Intermittent Wipe Mode

When the control knob on the control stalk of the right (wiper) multi-function switch is moved to one of the five Delay interval positions, the BCM electronic intermittent wipe logic circuit responds by calculating the correct length of time between wiper sweeps based upon the selected delay interval input. The BCM monitors the changing state of the wiper motor park switch through a hard wired front wiper park switch sense circuit input. This input allows the BCM to determine the proper intervals at which to send the PCI data bus message to the IPM to energize and de-energize the front wiper motor intermittently for one low speed cycle at a time.

The BCM logic is also programmed to provide an immediate wipe cycle and begin a new delay interval timing cycle each time a shorter delay interval is selected, and to add the remaining delay timing interval to the new delay interval timing before the next wipe cycle occurs each time a longer delay interval is selected. The intermittent wipe mode delay times are speed sensitive. The BCM monitors vehicle speed messages received from the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) over the PCI data bus in order to provide the speed sensitive delay intervals. Above about sixteen kilometers-per-hour (ten miles-per-hour) the delay is driver adjustable from about one-half second to about eighteen seconds. Below about sixteen kilometers-per-hour (ten miles-per-hour) the delay times are doubled, from about one second to about thirtysix seconds.