Temp Fix for using both the Bluetooth Module & Control Module

[BestRadarDetectors]

A few of us have purchased these 2 Port Network Switches on Ebay and I can confirm this switch works:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Dual-2-...item23347dd7d1

They are $3.55 cents shipped and I just received a few and I can confirm that they do indeed work. You can connect the Bluetooth Module to one Port and the Control Module to the other port. Then a jumper cable to connect the switch to the Control Module. You can press the A or B button on the switch to switch between the different modules.

Guess for the price its worth buying in case you run out one day and forget your phone or iPod behind and its a simple push of the button to switch to the Control Module until an official fix is released from AntiLaser.

[winterbrew]

Got mine in the mail yesterday.

Will hook it up today.

[dinkydi]

on order, izza good at leaving mi phone behind

[ECMExpert]

Just ordered mine, I hope it works! It will be nice to have both!

[RigToFly01]

Man I love this forum!

[radargeek]

For a second when you said "network switch" I thought you were referring to an Ethernet switch, and that the ALP uses ethernet to communicate with the control module. Guess it can never be that obvious, can it? Cool that someone makes a physical A/B RJ45 switch.

Does it switch all 8 pins?

[BestRadarDetectors]

Just ordered mine, I hope it works! It will be nice to have both!

I have tested it and it works well. You will just need a small RJ45 patch cable to connect the switch to the CPU.

[winterbrew]

Just installed mine - all working well with a 50cm CAT5 patch lead

[radargeek]

Can you flip the switch between the BT and the control module on the fly or will that confuse the CPU? Is it better to kill power, switch, then power up?

[BestRadarDetectors]

Can you flip the switch between the BT and the control module on the fly or will that confuse the CPU? Is it better to kill power, switch, then power up?

I have done it without killing the power but there seems to be a few second delay because the CPU resets itself once the switchover occurs.



What I would love would be for AntiLaser to create a switch that auto senses if there is a Bluetooth connection and if not would automatically switch to the Control Module so when starting up you are always protected without having to remember to do anything if you run out without your phone.