360° Parking Aid System - Operation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2018 Jaguar XE and 2017 Jaguar XE. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE: Vehicles equipped with InControl™ Touch Systems are equipped with an Audio Head Unit (AHU). Vehicles equipped with InControl™ Touch Pro Systems are equipped with Infotainment Master Controller (IMC).

The 360° Parking aid system automatically becomes active when the parking aid system is turned on, except in park gear. The 360° Parking aid system is turned on via the parking aid switch or if Reverse (R) gear is selected.

The park assist sensors will monitor the vehicles surrounding area. When an object has been detected and then moves out of the sensor's range, it will then be tracked. The software which the Parking Aid Control Module (PACM) implements, takes into consideration the trajectory of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed and steering wheel angle.

If the vehicle is equipped with the following system, the PACM will then inform the driver via the Audio Head Unit (AHU), the information the PACM received from the parking aid and park assist sensors:

InControl™ Touch infotainment system.
If the vehicle is equipped with the following system, the PACM will then inform the driver via the Infotainment Master Controller (IMC), the information the PACM received from the parking aid and park assist sensors.
InControl™ Touch Pro infotainment system.
The PACM relays information to the AHU or IMC, using the High Speed (HS) Controller Area Network (CAN) chassis systems bus. The AHU or IMC will then receive this using the HS CAN comfort bus.

The AHU or IMC will then inform the TS which will then display an on screen plan view of the vehicle with predefined zones and sectors around it. The location and distance of an obstacle is represented by bars.

The bars are color coded:

Red - close range and object in collision course.
Amber - mid range and object in collision course.
Yellow - far range and object in collision course.
Grey - any range and object not in collision course.

The 360° parking aid system also provides a warning audio alert. On a threat of detection within the predefined range, audio beeps are reproduced. As the distance to threat diminishes the repetition frequency increases. At the minimum safe guard distance the beeps turn into constant tone.

When the directional of which a threat of an object is detected, the warning alert can be heard in the relevant speaker.