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Flasher Function Priority Control Function

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  1. If conditions of activating flashing conflict with each other, functional priorities are as following:
    FLASHER FUNCTION PRIORITY CONTROL FUNCTION CHART

    Priority Flasher Function Name
    1 Arm/Disarm Flashing (Burglar Alarm system)
    2 Burglar Alarm Flashing (Burglar Alarm system)
    3 Panic Flashing
    4 Hazard Flashing
    5 Turn Signal Flashing
    6 Tailgate Flashing
    7 RKE Two Turn Set/Reset Flasher
  2. Turn Signal and Hazard Priority
    1. During Hazard flashing, if Turn Flashing is requested, keep the Hazard operation.
    2. During turn flashing, if Hazard flashing is requested, interrupt the turn flashing and start Hazard operation immediately.
    3. During Hazard operation if Hazard and Turn SW are On at the same time, if Hazard SW is turned Off, turn flashing starts to operate but, does not discontinue the running period.
    Fig 1: Turn Signal & Hazard Priority Signal Chart
    G07426864Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  3. Burglar Alarm and Panic Priority
    1. Panic Alarm must be independent of the Burglar Alarm state (ARM, DISARM, ALARM...) but is stopped when entering in ARM mode.
      1. During Burglar Alarm is in progress, a panic alarm function can be started and stopped.
      2. During Panic Alarm Flashing is in progress, a Burglar Alarm can start.
    2. The activation of the horn and hazard lamps by Burglar Alarm is higher priority than Panic mode.
    3. If Alarm is in progress (3 Times pattern) during the 10s off time of the pattern the horn should be off.
    Fig 2: Burglar Alarm & Panic Priority Signal Chart
    G07426865Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  4. Autolock and Panic Priority
  1. During the activation of Horn and Hazard by Panic-Alarm, if get a AutoLock (b_AutoLockCmd) request from Burglar Alarm Function, it keeps the activation of Horn and Hazard by Panic-Alarm but do lock flashing.
Fig 3: Autolock & Panic Priority Timing Pattern
G07426866Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
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