Quote: Originally Posted by
boelle 
would still be nice with a "kit" and instructions on how to mod things
We can provide a complete installation-ready kit with the parktronic solution, which includes:
Item 1. Robby BMW's board
Item 2. Parktronic with 4 heads and embedded data probe (silver or black transponders on your choice). It is suggested to buy from local supplier if you want to save on shipping. Software is available for download from our site (will post links later).
Item 3. Only a PIC controller that can be soldered or placed instead of original.
Reason for this, original firmware does not have USB update capabilities.
Parktronic protocol is _automatically_ detected. You just need to solder in into your parktronic with proper polarity (i.e. Ground/Signal).
1-3 is on your choice. You may elect to only get #3, it may get you up and running.
Just to remind, Robby's device is matchbox-size, takes $15-$40 to ship worldwide.
18F2550/18F4550 mutually exchangable microcontroller is less than it, can
be shipped in a letter box.
http://novorado.com/index.php?option...d=37&Itemid=58
In the lib, there is undocumented capability to read parktronic data from the LPT port directly by means of libieee1284.so.3
It skips, and eats up CPU quite alright. So it means you can plug parktronic directly into the LPT port, for free.