Is this the circuit designed by GBMINI?
Yes. GBMINI is Ian Cull. He first produced the circuit as a favor to the Mini community. After selling more than 1700 of them, it was more effort than he was willing to sustain, and FES and Ian talked about transferring the product to us. We have Ian's full support in this effort. He has offloaded the effort of creating and supporting the product, and the Mini community doesn't loose access to a wonderful product.
Where can I learn more about this history of the Auto-Up circuit?
All of Ian's web information is still available at Ian's Auto-Up Pages Feel free to go there and look at the history of the product along with links to several different installation methods and user reviews.
Can this circuit burn out my window motor?
No. The MINI window electronics detect window closure and turn off the window motor automatically. So it doesn't matter if the window is all the way down or just part way down when you use the "auto-up" feature. Your car is protected!
How does this connect to my garage remote?
Really, there are a couple ways that this can hook up to your remote. The standard is by the "shorting" method. The two wires from the Auto-Up circuit are shorted momentarily. These can then be connected between the battery and a battery contact, or across the switch in your remote.
Optionally, we can supply a voltage out of the two wires. This would then replace the battery. The remote has the switch mechanically closed all the time, or shorted with some wire and solder, and the voltage pulse turns the remote on for an instant.
If you want the voltage out version, just contact us when you place the order, and we'll build it for you. There are so many voltages and remote types that we can't keep all possible flavors in stock.
Is version 6.1 shipping now?
No. v6.1 was a special build and only works on cars with auto-up for the drivers side from the factory. We do activly work on improving all our products, and some of the features of v6.1 will be included in our next major release.
Are there any independant reviews of this product?
Yes there are! It's mentioned on pretty much every Mini board and Gabe of MotoringFile has written a complete review as well.
