Indicator switch steering wheel button
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:50 pm
Hello,
I was not sure, whether it would had made sence to add this to the thread of Summit Technologies so I opened a new topic.
What I was wandering about a couple of times, when I was reading about the idea in this forum of having self cancelling indicators, was whether there might be the chance to add a kind of motorbike indicator swich to the steering wheel in a similar position like Summit Technologies did it on the Raptor board.
The button of the switches being used on motorbikes or scooters can be clicked to the left or right to make the indicators work at the same side, then it comes directly back to the neutral position and you cancel the indicators by pressing down the same button. (I hope this description is understandable for those who may not know these switches)
So admittedly it is no self cancelling function, but you have all functions on one button using only one thumb and no need to change hands position or to look to the switch and for the case you are not sure, whether you already cancelled the indicator (probably more related to bikes) you just press the button down (whenever and how often you may want to) and either it stops the indicator or it does nothing (like indicating again or to the other side e.g.).
Of course I unfortunately have no clue about the wiring problem, so it would probably be much easier for those who do not have a removable steering wheel to adapt the cables from the original indicator switch to such a kind of construction. But perhaps somebody else has an idea, how that could be solved for the removable steering wheels, e.g. by adding additional cable and connectors.
So just a thought...
Regards
I was not sure, whether it would had made sence to add this to the thread of Summit Technologies so I opened a new topic.
What I was wandering about a couple of times, when I was reading about the idea in this forum of having self cancelling indicators, was whether there might be the chance to add a kind of motorbike indicator swich to the steering wheel in a similar position like Summit Technologies did it on the Raptor board.
The button of the switches being used on motorbikes or scooters can be clicked to the left or right to make the indicators work at the same side, then it comes directly back to the neutral position and you cancel the indicators by pressing down the same button. (I hope this description is understandable for those who may not know these switches)
So admittedly it is no self cancelling function, but you have all functions on one button using only one thumb and no need to change hands position or to look to the switch and for the case you are not sure, whether you already cancelled the indicator (probably more related to bikes) you just press the button down (whenever and how often you may want to) and either it stops the indicator or it does nothing (like indicating again or to the other side e.g.).
Of course I unfortunately have no clue about the wiring problem, so it would probably be much easier for those who do not have a removable steering wheel to adapt the cables from the original indicator switch to such a kind of construction. But perhaps somebody else has an idea, how that could be solved for the removable steering wheels, e.g. by adding additional cable and connectors.
So just a thought...
Regards
