CoLight Aux Lights - Fitting & Thoughts

[Jimmybeaumont]

Hi folks. Just thought I’d jump in on this as I too have the D09 Pros wired up to my Ezcan (on a 1250). I have spoken to Paul and Ronnie about set up too.

I ran in to the same issue with only having 2 aux light options in the Hex, when ideally there would be 3 for the DRL, low and high beams.

I experimented with a few setups but ultimately ended on a 2-channel setup with the high beams on one set to strobe on pass etc and to run at 10% for night DRLs. I personally like the orange DRL rings so I opted for those over the low beam on the second channel and run them as day DRLs, and off at night. The low beam is just the lower portion of LEDs illuminated so figured all of them at 10% was not a bad alternative.

For wiring I used the 2-wire Hex pigtails and have all negatives (two from the lights and 2 from the pigtails) joined together, then the orange wires from the lights join with one positive wire from a pigtail and the yellow wires do the same on the second pigtail. The white wires are unused to heat shrunk and tucked away.

I did think about setting the orange DRLs as indicators 1 and 2 and on as running lights, but the two downsides of this for me were 1) this would use all 4 channels so no room for a rear brake etc and 2) there is no day/night config for indicators on the Hex so they would be on all the time.

 

[Ronado]

Hi folks. Just thought I’d jump in on this as I too have the D09 Pros wired up to my Ezcan. I have spoken to Paul and Ronnie about set up too.

I ran in to the same issue with only having 2 aux light options in the Hex, when ideally there would be 3 for the DRL, low and high beams.

I experimented with a few setups but ultimately ended on a 2-channel setup with the high beams on one set to strobe on pass etc and to run at 10% for night DRLs. I personally like the orange DRL rings so I opted for those over the low beam on the second channel and run them as day DRLs, and off at night. The low beam is just the lower portion of LEDs illuminated so figured all of them at 10% was not a bad alternative.

For wiring I used the 2-wire Hex pigtails and have all negatives (two from the lights and 2 from the pigtails) joined together, then the orange wires from the lights join with one positive wire from a pigtail and the yellow wires do the same on the second pigtail. The white wires are unused to heat shrunk and tucked away.

I did think about setting the orange DRLs as indicators 1 and 2 and on as running lights, but the two downsides of this for me were 1) this would use all 4 channels so no room for a rear brake etc and 2) there is no day/night config for indicators on the Hex so they would be on all the time.

Gents please see the narrative below, this is from Jan at Hex Innovate i asked him for a possible set up to give me the drl's as indicators over 3 of the circuits as my new brake light will take up the 4th circuit. Not saying its perfect but I might have a go at this tmrw when i start connecting it all up. thought ???

Ronnie

You only need to wire your ground to one of the channels.

RED CIRCUIT - 2 x White Wires (High beam) + Black wire (ground)

BLUE CIRCUIT - 1 x Red Wire (Low beam) +1 x Yellow wire (Drl’s) : Let's say left

YELLOW CIRCUIT - 1 x Red Wire (Low beam) + 1 x Yellow wire (Drl’s) Let's say right.

WHITE CIRCUIT - Brake Light.

As I said keep in mind the the low beam and DRL will the be on all the time.

Kind regards

Jan

 

[Ronado]

Ronnie

You only need to wire your ground to one of the channels.

RED CIRCUIT - 2 x White Wires (High beam) + Black wire (ground)

BLUE CIRCUIT - 1 x Red Wire (Low beam) +1 x Yellow wire (Drl’s) : Let's say left

YELLOW CIRCUIT - 1 x Red Wire (Low beam) + 1 x Yellow wire (Drl’s) Let's say right.

WHITE CIRCUIT - Brake Light.

As I said keep in mind the the low beam and DRL will the be on all the time.

Kind regards

Jan

 

[Jimmybeaumont]

Ronnie

You only need to wire your ground to one of the channels.

RED CIRCUIT - 2 x White Wires (High beam) + Black wire (ground)

BLUE CIRCUIT - 1 x Red Wire (Low beam) +1 x Yellow wire (Drl’s) : Let's say left

YELLOW CIRCUIT - 1 x Red Wire (Low beam) + 1 x Yellow wire (Drl’s) Let's say right.

