Push to Talk Button

[Many brands]

What is this button all about. Gee, i'll just add a CB, and it will work. Just push the button. OR - maybe the PPT stands for - "Push to Telecominucate" Just as functional, I'm tiking.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Works only with BRP CB, a $900 option! Some of us have tried to figure out how to use it for a handheld but haven't gotten there yet.

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[garb55]

When your wife is ridding behind you
Tell her she can't talk till she pushes that button or the bike will shut down
Then make sure she can not reach around you to push it :roflblack:

 

[Chupaca]

Here's how it works...

You push the button then release...PPT...push please thanks....your done :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: That button is completely defective on my bike! :gaah:
I NEVER push it...

...But she never stops talking! :roflblack:

 

[bandito]

Works only with BRP CB, a $900 option! Some of us have tried to figure out how to use it for a handheld but haven't gotten there yet.

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On my Goldwing I had the PTT button wired to my garage door opener. I would love to figure out how to do it on the Spyder.

 

[Bob Denman]

When you sort it out... take lots of pictures for the rest of us. Good Luck! :thumbup:

 

[Doc - Riverside]

It's tied into the CANBUS which is how the computer talk to each other. Unless you have the CB it doesn't do anything. I believe many have tried to tap into it but have not succeeded yet.

 

[Bob Denman]

Hi Doc,
If you were to physically remove the electrical connections, that hook it into the CANBUS: would that cause any codes to pop up? :dontknow:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Hi Doc,
If you were to physically remove the electrical connections, that hook it into the CANBUS: would that cause any codes to pop up? :dontknow:

It's part of the printed circuit board in the LH switch assembly. Not easy to segregate.

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[Bob Denman]

(This is where it all gets to be fun... )
But, If you DID manage to pull off the "PTT-ectomy"??? :dontknow:

 

[SpyderCruiser]

Modified my 2015 RTL PTT to use with ham radio, would also work with a CB

The flex circuit was snipped in half to isolate it from the spyders electronics. The red and black wire was soldered to the flex circuit after carefully scraping the plastic layer off one side. The blob you see is 5 minute epoxy to prevent the soldered wires from breaking off. I epoxied one side, let it cure, then epoxied the other side. You can see the notch I cut into the plastic (near where the wires are coiled up) so the wire will not get pinched when the switch assembly is screwed back together.

The wires are routed the same way as the spyders. Mine run to the trunk where the ham gear is, yours will run to the handle bar for your CB radio. The hardest part of the whole job is soldering to the flex circuit. The traces are small and close together. And you need a temperature controlled soldering iron so you do not melt the flex circuit. If you have soldered before, you should not have an issue. Leave the flex circuit long, so if you screw it up you can cut that piece off and try again. I got it right on the first shot but I have been a electronics tech for 45 years

 

[GA_Spyderman]

SpyderCruiser, I added a cruise cancel push button in the same location. I almost used the PTT button but got scared off by those little flex lines. I, too, am a retired electronics tech of 49 years. Good going on your handiwork.

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