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Old 05-14-2008, 10:36 AM   #20 (permalink)
RoadKing
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Date registered: Sep 2007
Vehicle: 1992 500 SL ; 2001 BMW 525i Sport
Location: Carlsbad, CA
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Originally Posted by bobterry99 View Post
It could work this way. Its easy to tailor a design that will work exactly as requested because the control is being done with software instead of hardware.

The following are some of the choices one would make.

What retracts: the seat, the wheel, or both? If the wheel is included a wire will have to be run from under the seat to an area under the dash.

Should the seat simply move back for a brief period of time, should it move back all the way, or should it move back to a stored memory position? Basing it on time frees-up a memory storage and moving back all the way does too, but at an increased risk of completely destroying something that might be behind the seat.

Should the seat move automatically when the key is removed, or should it move when a memory button is momentarily pressed?

When the seat moves forward should it go to the location that it was previously or should it move to a stored memory position?
The complexity of the design and the circuit is little affected by the choices made.
If I had my choice this is what I would like:
1. Seat only retracts (and seat bottom lowers)
2. Seat retracts to a stored position (#3).
3. Retraction is automatic upon key removal.
4. Seat to move forward to the stored (#3) position when the key is inserted.

The automatic stuff with the key in/out is to compensate for my severe case of CRS these days.
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