bitwriter alternative
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=118146
Printed Date: April 27, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Topic: bitwriter alternative
Posted By: bigpoppa69
Subject: bitwriter alternative
Date Posted: December 01, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Hi, i just installed my avital 4103 remote starter, everything went pretty easy, got the door locks and all that stuff to work but theres a big problem. the remote starter works, but not on the first try. i press the remote start button, the car tries to start, but doesnt make it, if i press the remote start button again, the car will start up. obviously i want the car to start up on the first try. i didnt connect the tach wire, i wanted to use the virtual tach (tachless) operation. so the manual says to get a bitwriter and program it to start longer. i really dont wanna buy a bitwriter, but i read on the internet there is a way to connect the remote starter module to my laptop and program it with a pc interface. that would be sweet. does anyone know where i can get this pc program or anything like it? or should i just go ahead and connect the tach wire?
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Posted By: zerepdivad
Date Posted: December 01, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Program it manually.... or hook up tach and do it properly.
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Posted By: hurleyloser
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 1:43 AM
program it manually like zerepdivad said. No such program exists to allow you to program through a PC rather than a bitwriter.
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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 3:41 AM
This goes back to the days about 5 or 6 years ago when Clifford told us the Wiz programming could be used through a Palm or Winmobile system, well 5 or 6 PDA phones later I finally gave up. Now have old laptop with Wiz and Bitwriter.
Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Hook the tach up and do it right.
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Kevin Pierson
Posted By: sroake4
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Does anyone have the part number for the 3-pin to 4-pin bitwriter cable needed for the Avital 4103 ? It uses the D2D port. I can make the cable too if anyone has the pinout.
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 5:47 PM
It has been 25 hours since you asked this question. How long do you think it will take you to connect the tach wire?
Posted By: sroake4
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 5:58 PM
I agree, hook up the tach. The vitual tach has not worked well for me. If you buy a bitwriter, make sure it has version 2.7 software and comes with the 3-pin (bitwriter side) to 4-pin (D2D side on 4103) cable. ------------- STEVER
Posted By: hurleyloser
Date Posted: December 02, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Cliffnet Wiz is not a replacement for a bitwriter though. He might interpret that for what he's heard around the grapevine about programming an Avital through a computer instead of a bitwriter.
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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: December 03, 2009 at 2:44 AM
Far as I know there was never a way to programme Avital except manually. Incidentally bitwriter and wiz were/are incompatible with another. They're completely different software systems. Hell you can't even convert wiz to work through a USB, I know I tried, I've simpy aguired an old Thinkpad, shoved Win 98SE on it and the 2.2 wiz programming and I STILL do it faster manually.
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