BMW 7 Series: System Overview

Installation Locations in the Vehicle

Fig. 12: Identifying Control Units, Sensors And Actuators Of Dynamic Driving Systems, F01/F02 (1 Of 2)

COMPONENT REFERENCE CHART

1. Electronic Damping Control satellite, front left
2. Ride-height sensor, front left
3. Valve for electronic flow rate adjustment of power steering pump (EVV)
4. Servotronic valve
5. Ride-height sensor, front right
6. Electronic Damping Control satellite, front right
7. Junction box electronics and fuse carrier, front
8. Control unit for Vertical Dynamics Management
9. Control unit for Integrated Chassis Management
10. Buttons for electromechanical parking brake and Automatic Hold
11. Driving dynamics switch and DTC button
12. Steering column switch cluster with steering angle sensor
13. Control unit for Active Steering
14. Control unit and hydraulic unit for Dynamic Stability Control

Fig. 13: Identifying Control Units, Sensors And Actuators Of Dynamic Driving Systems, F01/F02 (2 Of 2)

COMPONENT REFERENCE CHART

1. Control unit and actuating unit for electromechanical parking brake
2. Ride-height sensor, rear right
3. Electronic Damping Control satellite, rear right
4. Control unit for TPMS
5. Control unit for electronic ride-height control
6. Control unit for rear axle slip angle control
7. Actuating unit for rear axle slip angle control
8. Ride-height sensor, rear left
9. Electronic Damping Control satellite, rear left

Both graphics show the installation locations of the most important control units, sensors and actuators of the dynamic driving systems in the F01/F02. These have been split into two graphics to maintain clarity of overview and not for functional reasons.

Bus System Overview for Dynamic Driving Syst

Fig. 14: Bus System Overview For Dynamic Driving Systems

INDEX DESCRIPTION CHART

AL - Active Steering
DSC - Dynamic Stability Control
EHC - Electronic ride-height control
EDC - SHL Electronic Damping Control satellite, rear left
EDC - SHR Electronic Damping Control satellite, rear right
EDC - SVL Electronic Damping Control satellite, front left
EDC - SVR Electronic Damping Control satellite, front right
EMF - Electromechanical parking brake
ICM - Integrated Chassis Management
HSR - Rear axle slip angle control
TPMS - Tire Pressure Monitoring System
SZL - Steering column switch cluster with steering angle sensor
VDM - Vertical Dynamics Management
ZGM - Central gateway module

Integrated Chassis Management System Circuit Diagram

Fig. 15: Integrated Chassis Management System Circuit Diagram

INDEX REFERENCE CHART

1. Ride-height sensor, front left
2. Servotronic valve
3. EVV valve
4. Ride-height sensor, front right
5. Central gateway module
6. Steering column switch cluster with steering angle sensor
7. Footwell module
8. Driving dynamics switch and DTC button
9. Fuse for ICM control unit (fuse carrier at front, junction box electronics)
10. Integrated Chassis Management
11. Local CAN
12. DSC sensor in the ICM control unit (longitudinal acceleration, lateral acceleration, yaw rate)
13. Redundant DSC sensor in the ICM control unit (lateral acceleration, yaw rate)
14. Ride-height sensor, rear left
15. Ride-height sensor, rear right

The purpose of the local CAN is to connect the ICM control unit to the radar sensors for the Active Cruise Control with Stop&Go function.

Driving Dynamics Control System Circuit Diagram

Fig. 16: Driving Dynamics Control System Circuit Diagram

INDEX REFERENCE CHART

1. Footwell module
2. Central Information Display
3. Fuse for ICM control unit (fuse carrier at front, junction box electronics)
4. Central gateway module
5. Instrument cluster
6. Operating unit for center console with locating lamp
7. DTC button
8. Driving dynamics switch
9. Controller
10. Integrated Chassis Management

This system circuit diagram shows the operator control and display elements for the driving dynamics control function. For clarity of overview, the drive and dynamic driving systems upon which the driving dynamics control acts have been omitted. These are described in the Functions section instead.

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