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20-Circuit Kit Power Up Video

February 11, 2020/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

This blog post has a simple video that shows you what to expect on your Infinitybox MASTERCELL when you power up your 20-Circuit Kit. The Infinitybox system is full of simple tools to help you troubleshoot and diagnose your electrical system. You can download a complete troubleshooting and diagnostic guide by clicking here.

This video shows you the start up messages that you will see on your MASTERCELL inSIGHT LCD module. It also shows you the different indicator lights on the MASTERCELL and describes what they mean. This video also shows you how to take an inventory of all of cells connected to the MASTERCELL including your POWERCELLs, inMOTION Cells, inVIRONMENT and inTOUCH NET. By simply pressing the HOME button on the MASTERCELL, you get a real-time confirmation that the MASTERCELL is communicating with all of the accessories in your system.

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inTOUCH NET Introduction Video

February 5, 2020/2 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Our Infinitybox system is the most powerful and flexible electrical system on the market. It can be used to wire any restoration, resto-mod, hot rod, street rod, kit car or Pro-Touring build. Over the entire range of our products and accessories, you can get complete control of the electrical system in your car. Our inTOUCH NET product gives you a whole new level of control. With inTOUCH NET, can control all of the features of your car from a smart phone or a tablet. The following inTOUCH NET Introduction Video walks through the highlights of what inTOUCH NET can do.

Scott Roth and his team at The Auto Shoppe in Vermont built an amazing 1967 Corvette with our inTOUCH NET. inTOUCH NET controls all of the functions of the car. We shot this video with Scott and the car to show off how inTOUCH NET works and what it can do. Check out inTOUCH NET in action here.

Click on this link to contact our technical support team to learn more about inTOUCH NET and how you can control your car or truck from any smart device.

Picture of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing to to wire the Digital Guard Dawg PBSII

Digital Guard Dawg PBS II Wiring

February 4, 2020/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Picture of the Digital Guard Dawg PBSII System

Our Infinitybox system plays nicely with any other electrical accessory that you would want to install in your hot rod, restoration, resto-mod, street rod, kit car or pro-touring build. This blog post is going to cover the Digital Guard Dawg PBS II wiring. It will show you how to connect the PBS II push-button start PKE module to your Infinitybox 20-Circuit Kit. This gets you the passive keyless entry features of the Digital Guard Dawg PBS II paired with the power and flexibility of the Infinitybox system. We have blogged before about wiring their iKey system into our Infinitybox system. You can see that post by clicking this link.

Before you go anywhere, it is very important that you thoroughly read and understand the manual for the Digital Guard Dawg PBS II. You can access that by clicking this link. Once you are familiar with their instructions, it is time to get into the Digital Guard Dawg PBS II wiring and the Infinitybox system. This blog post is only going to cover the connections between the PBS II and the Infinitybox system. Follow their instructions for all constant power and ground connects. Also follow their instructions for wiring their push to start button and their training button.

The PBS II will give you passive keyless entry (PKE) capability for your car. As you approach the car, the PBS II system detects the presence of the key fob in your pocket. It engages the ignition and lets you start the car. The PBS II connects to the MASTERCELL of your 20-Circuit Kit and replaces the need for a traditional ignition/start switch. This diagram shows the necessary connections that you need to make.

Picture of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing to to wire the Digital Guard Dawg PBSII

The PBS II will send the signals to the MASTERCELL for the ignition and the starter. When the MASTERCELL sees these inputs turn on, it will send the required signals to the POWERCELLs to power your ignition and starter outputs. The PBS II wires for the ignition and starter are positive signals. The MASTERCELL requires ground triggers for the inputs so you will need to wire in our inVERT Minis to buffer their positive signal. You can learn more about the inVERT Mini and purchase them at this link. The diagram above shows where to put the inVERT Minis in the circuit.

The PBS II also needs a signal to know that you are stepping on the brake pedal. This signal must be positive 12-volts. Since our MASTERCELL inputs work by being triggered to ground, you cannot get this positive brake signal from the brake pedal switch directly. You need to get this from the POWERCELL output for the brake lights. You can simply splice into the brake light output on the rear POWERCELL. Alternately, you can use an OPEN output on the front POWERCELL as the brake pedal trigger. You would wire the corresponding input to your OPEN output to the brake pedal switch, in parallel with your usual brake light input. Doing it this way keeps the run of wires in the car short.

The PBS II also has provisions to control door locks and trunk poppers. If you purchased inMOTION for your Infinitybox system, you can wire the MASTERCELL inputs for your door locks to the Unlock and Lock signals on the PBS II Accessory Harness. We recommend using a diode to isolate the MASTERCELL from any stray voltages that may exist in the PBS II. This diode should be a 1N4001 and must be oriented per the diagram above. These inputs will not work if the diodes are installed incorrectly.

