Carnetix p2140 Installation Question - Page 2

MikeH · 04-10-2007, 03:57 PM

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They can be had for about $250.00 on ebay and sport a ton of good features

That's a great price!

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so getting an adapter to work from the p2140 and being able to sell it through mp3car would be a great idea as far as marketing the p2140

Unfortunately, if the power plug is a special size/shape I would have to have a plastic mold made for only a few hundred parts. My guess is the math doesn't work...

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Really though soldering the power button may be the only option. Unless you can make it work with the wake on lan.

I do actually have a wake-on-link solution designed, built, and tested, but it requires that the laptop support wake-on-link. Apparently this is not all that common.
http://www.carnetix.com/forum/showth...ight=wake+link

DaveDog · 04-11-2007, 03:06 PM

$250 on ubid, with XP Pro!

http://www.ubid.com/Dell_OptiPlex_GX...801419891.html

spoonmastertb33 · 04-11-2007, 04:26 PM

thats a GX260- but good try

haha

also, I got mine for 160- comp, power brick, keyboard, monitor, and mouse.....(yeah- good deal.....)

spoonmastertb33 · 04-12-2007, 11:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ThunderStick

I wired the computer cable as described below.
On the PSU Wire both Primary 12vouts together and both Ground Together.
Cut the cable in half between the power brick and the connector.
Solder the leads you’ve just cut to the ends of that like this:
Red (12vin CPU) to Red (12vout PSU)
Brown (12vin CPU) to Red (12vout PSU)
Black (Ground CPU) to Black (Ground PSU)
White (Ground CPU)to Black (Ground PSU)
Also, solder the screen (Wire Mesh Ground) to black.
Fold the Green and Yellow wires back against the cable and tape them up.
Tape each join up individually, then tape the whole lot together.

what do the green and yellow wires go to?

markbuts3 · 05-23-2007, 11:30 PM

Well I just won a Optiplex SX260 on ebay for $160 (DVD, 512MB, 30GB, P4 2.8GHz) so I'll be using this guide once it arrives. I already have a P1290 do you think that will power it ?? I know someone running one in their car and he says it's running off a 12v 6.5A supply

The P2140 is definitely a better solution. Maybe I can sell the P1290 and get some of the cost towards a P2140.

MobiTekLink · 05-24-2007, 12:10 AM

I've been using it now for a couple of weeks and I must say this is very good! Not surprisingly since I've had P1900 for a couple of years now and never had any real issues.
I was using the previous version with no "USB turn on" feature, I must say since my PSU is inside my case opening it and doing the firmware update is a major pain in the ***, so as of now I havent tried it yet.
Im using a Commel 671 so Ill be updating on its USB wake on capabilities soon.

kirk78h · 06-05-2007, 10:53 AM

Okay, I ordered an sx270 ($240 on Ebay) and the Carnetix 2140. I'm pretty confident I can connect everything, with the possible exception of soldering the two wires to the power button on the mother board. Is it absolutely necessary to do this on the mother board, or can they be connected to the push button on the chassis? Since I am the world's worst solderer, I am extremely reluctant to working on the MB. Does anyone have a close-up photo of this? Any help / advice would be very much appreciated!

Thanks,
Kirk

BasicEvil · 06-12-2007, 09:52 AM

I don't know if you still need an answer for this. However, if you don't wish to solder any wires you can do as I do and simply take a solution from the Laptop crowd, serial port shutdown software. This talked about by the laptop forks so you can just do a search on it.

kirk78h · 06-12-2007, 10:38 AM

I'm just looking for something that works. I'm not exactly sure how the serial port shutdown works, but I will start searching. From the sound of it, I will need to find an old serial port connector, hack into the wires and connect a 5V lead into one of them, correct? Does the software allow for a delayed shutdown? This would be a big plus to be able to turn the ignition off for a few minutes, restart and not have to go through a full boot.

macpants · 06-23-2007, 01:41 PM

Sorry first of all but I got a real stupid question.

I have a carnetix 2140 with a Mac Cable kit and a Mac Mini (Intel) to go into my Landrover.

I have no clue which wires go where - the Carnetix instructions are thorough but no good for complete novices.

I am guessing the Mac Mini Cable kit plugs into the six pin socket (as it cant go anywhere else!) Are all the other wires leading from this outputs of some sort?

I take it the 4 pin connector on the other end of the PSU are the Power in cables? ie from the battery and ignition.

The block diagrams in the Carnetix manual probably answer all these questions but I cant figure them out.

They show two red wires and two black wires coming out of the case and being joined together before going to the battery - is this right?

Also if I am using the Mac Mini do I need to set the jumper for the Primary Power out put to 12v or +20v. I am guessing the latter.

And where do all the cables go from the output. I know the mac power cable goes to the power in on the mac. I know the smaller (green and black) goes to the y connector once the power switch has been modified. Where do all the others go?

Sorry for all the stupid questions but I guess, we all have to start somewhere.

Please can someone point me in the right directions for the answers.

Many thanks.

Lee

mrluke · 06-26-2007, 02:52 PM

just a quicky

apparntly installin service pack 2 of XP enables wake on USB ??

is this correct ?

this is what my laptop says

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...8144&rule=8520

MAZDABOY · 08-07-2007, 07:49 PM

So the 2 wires on the power button (motherboard) get wired to the 2140?

Also, If i order teh 2140 from mp3car about how long does it take to arrive?

ThunderStick · 08-10-2007, 10:47 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by MAZDABOY

So the 2 wires on the power button (motherboard) get wired to the 2140?

Also, If i order teh 2140 from mp3car about how long does it take to arrive?

IF using standby mode you can use a USB cable from the P2140 to the computer and it will simulate a button push.

Jay_1.8t · 08-10-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by kirk78h

Okay, I ordered an sx270 ($240 on Ebay) and the Carnetix 2140. I'm pretty confident I can connect everything, with the possible exception of soldering the two wires to the power button on the mother board. Is it absolutely necessary to do this on the mother board, or can they be connected to the push button on the chassis? Since I am the world's worst solderer, I am extremely reluctant to working on the MB. Does anyone have a close-up photo of this? Any help / advice would be very much appreciated!

Thanks,
Kirk

Have you installed this yet?
I have sx270 ready to go but didn't order 2140 yet though.
I'd like to get some input first if possible

MAZDABOY · 08-10-2007, 12:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Jay_1.8t

Have you installed this yet?
I have sx270 ready to go but didn't order 2140 yet though.
I'd like to get some input first if possible

Wow, another VW guy. Seems there are a lot of VW fans around here. I myself have a 01 gti 1.8t also.

I've been posting up a storm and what I've concluded is the dsx12vd would work for my sx260.

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