had good luck earlier today, but not 100%
spliced the 3 wires in (parking lights, lights off, horn), and the remote starter kit worked with all the idatalink scripted testing, except the hood pin.
For the programming/learning setps, I was able to get the tach to setup as a DATA tach(saw the green flashes), but the battery went dead when I tried to start via the key during the programming/learning process.
So I got another vehicle and jumped it, and went thru the rest of the steps without a hitch. I ran the car for 30 mins (at idle 14.4-14.5V), and then drove for another 15 mins. and the car STILL wouldn't start, so I think the battery has seen it's end.
NEED TO FIND THAT DANG HOOD PIN WIRE
there is definately a hood latch switch, with a light blue and black wire, but as per the Crutchfield folks, I will need to find the wire - it's not coming over the CAN bus.
there are only about 2 or 3 candidates at the fuse block, so I'll find it with a multimeter later this week.
QUESTION:
The OEM remote I set it up with works fine: there is a 2nd OEM remote - do I need to do anything to "recognize" that key, or did the setup effort with the 1 OEM key suffice?
RF KIT NOT WORKING:
the other issue is the remotes won't pair with the module via the pairing process with the RF antenna (short, hold press button on the antenna process), OR the weblink remote setup process after flashing the module.
NO BLUE LEDs AT ALL at any time during my attemps to setup the RF kit today.
CONCERNS this was not a new RF kit:
when I 1st examined shipment upon receipt, the circular tamper evident seal over the RF kit box flap did not look right - it was cloudy, like it had been opened and resealed. the long RF antenna wire was twist tied, but loose in the box, without being bagged (maybe this is all normal for iDatalink, but it seemed odd to me). Further, the long cable for the antenna did NOT look right - one end had shrink wrap tubing for wire protection at one connector, and the other end had electrical tape instead. And lastly, the remotes came shipped WITH the batteries installed, which also may be normal, but just about all the time I receive battery powered items, the batteries are separate, awaiting my installation.
QUESTION:
can anyone tell me the pinout for this RF flat cable? I just went and looked, but the module is up under the dash, it's late and Im tired, so I will confirm tomorrow
BOTH ENDS of the RF antenna cable are I think:
Pin1 Blue
Pin2 Green
Pin3 Black
Pin4 Red
is this the correct pin out for the RF module cable?
SO, thanks to Kreg's input and others, it went pretty well.
-gotta get the battery replaced (ugh, now Im told they had to jump it a few days ago, and it's been quite cold at night here)
-find the hood pin circuit (I have a pic of it with the lt. blue and black wires, but it's too big for this board, and Im too tired - just take my word it's there!)
-what's up with the iDatalink RF kit?
Any thoughts and ideas hugely appreciated!