CAN-view sales

eflier, you should really consider moving towards a NAV equipped version. This thing really suits the "I want it all" geek attitude, and those of us with that mentality bought the NAV. I think you will sell more, even with cut and splice.

There is one more alternative: A go between connector. You could ship with a pin extraction tool and the bare connectors, instructing the installer to move pins from N3 to the new connector, and put the new pins into N3. Not ideal, but not cutting and splicing either.

Nate

 

I'm game for one as well (I'm waiting til I find out whenever I'm getting my package #7 2006)

 

I like the idea of connecting at the NAV unit rather than at the MFD. It would be a more simplier installation without taking the dash apart. I am willing to pay the extra bucks for this solution.

 

Humm.. taking the dash apart would be nice to avoid!

 

Went in for my computer update today. I have to go back again next week!

After I remove the can view! They are worried it might interfere with the code loading.
They claim it interferes with the "sleep mode" they put the computer into.

So good idea to have connectors for easy removal!

 

Yes, I will do that. I'll take the board in for it's new code at the same time! Just got my kit from DigiKey!

Might have been able to do it right at the dealers, except I went down the street for breakfast and they had already given up when I got back. Only got to talk to the service writer, and she was even more concerned about my block heater plug in my car's bumper and all the "Voltages I had runing around in the car"!

 

Hi:

Does the CAN-View Ver2 with touch screen functions work with aftermarket navigation other than Pioneer? I already have an Alpine navigation unit. Thanks.

 

Hello
I would suggest not to splice the cable going to N3 because :
of warranty of course
it seems very difficult to do a clean job because there is no place to work and the harness is so short.

In the harness 08635-00010 you just throw away ONLY one connector housing.
But you get one complete female connector
and you have a complete set of male pins ,
you just need a male connector housing 90980-11922.
you should know that EACH male pin costs around usd10!!!
So in my opinion , it is the less expensive way to proceed.
Unless you get a connector by a car wrecker ; look somewhere in the forum, a guy in australia got this connector for a camera converter this way...


Another important point: it is easy and clean to make a male connector to hold the pins using epoxy glue.

I have no time before saturday to do more tests but I confirm that can-view works well and provides very interesting infos.
The only actual problem is a time out : after some time the screen goesback to INFO or MAP automatically.

By the way N3 is a 10 pins connector , but 2 slots are empty so there are only 8 wires :
R,G,B,S, TX+, TX- , Ground , VR (Video Return, same as Ground).

 

Y'know what would be an awesome function to experiment around with
for future revs of CANView? Wheel speed differential analysis, to
try and detect low pressure in a tire. It looks like individual
wheel speeds are readable via CAN, and when you're going straight
ahead they should all pretty much match. [You could even analyze
turning by reading the steering-wheel sensor...] This would provide
functionality that the brake ECU *should have* had loaded into it and
in fact exists in the RAV4-ev, but not in the Prius for some reason.
.
The jury is still out to some extent as to whether the rotation
delta is large enough to catch a tire going soft before it becomes
dangerous, however..
.
_H*

 

I'm interested in the connector-ized version for NAV equpped '06, so count me in as well.

Rick

 

when using the silab USB loader, there should be no power on pin 1 on the silab connector. cut pin 1 or cut the track or remove the 3.3v regulator.

 

If your unit has a remote control, you can still use the CAN-view as a MFD video input and have full control that way. In terms of the touch-screen, the CAN-view currently only has support for the Pioneer interface.. If you have details on the Alpine interface, I'm sure Norm would be open to adding the code to support it, otherwise, if you're technically inclined and have the equipment to do some signal probing to figure out the Alpine touch interface, the CAN-view does output X-Y on a serial port and you can rig up your own input box..

On the topic of connectors- is there anyone here on PriusChat that works with or has contacts in the plastic molding/manufacturing industry or the rapid-prototype/3D-printing industry??? Anybody with a Stratasys or similar printer at work?? Judging from lack of availability from Japan and outrageous costs when there is availability, a custom run of connectors may be the only way forward here..

Certainly home-made connectors can be created, both male and female, and I've done that for my CAN-view unit (I used hot-melt glue which is quick and easy, but epoxy, as Frenchie has mentioned, can also be used- it's more durable, but it takes longer to set and is somewhat messier). For male connectors, the procedure is exceptionally easy- solder/crimp the pins onto the wires, insert the pins into an eraser with the correct spacing and simply inject the hot melt glue in amongst the pins and around the outside, allow to cool and you're done. With a grinder or a sharp knife, you can clean up the connector and make it look quite decent. For female connectors, I used D-sub female sockets with a small sleeve of shrink tube around them to increase tension and to keep the glue from getting into the socket and gumming up the works.. To position the pins, I just inserted a number of stubs of wire in my eraser, and fitted the sockets over the stubs before applying the glue.. Easy as they are to make, I think this would have to be a do-it-yourself operation as I can't see Norm with a crate of glue sticks manufacturing these en-masse in his garage..

The only other thing I can think of is perhaps going through the connector catalogs and seeing if they have any "almost close" connectors (ie, may have extra positions, but compatible pins/terminals with the same pitch, so you'd have to cut off the extra pins and remove any mis-matched keys on the plug, but in the end you'd have something that could be plugged in that doesn't look like a total kludge).. A local stereo installer might also be a resource- most of them have hundreds of harnesses in stock and they may also be able to order custom connectors from aftermarket sources..

 

I think typical parked-in-full-sunlight temperatures around the dash
are at or over the melting point of hot-melt glue. I know the LEDs
I've got tacked down to a little bar of plexi to light my gauge panel
have shifted around some over the summer, where of course they're
rock-solid now.
.
I've always been amazed at the number of *different* custom and weird
connectors in the prius. Well, any car, for that matter. Where do
they *get* all this stuff?
.
_H*

 

so will the can view2 work w/any pioneer dvd nav. system? does anyone have a model they've used w/the can view and pics? i wondering how clear the video will come out on the nav.

 

thx for the pics. what software are you referring to? does it come w/the can view interface. i can't seem to find the avic-88 model for sale anywhere. that set up seems really neat though. hopefully i can find an affordable pioneer unit to work w/the can view.