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Re: BMW EWS 3.3 Key Password -vs- Random Code
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 1/28/2010

The key identifies itself to the EWS. Each EWS contains an algorythm that generates the next number from the last in the sequence. This is the rolling code. The EWS know where each key was last time they talked. If a key gets out of sequence the number generat... Login to read more.