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Wiring Tilt Sensor

This blog post will give you the details to wiring a tilt sensor to your Infinitybox system.  Our system has very powerful security and immobilizer functions.  When you add inLINK to your 20-Circuit Kit, you get piece of mind built into your car’s electrical system.  We’ve blogged about the power of our security system previously.  You can read that at this link.  For an added level of security, you can wire a tilt sensor to your system.  This will trigger an alarm if someone tries to tow your car when you have inLINK security enabled.

You can set any MASTERCELL input to be an alarm trigger.  Most commonly, customers elect to use the inputs for the door pin switches to also act as alarm triggers.  Your horn will honk if someone opens a door when you have security enabled from the inLINK key fob.  You can also use any MASTERCELL input and wire that to a tilt-sensor.  Most tilt-sensors close their contacts when the angle of the vehicle exceeds a set threshold.  This would trigger when someone tries to tow the car or if they shake it.  The most popular tilt sensor that we’ve seen is the DEI 507M sensor.

This sensor is smart.  When you turn off the ignition, if learns the angle of the car.  If you parked on a hill, it knows how much the car can move before it will trigger the alarm.  To make this work correctly, you need to add a relay to the 507M module that grounds a signal wire when the ignition is turned off.  This diagram will show you the details.

Picture of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing how to wire a DEI tilt sensor into the Infinitybox system.

Picture of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing how to wire a DEI tilt sensor into the Infinitybox system.

Once you have the relay installed, you will need to wire the blue wire in the 507M harness to the MASTERCELL input that you’ve chosen to be your alarm trigger.  You’ll need to work with our application engineering team to get this set up for your system.

Click here to download a PDF version of this wiring diagram.  

Click this link to contact our team with any questions about wiring a tilt sensor to your Infinitybox system.

Change inTOUCH NET Password

Our inTOUCH NET accessory lets you control your car from any smart phone or tablet.  You get complete control of your car from the phone in your pocket or a tablet mounted on your dash.  inTOUCH NET has two layers of security.  The first is the password that your device needs to pair to the inTOUCH NET Wi-Fi network.  We’ve blogged before about how to securely pair your smart device to inTOUCH NET.  This link will take you to a blog post and video that goes through the details.  The second level of security is the password that you need to type into your smart device to unlock the system with inTOUCH NET.  This blog post will show you how to change your inTOUCH NET password.

Your inTOUCH NET came with a configuration sheet that listed the name of your specific module, the Wi-Fi password and the default password.  This process is going to let you change that default password.  You will need this configuration sheet to make this change.

You must use a smart phone or a tablet to change your inTOUCH NET password.  This process will not work from a computer or laptop.

The first step is to get to the Settings page for inTOUCH NET.  Click on the Infinitybox logo in the upper right corner.  This picture will show you where this is.

First step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

First step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Once you’re in Settings, you need to click on the Security box.  This picture will show where the Security settings button is.

Second step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Second step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Next, tap on the white text box under CURRENT Password.  See this picture.

Third step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Third step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Enter your current password.  If you have not changed the password, use the default password listed on the configuration sheet that came with your inTOUCH NET.  If you have changed your password, use that.  Once you enter the current password, press the Accept button on the screen as shown in this picture.

Fourth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Fourth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Next, tap the white text box in the middle of the screen under NEW as shown in this picture.

Fifth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Fifth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Type in a new password for your inTOUCH NET.  It must be all numbers and can be up to 8 numbers long.  Once you typed in the new password, press the Accept button as shown in this picture.

Sixth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Sixth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Next, you need to confirm the new password.  Touch the white text box on the right, under where it says NEW as shown in this picture.

Seventh step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Seventh step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Type in your new password.  It must match the password that you created in the previous step.  Once you have typed in the new password, touch the Accept button as shown in this picture.

Sixth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Sixth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

The last step to change your inTOUCH NET password is to hit the Apply Changed Password button as shown in this picture.

Eighth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Eighth step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

You will get a confirmation message like the one shown in this picture.  Touch the blue X in the upper right corner of the message box to close it.

Last step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Last step in process to change Infinitybox inTOUCH NET Password

Now you can touch any of the tabs at the top of the screen to get out of the inTOUCH NET Settings and get back to your normal car functions.

Changing your inTOUCH NET password is quick, simple and secure.  Click on this link to contact our team if you have any questions about these instructions.

inLINK Video

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.  

Passive Keyless Entry Integration

Our customers are very creative.  They are looking for the latest electrical features in their restorations, resto-mods, street-rods, kit cars and Pro-Touring builds.  The Infinitybox system is the only electrical system on the market that can get them the flexibility and the power to fulfill their most creative requirements for their cars and trucks.  We just got this example from Charlie B.  He’s restoring a 1971 Corvette and wanted to integrate a Passive Keyless Entry system into his car.  Check out how he did it with our Infinitybox system.