The PBS II also has provisions to control a trunk popper from their key fob. You can take any of the OPEN outputs on your rear POWERCELL to control you trunk popper. You would wire the corresponding MASTERCELL input to the white Trunk wire in their accessory harness. Just like the signals for the door locks, we recommend isolating the MASTERCELL inputs from the PBS II with a 1N4001 diode as shown in the wiring diagram.

You can download a PDF version of this wiring diagram by clicking this link.

Please contact our team if you have any questions about this Digital Guard Dawg PBS II Wiring diagram. You can reach out team by clicking this link.

inVIRONMENT Video

January 22, 2020/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Our Infinitybox system offers you the broadest level of electrical control for your hot-rod, street rod, resto mod, kit car, component car and Pro-Touring build. No other wiring harness can do what the Infinitybox system can do. One of our most popular accessories is inVIRONMENT.

Our inVIRONMENT module is a revolutionary connection between your Infinitybox system and a Gen IV climate control system from Vintage Air. Using our inTOUCH NET and inVIRONMENT, you can completely control your heating and air conditioning from a smart phone or tablet in your car. You can control the blower fan speed, the temperature and the blend from a simple and intuitive touch screen interface. You can learn more about the inVIRONMENT module by clicking this link.

This video will show you the features of the inVIRONMENT module.

Click on this link to contact our technical support team with any questions.

Infinitybox Express Kit Video

January 9, 2020/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Our Infinitybox Express Wiring Kits are a powerful but simple way to wire any race car. We have versions for track cars and drag cars. They give your the power and control to switch your ignition, starter solenoid, fuel pumps, electric water pumps, cooling fans, telemetry, data acquisition, lights, trans brake and line lock solenoids plus other accessories.

The kit includes one of our solid-state POWERCELLs, a pre-engineered switch panel plus an IOX switch interface. You also get all of the universal wiring that you need to complete the harness.

Check out this video to see the details of our Infinitybox Express Kits.

You can contact our team for more information by clicking this link.

inMOTION Video

December 12, 2019/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

We just released a new video that covers the features and benefits of our inMOTION Motor Controller Cell.

The Infinitybox inMOTION Cell

inMOTION is a unique module that connects to the CAN network of your 20-Circuit Kit. It looks like a POWERCELL but acts differently. Instead of turning 10 things on and off like a POWERCELL, it reverses the polarity to 5 things. We originally designed inMOTION to control power windows and power lock actuators. Instead of relying on a switch, inMOTION has special h-bridge relays that reverse the polarity. This lets you change direction of things like power windows, power locks, linear actuators and valves.

That is just the beginning. inMOTION is smarter than a POWERCELL which means that you can get express features on your windows with no limit switches. You can also get wireless control through inLINK or a smart phone attached to inTOUCH NET.

Check out this video for a deeper dive into what inMOTION can do.

We have the solid model for the inMOTION cell available to our customers to help with their planning and mocking up process.

Click on this link to get in touch with our team with questions.

inRESERVE Video

December 4, 2019/1 Comment/in Wiring /by admin

Our inRESERVE Active Battery Management System is a great accessory for your 20-Circuit Kit. As you add more and more electrical requirements to your car, the demand on the battery increases when the car is sitting idle. inRESERVE continuously watches your battery voltage and safely disconnects the battery if it gets too low with your car is not being driven. This keeps your battery from being deep cycled and always leaves enough charge in the battery so you can get started again. Learn more about inRESERVE in this video.

You can add inRESERVE to your Infinitybox 20-Circuit Kit by clicking this link.

Click this link to get in touch with our technical team with any questions.

inLINK Video

December 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Our inLINK Wireless Control Accessory is our most popular add-on to our 20-Circuit Kit. It gets you powerful control of your car’s electrical features through a simple 4-button key fob. The inLINK accessory comes with a small radio receiver that gets installed inside your MASTERCELL. There is no external box that you need to make inLINK work. We recently published this video that shows you the details of inLINK and what it can do for your car or truck wired with our Infinitybox system. Check it out here.

You can visit the product page for inLINK at this link.

You can learn more about the security and immobilizing features of inLINK at this link.

This link will take you to a video showing inLINK in action.

POWERCELL

November 22, 2019/2 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Our 20-Circuit Kit is the core to the electrical system in your car. It is more than just a wiring harness. It is a universal wiring system that gets you the most advanced, functional and reliable electrical control on the market. The 20-Circuit Kit starts with our MASTERCELL, which connects to your switches. It also includes two of our POWERCELLs, which we call the muscles of your system. The MASTERCELL sends commands to the POWERCELLs to locally power your lights, ignition, starter solenoid, cooling fans, fuel pumps, horn and other accessories. We’ve talked about the MASTERCELL in more detail in a recent blog post. You can link to that here. This post is going to cover more details about our POWERCELL.

