Installation guide

2 © 2000 Directed Electronics, Inc. Vista, CA
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Bitwriter™, Code Hopping™, DEI®, Doubleguard®, ESP™, FailSafe®, Ghost Switch™,
Learn Routine™, Nite-Lite®, Nuisance Prevention Circuitry®, NPC®, Revenger®, Silent
Mode™, Soft Chirp®, Stinger®, Valet®, Vehicle Recovery System®, VRS®, and Warn
Away® are all Trademarks or Registered Trademarks of Directed Electronics, Inc.
Wiring Quick Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning! Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation Points to Remember . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deciding On Component Locations . . . . . . . . . 6
Control Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Valet®/Program Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Optional Starter Kill Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Finding The Wires You Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Obtaining Constant 12V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Finding the 12V Switched Ignition Wire . . . . 8
Finding the Starter Wire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Finding a (+/-) Parking Light Wire . . . . . . . . 9
Finding the Accessory Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Finding the Tachometer Wire . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Finding the Wait-To-Start Bulb Wire
For Diesels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Wiring Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Primary Harness (H1) Wiring Diagram . . . . . 12
Remote Start Ribbon Harness Wiring Diagram . 12
Heavy Gauge Relay Satellite Wiring Diagram . 13
Auxiliary Harness (H2) Wiring Diagram . . . . 13
Remote Start Harness (H3) Wiring Diagram. . 13
Primary Harness (H1) Wire Connection Guide . 14
Relay Satellite Key Switch Interface Wire
Connection Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Auxiliary Harness (H2) Wire Connection Guide. 18
Remote Start Harness (H3)
Wire Connection Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Neutral Safety Switch Interface . . . . . . . . . . 21
Testing the Neutral Safety Switch. . . . . . . . 21
1995 and Newer Vehicle Anti-Theft
Systems (Immobilizers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Passlock I and Passlock II (PL-1 and PL-2). . 23
Passlock II (PK-3), Transponder-Based Systems. 24
Bypassing GM Vehicle Anti-Theft Systems. . . . 24
Optional Anti-Grind Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Plug-in LED and Valet/Program Switch . . . . . . 26
Programmer Interface, 3-Pin Port . . . . . . . . . 27
Door Lock Harness (H4) Wire Connection Guide . 27
Positive-Triggered, Relay Driven
Systems (Type A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Negative-Triggered, Relay Driven
Systems (Type B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Reversing Polarity System (Type C) . . . . . . . 30
Adding One or More After-Market
Actuators (Type D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electrically Activated Vacuum (Type E) . . . . 32
One-Wire System (Type F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Positive (+) Multiplex (Type G) . . . . . . . . . 33
Negative (-) Multiplex (Type H) . . . . . . . . . 34
Programming Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Light Flash (+)/(-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tach Threshold On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Transmitter/Receiver Learn Routine. . . . . . . . 36
Transmitter Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Single Button Arm/Disarm Configuration . . . 38
Separate Button Configuration. . . . . . . . . . 38
Operating-Settings Learn Routine . . . . . . . . . 39
Feature Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Menu #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Menu #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Menu #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Menu #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tach Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Shutdown Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rapid Resume Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Timer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Valet Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Bitwriter
®
(p/n 998T)
requires chip version 1.4 or
newer to program this unit.