compustar alarm/starter not functioning
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
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Topic: compustar alarm/starter not functioning
Posted By: deecarp
Subject: compustar alarm/starter not functioning
Date Posted: December 23, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Ok, I have a 2003 FX35 with the 2way LCD remote pager alarm and auto start system (2W900 3000 V.3). a few months back my car sat for over a month and the battery went dead. I got the battery charged up and the car running. shortly after I noticed the Alarm system was acting werd. if you armed or disarmed the car the windows would partially roll down/up based on the arming or disarming mode, the doors still lock and unlock, and the lights still flash. now as for the auto start, the car will go into start mode but will not crank over. I've tried to auto start it with the key in the ignition to see if that the problem and no luck. I can sart the car put it in auto start mode and then pull the key out and it will run. I have the option programmer and I was wonder if that would help resolve some of my issues but that's not the case either. I need help, can anyone help me out or is this an issue to remove the brain for a new one? I'll appreciate anything, that anyone can come up with....thanks for the help in advance.... Dee
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Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 23, 2009 at 8:55 PM
reset the unit, and reprogram the tach. If the windows are rolling up/down if you unlock/lock, the unit might be set for double pulse lock and unlock. First pulse unlocks, second if held to ground will roll down or up the windows. Best bet is to do a reset to factory defaults and reprogram whatver u need back to the previous settings with the op500.
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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 24, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Thanks Tedmond for the rsponse. I will give this all a shot and see what happens, I'm crossing my fingers, and I'll get back to you and let you know what happened.
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 24, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Well I got everything working, but now my remotes won't display any of the functions, they are no showing the signal display bars. so now it time to search that. Thanks again Tedmond, your response helped greatly with getting the alarm and starter working So I'm happy about that.Now if you or anyone can help with the remotes It will be a done deal with the total package :D
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 25, 2009 at 1:10 AM
if you dont see the signal bars, do the remotes work at least? try resetting the remotes. pull the battery out, let it sit for a min or so, then pu thtem back in. press lock on the remote or query and see if it responds.
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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 25, 2009 at 1:44 AM
I tireed to reset the remotes by doing the ignition, as well as taking the batteries out. they do work though. I see the signal bars intermittently - not sure what else I can do....but the alarm works which is great
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 25, 2009 at 8:11 AM
all i can think of is a dead battery or faulty remote(if it was dropped)
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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert
Posted By: Chris Luongo
Date Posted: December 25, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Not too familiar with those two-way remotes or what could be wrong, but you wouldn't have much to lose by doing the following:
1. Reset the alarm brain by disconnecting the power for a minute and reconnecting. If you can't access the alarm brain, disconnect the car's battery instead.
(You'll have to once again take the Compustar unit out of valet mode as you did before. Compustar units irritatingly go into valet mode automatically when they lose power.
2. Remove the batteries from the remotes for a few minutes, and put them back in.
3. Reprogram the remotes to the car. Simply turn the ignition On/Off five times, quickly: on/off/on/off/on/off/on/off/ON......leave it on, and hit Lock on each remote.
If doing those three things has no effect, I would guess that the remotes must be bad, unless there's some setting to turn the remote's display on and off.
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 26, 2009 at 1:07 AM
I'll try to disconnect the battery in the A.M to see what happens. it works intermittently (meaning the signal bars show up every now and then, then stop) but the remotes them selves actually work. All the functions from lock to unlocking, auto start, mute, passive arming etc.... the remotes just don't show what's happening on the LCD display 100% of the time. it happening on both remotes, but prior to the reset they both worked.
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 26, 2009 at 6:57 AM
send a pm to velocity motorsports. he deals strictly with compustar, and knows them inside out. I dont remember a setting in the menu, but there might be one setting to tell the unit to respond back with confirmations.
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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: December 26, 2009 at 10:46 AM
That would be pushing button 4 for 1/2 second. It will have the alarm send a signal of it's status.
Did you try replacing the batteries in the remotes as mentioned earlier? Also, try programming only one 2-way remote to the system. I know some systems can only have one 2-way remote programmed to it. I haven't tried multiples with the Compustar units yet.
If that doesn't work, I would contact the shop that installed it and see if they can figure it out. Compustar offers great tech support to their authorized dealers and should be able to tell them what's going on.
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 27, 2009 at 3:16 AM
I tried all the previous stuff, still no luck, it seems that I only have access to, 2 menu's but there are 4 according to the op500 program menu when I look on line so is there some way to update the programmer to access the other menus? i see other features I had listed but can not get to until the programmer allows it via an update of some sort. I pm'd the rep here on the forum and I'm awaiting a response. anyone else have any ideas?
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM
only the 4xxx and newer have the programming menu 4. yours only has programming options 1 and 2.
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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 27, 2009 at 11:32 AM
my horn output from the car was working along with the instrument flashing and now neither one of those features work to now include my remotes that use to receive information back. dam oh well.... thank Tedmond for the info, I at least got the alarm working though. hey question for you, if I up graded the brain to a 4 or 5 is it plug and play or will I have to rewire everything? just curious, thanks again....
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: December 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM
hey, the only similar connection is CN1 for the start, acc, ign wires. Everything has been redesigned into smaller, double stacked plugs to save space. But if you do purchase a 5xxx brain, all you have to do is look at your old unit, for that colour, and match it with the new modules wires. from what i know they are basically identicle colours, just differant connectors. it wont take as long as the first install since your tracing old wire, remove, and connect new wire. hope this helps
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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert
Posted By: enice
Date Posted: December 27, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I installed a P2WSS Alarm/Starter in my friends car and his battery was dead recently due to a bad alternator. I tried to reprogram the remote and the remote would not respond. What I did is disconnect the antenna and it starter working again. It was a little odd or maybe because it was the defrost but the antenna was a little warm. A while back we installed a a P2W900 and the antenna did not give me two way confirmation. I disconnected the antenna and reconnected. Reprogrammed the remote and it worked. Try that and see if it helps, otherwise it may be the actual antenna. Same happened to a customer that came in with a 2-way remote and it was the antenna cable. Good Luck
Posted By: deecarp
Date Posted: December 29, 2009 at 12:16 AM
well I didi all the above, and for what ever reason I have one remote that works intermittently with receiving and sending, and the other just sends. I'm thinking that it may be the annenna. I relocated it, reset the brain, unplugged the battery you name it. I think I've tried most of it. but all in all the alarm does work and so does the auto start, etc... so thank to everyone for helping me out on this one. great site with great people helping out I can't ask for more then that.
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