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Reply With QuoteThis was the initial reason I bought the Fusion Brain, just to keep the antenna down until I switch Ride Runner to radio. Then when I switch to any other audio/video source it retracts again.Originally Posted by Skywalker52
Hi Guys
I have just started putting together my list of objectives for my first car pc. Most of it I know how I am going to do (with some technicaly exceptions) but the one thing I have no idea about is the antenna.
On my car it is a motorised retractable one, so when I turn on the radio it goes up and when I switch to CD player it goes down. I know already that I can wire my FM reciever into it, but is there anyway I can control the retraction?
This was the initial reason I bought the Fusion Brain, just to keep the antenna down until I switch Ride Runner to radio. Then when I switch to any other audio/video source it retracts again.
HARDWARE: Fujitsu Stylistic ST5111w/WiFi and dock, internal Hitachi 500G HD, external 1TB HD, Sierra Wireless Aircard 550, DVD-RW, BoomzBox HD radio, XM Commander, Delorme GPS, Saitek X-52 Pro joystick, BluSoleil Bluetooth, TPMS, FB, Elm327
Interesting. So let me get this right. The Fusion Brain is able to send the signal to the antenna motor via USB? In theory I should be able to have my frontend send a command to the Fusion on activating/de-activation the radio?
I havent looked into Ride Runner yet, I was planning on using Centrafuse. I still dont fully understand the Fusion Brain setup, but do you think the same thing can be achieved with Centrafuse?
the fusion brain is a control board-- it has a bunch of 12volt outputs, something like a switchboard or a bunch of relays-- but is controlled by usb, and can do numerous things. in this case, you would program it to only put out 12 volts on output #1(or whatever output your antena was connected to), only when the radio option is selected as a source...
Note: i do not have a fusion brain, so i have no idea how to program it, i only know that it has the capability to do a lot of things.
Yes there is a partially completed Fusion Brain plugin for Centrafuse. I'm not sure how closely integrated it is, but with mine I just added a command in the front-end to energize a relay on the power line to the antenna motor whenever I hit my radio button on the computer and whenever I switch sources from radio those buttons have the added command to shut off the relay.
You can probably find a thread on the CF plugin in the CF plugin section of the forum.
HARDWARE: Fujitsu Stylistic ST5111w/WiFi and dock, internal Hitachi 500G HD, external 1TB HD, Sierra Wireless Aircard 550, DVD-RW, BoomzBox HD radio, XM Commander, Delorme GPS, Saitek X-52 Pro joystick, BluSoleil Bluetooth, TPMS, FB, Elm327
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