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pcmofo 
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Posted: November 07, 2006 at 6:10 PM / IP Logged  
So I know I can use a relay to take power from the reverse lights to turn on a back up camera and turn it off when the car is out of reverse. The difficult part is automatically switching the source of my monitor.
I have a lcd with 3 inputs that change via pressing a source button to scroll through them. It starts on the VGA input from my computer then goes to input 1 and then input 2.
I can make a relay that would pulse once when the reverse lights which could then trigger another relay to "press" the source button once. But then I need to press it twice when I am out of reverse to return to VGA input.
How can I get it to pulse twice (about a second or so inbetween pulses) when I leave reverse? I have tried drawing up a bunch of relay designs but I dont think it is possiable... I think I need some sort of circuit or something.
Anyone have any idea how I can solve this problem?
ff-mike 
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Posted: November 09, 2006 at 1:27 PM / IP Logged  
It all depends on the other hardware
Some multi-source monitors will have a serial connector that will allow a wired remote control
A serial port on the computer could also be used by an application to open a video capture window when the reverse lights are on
jimmyjacksti 
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Posted: November 09, 2006 at 5:34 PM / IP Logged  

Try using a dpdt relay from and interupt the one input you are using, triggered off the reverse

Jimmy Jack
pcmofo 
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Posted: November 16, 2006 at 3:33 PM / IP Logged  
I have a lilliput 7" lcd screen. I have some extra parts like a controler board and stuff. I could look around but I dont think there is anything that could do it...
ill-logix 
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Posted: November 17, 2006 at 9:45 AM / IP Logged  

This is what I would try. On your av in line I would run the signal portion of the av cable (middle conductor/pin) to the common of a SPDT relay and wire the middle conductor from your normal video source to the Normally closed side and the middle conductor from the camera to the normally open side.  Bond all of the shields together.  Then use the reverse light signal to energize the relay.


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