WHITE CIRCUIT - Brake Light.

As I said keep in mind the the low beam and DRL will the be on all the time.

Kind regards

Jan

I spoke with Jan too about my setup.

Worth noting that the white is the low beam, not high and the red is the high beam.

With regards to the setup there, I can see a few potential issues.

Assuming you will use the aux light 1 settings for the first channel (high) then left and right indicator settings for the other two? That will mean the low beam will flash with the indicators and as Jan says, will be on all the time.

Otherwise I think it will work!

 

[Ronado]

Will have a ho tmrw and see how it goes or do
Circuit 1- Red wires
Circuit 2 - White wires
Circuit 3 - Yellow wires
Circuit 4 - Denali brake light and work out the setting from there

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

I’m considering getting the Weiser Technik dongles for the bike to improve the indicator visibility but also as you can get it with a fly lead for the Denali B6 to plug straight into which means I wouldn’t need to use a circuit on the EzCan for it

 

[Jimmybeaumont]

Will have a ho tmrw and see how it goes or do
Circuit 1- Red wires
Circuit 2 - White wires
Circuit 3 - Yellow wires
Circuit 4 - Denali brake light and work out the setting from there

That won’t work There are only 2 aux light setups on the Hex so what would the third circuit be set up as? If indicators then they need two circuits - left and right.

 

[Ronado]

That won’t work There are only 2 aux light setups on the Hex so what would the third circuit be set up as? If indicators then they need two circuits - left and right.

Well I guess I won’t be trying that Jimmy

 

[Jimmybeaumont]

Well I guess I won’t be trying that Jimmy

 

[TheStammeringBiker]

That won’t work There are only 2 aux light setups on the Hex so what would the third circuit be set up as? If indicators then they need two circuits - left and right.

It will work (sort of) you could set the channel with the amber lights as an accessory circuit as they don’t draw much ampage but the downside is the amber DRL’s would be on at 100% all the time

 

[Ronado]

It will work (sort of) you could set the channel with the amber lights as an accessory circuit as they don’t draw much ampage but the downside is the amber DRL’s would be on at 100% all the time

Is there a bloody easy way to do this ? Surely there is a way , what if i dont use the drl's as indicators would that help then i wire it up as per what i proposed 2 messages ago ?

 

[Jimmybeaumont]

Is there a bloody easy way to do this ? Surely there is a way , what if i dont use the drl's as indicators would that help then i wire it up as per what i proposed 2 messages ago ?

Your DRL needs to be set as something other than an auxiliary light as there are just the 2 aux light options on the ezCAN. That’s the limiter here. So either as indicators on circuits 3 and 4, or as an accessory like Paul says on circuit 3. OR do as I have done and just bin the low beam and put the DRLs on aux light 2.

The only way to get this all working in the perfect way is for Hex to do a software update that adds in an extra aux light. If that’s possible.

It will work (sort of) you could set the channel with the amber lights as an accessory circuit as they don’t draw much ampage but the downside is the amber DRL’s would be on at 100% all the time

True! A third ‘not quite perfect’ solution With this setup they will also stay on when the indicators and hazards are on too…

 

[matsmith749]

Not quite the only way.

Use an additional hex ezcan - 4x more circuits.

It's an extra £180, but still comes out a lot cheaper than the others - plus an extra ezcan gives you even more options going forwards (if that matters to you).

 

[Lostapot]

The colight d09 pro is a 3 channel light (per light) - low beam / high beam / amber ring.

You can wire this up to an ezcan any way that you like, as you have 2 lights per set, the maximum number of individually controllable channels is 6 (you get 4 circuits on a ezcan, you to have individual control over everything you would need 2x ezcans).

But the choice is completely yours as to how you set it up, remembering that the limit per ezcan circuit is 10A continuous.

On 100% brightness, the d09 pro low beam draws 4A per light - same again for the high beam - it's a fcking bright light!

