Directed Electronics Automate 552 manual

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA N552A 12-99 Model 552 Installation Guide ® ® : http://www. guardianalarms . net[...]

2 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA table o f contents What Is Included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 W arning! Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installation P oints to Remember . . . . . . . . . . 5 Deciding On Component Locations . . . . . . . . . 5 Contr ol M odule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 3 what is included 6-pin mini molex plug 5-pin Relay Satellite Harness 2-pin orange auxiliary plug 2-pin micro LED plug 2-pin mini blue V alet®/ Progr am plug Remov able door for internal progr amming 3-pin 2-wire Door Lock Harness Primary Harness H1 Starter Kill Relay ■ The control module (see dia[...]

4 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA w arning! safety fir st The f ollowin g safety warnings m ust be observed at all tim es: ■ Due to the comple xity o f this system, installati on o f this prod u ct m ust only be perform ed by an auth orized DEI dealer . ■ When pr operly in stalled, this system can start th e vehi cle via a comm [...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 5 installation points to r emember IMPORT ANT! This product is designed for fuel-injected, automatic transmission vehicles only. Installation of this product in a standard transmission vehicle is dangerous and is contrary to the product's intended use . Do not disconn ect th e battery if the vehi[...]

6 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Ensur e that th e location you pi ck f or this switch has suffici en t clear ance to th e r ear . The switch should be well hid d en. It sh ould be placed so that passen gers or stor ed item s (su ch as items placed in a glove bo x or cen ter console) cann ot acci den tally bump it. Th e switch fits[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 7 If the starter kill r elay or its conn ection s ar e immedi ately visible upon r em oval of th e un der-d ash pan el, they can easily be bypassed. Always m ak e the r elay an d its connecti on s diffi cult to discern from th e f actory wiring! Exposed yellow butt connectors d o n ot look like f acto[...]

8 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA The i gniti on wire is power ed wh en the k ey is in th e run or start positi on. This is because the i gniti on wire powers the i gniti on system (spark plugs, coil) as well as th e fuel d elivery system (fuel pump, fuel injection computer). Accessory wir es lose power wh en the k ey is in th e sta[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 9 Most vehi cles use a (+) parkin g ligh t cir cuit. The (+) parkin g li gh t wire is o ften f ound n ear th e ligh t switch. In man y vehi cles the li gh t switch is built into th e turn si gn al lever; in these vehi cles th e parking li gh t wire can be foun d in th e steering column. Th e sam e wir[...]

10 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA An accessory wire will sh ow +12V wh en the k ey is in th e accessory and run positi on s . It will n ot sh ow +12V durin g the cr ankin g cycle . Th ere will o ften be m or e than one accessory wir e in th e igniti on harn ess. Th e corr ect acces- sory wire will power th e vehi cle's climate[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 11 wiring the contr ol unit The wirin g harn ess supplied with this unit is th e stan dar d 12-pin harn ess used by DEI® security system s. Thr ee wires in th e plug ar e not used . Th e upgrad e fr om this unit to a security system would simply r equire unpluggin g and e x changin g con trol units a[...]

12 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA heavy gauge r elay satellite wiring diagr am ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ (H2) harness auxiliary connector wiring diagr am ______ ______ r emote start harness (H3) wiring diagr am ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ BLACK/WHITE (-) NEUTRAL SAFETY SWIT CH INPUT VIOLET/WHITE T ACHO[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 13 primary harness (H1), 8-pin connector This wire suppli es a (-) 500 mA gr ound as lon g as th e system is armed . This output ceases as soon as th e system is disarmed . Th e oran g e wire is pr e-wir ed to con trol th e 8618 starter kill r elay . NOTE: If connecting the orange wire to control anot[...]

14 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Sendin g a n egative pulse to this wire will initi ate th e rem ote start sequen ce . This wir e can be wir ed to an option al mom en tary switch to activate the r em ote start system. Connect this wir e to th e option al d omeli gh t supervisi on relay as sh own below: IMPORT ANT! This output is o[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 15 This wire suppli es a 200 mA (-) output that can be used to h onk the vehi cle h orn. It outputs a sin gle pulse wh en locking th e d oors with the r em ote , an d two pulses wh en unlocking with th e r emote . This wire will also output pulses for 30 secon ds wh en the P anic M ode is activated . [...]

