[Shotimes] The last word on EXPRESS MODULES

[Chris "Zap"]

Actually I'm a BSEE Student right now, but I cannot find a data sheet on the
IC used on the PC board :(  If anyone can get the information for that darn
thing, it would make it a lot easier!!  Other than that, it looks like
simple capacitors and resistors for the most part, which would be easy
enough to look at.  It shouldn't be all that hard to design a module for the
ups/downs.  The moonroof wiring is quite different, which makes the module
not applicable to the moonroof, though a circuit to open the moonroof
express wouldn't be too hard with reverse logic.  It has 12V normally, 0V
closed to open the roof (on the open roof side).  If you've ever seen the
diagram, it's quite a mess!

~Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: <alfitz@alfitz.com>; "*_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] The last word on EXPRESS MODULES


> Lemme see...  At some point we could have 7 modules on the driver door,
and
> 2 at each of the others, plus one moonroof-open, one for moonroof-close.
> That's 15 modules per car.  I think Uncle Al is trying to corner the
> express-module market.   :-)    Al Fitzgerald, "The Missing Hunt Brother."
> ;-)
>
> Theoretically you could use 7 (in a Gen2) or 8 (in a Gen1) modules in the
> driver door to give the driver "express down" and "express up" on all 4
side
> windows.  In fact, it would be a challenge to find the room.
>
> Any BSEEs out there who would tackle the challenge of reverse-engineering
an
> OEM module, then designing one home-made module that would support 4 ups
and
> 4 downs?
>
> Joseph van Oss
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <alfitz@alfitz.com>
> To: "*_SHOTIMES II" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:14 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] The last word on EXPRESS MODULES
>
>
> I just finished taking the express module that controls the passenger
door,
> out of the driver's door. Instead I installed it in the passenger door and
> now
> both the driver and passenger have the express down feature.
>
> That worked so well, I installed two more in the back doors with the same
> result. I'm thinking of installing 4 more for the express up feature. I
may
> even install a master switch to control all windows, up or down, with a
> single
> button.
>
> But first, I will install one in the moon roof console.
>
>
>
> Al Fitzgerald
> http://www.alfitz.com
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