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afarre · 10-05-06, 02:54 PM

Video file

(EDIT 11.04.06) Other webs where you can see the video:
YouTube, justanothermobilemonday, Solsie, ingope.in.ohost.de

Video shows car setup to use X51V & Aximizer as Carputer providing following features:

Bluetooth GPS Navigation
Fast tap Bluetooth dialling.
Music
Movies (not for the driver of course)
Online car diagnostics.

Car setup components:

X51V + Ratoc USB Host + Aximizer
Bluetooth GPS
Bluetooth Cell phone.
7” VGA TFT w/touchscreen
HD USB + Power inverter (12vDC to 220vAC 300w).
Car diagnostics OBD-II to RS232 adaptor.
USB and SD slots built at car front panel.
(Optional USB keyboard) (EDIT 10.21.06)

REMARKS:

Only one mass storage device can work at a time. Not shown in video but car front panel USB & SD slots behaves following way: while having HD USB connected all the time, when plugging a SD card or USB memory it becomes the active mass storage device. When removing it HD becomes active automatically.
Not shown in video but a keyboard connected to car front panel USB slot also works fine.
Mass storage devices and keyboard use Ratoc supplied driver. Touchscreen uses eGalax driver.
M|N5 is not my preferred Navigator, but is the only one I found that behaves properly with following features at a time: mirror mode + horizontal layout + minimize, as video shows.
I know fast tap dialling is not fast enough :) , less taps are required. Still searching for better software.
I know, I know, I have to skin it a lot .
I am not using motorized in-dash TFT because I could not find anyone able to adjust left & right orientation.
My current car diagnostics adaptor is a very simple model that does not change non-standard car baud rate of 10400baud. It only partially works with VagCheck if I reduce CPU speed to the minimum of 104MHz. VagCheck display does not have horizontal mode so video demonstration is done on PDA screen. I am to buy an adaptor based on microcontroller ELM323, there are a lot of very nice programs to work with it.

(Edit 10.06.06) A TO DO list has been added at post #15.

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afarre Aximsite All Star Super Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cadiz - Spain Posts: 614 Device: Sony Ericsson K608i Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 1	X51V & Aximizer as Carputer: Video demonstration Video file (EDIT 11.04.06) Other webs where you can see the video: YouTube, justanothermobilemonday, Solsie, ingope.in.ohost.de Video shows car setup to use X51V & Aximizer as Carputer providing following features: Bluetooth GPS Navigation Fast tap Bluetooth dialling. Music Movies (not for the driver of course) Online car diagnostics. Car setup components: X51V + Ratoc USB Host + Aximizer Bluetooth GPS Bluetooth Cell phone. 7” VGA TFT w/touchscreen HD USB + Power inverter (12vDC to 220vAC 300w). Car diagnostics OBD-II to RS232 adaptor. USB and SD slots built at car front panel. (Optional USB keyboard) (EDIT 10.21.06) REMARKS: Only one mass storage device can work at a time. Not shown in video but car front panel USB & SD slots behaves following way: while having HD USB connected all the time, when plugging a SD card or USB memory it becomes the active mass storage device. When removing it HD becomes active automatically. Not shown in video but a keyboard connected to car front panel USB slot also works fine. Mass storage devices and keyboard use Ratoc supplied driver. Touchscreen uses eGalax driver. M\|N5 is not my preferred Navigator, but is the only one I found that behaves properly with following features at a time: mirror mode + horizontal layout + minimize, as video shows. I know fast tap dialling is not fast enough :) , less taps are required. Still searching for better software. I know, I know, I have to skin it a lot . I am not using motorized in-dash TFT because I could not find anyone able to adjust left & right orientation. My current car diagnostics adaptor is a very simple model that does not change non-standard car baud rate of 10400baud. It only partially works with VagCheck if I reduce CPU speed to the minimum of 104MHz. VagCheck display does not have horizontal mode so video demonstration is done on PDA screen. I am to buy an adaptor based on microcontroller ELM323, there are a lot of very nice programs to work with it. (Edit 10.06.06) A TO DO list has been added at post #15. Last edited by afarre; 11-04-06 at 02:15 AM.