<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Yeah - powered from the car OBD port. Exactly.  I measured it directly (11 volts when the car is off, and 12.6 volts when the car is on), but not under load, and yeah, that's definitely the next step.  I need some better equipment if I'm going to do it and not fry the circuit board.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>//.ichael</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 17 Oct 2022 at 16:27, Mark Webb-Johnson <<a href="mailto:mark@webb-johnson.net">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To be 100% clear, you are powering this from the car’s 12V, right? Not usb? The ext12v simply switches the car’s 12v power line, and doesn’t generate anything itself.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If that is so, I think the best check is to see that ext12v line and make sure it is being switched correctly.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards, Mark</div><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr"></div><blockquote type="cite">On 17 Oct 2022, at 8:32 AM, Michael Geddes <<a href="mailto:frog@bunyip.wheelycreek.net" target="_blank">frog@bunyip.wheelycreek.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>To be honest, I probably wouldn't trust myself. Might try and get a DA26 through cable or breakout cable so I can make sure I don't break things. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Michael<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 4:16 pm Michael Balzer, <<a href="mailto:dexter@expeedo.de" target="_blank">dexter@expeedo.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
  <div>
    If you're careful, you can measure directly at the voltage switch
    BTS452R, which is located in the upper left corner of the board
    close to the DA26 connector (label U4).<br>
    <br>
    See
<a href="https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-BTS452R-DS-v01_01-en.pdf?fileId=db3a30431ddc9372011ddd17aba80002" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-BTS452R-DS-v01_01-en.pdf?fileId=db3a30431ddc9372011ddd17aba80002</a><br>
    <br>
    12V output is the rightmost pin when viewing from the top, pins
    down, GND is the leftmost pin. Power input is on the tab.<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    Michael<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>Am 16.10.22 um 09:58 schrieb Michael
      Geddes:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite">
      
      <div dir="auto">
        <div>If you mean the 12v output to the  HUD, then no. I hadn't
          got a way of doing that yet. </div>
        <div dir="auto">It had crossed my mind... But was working on the
          things I could do. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">I haven't got those nice clamp ends on my
          multimeter. Just probes. </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">Michael <br>
          <br>
          <div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">
            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 3:52
              pm Michael Balzer, <<a href="mailto:dexter@expeedo.de" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">dexter@expeedo.de</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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              <div> Michael,<br>
                <br>
                did you check the SW_12V level with the HUD connected?<br>
                <br>
                Regards,<br>
                Michael<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <div>Am 16.10.22 um 06:36 schrieb Michael Geddes:<br>
                </div>
                <blockquote type="cite">
                  <div dir="ltr">
                    <div dir="ltr">Thanks for the response Greg.
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>I tried what you suggested and it still
                        doesn't turn on. (The 'on/off' is a slider
                        switch rather than a momentary button)</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>I also went into Jaycar and tried this simple
                        HUD: <a href="https://www.jaycar.com.au/gps-speedometer-head-up-display-with-obdii-data/p/LA9036?gclid=CjwKCAjwtKmaBhBMEiwAyINuwAF-ZMXvydGdYsUu--w37CmHr6mf1Emx_o2shbA3IvUNUQ4k-ZWtcBoCwQoQAvD_BwE" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.jaycar.com.au/gps-speedometer-head-up-display-with-obdii-data/p/LA9036?gclid=CjwKCAjwtKmaBhBMEiwAyINuwAF-ZMXvydGdYsUu--w37CmHr6mf1Emx_o2shbA3IvUNUQ4k-ZWtcBoCwQoQAvD_BwE</a></div>
                      <div>Results were the same (didn't have time to
                        find any settings though - as I got permission
                        to try it before I bought it).</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>I also confirmed that the cable is wired
                        exactly as specified (no more, no less)
                        including 120ohm resistor.</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>I'm starting to think there's an issue with
                        the OVMS board itself!?</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>//.ichael</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="gmail_quote">
                      <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 16 Oct
                        2022 at 02:09, Greg D. <<a href="mailto:gregd2350@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gregd2350@gmail.com</a>>
                        wrote:<br>
                      </div>
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                        <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hi Michael,<br>
                          <br>
                          Yeah, odd.  <br>
                          <br>
                          I see in the description that there's a power
                          switch on the side of the unit, so that will
                          probably interact with the voltage
                          transition.  After turning Ext12v on, and
                          pushing the on/off button on the HUD unit, I
                          would expect it would turn on.  After that,
                          transitioning Ext12v on/off should trigger the
                          unit to turn on/off as well.<br>
                          <br>
                          Assuming you do get it running, what I would
                          suggest is to create a pair of Events to force
                          Ext12v on and off when the car state
                          transitions.  For my car, the states are
                          vehicle.on and vehicle.off, but yours might be
                          different.  In the "on" event script I also
                          stop and restart the obd2ecu process, as that
                          will clear the CAN3 bus hang that I've
                          experienced.  It's a long shot, but perhaps
                          the HUD isn't turning on because it's not
                          seeing CAN traffic.  You might try the 12v off
                          / ecu stop / ecu start / 12v on sequence
                          manually and see if that wakes the HUD up.<br>
                          <blockquote>OVMS# vfs cat
                            /store/events/vehicle.on/myevent<br>
                            power ext12v off<br>
                            obdii ecu stop<br>
                            obdii ecu start can3<br>