16 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA r elay satellite k e y switch interf ace The five h eavy gaug e wires leadin g fr om the r elay satellite ar e used to en ergize hi gh curr ent cir cuits in th e vehicle . It is cru cial that th ese conn ection s ar e mad e corr ectly so that th ey are capable o f han dling th e curr ent dem an ds.[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 17 harness 2 (H2), 2-pin auxiliary plug Connect this wir e to th e wire in th e vehi cle that sends th e si gn al to turn on the W AIT-T O-ST ART bulb in the d ash- board . In m ost diesels th e wir e is negative (gr oun d turn s on the bulb) an d th e GRA Y/BLACK can be directly connected to th e wir[...]

18 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA This wire sen ds a n egative pulse every time th e r emote start is activated . This can be used to pulse th e disarm wire o f th e vehicle's f actory an ti-theft d evi ce . U se a r elay to send a (-) or (+) pulse to th e disarm wir e as shown in the di agr ams below . This wire can also be u[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 19 This wire MU ST be conn ected to hood pin switch. This input will disable or sh ut down th e r em ote start when th e hood is open ed . This wire MU ST be conn ected to the vehi cle's br ake li gh t wir e . This is th e wire that sh ows (+) 12V wh en the br ak e pedal is d epr essed. Th e r em[...]

20 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA neutr al safety switch interf ace Some vehi cles combin e the column shift m echanism an d the m echani cal n eutral safety switch in to on e mechan- ical part. In th ese vehi cles, it is impossible to in terf ace the r em ote start system bef ore th e n eutral safety switch. With this type of vehi[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 21 IMPORT ANT! Once the interface is complete , attempt to remote start the vehicle with the door closed and the key in the ignition. The vehicle should not start. If it does , re-check the connections. As o f th e date o f this gui de’s publi cati on, th e followin g list d escribes the types o f v[...]

22 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA pre-1996 dodge dak ota pickups with 2.5 liter motor s[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 23 plug-in LED and v alet/pr ogr am switch These plug in to th e mod ule . The status LED plugs into th e sm all two-pin socket, while th e V alet®/Program switch should be plugg ed in to the lar g er blue two-pin connector . The status LED fits in a 9 / 32 -inch h ole . Status LED V alet®/Progr am [...]

24 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA The system can con tr ol this type of system dir ectly , with no ad dition al parts . Th e switch will have three wir es on it, and on e will test (+)12V con stantly . The others will altern ately pulse (+)12V wh en the switch is pr essed to th e lock or unlock position. If you cannot g et to th e [...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 25 This system is common in m an y T oyota, Nissan, Hon da, an d Saturn m odels , as well as For ds with th e keyless-en try system (some oth er For ds also use T ype B). The switch will have thr ee wir es on it, and on e wir e will test groun d all th e tim e . On e wire will pulse (-) wh en the swit[...]

26 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Interf acin g with a reversin g polarity system r equires eith er two r elays or on e 451M Door Lock Relay Satellite (not inclu d ed). It is cru ci al to id en tify the pr oper wir es an d locate the m aster switch to in terface pr operly . Locate wires that show voltag e on lock an d unlock. Cut o[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 27 In ord er f or this system to contr ol on e or mor e afterm ark et actuators , a 451M Door Lock Relay Satellite (opti onal) or two relays (opti on al) are n eed ed. V ehi cles without f actory power d oor locks requir e th e installati on of on e actu ator per door . This requires moun tin g the d [...]

28 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA These d oor locks ar e contr olled by an electri cally activated vacuum pump. Some M er ced es and A u dis use a T ype D system. T est by locking d oors from th e passen ger k ey cylin der . If all the doors lock, th e vehi cle's door lock system can be contr olled with just two r elays (optio[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 29 internal pr ogr amming jumper s This jumper is used to determin e th e ligh t flash output polarity . In the (+) positi on, the on-boar d r elay is en abled and th e unit will output (+)12V on th e WHITE wire , H1/2. In the (-) positi on, the on-boar d r elay is disabled. Th e WHITE wire , H1/2, wi[...]

