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WHY?
* DeadTreeWare [1] sucks.
* I travel far too much - why not have what I want?
* I want my music with me, but don't want to scratch my CDs.
* I enjoy using NetStumbler [2] for recreational purposes. (Yes, I'm
a lost cause...)
* It's cool!
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VEHICLE
Nissan Pulsar N16 [3]
OWNER: TysonClugg [4]
MODEL: 2001 Nissan Pulsar Sedan (N16)
COLOUR: Charcoal grey
ENGINE: 4 cylinder 1.8 litre
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NODE
ID: DCG
COORDINATES: Umm... -37.87555 145.21494?
ACCURACY: Laughable!
STATUS: Testing
USING DEVICE: Wyse USB
ANTENNA: Built-in OmniAntenna [5]
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COMPUTER
VIA EPIA 5000 Mini ITX Mainboard [6]
MODEL: VIA EPIA 5000 All In One [7]
CASE: Cubid 2677R [8]
PROCESSOR: VIA Eden C3 533MHz
MEMORY: 256MB RAM
STORAGE: 13GB HDD
O/S: WindowsXP [9]
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USER INTERFACE
DISPLAY
Sony XAV-7W [10]
Sony XAV-7W [11]
* Reasonable image quality (NTSC/PAL), fonts below 14pt illegible
(not suitable for word processing!)
* Discrete when parked - looks like an ordinary stereo.
* Provides 4x45W amplification to simplify audio setup.
INPUT
BTC 5090 [12] 900MHz Wireless multimedia keyboard/mouse
[http://www.btcusa.com/btc2001_e/images/5090.jpg]
* "Dongle" is mounted within dash since LoS [13] not required.
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WIRELESS
MANUFACTURER: Wise [14]
MODEL: Wireless USB Adapter
RECEIVESENSITIVITY: ???
OUTPUT POWER: ???
ANTENNA: Fixed (2dBi?)
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GPS TRACKING
Genius USB [15]
Equipped with a GPS unit [16] from Rojone [17].
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CHANGELOG
;Wednesday 3 July 2002:Received Genius USB from Rojone [18]
;Wednesday 23 January 2002:Installed RedHat [19] Linux [20] 7.2 via
FTP using PCMCIA [21] network card
Tested playing 192Kb/sec mp3 using mpg321, CPU load was between 80 and
85 percent
;Friday 27 December 2002:Installed the Sony XAV-7W head unit and the
Eden.
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TODO
* Complete dual battery installation
* Get a sticker for the back window (ala: PropagandaSquad [22])
* Touch sensitive film for in-dash screen
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LINKS
;gpsdrive [23]:GpsDrive is a car (bike, ship, plane) navigation
system. GpsDrive [24] displays your position provided from your NMEA
capable GPS receiver on a zoomable map, the map file is autoselected
depending of the position and prefered scale. Speech output is
supported if the "festival" software is running. The maps are
autoselected for best resolution depending of your position and can be
downloaded from Internet. All Garmin GPS reveiver with a serial output
should be usable, also other GPS receiver which supports NMEA
protocol.
GpsDrive is written in C with use of the GTK+ graphic toolkit and runs
with Linux and FreeBSD [25].
;gps3d [26]:GPS3D is a collection of utilities to manipulate a
handled GPS device from your PC, and vizualize the result in 3D.
Even without a GPS device, you can still use gps3d to play
interactively with a 3D texture mapped model of earth and vizualize
MapBlast [27] maps in 3D.
;Freediag [28]:Freediag is a suite of vehicle diagnostic protocols
and an OBD II (mostly) compliant Scan Tool, currently for Linux
platforms.
OBD II is a standard for vehicle diagnostics relating to emissions
implemented on all US vehicles since the mid 1990s. Europe has just
introduced a standard called EOBD which is basically the same.
The idea is that any garage/workshop will have a scantool and can
diagnose vehicles with emissions problems - these are brought to the
attention of the driver by a "Check Engine" light.
This suite also contains protocol suites for some manufacturer
specific protocols such as the protocol used on some Mercedes Benz
gearbox controllers. It is intended to add the VW diagnostic protocol
shortly.
It is intended that this grow into a full blown diagnostic suite for
configuring and checking faults on many vehicles.
There are 4 physical interfaces specified for vehicles, ISO9141
(K-Line), ISO14230 (effectively the same as ISO9141), SAE-J1850 VPW
and SAE-J1850 PWM. A 5th interface type (CANbus) is specified but not
used for standardised OBDII diagnostics.
The bulk of the original code and design was written by Richard
Almeida, the code was then checked and made more portable as the first
stage of a project to make it portable to Windows by Andy Whittaker.
Much work has been done by Bjorn Helgaas on enhancing the usability of
the scantool, sanitising the comments in the code and adding
functionality to the scantool.
;OBDII Automotive Diagnostics [29]:This is an interface between a
personal computer and a vehicle's OBDII diagnostic bus. It allows you
to Read out trouble codes when your "check engine" light comes on. You
can also clear these codes. You can retrieve pretty much any piece of
OBDII mandated diagnostic data from your vehicle. The interface
supports all three of the OBDII protocols used in US vehicles: VPW
(General Motors), PWM (Ford), and ISO9141 (Chrysler, Asian, and
European). BR-3 model also adds ISO 14230 protocol (also called
Keyword 2000).
;GNUnilink [30]:This is a project to build a PIC to emulate the
responses of a Sony CD MultiChanger [31], so that the Phono/RCA's on
the rear on Sony head units can be used for a portable CD or MP3
player.
;Sony Unilink - Understanding the Unilink Bus [32]:Unilink is the
protocol used to communicate between sony and some alpine car audio
products.
The aim of this site is to promote an interest in the reverse
engineering of the unilink protocol with the view to building unilink
enabled devices. This is aidded by the Unilink Discussion Board and
the various resources on this site.
All information on this site has been collected by members of the
unilink discsussion board through the reverse enginneering of unilink
devices. The information cannot be guaranteed to be correct and is
used at your own risk.
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COMMENTS
Links:
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[1] http://www.ausway.com/ez/category9_1.htm
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NetStumbler
[3] http://www.wireless.org.au/~tyson/wikipic/?NissanPulsar.jpg
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?TysonClugg
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OmniAntenna
[6] http://www.viavpsd.com/product/images/M/epia_mini_itx.jpg
[7]
http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_mini_itx_spec.jsp?motherboardId=21
[8] http://www.mini-itx.com/reviews/2677R/
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?WindowsXP
[10] http://www.xplodsony.com/products/images/XAV-7W_product_image.jpg
[11] http://www.xplodsony.com/products/?CATEGORY=Video&MD=XAV-7W
[12] http://www.btcusa.com/btc2001_e/products_multimedia_wirele.html#4
[13] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LoS
[14] http://www.wise.com.tw/wisetech/technology/index.htm
[15]
http://www.wireless.org.au/~tyson/files/nodes/dcg/misc/GeniusUSB.jpg
[16] http://www.rojone.com.au/gpsrxindex.html
[17] http://www.rojone.com.au
[18] http://www.rojone.com.au/
[19] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RedHat
[20] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Linux
[21] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PCMCIA
[22] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PropagandaSquad
[23] http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/
[24] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?GpsDrive
[25] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?FreeBSD
[26] http://www.mgix.com/gps3d/
[27] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MapBlast
[28] http://freediag.sourceforge.net/
[29] http://obddiagnostics.com/
[30] http://gnunilink.sourceforge.net/
[31] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?MultiChanger
[32] http://www.cus.org.uk/~cleggy/
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