The 20-Circuit Kit includes 2 POWERCELLs. Each POWERCELL can control 10-outputs. One POWERCELL is for the front of the car, the second is for the rear of the car. The front POWERCELL is set up to control your headlights, high-beams, turn signals, front running lights, horn, cooling fan, ignition power, starter solenoid and dash power. The rear POWERCELL is set up to control your rear running lights, turn signals, brake lights, fuel pump, back-up lights, dome lights and other accessories.

Connecting your loads to the POWERCELL is very easy. You run the output harness from the POWERCELL to your light, fan, pump or other accessory. You cut our universal harness to length. You connect our output wire to the wire on your load. That’s it. Click on this link to get more details on connecting your POWERCELL outputs to the electrical loads in your car or truck.

You put the POWERCELLs in the car were you need them. This lets you eliminate size and weight of the wiring harness in your car. The installation is simpler because the runs of wire are shorter and troubleshooting is easier.

The POWERCELL is a remote fuse and solid-state relay box. The fuses that you need to properly protect your wiring harness are built into the POWERCELL. You do not need to add separate fuses. Also, the solid-state relays that control your loads are built into the POWERCELL. Each output can carry up to 25-amps continuously so you do not need to add external relays to control your lights, fans, pumps and other accessories. Also, we don’t use mechanical relays in our POWERCELLs. Our outputs are controlled by solid-state MOSFETs. This are rugged and reliable and give you tons of benefits over traditional relays. Check out this link to learn about some of the advantages of a MOSFET.

This video walks through more of the details of the Infinitybox POWERCELL.

You can easily add extra POWERCELLs to your 20-Circuit Kit if you need to expand the output capacity beyond 20. Each additional POWERCELL gives you 10 more outputs to your Infinitybox system. The POWERCELL kit includes the POWERCELL plus all of the harnessing required to connect to your existing 20-Circuit Kit. You can learn more about the POWERCELL kit by clicking this link.

We have the solid model for the POWERCELL available to our customers to help with their planning and mocking up process.

If you want to purchase our Infinitybox system or have technical questions, you can click on this link to contact our team.

Picture of the Nu-Relics Nu-Crank System

Nu-Crank Master Power Window Switch

November 21, 2019/0 Comments/in Wiring /by admin

Nu-Relics has been manufacturing power windows solutions for restorations since 2005. They pride themselves in making direct drop-in electric power windows for classic cars and trucks. Their products use the highest quality materials and are designed with the exact bolt pattern required for your project. They also use the exact same geometry for smooth and reliable power window action. They also make a very clever product called Nu-Crank. This is a switch assembly that they developed to control your power windows. The big difference from other window switches is that Nu-Crank uses the original window crank to drive the power windows up and down. You get the look of the original interior in your classic car with the convenience of power windows. The Nu-Crank mounts in the location where the original crank was located. You lift the crank to raise the power window and push down on the crank to lower it. It is very simple and elegant.

You can very easily integrate the Nu-Crank switches into our Infinitybox system to control your power windows with our inMOTION Motor Controller Cell. With our 20-Circuit Kit and inMOTION, you can control your power windows from any switch, that includes the Nu-Crank switches. The MASTERCELL inputs wire to the switches and inMOTION reverses the polarity going to the motors. It is very easy.

A customer asked us recently how if there was a way to control both the driver and passenger power windows from the driver’s side of the car without reaching over to the passenger side. The answer is yes. This can be done easily by adding a Double Pole, Double Throw (DPDT) switch to your harness. A DPDT switch has two different sets of contacts inside. It also has two switched positions. Using this DPDT switch, you can route the driver’s Nu-Crank switch contacts to two different pairs of MASTERCELL inputs. See the wiring diagram below.

Picture of wiring diagram showing how to wire the Nu-Relic Nu-Crank power window switches with the Infinitybox system

The wire colors shown in this diagram may not match the MASTERCELL inputs or inMOTION outputs for your specific system. Please reference the configuration sheet that came with your kit for exact wire colors.

You can easily hide this DPDT switch on the drivers side of the car. By flipping the switch between the driver and passenger position, you get the ability to control either power window from the driver’s switch. That way, you can control the passenger window without having to reach across the car to move the Nu-Crank switch.

Since the MASTERCELL inputs require so little current to trigger the input, you can use practically any DPDT switch. The MASTERCELL inputs require less than 1 milliamp so you do not have to worry about damaging the contacts of your DPDT switch of the contacts in the Nu-Crank switch after repeated operation.

You can download a PDF of this wiring diagram by clicking this link.

You can contact our team by clicking this link. We can help with any technical questions about wiring your car or truck with our Infinitybox system.