poor range on only one function

Hi, Further observation while waiting for ADS-USB cable and another CM6200 brain. At distance where car can remotely start door lock/unlock buttons when pushed gets chirps indicating it got the response from the brain and parking light blinks but actually door is not locked or unlocked when checked. If I am near the vehicle door locks/unlocks normally Very weird. Maybe I am heading for redoing the whole system with some thing else if all attempts do not change the symptom. I'm going to recheck all the wiring, reflash blade, try new brain and that's all I could. Never had this much problem like this before. I am just big time puzzled.

Hi, Reset, reflashed blade, reconfigured module, no change. Waiting for Another new brain to try which will be end of this trouble-shooting.

Just curious... if you try a range test somewhere else, do you get the same results? Local RF interference (maybe a new antenna tower in your area) can certainly reduce range. It's a long shot but worth mentioning I suppose..

Hi, Yes at a local mall parking lot. I parked the car where I can see it and tried to lock/unlock the door at the other end of parking lot, I always get chirps from remote fob and I can see parking light flash (meaning it received the command?) but when I walk over to the car and check the door it is still locked. Very weird. But I can start the engine. Another thing it came to mind was, I had wind shield replaced late summer, so I even took the antenna off the windshield glass. Now I am going to the shop(authorized Compustar dealer). This is crazy. I have now new CM7200 brain with new blade(ADS-Blade-AL), another RF kit in case whole system has to be redone. My house has garage door opener, wireless thermostat for furnace, I have small HAM antenna with radios on HF/VHF, also wireless home network. Definitely some thing is wrong with this remote system.

Hi, One more thing, my wife's car has 2way Autostart brand remote starter which works just fine.

so you have installed the new 7200, new blade al and a new RFp2w901ss? Ted

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Hi, I have an appointment to have a look at it at Compustar authorized dealer in the new year(they are very busy). I'll bring CM7200 and new 64 bit blade there. The guy's name to work on it is Dan at Car Guys here in Calgary.

Hi,all. In the mean time I played with remote in the mall parking lot. While door lock has poorest range, remote starting is little better, but when I tried engine query, the range is quite normal. I could read temperature and battery voltage at a distance. So it leads me to believe the RF kit is working fine but functions involving electro-mechanical part is flawed for possibly poor install. or miswiring? Looking forward to the result of trouble-shooting at the shop on January 6th(Tuesday). Every one, Merry Christmas and Happy, prosperous, healthy new year to you all and your family. Tony

Hi, One more observation. If I remote start the engine and while engie is runnig I can unlock the door at good distance. If I turn off engine, then range diminishes. If I try to unlock door without engine running, parking lights flashes in response but doing the same with engine running head lights flashes. I am beginning to suspect some wiring issues now. Next week Tuesday I hope they can find the cause of the trouble promptly at the shop.

Hi, everyone: At last found the cause of this trouble at the shop. Think initial installer over looked my car has adjustable steering column. So with the way he wired the system wiring harness was flexing every time I use the car(steering comes up per memory settings and goes down when ignition is turned off) Over time wires get stretched, flexed over and over creating intermittent problems which started showing up after 3 years. Old CM6200/blade was taken out and installed CM7200/blade is installed now. Installer made sure same thing won't happen. All is well now. Every thing works the way it should. What a bummer, missing the fact the car has adjustable steering.