Infinitybox One-Button Start

[jharris]

Guys,

We wanted to publish a few new posts on our blog for our One-Button Start feature. This is a standard feature on our 10 and 20-Circuit Kits for all of our Factory Five configurations. This feature lets you get push-start capability in any car. This blog post takes you the details on how it works and a video showing it in action.

http://infinitybox.com/wiring/one-button-start/

To start your engine, you have a few options when you wire your car with our Infinitybox system. You can use a traditional keyed ignition switch. You pick our standard input wires for the ignition and starter and wire those to the switch. Or you can use our One-Button Start function. This involves taking one MASTERCELL input wire and connecting it to a momentary button. That is all you need to manage your ignition and starter outputs.

When you press and release the button, the ignition output turns on. When you press and release the button again, the ignition output turns off. Pretty simple. To start the engine, you simply press and hold the button. The POWERCELL turns on the ignition, waits one second for the fuel pump to prime, then cranks the starter solenoid. The starter will crank as long as you are pressing the button. When the engine starts, you simply release the button and the starter will stop cranking. The POWERCELL turns off the starter output but leaves the ignition output live so the engine will run. To shut down the engine, you simply press and release the button again.

You can use any momentary push button to start the car. A lot of guys use the Honda S2000 Engine Start button. This blog post will get you details on how to wire that to the MASTERCELL.

s2000start.jpg

http://infinitybox.com/wiring/s2000/

Other guys like the Nissan GTR Start Stop button. This link will get you details on how to wire this button to the MASTERCELL.

gtr_button.jpg

http://infinitybox.com/wiring/gtr-start-stop-button/

A lot of our customers who are building open top cars like the MK4 or the Hot Rod use our one button start to manage the engine. They use our inLINK key fob as their key to the car. When they walk away from the car, they press the lock button on the key fob. This engages security on the MASTERCELL. The ignition, starter and fuel pump outputs are now disabled so you can't start the car if you press the start button. When you come back to the car, you disable security from the inLINK fob. This lets you use the one-button start to crank the engine.

Watch for a new version of inLINK in 2017 that will offer proximity-based control of the system.

[dallas_]

Awesome. Thanks for the info.
I'm going that route on my SLC.

[jharris]

Very cool... have you picked a button?

[dallas_]

Not yet. Any other suggestions?

[jharris]

You can use practically any momentary button. The Honda S2000 button is really popular as is the Nissan GTR button. The post above has details on both of those. We really like these buttons made by Bulgin. Check out their MPI002. They are stainless steel with a LED trim ring. They are designed for elevators and are rock solid.

http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/57/Bulgin_2010_p180-2249.pdf

You can get them with Red, Green, Blue or Yellow LEDs.