Q0980568A: could you please tell me if one of the access codes above works with your camera type?

Cheers Chris



 

[vwjap]

I’m afraid I don’t, mine came with trailer assist

Re-read, will try get out to the car later

Right, you didn’t get what the error was when trying all the codes?
I tried them all and sure enough none worked, but 3 of them gave me a error stating wrong diagnostic mode (or something like that) so changed service to programming, still the same errors, so changed to EOL and the standard one (8011xx) worked (well gave me accepted)

Hope that helps

[chrispie]

It Actually works this way for me too, I'm a little reluctant to alter any of the parameters in EOL otherwise than performing a 'regular' calibration operation.

I hope someone already has done that with OBD11?
Any tips more than welcome....

 

[smaz]

I have the same Problem.

Retrofit a Highline Reverse Cam and coding is okay and works fine. But i cant calibrate it.

Found a guide for VCDS, but could not use it for OBD11, because there are way more parameters.

I have a calibration Panel, but lost my way while calibrating the Reverse cam with OBD11.

Greetings SMaz

[dv52 (Australia)]

smaz : Not sure that I understand your words "because there are way more parameters". The calibration process with OBD11 should be the same for both diagnostic devices (because it's a module process, not an OBD11 process.

Post-up a link to the "guide for VCDS"

Don

[chrispie]

In OBD11 `there are lots of parameters for the 6C as you can see in other posts discussing this subject.


The guide for VCDS that 'SNAZ' is refering to is probably a copy of this one 6C calibration process.pdf (599.99 KB) 
This one appears to apply only to older CU's and DOES NOT WORK with recent models (at least...didn't work with my 2018 mk7.5)

Some year ago in the VCDS forum discussing this subject I found a nearby VCDS expert guy who also had ODIS access on his laptop: 
He tried to perform the official calibration process from within ODIS: this unfortunately failed due to wrong 6C type, not corresponding with my car.

In my subsequent investigation i did a comparison of my particular 6C specs to the ones form VWJAP

My 6C specs:
Control unit: 6C Camera System Rear View
System description: RVC Compact
Software number: 5Q0980556B
Software version: 231
Hardware number: 5Q0980556B
Hardware version: H18
ODX name: [blank]
ODX version: [blank]
Backup name: [blank]
Long coding: 01884401E3002017000060


In a AlieExpress advert i found a link to a chinese buletinboard posting a vague translation of a description of how to bypass the odis calibration process failure.
At some point you would need to manually input some 6C type data 9??)
Since I don't have access to odis myself, I can't judge this....

I'm at peace now, knowing my uncalibrated 6C works just fine and the only error in my car is the 6C one; so I stopped further investigation of this subject.

P.S.
According to a official VAG expert the calibration process of RVC's in newest models is performed while driving the vehicle......




 

[andreamala]

One thing I've always wondered is if you buy a 556B are the cables of the Aliexpress counterpart the same and also can you calibrate?
(I have a 556B bought from aliexpress)

[mathi9020010]

VCDS and OBD11 arent capable of calibrating the RVC.

In other forums it has been discussed and it has something to do with the operating system/ communication of the cam. It differs from other modules in the Golf mk7.

[slaviaguy]

I retrofitted the 556B camera into my Skoda Slavia and have tried tried tried with OBD11, VCDS, VCP and only got successful with ODIS Service. That too only after manually selecting the vehicle as a VW Passat and then the calibration worked like a clock only by Guided functions. Nothing else works, and manually forcing the parameters will just corrupt the dataset. Once the data set is corrupted, the guided functions will be prohibited from running and you cant calibrate the camera until you reflash the parameters. So after having done all this and bricked two highline cameras, I have been there and done everything