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hondaguy652

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Posted: December 06, 2009 at 5:27 PM / IP Logged

I'm installing a remote start in my 2006 Honda Civic 4dr EX and for the life of me I can't find the alarm arm and disarm wires. I've spent an entire day cutting and testing and can't nail them down. Here is a link to the description of where they are supposed to be but I just can't figure it out, I'm really not sure what the MICU looks like.

https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp~TID~63792

One more question since I'm a DIY'r, when I'm testing for the wire my MM shouldn't show current until I lock or unlock the doors correct. The factory arm and disarm are neg. polarity so I hook the positive to a constant 12V and then put the ground on the wire I'm looking for and the correct one should ground until it is armed or disarmed correct?

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Posted: December 06, 2009 at 6:42 PM / IP Logged

On the back of the fuse panel at the top you will find the OEM arm and disarm wires there as well as the unlock and lock wires.

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The Civic is very cramped in that area. The easist way to get those wires is at the MICU, which is part of the Fuse Box. As Jeff said, it's the backside of the Fuse Box. There are 2 plugs near the top. The 34 pin plug has the wires you are looking for. Arm is orange at pin 32 and Disarm is brown at pin 31. You will have to open up the wire harness bundle alittle.

You can hook up your DMM as you stated but when the Arm or Disarm pulse happens, your meter should show +12 volts. Attach the meter and turn the key in the drivers door to Lock/Arm or Unlock/Disarm.

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hondaguy652

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Posted: December 06, 2009 at 9:01 PM / IP Logged

Thanks for the responses, I stumbled on to some of the wires but after looking I think I hooked disarm to the door unlock instead of the disarm. Moving on, man that is crazy cramped in there, so the MICU is the top green plugs on in the back of the fuse box? Is there a way to see them better or unplug them? I just opened up the harness and started probing wires and got luck (wish I would have picked that harness first..)

Tomorrow I need to get in there and hook up the lock and unlock wires and find the brown disarm wire. Any advice is appreciated.

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Lock is green (-) at MICU 34 pin plug, pin 28

Unlock is gray (-) at MICU 34 pin plug, pin 27

As Jeff said, all 4 wires are on the same plug.

It is possible to drop the fuse box down a bit without removing plugs. I think there are 1 or 2 silver screws fastening it to metal brackets.

Crawl in there, use plenty of light and take you time...... 2006 honda civic factory alarm wires -- posted image.

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If you look on the back of the fuse box. they are the THINNEST 2 wires there. I overlooked it several times.

hondaguy652

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Ok, thanks for the help, I got the wires connected but now I have two issues. First, the grey wire I connected doesn't show ground until the second time I hit unlock on my factory remote, so my alarm won't unlock it. I probed another grey wire up there and it doesn't show gnd when I DMM it but I accidentaly grounded it and it lock the doors so I'm wondering if there are two grey wires that unlock.

Second issue, anyone familary with compustar remote starts, I'm trying to get into the programming mode through the remote and for the life of me I can't get it to go into the programming mode after i hit the sequences on the remote button.

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If you look at the installation guide for the ADS-BLADE-AL(HA) manual 1640 page 8, you will find a diagram for the door lock wires.

Can you tell us which remote you have for othe Compustar system ?

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This might be a dumb question but... Did you code the remotes to the control unit ( IGN switch 5 on/off's within 7 seconds then hit button 1 ( lock ) on each remote) ? I usually do this on the bench with a battery attached to the control units power wires & ground and pulse IGN lead with +12 volts 5 times. You can put your DMM on ground & (+) parking light output to see responses.

If yes, do the remotes work the lock/unlock? You will hear relays click and the parking lights will flash.

Can't help too much after that, I use the OP500 to set options but the process does differ slightly between one way & two way remotes.

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hondaguy652

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Posted: December 07, 2009 at 9:35 PM / IP Logged

There is no such thing as a dumb question Kreg... Yes the remote is programmed, after reading the instructions the 100th time I realized that the remote doesn't display the program info it only gives you beeps and a confirmation flash. So I was able to change my tach wire programing to auto sensing 2-10 (do you recommend that) but I was unable to change the 1-4 setting for a double pulse unlock. When you change a setting it give you corresponding flashes to the option, I got that for the tach wire but not for the double unlock.

When I finally tried the remote start it started (the ignition seemed be on a little long) but then it turned off after a few seconds and kept retrying until I hit the lock button to shut it off, any ideas? It is really cold up here right now and the engine revs a little higher in the cold but that should be it.

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