Originally Posted by
phil alvirez
1-thank you very much for the bright, detailed analisis.
2-as the module is the most important part, if fails, the car becomes a beautiful museum piece or art deco.
3-the british firm seems to have already found a solution, but if yours is way cheaper then it will be more sought after.
4-i guess that the costs of shipping and customs are about the same with them or with you, so what will make the difference will be your fees for doing what it takes from your part.
so, what this will be?
5-i believe that with this clarified, it will be way more encouraging for all of us to bring our contributions.
6-which could be a certain fixed amount, or whatever any1 wants to do (with perhaps a minimum of $10?).
considering the thousands of users, i think many will be willing to send their moneys-especially being such small amounts.
again, many thanks for your great effort to solve this challenge in a way less expensive i hope.
to 1) thank you
to 2) you are right, the Skreem can bring you and your xf in real trouble
to 3) today I don't have a real solution, I can repair a modul if the prozessor is OK
to 4) if you mean the shipping to britain or to germany you are right. The prozess of desolder the prozessor from the skreem, solder it to the adapte pcb, read out the prozessor, write the prozessor, desolder it from the adapter PCB and solder it back to the skreem is risky and costs a lot of time.
Also the skreem modul from usa and europe used different radio frequencies for the keyfob so i have to by spare parts in the USA. Therefore I can advise anyone not to send a working set (Skreem + PCM + keyfob) for modification.
If it is defective I can repair it or it remains defective so there is no risk for you and me that something will be destroyed.
I always work on a success basis, so if I can't repair it you only have to pay the shipping costs and customs.
For a repaired Skreem module I would take 200 USD and if someone supported the planned croudfunding campaign with a payment I would subtract this amount.
to 5) thats right
to 6) I wouldn't set a minimum, every dollar counts. But so I don't have to refund hundreds if we don't reach the target of $550, I would only refund amounts over $10. The remaining money I will then of course put into my further research.