Video VBox question

gr8000 · 02-21-2009, 11:58 AM

I was looking at this and found it interesting:

http://www.videovbox.co.uk/?show=-Features

In addition to video and GPS logging data, specs say that "CAN interface allows it to retrieve real time information such as throttle angle, steering angle and brake pedal pressure directly from a vehicle with a CAN bus".

I don't know what a CAN bus is. Can someone shed some light as to what it is and where I can get one from (if available for the E93 M3). Where does it connect to? OBD?

wea · 03-05-2009, 09:14 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus

Our M3s use CAN bus so it will work with the vbox and vbox video.

Since you are in Greece contact these guys:

Powerchips ltd
136 Tatoioy Street,
North Kifisia,
Athens
Greece

Tel: +30-210 8000 738
Fax +30 210 8077080

Email: power2@otenet.gr

Cheers

gr8000 · 03-05-2009, 09:21 AM

Wow, didn't expect to receive an answer after such long time after my post! Anyway, many thanks! Do you know what is the CAN bus interface for the E92 M3s? Is it via the OBD?

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gr8000 Major 72 Rep 1,172 Posts Drives: E92 M3 - DCT Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, Greece iTrader: (0)	Video VBox question I was looking at this and found it interesting: http://www.videovbox.co.uk/?show=-Features In addition to video and GPS logging data, specs say that "CAN interface allows it to retrieve real time information such as throttle angle, steering angle and brake pedal pressure directly from a vehicle with a CAN bus". I don't know what a CAN bus is. Can someone shed some light as to what it is and where I can get one from (if available for the E93 M3). Where does it connect to? OBD?
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wea Private 17 Rep 74 Posts Drives: 2012 Porsche Cayman R Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (2)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus Our M3s use CAN bus so it will work with the vbox and vbox video. Since you are in Greece contact these guys: Powerchips ltd 136 Tatoioy Street, North Kifisia, Athens Greece Tel: +30-210 8000 738 Fax +30 210 8077080 Email: power2@otenet.gr Cheers __________________ Favorite Quote on Supercars: "They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland islands, and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert... but only after they nicked all the oil." Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear 05x02 @ 48:55.
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gr8000 Major 72 Rep 1,172 Posts Drives: E92 M3 - DCT Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, Greece iTrader: (0)	Wow, didn't expect to receive an answer after such long time after my post! Anyway, many thanks! Do you know what is the CAN bus interface for the E92 M3s? Is it via the OBD?
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