Quote: Originally Posted by
f1racr 
CityFan86........ I love what you've done...... awesome work.
I am about to purchase 3 V1's for my cars and have Car PC's in them all so the integration into CF would be the one thing that would make me purchase.
One question I have is that I've previously made serial to V1 adaptors for an old version of similar software....... do you think that would work with your software ?
I can post a diagram that I followed if it would help. I'd be more than happy to pay you for your software if you think my current hardware would work OK. If not then I'll happily purchase some of your hardware once you've got the CF plugins sorted.
No other hardware will work with my Software (or any software using my protocol). This is due to the way I made the hardware.
As for frontend integration: I have said it before, I have no plans on creating software for different frontends. There are too many developers out their that have done this before and that would do a much better job than I. I have released the protocol for the V1CS and am willing to provide any answers to any questions regarding it. I expect and hope that frontend software will appear as soon as the hardware is out there. I will be selling the first few hardware pieces to people who will beta test it and/or develop software for it.
DISCLAIMER: The text below is how I am aware all other hardware works. If im wrong, im wrong, though I dont believe I am.
All other hardware acts like the V1 protocol is already in pc accepted serial format, and simply converts the TTL voltages (0v & 5v) to RS232 voltages (12v & -12V). The fact is the V1 protocol is not already in a serial protocol format, and the hardware out their simply uses a RS232 baud rate that is in sync with the V1 baudrate and thus picks up the data. The baud rate is too fast though for the V1 data so the data sent also include junk bits. So every byte transmitted includes 1 bit of V1 data and 7 bits of junk.
Ex. JJJ0JJJJ JJJ1JJJJ JJJ1JJJJ JJJ0JJJJ
Each "J" is a junk bit and the 0's and 1's are the actual V1 bits. There is no baud rate that could just pick up the 1's and 0's. This method is accurate in the sense that the V1 data is read. Its just not reading it using the correct protocol.
My method is what I consider the correct way to do it. I utilize a microchip that reads the V1 data in the exact method it was intended to be read (right data rate etc). I read the V1 data bit by bit at the correct baud rate. Upon reading the data I output it at the correct PC RS232 baud rate in a new cleaner format that I came up with. Was this last step needed? No. But seeing as I was transmitting the data to the PC after I read it from the V1, I figured I might as well transmit it in what I thought would be a better format.
Linear Mode
