System Protection Functions

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Normal operation of the sunroof system may be altered by one of the following events.

Obstacle or Blockage Detection

When enabled, obstacle detection is active only while the sunroof opening is approximately 4-200 mm (0.16-7.87 in) when moving in the closing direction. When an obstacle is detected in this range, the motion in the closing direction will stop and the sunroof will reverse direction for a short distance. The reversal shall complete regardless of operating Mode. If the travel is outside the range defined above, the sunroof will try to continue closing until it detects a motor stall condition or the system is at one of it's defined stops.

Motor Stall

If the sunroof is moving in the open or close direction and stops moving for 350 ms while the switch or serial data command is active and no obstacle has been detected, the motor shall be turned off to prevent overheating.

Sunroof System Thermal Protection

The sunroof controllers have a thermal protection algorithm to protect the sunroof controller and motor from damage due to overheating conditions resulting from immoderately switch actuations. The thermal protection algorithm will cause any new sunroof open commands to be ignored until the motor is allowed to cool. A number of close requests during an over temperature condition will be allowed. If the thermal protection is triggered during an obstacle detection event, the sunroof reversal shall be finished.