Charlie is wiring his Corvette with our 20-Circuit Kit.  He wants to integrate as many of the C6 Corvette features as he can into his car.  This includes the Passive Keyless Entry feature and the power door latches found in newer cars.  He purchased a set of the C6 door latches and fabricated them into the B-pillars of the car.  These latches take a 12-volt signal to let you open the door.  He also purchased the C6 door handles that have switches built into them.  When you pull on the handle, it closes a switch that is designed to send a signal to the C6 body computer to trigger the latches.  In this case, our Infinitybox system replaces the body computer from General Motors.

Charlie also purchased the Directed 2102T Passive Keyless Entry System.  He wants to replicate the features of the modern Corvettes in his resto-mod.  When he is away from the car, he wants it to be secured.  The doors can’t open and the car cannot start.  When he approaches the car, he wants to be able to pull on the handles to open the doors and press a button to start the engine.  Our Infinitybox system lets him do all of this.

Even before you get into the Passive Keyless Entry integration, our Infinitybox system has a built-in one-button start feature.  From a single button you can manage your ignition and starter.  You can click on this link to learn more about our One-Button Start.  This makes Charlie’s one-button start requirement easy.  It is standard with every Infinitybox kit.

The 2102T has an output that is called the Starter Kill Output.  It is on the 10-position black connector on the 2102T harness.  The Starter Kill output does exactly what it sounds like.  It is a ground switched output, designed to interrupt the starter relay in the car.  It connects to the ground side of the relay coil.  When the PKE transmitters are out of range of the car, this circuit opens to disable the ability to crank the starter.  When the PKE transmitters are in range of the car, the Starter Kill Output closes and creates a path to ground for the starter relay.  This lets you start the car.

In Charlie’s case, he wants to limit the ability to open the doors of the car and start the car using our one-button start.  For all of these switches, he used the Starter Kill Output on the 2102T to interrupt the ground path for his one-button start switch and the switches for his doors.  The following diagram shows the details.

Image of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing how to limit MASTERCELL inputs using the Directed 2102T Passive Keyless Entry System

Image of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing how to limit MASTERCELL inputs using the Directed 2102T Passive Keyless Entry System

Our MASTERCELL inputs are triggered by a connection to ground.  You connect the input to your switch then ground the other side of your switch.  Turning on the switch closes the circuit to ground, which turns on the MASTERCELL input.  The MASTERCELL then sends a command to the POWERCELLs in the system to control your outputs.  This link will get you more detail on how the MASTERCELL inputs work.  If anything interrupts the electrical path from the MASTERCELL input to ground, the MASTERCELL input will not turn on.  Charlie’s using the Starter Kill Output on the Passive Keyless System to interrupt the ground path to control when his switches will work.

For his one-button start, he connected the MASTERCELL input to one side of his switch then connected the ground side of this switch through a diode to the Starter Kill Output.  He will only get a path to ground for the one-button start switch when his PKE transmitter is in range of the car.  When the transmitter is out of range, pushing the one-button start will do nothing.

For his door latches, Charlie picked two open outputs on his rear POWERCELL.  He wired these outputs to the door latches in the B-pillars and grounded the latches to the chassis.  Then he took the MASTERCELL inputs that corresponded to the POWERCELL outputs and connected them to the switches in the door handles.  Instead of grounding the door switches to the chassis, he connected the ground side of the switch to the Engine Kill Output on the 2102T with a diode in series.  When he pulls on the door handle, the switch in the handle closes.  The MASTERCELL input will get connected to ground when the PKE transmitter is range and the Starter Kill Output is on.  This will cause the MASTERCELL to send a command to the POWERCELL to send 12-volts to the door latch to open the door.

The diodes in this circuit are very important.  They isolate the three inputs from each other so that they can operate independently.  Without these diodes, all three MASTERCELL inputs would turn on if you turned on any one of the switches.  The diodes that we recommend are 1N4001 and can be purchased from any on-line electronics seller.  The orientation of the diodes are very critical.  Diodes are like check valves and they must be oriented in the correct direction.  For this circuit, the cathode must be oriented away from the MASTERCELL input.  The cathode end is the one with the stripe on it.

This simple wiring set up gives Charlie all he wanted for his car security.  If anyone walks up to the car without his PKE transmitters, they can pull on the door handles and nothing will happen.  The doors will not open.  If they were to get inside the car and press the one-button start, nothing would happen.  The car would not start.

If Charlie approaches the car with his PKE transmitters, the 2102T activates and enables the switches for the doors and the one-button start.  He can pull on the door handle and the doors will open.  He can get in the car and press his one-button start.  The engine will start.  All of these features are exactly like what you get in a modern Corvette.

