Switch-Pro 8 switch panel group buy!

So everything needed to get started comes with the switch pro kit I ordered? I ask cause I see a lot of people having other things hooked up to it also

 

like what?

and yes.. everything you need comes with it.

 

I've seen a bussman hooked to one somewhere on here. Also did you just call or email switch pros for the vertical switches?

 

Got cha... just did the read up on TCT Magazine on the switch pros and they use the 150A Blue Sea Terminal Bus to help with grounding and to keep things simplified even further. It's a clean set up.

As for the bluetooth... if anyone has any experience, please share. I have a feeling that I'll use it while camping quite a bit, especially for when nature calls in the middle of the night.

 

I think I may need one of those 150A blue sea terminal bus....got a pic of it installed with the switch pro?

 

Interesting. I don't think I've seen that.

Yeah I just emailed them. They sell them, but they sent me a pack for free.

I dont see a need for anything more than the switchpros.. I havent had any issues and it's just more shit to install, take up real estate, and worry about.

 

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Switchpro kit comes with everything you need depending on where you want to instal it. For example I didn't need anything since I originally installed it on my OEM fuse box cover. Then my brother decided to build a mounting plate for it which happened to have pre tapped holes for a Bluesea terminal bar. This terminal bar is not needed at all but makes it much easier to remove and add your equipment.

As for the Bluetooth function it works from inside my house so the distance I would estimate to be around 30'. The will differ depending on interference and such. My only complaint about the Bluetooth is if you are turning things on via the app it will automatically turn off the applicable switch once you exit the app or the phone turns off. FYI I have an iPhone so it may be different for those operating Android devices.

 

Switch pro will here next week

 

Thanks for this feedback.

Are you saying that if I turn on the app to turn on a light it will switch that light off if I exit the app or turn off my phone? Or only if I completely shut down the app completely and/or shut down my phone? There's a bit of a difference.

 

My experience has led me to your first scenario but should also be true for your second as well. Every time I exit the app or just hit the power button on my iPhone the device I have connected will turn off. Not sure if this is a safety feature or a software issue Switchpro is going to fix in the future. I haven't complained to Switchpro about this yet but I'm sure they are aware of it.

 

I believe that's a setting.. or maybe a wiring change.. I cant remember. I do remember that being a issue tho when I was installing and setting it up. I havent used the BT since then so Im drawing a blank. I will look into it.

 

What's gotta be done to remove console to cut it for the switch pro and your handy mount?

 

This would be a major bummer if there isn't a way around it. I know a lot of you guy don't care much about the BT capabilities, but I'm pretty certain that I (and definitely the lady) would be using it quite often. But if I have to keep my phone out of my pocket and turned on every time I wanna turn on lights that'd be fucking stupid. I've email switch-pros... we'll see what they say... @XPOTRPR let me know what you find out if anything.

 

A interim solution would be to use a larger device like an iPad which has a long battery life and set it to not automatically shutoff and it should work. Just a thought!

 

Haha, true... but I'm not really into the idea of bringing an ipad camping...

Hopefully there is a work-around.

 

Just following up on this discussion. I contacted Switch Pros about this concern... I'm basically just trying to make sure that if an accessory (that is controlled by the SwitchPro system) is turned on using the app, does it automatically turn off when an iphone is put to sleep (power button hit to hide screen display)? It would seem a little pointless to me to use the blue tooth app to operate the systems if you are required to keep your phone lit up (and wasting battery life) the entire time you need to use an accessory such as lighting.

After exchanging few phone calls and emails, Simply put, "THEY DONT KNOW"...

This concerns me quite a bit. How does this company not know the answer to this question? They said they would have to do some testing and get back to me. Surely, I'm not the only person who has brought this up to them, right? I'm crossing my fingers that some of the issues that have been discussed about this previously in this thread, have been resolved. I already assumed that the blue tooth connectivity would produce a functional range of more than 40 feet, but that's not the case. I can live with that. But if this mobile app scenario turns out to be true, I doubt I'll pull the trigger on Switch Pros, save a little extra money, and go with SPOD's new system instead.

 

thats really just minutia at that point imo. are you ONLY going to use the BT feature? how often do you need to use it?

I can check when I get home.. but I have android. I'm sure it will work the same regardless of platform tho.

 

Are you using your truck for Rave lighting?

Granted we are in Mountains so no one really even carries their phones when camping, it might as well be a brick out here.

 

BT will work regardless.. but I'm with you. I would prefer no phones at all when we go out.. but I need the camera. I just turn it to Airplane mode and the battery lasts the entire trip with no service draining it.