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Old 04-16-2009, 10:40 PM
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Default Re: Worklog - Road RagE II (2007 Tundra)

Today I found myself in a bit of a dilemma. I went down to the Toyota dealer to inquire about getting a switch. I figured perhaps the VSC or Tow/Haul. Turns out all the switches are momentary contact. Plus, they were $95!!

From there, I tried the automotive parts dealers. None of the switches they had would fit the blanks and they were all butt-ugly rockers.

So as I was mulling over my (limited) options, my Senior Technician said: "Why don't you use one of the programmable outputs on the radio?"

Genius!!!!

First then is to connect the relay to the radio's accessory connecter:



It is reconnected to the radio:



Now, into the radio software. Pin 14 is set as an active low output:



It is set to toggle between its states and the states are assigned alias:



Finally, one of the buttons is assigned for auxillary control:





So, test it out and it works as expected - cool!





The seat is put back in. Fits perfectly:



Here we are:



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