New Car project with PLC ?

I'm looking for some advise, I want to make a car sim automated, As in having a touch screen that has buttons that you can press, one being a start and stop button which would start and kill the car, Another one that turns on/off running lights and head lights. A button the once pressed gives you another screen with data of the car, as in temp, pressure, fuel. I have a Total Control Mini Touch screen and a GeFanuc 30/90 350, input and output relay. Is this possible to do, if so where would i begin.

Sounds like another school project... What have you done so far.

No, it's not a school project, I haven't done anything so far, My equipment is a mess, the cable from the quick panel is cut so it doesn't have the end, just the wires. I did hook up the power supply and powered up the quick panel to see if it even worked and it does, I found the software to reprogram the sreens, "QuickDesign". I dont know where to start with this, so before i got in too deep i wanted to know if it was possible to get this done with a plc and to work with the touch screen.

More or less here's what i'm trying to do :
Option 1
TouchScreen_
Summary:
Touchscreen that operates fuctions: headlights, running lights, radio power,
Display screen that shows status: Fuel, Oil, Temp, Volts, Alarms for low inputs

Option 2
Voice activated
Summary:
Voice recognition to operate functions: headlights, running lights, radio,
Speech capability that voices status data when asked: Fuel, Oil, Temp, Volts, Warnings
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Vocal<Headlights on/off> : Turn on/off Headlights/"only if running lights on = TRUE"
Vocal<Highbeams on/off> :Turn highbeams on/off / "only if headlights on=TRUE"
Vocal<Running lights on/off> :Turn Running lights on/off
Vocal<Radio on/off> :Turns radio on/off
Vocal<Gas Status> : Speech<output from fuel sensor>" Fuel level is ""
Vocal<Oil Status> : Speech<output from oil pressure sensor> "Oil pressure is ""
Vocal<Temp> :Speech<output from temp sensor> "Temp is ""
Vocal<Volts> :Speech<output from volt sensor> "Voltage is ""
Alarms if output sensor devices=l low setting
Speech<Warning "name of senor" has reached a low>

On option 2 i dont think i would need a plc since it would more or less be a speech recognition type software but to control devices, thats where i'm stuck, as in how to make that happen.
So by looking at the options where would be a good place to start at ?
Thanks for any info on this or ideas

the only issue you may have is the Fuel level sensor - if wired wrong you may be in for an unfortunate suprise.

any screen/PLC control system is limited to the supply voltages
usually minimum 24Vdc.

Start/Stop control problems:-
1. Voltage drop - major Issues
2. Switching high current - Major Issue
3. lighting - consider safety - night driving - screen failure.
Consider all to be major issues

As far as voice control you are limited to the quality of voice recognition systems.
These are still in their infancey - getting a lot better though.
I believe Apple has just released an Australian interface - don't have the Iphone 4S for it though.

goodluck

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As far as voice control you are limited to the quality of voice recognition systems.

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Compounded by the cabin noise of the car. My iphone 4S struggles sometimes in the car but in the quiet of the house is fine....

Most of the data you want to monitor would be available from the OBDII port in the car. Have a look at pyOBD which should allow you to access this data using a PC. Unfortunately, some parts of OBDII are manufacturer specific.

Shawn

I am envious....Between work, kid's basketball and indoor soccer, helping with homework, household chores and up keep, etc... I have no time to experiment anymore.......

Why not just do what the CarPC guys do.

www.mp3car.com

Interface with an actual vehicle ODB-II port and use it to provide realtime data to a PC. Could be Linux or Win or Apple.

The problem with going through an ODB-II port is that the car i'm doing this on doesn't have one, it's a 69, so no cumputer what so ever on it, it's all switches, and push buttons that i added myself.
Thanks guys for all the info.

I'm looking for some advise, I want to make a car sim automated

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The problem with going through an ODB-II port is that the car i'm doing this on doesn't have one,

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Two conflicting statements: I thought you were trying to make an automated car simulator. Now I see that you are only wanting to create a control interface with a real, old car.

Since you have no ODB port, and are looking for a controller of some type, have you considered something along the OpenHardware area ... like an Arduino?