Lower Control Panel

(N72)

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Lower Control Panel
Responsible for:
• window operation,
• outside mirror
operation,
• mirror curb position
operation,
• mirror memory (at
the request of the
front seat
adjustment control
module),
• actuation of mirror
fold in feature.

Also CAN gateway

for rear AC control .

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LCP Block Diagram

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Outside Rear View Mirrors

• Side view mirror with

integrated LED turn
signal indicators
• Memory feature uses
potentiometers

• Fold back feature

• Parking position
feature
• Mirror stops must be
programmed

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Window Operation

• One touch opening

and closing

• Window operation
controlled by the
LCP.
• Rear Control Panel
communicates with
LCP

• Automatic re-
normalizing

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 Obstruction Protection
Motor Commutator segments
(10 per revolution for the window motor)

Motor
brushes

Ripple Effect
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Operating Zones Zones

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Upper Plausibility limit
0 2 Upper Normalizing position
4mm below seal
Position
counter
3

> 200 mm below seal

4 Lower Normalizing Zone

5 Lower Block position

Lower Plausibility limit
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Zone 1 - Greater than the upper limit
Zone 2 -Upper Normalizing Zone
Zone 3 - Safety Zone
Zone 4 - Lower Normalizing Zone
Zone 5 - Lower Block Position
Zone 6 - Greater than lower limit
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Acronyms used in this document:
CAN - Controller Area Network
EAM - Extended Activity Module
LCP - Lower Control Panel
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LF - Left Front
LR - Left Rear
RF - Right Front
RR - Right Rear