Backlighting for Opencockpits Radio modules

[jberinge]

Hi all,
Has anyone had any success with backlighting the opencockpits radio modules? Where is the best place to 'hack' into the circuit boards. Any advice welcome?
Cheers
Jason

[bas_v]

Hi Jason,

Have you read this? Might be of use to you (while not being radio module specific): http://kennair.com.au/backlight.html

[jberinge]

Thanks that was an interesting post. The opencockpits radio modules come WITH backlighting already but I'd like to be able to control on/off and brightness. To do this you need to 'hack' into the board to isolate the leds and supply power. I wondered if anyone had done this previously and knew where to start.
Jason

[tiburon]

I removed all the leds from behind the face plates and replaced them with a warm white LED strips, dimmable and controllable.
Voided the warranty probably, though.

Martin

[neuman5022]

Hello Folks

Got the same problem. Contacted the support guys, and was told it can be done with the "OC autoconfig" SW they have, while no need for any I/O cards.

Does anyone here know how to do this, since I have no idea how to work with the "sioc" sw ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Isaac