                            power ext12v on<br>
                            <br>
                            OVMS# vfs cat
                            /store/events/vehicle.off/myevent<br>
                            power ext12v off<br>
                          </blockquote>
                          Good luck!<br>
                          <br>
                          Greg<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          <div>Michael Geddes wrote:<br>
                          </div>
                          <blockquote type="cite">
                            <div dir="ltr">More information:
                              <div><br>
                                <div>I'm definitely getting power on the
                                  OVMS -> OBDII cable.  11 volts when
                                  the car is off, and 12.6 volts when
                                  the car is on. I'm assuming this is
                                  quite deliberate. (And like 0.2 volts
                                  when the power to the ext12v is off).</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>By default, the HUD was needing
                                  (according to docs - probably) 13.2v
                                  to trigger it to turn on.. so I
                                  connected it directly to the car OBD
                                  and changed that setting to 11.5
                                  volts.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>When I turned the car off (still
                                  connected directly).. the HUD remained
                                  on as it was still getting > 12V..
                                  so the setting definitely worked.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Unfortunately when I then connected
                                  the OVMS to the OBDII and the OVMS
                                  -> OBDII cable to the HUD - it
                                  still didn't turn on. :(  (oh and yes
                                  - "power ext12v on".  </div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>Any thoughts on this would be
                                  welcome.</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>//.ichael</div>
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                              </div>
                            </div>
                            <br>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">
                              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat,
                                15 Oct 2022 at 07:15, Michael Geddes
                                <<a href="mailto:frog@bunyip.wheelycreek.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">frog@bunyip.wheelycreek.net</a>>
                                wrote:<br>
                              </div>
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                                <div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br>
                                  <div>Anybody got any experience with
                                    HUDs?</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>I bought this simple HUD from
                                    FastTech:</div>
                                  <div><a href="https://www.fasttech.com/products/9686283" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fasttech.com/products/9686283</a></div>
                                  <div>When connected direct to the
                                    OBDII port, it powers on and seems
                                    to function. When I connect it to
                                    the OVMS module with the standard <a href="https://www.fasttech.com/products/9652027" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fasttech.com/products/9652027</a> 
                                    the HUD doesn't even power on.</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>It's stated draw is 200ma which
                                    afaict should be fine.  I'm pretty
                                    sure the 12V power is getting to PIN
                                    16... though I will try again to
                                    make sure. I only have a crappy
                                    little Multimeter.</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>On the Troubleshooting it states:</div>
                                  <div>   "HUD only available for cars
                                    with OBD2 and EU-OBD agreements ...
                                    HUD Products don't support JOBD and
                                    OBDI protocol."</div>
                                  <div><br>
                                  </div>
                                  <div>The OBD HUD connector has the
                                    following pins:</div>
                                  <div>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">4*
                                      Chassis</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">5*
                                      Signal Ground</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">6
                                      CAN High</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">7
                                      <b>ISO9141 K Line</b></p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">14
                                      CAN Low</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">15
                                      <b>ISO9141 L Line</b></p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">16
                                      Vehicle Battery +ve</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">*
                                      Long pins</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent"><br>
                                    </p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">These
                                      are the standard OVMS supplied
                                      pins:</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">4
                                      Chassis Ground</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">5
                                      Chassis Ground</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">6
                                      CAN H (Primary)</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">14
                                      CAN L (Primary)</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">16
                                      +12V</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">So
                                      obviously the main difference is
                                      the lack of K / L lines in the
                                      OVMS ... but I wouldn't have
                                      thought that would have prevented
                                      it from powering up.</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">Does
                                      anybody have any thoughts on this?</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent">//.ichael</p>
                                    <p style="line-height:100%;margin-bottom:0cm;background:transparent"><br>
                                    </p>
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