I would think a mp3car employee should have turned the other cheek with this comment. Respected? Not by me now. Sorry I made purchases from mp3car if the other employees are like this. This kind of attitude on forums sure is common... Haven't seen it on here in a while.. Hope this isn't a sign. He was respectful on the first post and then was not in this post.. Wow these kind of people infuriate me.. Ok.. Enough of my rant, now to HELP a fellow hobbyist.
This is how I accomplished a similar effect of the powersupply w/startup and shutdown controllers:
Power : Inverter - Power this with a relay which turns on and off with your ignition
Auto turn on - I purchased this item -
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/powe...rn-module.html
Auto Turn-off - In adjust power properties in windows on laptop - set it to go into standby when running on batteries - I set mine to 2 minutes
The auto turn on module comes with wire and a momentary switch to run up to the front of the vehicle works as an emergency switch. There are wires that you need to solder to your switch on your laptop.. I purchased a docking station so there was no damage to laptop.
Hope this helps!
Quote: Originally Posted by
RedGTiVR6 
wow - good luck on your own!
the information is there, you just choose to not read or search for it.
you're not going to haev much fun with this project at all...
especially considering this question get's asked almost DAILY around here...