Originally Posted by rcompart
K, so here's what I guess we can do, if car is in park and the brake is depressed (manual, parking brake set, clutch and brake depressed), you can start the car by pressing the button three times quickly (click click click) and it will turn on and start, if you do it again while the car is on but the engine isn't running in a manual and the brake and clutch are depressed, no parking brake needed to be set if the car is still on), it will refire the engine, and if you the car is in park, the brake is depressed (Manual, parking brake set and clutch and brake depressed) and you hold the button for 2 seconds, it will turn off.
Sound like a plan?
Key thing is to make this work for both the auto and manual and not be overly difficult to learn or use.
From a usability standpoint, 3 rapid clicks seems far removed from the actual intent of the mod. After all, this is supposed to mimic the operation of push-button starters found in OEM applications and none of them require "3 clicks" of the starter button.
Although I'm not on the list to buy one, I would just recommend that a single push of the button starts the engine, along with the logic required to support all the safety interlocks (brake pedal, clutch pedal, etc.) Also, what happens if the user clicks the button 2 times, then waits one minute and presses the button again? Or what happens if the user clicks the button 3 times, but too slowly? Not everyone has a good gaming finger.
I think your original idea of a single click is best, if someone won't buy it because of perceived "safety issues", then make it programmable.