compustar cma3000 stater kill problem

kartune... the relay is pre-wired with the alarm. I have everything hooked up like you said. reax - I already checked the ign wire that I have going to the positive coil lead and it does read 12V when cranking. Also I did all my testing with the relay unplugged. As for the trigger wire, how can it be grounding while the alarm is disarmed? If it was then I would never be able to start my car.   

argh I hate tech supports. they treat everyone like they are apes and are retarded. Almost every time I call tech support I know more than them and I spend 30 min on the phone having them blab stupid stuff into my ear that I already tried. I figured I'd get more help from you guys.

swargy wrote: at the ign wire: ign off = 0 V ign on = 12V (alarm doesn't change this) at the trigger wire: alarm disarmed = .12 V alarm armed = 5 V. (ign doesn't change this)

If your ground while armed is acting like this, 5v armed and .12v disarmed, I am not sure how it's working. Hopefully it's inverted and you have 5volts disarmed and .12v armed.

I was thinking about maybe just switching the trigger wire to the + side of the relay and then just gounding out the other side, but 5V isn't enough to trigger the relay. Also wouldn't I kill the battery pretty fast since it would always be activated when the car is armed?

Yes the relay would pull the battery down pretty quickly if it was always active. I can't remember the voltage, but it takes something on the order of 250mV to activate a relay which is very little. If ohms law holds and you cut the voltage in half, then the amperage would double to 0.5amp. I called their tech support for my install. I think I talked to Dean, he wasn't really familiar with priority unlock, but he was very helpful and didn't try to make me feel stupid that I couldn't program my brain box. There is another ground while armed wire in the CN2 or 3 (the 16-20 pin connector with all of the 22ga wires.) You can try using that to activate the relay.