So - you could wire the amber ring to the low beam, and tie each side together. That would be circuit #1 at 9A.
Then you could have the high beam (both sides tied together) - that would be circuit #2 at 8A.

This way you wouldn't have individual control of left / right sides, but it's actually pretty much how mine are set up - so yes - you can do it this way.

I don;t want to represent myself as some of kind of wiring or ezcan guru - I literally just figured all this out in the last couple of weeks. I'm sure there will be someone along that knows a lot more than I do that can correct me / help further.

Or get googling - there is a ton of info I relied on from youtube & the hex forums.

The bottom line is you can do anything you want - the d09 pro just gives you choices.

I have fitted my lights today with Lone Rider under nose mounts. I have used 3 circuits and one for my camera system. The brake light will have to wait for either the Weiser Wizards or another EZcan. Anyway I wanted to thank you for all your help and advice, it has been invaluable and I would not have been able to do it without the detailed explanations you have provided to me and Ronado (he asked a few questions I needed answers to).

 

[Jimmybeaumont]

I have fitted my lights today with Lone Rider under nose mounts. I have used 3 circuits and one for my camera system. The brake light will have to wait for either the Weiser Wizards or another EZcan. Anyway I wanted to thank you for all your help and advice, it has been invaluable and I would not have been able to do it without the detailed explanations you have provided to me and Ronado (he asked a few questions I needed answers to).

Interested to hear what settings you have used for the three channels. 2 aux lights and one accessory channel?

 

[Lostapot]

Interested to hear what settings you have used for the three channels. 2 aux lights and one accessory channel?

I have High Beam on 1 channel, low beam on another and the Amber lights as an accessory. I dont mind the amber lights being on all the time as I quite like them and they look neat with my gold wheels.... Not sure about adding another EZcan tho as I really struggled to stash the wires I already have because my camera system has as much wiring as the Ezcan.
Overall I am pleased that I managed to fit them along with my camera system and headlight guard, I have a much better understanding of how my panels etc attach but was a bit lazy with the cables and pulled them through under the side of the tank.

 

[Santa-2512]

It's quite funny spend £26k on a bike

A further wodge on bling,

a big chunk pro clothing ok

but £700 on a set of lights, omg I'm not paying that .

Bit like buy a new car for big money, but won't pay for a hands free kit for your phone lol

Spend the money, buy the lights, you'll have forgotten the cost in 6 months time lol

 

[Edventure]

It's quite funny spend £26k on a bike

A further wodge on bling,

a big chunk pro clothing ok

but £700 on a set of lights, omg I'm not paying that .

Bit like buy a new car for big money, but won't pay for a hands free kit for your phone lol

Spend the money, buy the lights, you'll have forgotten the cost in 6 months time lol

If the 150 quid lights are of similar quality to the £700 ones why wouldn’t you give them a go?
Interestingly I picked up what looks identical to the B6 tail light for £20….

I guess we’ll find out

 

[Santa-2512]

If the 150 quid lights are of similar quality to the £700 ones why wouldn’t you give them a go?
Interestingly I picked up what looks identical to the B6 tail light for £20….

I guess we’ll find out

From experience, trying to do things on the cheap is more than often a false economy

I've replaced 6 tail lamp extra stops lamps thingys at a cost of £60 so far, a new b6 is £120 , so I'm 50% down already, I bought a genuine in the end

Front led bulbs, 3 different pairs only one white pair and one failed in 6 weeks £20 odd a pop

A complete cluster was £120

The lone riders were £458 new if I recall, they had a special offer on, so I took advantage of that, and paid it off in 4 chunks

Are the lights you have "can" compatible? Do they run off the white circuit?, can they be altered on the fly, or is everything fixed?

I

 

[Ronado]

Morning folkls unfortunately due to an issue with my Hex ez Can ive not yet got my lights fitted , new one being delivered this afternoon so im going to have a bash at it then , but as usual I have to ask something which due to my lack of experience i just cant answer . When you are talking about having the Drl's on the 3rd circuit as an accessory , what are you picking on the Hex can for that ( what symbol are are you clicking on from all the choices) again I hope you understand what im asking as i had trouble trying to understand this part the other day.