Thanks Bob: Yep..that makes sense. My installation is completely portable so I'm not too concerned about running anything down. Its gonna be used in a big diesel truck for the summer ..it would probably run for months on the truck battery..but we run the trucks nearly 24/7 anyway.
Thanks Curt --- In [email protected], "k7rbw" <flyboy_p...@...> wrote: > > I have a Kenwood radio and currently use a single cable to connect the radio > to the T2. The mike jack provides power (about 7.8 v) making for clean > cabling. The downside to this arrangement, as I found out recently, is that > the voltage from the mike jack is regulated so the tracker always sees the > same voltage even as the 12v to the radio is dying. Consequently you don't > get any indication of the battery level from the tracker's telemetry. > > So, with that in mind, when I get to installing this somewhere, I think I'll > take the tracker power from the 12v source used by everything else even if it > means an extra cable. > > 73! > > --bob > K7RBW > > --- In [email protected], "captcurt@" <captcurt@> wrote: > > > > OK..I guess I answered my own question. > > > > Just found the pinout info on pg 6 of the manual showing the power-in pin > > on the radio connector. Should have guessed it would have been there since > > all the rest seems so well thought out. > > > > Looking forward to running this with on-line linked mapping for a 15,000 > > mile summer road tour. > > > > Thanks > > > > Curt > > > > --- In [email protected], "captcurt@" <captcurt@> wrote: > > > > > > For a portable mobile installation, what is the normal way to power the > > > T2? > > > > > > Do I use the regular power in jack and parallel that off the radio 12V > > > feed? > > > > > > I intend to have the radio and tracker in a bag, with a single cable out > > > of the bag to a cig plug and distribution of the 12V out to the Nuvi350 > > > also from the bag. > > > > > > I see the reference to powering the T2 via pin 4 of the serial connector > > > but no similar reference for powering thru the Radio connector...so I > > > assume that isn't an option. (too bad since that would result in only one > > > cable between the T2 and radio with a single connector on each end) > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Curt > > > > > >
