Buses and control units in the R55, R56

2010 BMW 528xi StandardSECTION Buses and control units in the R55, R56

The most important buses on the R55, R56 are: K-CAN, MOST, PT-CAN and F-CAN.

The central interface for data transmission is the junction box electronics (JBE) in the junction box.

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