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How It Works

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The AHL control unit uses dynamic driving data to calculate the movements of the adaptive headlights and the automatic headlight-range adjustment.

The AHL control unit must be coded with the vehicle-specific data.

Vehicle-specific data includes, for example:

Data specific to the headlights is coded in the SMC (stepper motor controller).