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

Please click this link to contact our technical support team if you have any questions about wiring your car or truck with our Infinitybox system.  

Security

We received a great question from a potential customer. He was looking to add the Infinitybox inLINK wireless upgrade to his system and wanted to know how secure it was.

inLINK is a great option for your Infinitybox kit because it easily adds remote control to your wiring system. You get our inLINK radio module and two key fobs. The radio module easily installs in the MASTERCELL.  If you purchase inLINK with your kit, we pre-install it for you. If you purchase it later, it is very easy to install yourself. It is completely plug & play with no software required.  This link will take you to the instructions to install inLINK in your MASTERCELL.

You can use your Infinitybox inLINK key fobs to control many things including your lighting, popping your doors and expressing-down your windows.  Most importantly, inLINK gets you security and alarm functions. When you press the lock button on the inLINK key fob, Infinitybox completely disables the inputs for the ignition, starter and fuel pump. This is done from within the MASTERCELL so it is very secure. If you try to start the car when Infinitybox security is on, you get a clear message on the inSIGHT LCD module alerting you that the car cannot be started. Additionally, you can tie MASTERCELL inputs to switches in your car so that if they are triggered when security is on, you can sound the horn or an external siren. This makes inLINK a very powerful vehicle immobilizer and alarm that is built right into Infinitybox with no additional wiring required.

Since inLINK is the key to the vehicle’s security, the question about the wireless encryption is important. We use Microchip’s KEELOQ hardware and encryption technology for inLINK. This is the exact same technology used in OEM remote entry systems, vehicle alarms, highway toll collection, garage door openers and medical device monitoring.

KEELOQ uses a frequency hopping, 64-bit code system. There are over 4-billion code combinations and every time you press a button, the system randomly generates a new code. The hardware is designed never to react to the same code twice. If you could try each of the different code combinations, it would take you 17-years to go through all of them.

We have our own seed key that is unique to Infinitybox so that other devices using the same KEELOQ technology cannot link to our system.

The Infinitybox inLINK system uses an industry proven, rock-solid technology to ensure reliable transmissions and hack-proof security.

You can learn more about inLINK at this link.

Picture of MES 5-Wire Lock Actuators

Central Locking

We created our inMOTION cell about 6 years ago to handle things that need to change direction.  From any MASTERCELL input, you can control power windows, lock actuators, exhaust cut-outs and other linear actuators.  What makes inMOTION unique is the fact that it changes polarity from within the cell.  This means that you don’t need special relays to change the polarity of the current flowing to your window motors or lock actuators.  inMOTION does that for you.  You can also control any of the inMOTION outputs from our inLINK key fobs and any smart device through inTOUCH NET.  This post is going to show you how to wire lock actuators with Central Locking to the MASTERCELL and inMOTION cell.

There are lots of ways to control door lock actuators.  In most cases, our customers want to unlock their doors when they disable security from their inLINK key fobs.  That’s easy.  From the inside of the car, they usually want switches that lock and unlock the doors.  That’s easy.  Another way to handle this is to use the central locking feature built into the MES 5-Wire Door Lock Actuator.  Our good friends at Electric-Life sell these.  You can see them at this link.

These lock actuators do two things.  First, they lock and unlock the doors.  That’s pretty basic.  They also have switches built into them to control central locking.  When you pull up on the door lock knob, it pulls on the lock actuator mechanism and closes a switch internally.  This switch sends a signal to the Infinitybox MASTERCELL to pulse the lock output on inMOTION to unlock the rest of the doors.  Pushing down on this same door lock knob closes another switch inside the actuator that closes a second switch.  This second switch is connected to another MASTERCELL input that sends a signal to inMOTION to lock the doors.  Take a look at this wiring diagram.

Image of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing how to wire 5-wire lock actuators

Image of Infinitybox wiring diagram showing how to wire 5-wire lock actuators

There are a few things to consider when using these lock actuators.

  1. Check the wiring diagrams that come with the actuators to confirm the wire colors in our drawing.
  2. Depending on how you have the actuators oriented in the car, you may have to change the wiring for the inMOTION outputs and the central locking switches.  You want the up and down directions to be the same on all actuators and you want the lock switches all in the same direction.  Check to make sure everything is working correctly before you finalize you wiring connections.
  3. You must properly adjust the linkage for the lock mechanism so that you can get full range on the actuator plungers when you pull up and push down on the lock knob.
  4. Make sure that you train the inMOTION cell correctly.  Follow the instructions that came with your inMOTION kit.

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

Click here to contact our technical support team with any questions about wiring central locking with our Infinitybox system.