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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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GBMINI is da Man

I wanted to install an old-fashioned (kinda) Oogah Horn but was searching for just the right switch. About the same time I acquired an extra toggle to fill in the blank in my toggle bank (rear fogs). Fortuitously I stumbled across a thread where someone used Ian's AutoUp circuit to drive his OEM driving lights. I inquired and Ian told me that the garage door opener option could probably drive a relay for my horn. I sent mine back, he added the opto chip and pigtail, and reprogrammed the card to have the rear fog toggle trigger 12v across the pigtail. Got it back in 2 days, installed it last weekend...and it works like a champ. . Just run the pigtail to the relay pins 85 & 86 and voila!

Not only does it sound fun (Mr "BMW" must be rolling over in his grave) but it's controlled by an OEM toggle. So Cool!

Thanks Ian!
 
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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As far as we're concerned, you haven't done squat... until you've posted a sound clip .
 
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Without pics (ok, sound clip) it didn't happen.

Ian is indeed DA MAN! Years ago I ordered three different AUCs with three different parameters. He got them all done, right, and threw in an additional level of QC to make sure of it.
I still need to get to the east coast to buy him a beer.

 
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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I don't have a way to post audio or video. My son's camera will but for some bizarre reason it won't connect to a computer for file transfer. S/W Bug of some kind.

I'll try to get a club member to get a clip at a hoo-haw sometime...
 
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Sin MINI
I don't have a way to post audio or video. My son's camera will but for some bizarre reason it won't connect to a computer for file transfer. S/W Bug of some kind.

I'll try to get a club member to get a clip at a hoo-haw sometime...
 
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 07:26 AM
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Many thanks - glad it all worked as planned
 
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