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| DaveCNB Member Since: 15 Mar 2022 Location: So. Cal Posts: 63  
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This looks really interesting/cool:
https://triggercontroller.com  Click image to enlarge Basically, it's a wireless power distribution/control module that you install under the hood, it can control up to 4 or 6 circuits and it's controlled by a wireless control panel you mount inside the cabin or via a bluetooth connection to an app running on your smartphone. No running wires through the firewall/trying to find the one grommet buried deep by the steering wheel. Pretty cool. They also sell a bluetooth enabled relay that you can use with their smartphone app if you don't want the whole multichannel system. Anyone tried/installed one of these yet? (I don't work for these guys or have anything to do with them, just stumbled across their product) |
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22nd Mar 2022 8:08am |
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| dsstephens Member Since: 06 Jul 2022 Location: Hartwell Posts: 16
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Yep! i use it on my D2 with 4 different sets of lights. zero issues. easy to install.
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6th Jul 2022 12:50am |
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| DaveCNB Member Since: 15 Mar 2022 Location: So. Cal Posts: 63
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Awesome, thanks for the feedback on them. It really looks like a great high end system. I'll be going that way down the road for sure when I redo my auxiliary/work lights for a more comprehensive system.
In the mean time, I used a 12V RF Controller and programmed the HomeLink buttons on my rear view mirrors to toggle the RF controller as a quick and dirty light control scheme that integrates quite cleanly: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic84733.html Not a perfect solution but quite economical and effective for smaller 12V powered accessories. Dave |
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26th Aug 2022 8:13am |
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| rustandoil Member Since: 08 Sep 2012 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 738  
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Interesting stuff.... Could that wireless relay be used as an extra level of vehicle immobilisation?
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26th Aug 2022 8:51am |
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| DaveCNB Member Since: 15 Mar 2022 Location: So. Cal Posts: 63
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Yes, I think if you pick the right circuit to interrupt and use the proper relay (toggle mode?) then you could use something like this as a RF/remote immobilizer circuit. The transmitters/receivers in these things are pretty rudimentary though, pretty easy for a sufficiently savvy adversary to record/clone the lock/unlock signal from the fob.
Then again, that 433MHz burst probably looks like yet another garage door opener signal to anyone not looking too carefully and without the right tools to analyze the signal...they might not even consider that it's there to further immobilize your vehicle. That and there is probably in any given residential area a ton of 433MHz stuff popping off left and right. If you're adding it as an additional layer on top of other existing security, I suppose the obscurity of it all might just elude someone who hadn't been set up and watching you/monitoring your RF emissions for a long time to figure out you have a non-standard/custom unlock code. Interesting idea. |
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26th Aug 2022 9:02am |
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| rustandoil Member Since: 08 Sep 2012 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 738
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I think I'm going to get the relay and have a play around 🙂
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26th Aug 2022 10:35am |
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| DaveCNB Member Since: 15 Mar 2022 Location: So. Cal Posts: 63
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Might be good to power such a RF immobilizer directly off the 12V take off box for acessories that's pre-wired in the right side of the engine compartment (power comes directly from the battery).
As for what circuit to interrupt w/ a relay (safest with an appropriately rated relay) I am absolutely NO expert and just guessing lol. Maybe check the specs of some of the aftermarket car alarms for the new Defenders to see which circuit(s) they interrupt to immobilize the vehicle. Dave PS - this RF switch is listed on Amazon and in the comments someone mentioned they'd used it for an Immobilizer system: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZSL6EF/?coli..._lig_dp_it Last edited by DaveCNB on 26th Aug 2022 3:49pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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26th Aug 2022 3:35pm |
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| DaveCNB Member Since: 15 Mar 2022 Location: So. Cal Posts: 63
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Ah...I just noticed that you probably have an older Defender that may be more forgiving of these types of hacks than the New Defender.
Cool, definitely let me know what you cook up. |
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26th Aug 2022 3:48pm |
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