30 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA tr ansmitter/r eceiv er learn r outine The system com es with two tr ansmitters that have been taugh t to th e receiver . The receiver can stor e up to 4 differen t tr ansmitter cod es in m emory . Use the f ollowin g learn routin e to ad d tran smitters to th e system or to chang e button assi gnm[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 31 system's mem ory . It can also be used to start fr om scratch if th e tr ansmitter button s wer e pr ogramm ed in cor- rectly . 3. Tr ansmit. While h olding th e V alet®/Program switch, pr ess th e button on the tr an smitter that you would like to con tr ol the selected r eceiver chann el. T[...]

32 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA tach learning 1. Start the vehi cle with th e key . 2. Within 5 seconds , pr ess and h old th e V alet/Pr ogr am switch. 3. The LED will li gh t constan t wh en the tach si gn al is learn ed. 4. Release the Pr ogr am switch. oper ating settings learn r outine The System Featur es Learn Routin e™ [...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 33 1. Key . T urn the i gniti on on and th en back o ff. 2. Select Menu. Press an d h old the V alet®/Progr am switch until eith er th e LED flashes on ce and th e h orn honks on ce to select M enu On e , or the LED flashes twi ce an d th e horn h onks twice to select M en u T wo. 3. Choose . Within [...]

34 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA t The learn r outin e will be exited if: ■ The i gniti on is turned on. ■ The V alet/Progr am switch is pressed too m an y times . ■ Mor e than 15 secon ds elapses between progr ammin g steps. One lon g h orn honk (if conn ected) in dicates that th e Learn Routin e has been e xited. featur e [...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 35 featur e descriptions The featur es o f the system ar e d escribed below . If the system is being pr ogr amm ed with a DEI® Bitwriter™ or 996T and a person al computer th e option s available m ay chang e . PC programm able opti on s are in di cated by the followin g i con: 1-1 ACTIVE/P ASSIVE A[...]

36 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 1-5 DOOR LOCK PULSE DURA TION: Some Eur opean vehicles , su ch as Mer ced es-Benz an d Au di, r equire lon g er lock and unlock pulses to oper ate th e vacuum pump. Progr ammin g the system to pr ovi d e 3.5 second pulses will accom- mod ate th e door lock in terf ace in these vehi cles . Th e def [...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 37 2-2 T ACH WIRE SENSE/V OL T AGE SENSE: If the tach om eter si gnal wir e is used , this feature m ust be left in th e def ault (tach wir e connected) settin g. If pr ogramm ed to th e voltag e sense settin g, th e unit will crank th e starter for a pr eset tim e that can be progr amm ed in Feature [...]

38 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA shutdo wn diagnostics The unit has th e ability to r eport the cause o f th e last shutd own o f th e rem ote start system. 1. T urn th e igniti on o ff. 2. Press an d h old the V alet/Progr am switch. 3. T urn th e igniti on on an d then o ff. 4. Release the V alet/Progr am switch. 5. Pr ess and r[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 39 v alet mode T o enter or e xit V alet® M ode with th e V alet®/Program switch: 1. T urn th e igniti on on an d then o ff. 2. Within 10 secon ds, pr ess an d release th e V alet®/Program switch. The status LED will li gh t solid if you have en ter ed V alet® M od e , an d will go out if you have[...]

40 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Timer M od e can also be exited m an ually as f ollows: 1. Mak e sur e the r em ote start system is not oper atin g th e engin e . 2. T urn th e igniti on on. Timer M od e will be exited an d th e parking li gh ts will flash f our times . safety check Befor e vehi cle reassembly , the rem ote syste[...]

© 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 41 ■ If the starter d oes n ot engag e , the test is complete . Once th e system passes th e three tests , th e vehicle can be r e-assembled an d d elivered . Do n ot the use th e r emote start system or finalize th e in stallation if it f ails an y of th e safety ch eck tests . tr oubleshooting ■[...]

42 © 1999 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA ■ The remote start will activ ate b ut the starter nev er engages . 1. Check f or voltag e on the purple starter wir e two secon ds after the r em ote start becom es active . If th ere is voltage pr esen t, skip to Step 4. If ther e is n ot voltage pr esen t, advan ce to Step 2. 2. Check th e 30A[...]