2010 mazda 3 and omega excalibur al 1830

Well major step towards finishing. I hooked up the main unit after all the wiring was completed (all except the blade) and it works. I have locked and unlocked the doors, opened the trunk. The horn beeps and the lights flash. And the siren goes off so steps in the right direction. I have a lot of thanks to Howie. It was his knowledge that made this thing work. I have a lot of wire dressing to do tomorrow as well as programming the unit. I will take the photos and make an guide should anyone want to follow. Since I don't have 50 posts yet (Yet!) I will have to ask someone to post the guide but that will take about 3 or 4 days to complete.

Hooking the door triggers up to the dome supervision does not work for the alarm. The reason you ask? The dome has a delay that stays on for 15 to 20 seconds after you close the door. Hitting the lock on the remote causes the alarm to trigger. So today I went back and looked at the white 24 pin plug on the BCM. There is just no room to make the diode modification up there or you are a very small person that can crawl up under the dash. But at each post (drivers and passenger side) the wiring for the rear door is accessible. And as luck would have it the wires match the color code for the BCM. LF = Blue RF = Green LR = Brown RR = Orange This will make it simple and easy for the modification for each door.

Forgot the RF is behind the glove box. Removing the glove box is simple and easy. 2 Screws and the rest just snaps together. Remember to remove the light in the glove box. That will make it 3 screws.

Before you do that, here's a trick from the similar Ford Focus, diode the + side to the interior dome and hatch lights. Doesn't the dome shut down immediately on locking?

One more reference here and that is the DEI information has been rock solid and accurate. Bulldog has some differences that need to be corrected for this Model and year.

I meant British Focus. Incidentally Bulldog is always slightly wrong, that's why I have my signature line!

howie ll wrote: Before you do that, here's a trick from the similar Ford Focus, diode the + side to the interior dome and hatch lights. Doesn't the dome shut down immediately on locking?

No since this is car did not come with power door locks the lock does not communicate to the BMC. I put after market door locks on my car 3 weeks ago.

OK, back to plan A then. Incidentally on 05 on British Focus (Mazda 3, L/Rover Freelander and various Volvos, they are all the same), and Ford Mondeo (Mazda 6, Fusion) I've always used your method, less clutter.

Well it seems most everything is working except the remote start. I cant get the blade to program. I have both keys and follow the installation guide to the letter but no success. I did reset the software just in case I did make a mistake but no go. Any ideas? I cannot program the OL-BLADE-TB for my vehicle. I have exhausted my search on the Omegalink. I have both keys and go through the procedure in the manual. The LED is red and steady. It does not change. I have connected the RX and TX lines according to the documentation. There are some differences with the plug that is drawn in the manual but the information I have shows the RX and TX location near the key barrel. I also can disconnect the plug and the system will act like a key that has not been verified so I know its the correct plug. Any suggestions? I went back to the Omega link site and verified that the OL-Blade_TB is compatible with the 2010 Mazda 3 and is listed in the documentation.

To see if everything was working I tried this. I put the second key in the ignition and then with the remote I hit the remote start. The dash lit up and the engine ran. I hit the brake and it all shut off just like it is supposed to do with the exception of the blade programming. So all is working except the Blade. I have a call into the Omega company about the blade and I will wait to hear back from them. Any suggestions feel free to respond.