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Adjusting Dual zone sensors


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markcars 
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Posted: March 14, 2004 at 6:57 PM / IP Logged  
How does one adjust sensors? I have a glass sensor, a dual zone shock sensor I want to tune. I put ALL the sensors to the MAX but they don't fire when I kick the tires even real hard. They go off when I close the door. (My door trigger isn't connected yet so it isn't the door trigger I know, plus there are lights on my sensors which also go off at that time).    
How to test/set the two different zones? Or is my alarm not working?
sroth140 
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Posted: March 15, 2004 at 12:21 AM / IP Logged  
remount the shock sensor.  does it have LEDs in the case?  if it does, mount it with a mirror infront of it (so you can see the LEDs from where you walk), walk to the trunk and hit it about as hard as a car door bumping it.  that should trigger the warn away chirp which is the same as a LED blink.  when the LED is solid thats a full trigger.  it should blink/solid even when not armed.  if you dont have a LED on yours, zip tie it really tight to factory wires and make sure you have it turned up, not all the way down on accident.
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markcars 
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Posted: March 15, 2004 at 7:08 PM / IP Logged  
Yes they all (my 3 sensors) have 1 or 2 LEDs in the case depending on if they are single or dual zone. I wish there was a way to perfect this procedure instead of doing it by trial and error. Maybe they have some vibration platforms where they can set the platform to a specific level of vibration set by a digital metered dial. I guess that's just a wish.
When you turn the dials all the way to the max, does it have to trigger or not? Just drives me curious.
blankman 
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Posted: March 17, 2004 at 12:52 AM / IP Logged  

My alarm does that for the first couple of minutes that it is armed.  After about 10 min. If i kick or tap the body of the car it will chirp.  Maybe some shock sensors activate after a certain time of the alarm being armed.

markcars 
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Posted: March 17, 2004 at 7:11 AM / IP Logged  
Good point. I know there is a "full arm" delay and I completely forgot to check that. Thanks blankman!

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