Alright guys, this is breaking news I have a source who is offering a Hot New mod. for the Power FC Commander. This modification for the Commander screen, upgrades the original monochrome/backlit color scheme to a dual colored scheme of blue and white (blue screen w/white lettering). This makes it Much easier to see at night and is a very nice color combo. It's comparable to the LCD screen of the Super-AFC. The price will be set within the week and it will be in the neihborhood of $100-$120. This mod. can be done to your existing Power FC commander as well as to one purchased brand new. Brand New ones with the mod. will be available. Please contact me if you think you might be interested in this. I will post pics. of one already modified in a day or two. Contact me via PM or onebadd7@cs.com Rotor On guys !!

 

nice to hear. Bring on the pix!

 

If he can do it in blue, can he do it in an Amber/Red color to match the stock gauges? Probably wouldn't be as easy to see as the blue... but my girlfriend hates the non-matching color. At least an amber color would shut her up...

Post some pics man!

Rob

 

Interested... keep us posted!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by saxyman990
If he can do it in blue, can he do it in an Amber/Red color to match the stock gauges? Probably wouldn't be as easy to see as the blue... but my girlfriend hates the non-matching color. At least an amber color would shut her up...

Post some pics man!

Rob [/QUOTE

in so I can keep track of this thread

 

I can't believe I went on this forum. Hopefully, this new mod works, because I'll definitely purchase one.

 

Bring on the pictures!!! Also interested in the amber one if at all possible.
You know what I think would be neat?
If you made a screen in a custom mount that went into screen pod type thing in the middle dash speaker thing.
I saw a FD with a Motec digital gauge setup in that spot the other day on the speed channel and I creamed myself.

 

well i emailed you...but i must say...$120 is alot to change the color of my pfc commander.

 

Anyone know a way to connect it to a indash LCD screen. That would be something I would buy.

 

that would be cool for an indash touch screen...........

 

I'm looking for a modification that will improve the readability/resolution of the Commander during the daytime, not at night. I find that any type of daytime reflected glare makes the Commander unreadable. I've adjusted the resolution and it simply doesn't solve the problem. I've never had a nighttime readability problem!

Maybe I'm confused though about what you are trying to do. Is it solve a problem with the Commander or increase the cool factor?

If this product is still in development, please focus on improving daytime readability and get your costs down. I'm sorry but $100-$120 is simply too steep!

 

That would be cool, but the Power FC doesn't support that, so it's not going to happen. Maybe a hardware/software hack (like datalogit) could do something like that, but it would probably be more trouble then it's worth.

 

Get really dark tinted windows, problem solved! Have you tried one of those screen protector things? Like they sell for palms and pocket pc's? Some of them might help cut down on the glare, when it boils down to it, it's just a poor design and there isn't a whole heck of a lot you can do with out some major modifications.

 

Jonesboro, this modification will do exactly that ! Think about it. Have you ever seen an old gameboy screen.....hard as hell to see in the day. Well, compare a colored screen gameboy to that. The screen itself is blue with white lettering so daytime readability is improved without a doubt ! I hope to have pics. up tonight. I'll keep you all posted.

 

Does this mean we can use a gameboy as the commander instead?
That would be ****!
Thank you.

 

This sounds interesting. I'd like to see some pics of the modification, before I consider buying.

 

Well, for the touch screen thing, whether the PFC supports or not shouldn't matter. So long as it gets the same signal as pushing a button it should work.

I was just thinking about this too. All you really need to do is replace the light. Probably a 5V light. You could probably put in a surface mount LED that's bright enough and get it done. That way you wouldn't have to find and replace the display.

I'd love to see pics too, but I fear that these are easy to photochop, so I'd want to see them first hand.

 

Glass, Yes you can switch back and forth from your PFC readings to Super Donkey Kong as you please.

 

Sure you could rig it that way, but what would be the point without the proper interface? It would be for a bling factor more then anything and wouldn't add any functionality to the PFC or commander. Now if there was a nice candy coated interface with touch inputs that could graph and change parameters and added to ease of use and functionality that would be something else all together. I just don't see spending several hundred dollars on something that won't really add to the experience or improve the product.

 

Interested but I would like to know how you are doing this and why it costs so damn much??

 

Okay, I'm listening.

It will also help me if you create "a level of comfort" by explaining what the mod actually does, the testing you have conducted, and the qualifications/experience of the folks developing the mod. What I mean is, you are tinkering with the electrical system, so I would like some discussion in electrical terms so I know this is well engineered and compatible with the overall system.

I admire what you are doing, go for it!

 

Anyone know how the commander communicates with the PFC electrically (i.e. RS-232, RS-422, etc.)?

I'm sure it's a proprietary protocol, but should be simple to decode...

 

JohnChabin, I'm awaiting answer from a friend of mine in Japan that works with computer code all the time and happens to be an FD driver with a PFC. As soon as I find out I'll let you guys know. He is wanting to access his PFC from his in dash screen head unit. If he makes any progress I'll be sure to post how he did it. Laterz.

Zach

 

It's possible that it's just 232 comm between them. I'll have to dig into it a bit. (I HATE serial comm, but I work with it a lot....so here goes nothing)

 

Sounds great....I would do it except there are a few more priority items that need to be done first.