alarm instal help Options

[SpedToe169]

I think the diagram you supplied pretty much is the lock controller that I have. It has 2 relays and appears to be wired just like that. That part I think I can figure out.

I started everything tonight. I took the dash all apart and mounted the siren. Where did you guys put the alarm 'brain'?? I'm thinking it should go right behind the instrument cluster. There seems to be plenty of room there and thats probably closest to everything it needs to connect to. I'm really afraid some of the wires are going to be too short and I'll have to extend them. Thats going to be a huge headache.

Ok, there are a bunch of small wire harnesses for sensors and lock/unlock and the like but I think I have them pretty much figured out. Most of my questions lie within the main harness.

Parking light wire: I'm assuming this should go to the trigger wire for the park light relay if there is one? If not it goes directly to the park lights...which is it?

Accessory: I'm thinking this goes to the accessory position on the ignition switch. Is this correct?

Starter kill: There are several relays wired in already and this goes into one of them. How does all this starter kill/anit grind business work?

Ignition: To the on position on the ignition switch???

Ok now on to the other harnesses....

Light output (250mA): I'm guessing this goes to a headlight relay so the headlights flash when the system goes off?

Status output (250mA): No idea.

Ignition output (250mA): No idea. Thought this was covered in the main harness.

Accessory output (250mA): No idea.

Starter output (250mA): No idea. Thought this was covered in the main harness.

Rearm (250mA): ??

Disarm (250mA): ??


I think thats most of it. The further into this I get the harder I'm stressing. I know its not out of my capabilities, I just hope I have the patience to do it all.

Thanks a lot for your help guys!

[Cormudgen]

ok, i'm super tired right now and dont have any of my info i used with me. off the top of your head it seems i may only be able to answer one or two of your questinos.

i mounted my "brain" behind the stock stero/cdplayer. there is more than plenty or room back there. yes i did need to extend some wires but didnt find that to be a big deal.

the parking light i just tapped into the fuse in the drivers side fuse panel. i'm rather sure it is labled "tails" but may be getting that confused with my 5th gen celica.

sorry i cant be of mor help but its way past time for bed

[SpedToe169]

I totally understand. I'm going to be as well. Maybe we can figure more out in the morning. Thanks.

[Coomer]

I mounted my brain above the center vents in the center console, and there was plenty of room.

Parking light wire: I don't remember exactly which wire I attached this too, but it was a wire in the driver's kick panel. I used to have it hooked up to the parking light fuse as well, and that worked fine for me.

Accessory: Not hooked up on my car.

Starter kill: Check this out. Very helpful.

Ignition: I had two ignition wires. One went to a blue/red wire at the ignition harness. Another went to a black/orange wire at the ignition harness.

Light output (250mA): I'm guessing that this is actually meant to power a SPDT relay to turn on your dome light when you unlock the doors for a minute or so, or until the car is started. If so, you want to use this diagram:

The negative door trigger on our cars is a red/white wire that gives ground when either door is opened, and +12 volts when both doors are closed.

Status output (250mA): I have no idea either. Your manual should explain this wire, and the light output as well. This wire will go to a relay or a low power circuit though.

Ignition output (250mA): Not sure on this either...your manual should explain it as well. This wire will go to a relay or a low power circuit though.

Accessory output (250mA): Not sure on this either...again...this wire goes to a relay or a low power circuit. I'm guessing that maybe this wire and the previous one are auxilary outputs to control things like power windows and stuff like that, but try to find out from the manufacturer or your manual.

Starter output (250mA): I'm guessing that this goes to terminal 85 of a SPDT relay. 86 would go to ground(or +12 volts if this output is negative), 30 would get fused +12volt power from the battery, and 87 would go to your starter wire in your ignition harness, which was black/white for me. Not sure on any of this though. Your manual should tell you what these things do.

Rearm and disarm are probably for interfacing this unit with a factory alarm. Again, your manual should be of help in determining what these do.

Hope this helps. Let us know if you've got anything else to ask.

[SpedToe169]

Ok, now we're getting some where. I've got the starter kill thing figured out. Does anybody know whats with igntion 1 and ignition 2? I've seen that in other stuff online, but I just have the one large ignition wire and then the 250mA output. The more I think about it, I bet the 250mA outputs for starter, ignition, and accessory, are just outputs to turn different stuff on when ever one of the above conditions is present. Probably not really necessary.

Well, I guess I'll just hook up what I know and see what works. Thanks guys.

[Coomer]

[SpedToe169]

It came with a manual, but its obviously not meant to be installed by anyone thats not factroy trained. So far every thing with the alarm is working, but I haven't gotten everything hooked up to try the remote start yet. I haven't quite gotten the door locks finished yet either.

[Coomer]

[Andason]

Do a how to .... darr

[Coomer]

[SpedToe169]

Its a compustar, the new ss model....I'd have to look for the specific model number....maybe in the morning.

[SpedToe169]

Ok, I'm doing pretty good, but I'm stuck on the ebrake. I could just 'fool' it, but I'd rather not. Anybody know where the ebrake wire is under the dash? I've checked a bunch of plugs and haven't found it yet.

Thanks.

[SpedToe169]

Also, anybody know where the trunk trigger is? Thx

[SpedToe169]

Done!!! I'm finally done!!! What a pain in the A55!!!

Anyway, I'm going to try to do a writeup on everything next week and post it to my website. What wires are what on the car and whatnot.