Rolling Anti-lag Wiring

Nexus Series Firmware Help › Vehicle Functions › Rolling Anti-lagUpdated Sep 2026

Rolling anti-lag is armed by a switch, and the ECU has to be told exactly what that switch looks like electrically. Get the input setup right and the feature behaves every time. Get it wrong and it either won't arm or turns on by itself. Here's how we set the input up on a Nexus in NSP.

Picking an input

The Rolling Anti-Lag Switch setting assigns which ECU input reads your arming switch. Either an SPI (synchronized pulsed input) or an AVI (analog voltage input) will work. Which one you choose changes the settings you need to fill in.

Using an SPI

An SPI treats the switch as a digital signal, so you tell it which transition means "on."

SettingWhat it doesOur advice
Edge SelectFalling means the switch grounds the input when on. Rising means the switch feeds voltage to the input when onMost dash switches ground the input, so Falling is the common choice
Sensor TypeHow the input interprets the signalHall Effect for any switch input
PullupHolds the input at a voltage while the switch is openEnable it for a ground-switching switch, otherwise the input floats when off

Using an AVI

An AVI reads a voltage, so you set two thresholds: a Switch On Voltage and a Switch Off Voltage. Crossing the On value arms the function, and the voltage has to come back past the Off value before it disarms. Leaving a healthy gap between the two gives you tolerance for voltage wobble and electrical noise, so the function doesn't flicker on and off.

Two ways a switch commonly behaves, and how we'd set it:

Switch behaviorSwitch On VoltageSwitch Off VoltageResult
Sits at 5V when off, pulled to 0V when on0.5V4.5VArmed once it drops below 0.5V, disarmed once it climbs above 4.5V
Sits at 2.5V when off, goes to 12V when on4.5V3.0VArmed once it rises above 4.5V, disarmed once it falls back below 3.0V

With a 5V-to-ground switch, settings of 1.0V on and 4.0V off would also work. They just leave more room at each end. The idea is the same either way: put each threshold clearly inside the voltage the switch actually reaches, not right on the edge of it.

Check it before you drive

Flip the switch with the ECU connected and watch the input's live voltage or state in NSP. Confirm it changes cleanly both ways. It's the fastest way to catch a wrong edge, a missing pull up or thresholds that sit too close to the real voltage.

Next steps

Once the switch reads correctly, move on to the rolling anti-lag setup itself, then the ignition override and fuel correction tables. Rolling anti-lag is hard on turbos and exhaust parts, so build up gradually and watch your logs. A dual switch panel kit is a tidy way to add the arming switch.