@appleguru -
I'm interested in your project and while I'm a very DIY person, I'm inclined to order the kit from you (mostly out of support) but am unsure as to its capabilities.
Can you clarify how the following situation(s) would work, especially in conjunction with a HomeLink option on
@artsci's remote switch as well?
Your video shows your Canbus kit switching to rear cam when in reverse, and front cam while in drive. This seems dead simple. However, I have the following questions:
1) with your canbus solution installed, How does one switch to the rear cam while in drive (to observe traffic from behind while driving)? Must I use the remote, or, could I use a HomeLink pairing to an MCU garage door button called "Camera" to switch between front and rear camera on the fly?
2) Assuming I could switch the view on the fly while in drive and view the rear camera, either via
@artsci remote or via HomeLink, does that then goof up your canbus solution so that when I change from drive to reverse I get the opposite desired camera? (While in drive I use
@artsci remote to switch to show rear cam, then, next time I change transmission to Reverse would your canbus device switch the input again to the forward camera erroneously?) or is there logic that checks the camera in use when transmission is in reverse and leaves rear cam active if it's already active?
3) Is there a way to have your canbus solution only display the Rear cam when entering into reverse, but otherwise not change to the front camera when selecting Drive? For example, imagine I have my HomeLink setup to switch from rear cam to front cam as I enter my garage. MCU will display front cam while I park, exit, and when I return. When I put car in reverse to exit garage, your canbus solution could swap cameras to rear cam automatically, but, upon hitting drive, LEAVE the rear camera selected as I drive. Basically, I'd like your canbus solution to override to rear cam if I go into reverse, but, not switch to front cam unless I use the Remote or HomeLink.
At the end of the day, perhaps I'm over-complicating this, but I'd like to use HomeLink to switch to front camera when needed, and use your canbus solution to automatically switch to rear cam when I go into reverse, but otherwise always leave rear cam active.
Thoughts? Thanks