prestige remote starter in 2004 caravan

I need help with wiring for a Prestige APS-901C remote starter in my 2004 Grand Caravan. The manual shows a "Yellow w/Black tracer wire: +12 volt alarm by-pass output" For the life of me, I can't find out what to connect this to on the vehicle side. Can anyone help?

Wire description from the install guide ( http://documents.audiovox.com/711737.pdf )

YELLOW w/ BLACK Tracer Wire: + 12 Volt Alarm By - Pass Output

Note: You must disconnect the ignition input of the alarm from any other wire that it is presently connectedto in the vehicle.This wire provides a + 12 Volt output when the ignition key is turned to the “ON” position, and 0 Volts when the ignitionkey is “OFF” and when the vehicle is running under the control of the remote starter.This wire should be connected to the ignition input of the alarm system.The Yellow w/ Black wire output will allow you to remote start the vehicle while leaving the alarm armed, and to lock/unlock the doors while running under control of the remote start unit.

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That I understand...I just don't know which wire on the vehicle side is the I connect to.

Does the vehicle have an aftermarket alarm system installed? 

Usually the Factory Alarm would be handled by the APS 901C Arm amd Disarm outputs. Think AudioVox calls them :

Black w Blue Trace Wire: Pulsed Ground Output Before Start

Black w/ Red Trace Wire: Pulsed Ground Output After Shutdown

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Like Kreg said, the Yellow/Black is only used if you have an aftermarket alarm in your vehicle.  In that case, you would disconnect the Ignition wire of the After Market alarm, and connect it to the APS901C's Yellow/Black wire.  This provides the aftermarket alarm with 0 Volts during remote start, just as if the vehicle is not running.  This would allow you to leave the aftermarket alarm armed during remote start, without setting it off. 

To disarm the factory alarm, you would use the BLACK/ Blue Trace (Pulse Before Start) wire.  How you hook this up depends on what bypass you are using...

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Thank you all for your valuable help. letricguy...the bypass I'm using is ... XPRESSKIT PKUCG2X ... Which is causing confusion for me as well. This is the first multiplex igintion system that I've fooled with. I'm assuming that I connect the Black w Blue Trace to the "Pink/White Disarm in -" on the bypass side. Is this correct?

Okay...now this thing is kicking my butt and I'm getting fed up. This is not like the last one I installed. Here is everything I have hooked up: APSVehicle Red w/White       Lt. Blue w/Red RedRed Yellow            Yellow Blue              Pink w/White Green             Not Connected Violet            Not Connected Black             Chassis Ground Gray              Hood Pin (I checked & it works) Gray w/Black      Not Connected Brown             Not Connected Brown w/Black     White w/Tan Yellow w/Black    Not Connected White             White w/Tan White             Chassis Ground Lt. Blue          Not Connected Green w/Orange    Blue w/Green (coil pack) Green w / YELLOW    Not Connected Black w/Blue      Pink/White on XPRESSKIT ?? is this correct? 2 pin Transponder Control Output -- ???? Xpresskit PKUCG2X Brown to VEHICLE Chassis Ground Green to VEHICLE Yellow Starter Violet/White to VEHICLE MUX Violet/Brown BCM Side Violet to VEHICLE MUX Violet/Brown Key Side Pink/White to Black w/Blue on APS Remote Starter Pink to ???? Red to VEHICLE Red constant 12v Black to VEHICLE Chassis Ground When I try to start the vehicle with the remote starter, all I get is a constant clicking sound from the APS box. I don't know what to do. Please Help.

Try this :

APSVehicle

Red w/White       Lt. Blue w/Red        BatteryRed                                                         Battery Yellow                 Yellow                       OKBlue                     Pink w/White            OKGreen                  Not Connected         OKViolet                   Not Connected         OK

Black                       Chassis Ground           OK

Gray                         Hood Pin                        OK Gray w/Black          Not Connected             OKBrown                      Not Connected            OKBrown w/Black      White w/Tan                  OKYellow w/Black     Not Connected              OKWhite                      White w/Tan                   Thru 2000K Ohm resistor2nd White              Chassis Ground           OK Lt. Blue                   Not Connected              To PKUCG2X  Brown wireGreen w/Orange    Blue w/Green                OK Green w / YELLOW     Not Connected              OKBlack w/Blue           Pink/White                     OK 

2 pin Transponder Control Output --     Not Used

Xpresskit PKUCG2X

Brown             to VEHICLE Chassis Ground                          to APS 901C Lt BlueGreen             to VEHICLE Yellow Starter                               OKViolet/White   to VEHICLE MUX Violet/Brown BCM Side     OKViolet               to VEHICLE MUX Violet/Brown Key Side      OKPink/White     to Black w/Blue on APS Remote Starter       OK Pink                                                                                               to APS 901C Blue 6PinRed                 to VEHICLE Red constant 12v                       Battery

Black              to VEHICLE Chassis Ground                         OK

 

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Thank you very much. I'll reply with results later today.

Thank you. I've gotten all the wires connected, but still having the same clicking problem with the remote starter module. What are some common troubleshooting areas to look into?