viper 211hv status led issue
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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=127021
Printed Date: April 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Topic: viper 211hv status led issue
Posted By: skeer
Subject: viper 211hv status led issue
Date Posted: April 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM
Apologies if this is in the wrong forums section.. I was confused between Security and LED's.
Anyway, 2006 Isuzu I-280, previous owner had the 211HV installed and currently working as intended. However there was no status LED so I went searching, last night I found the controller box and indeed teh LED plug was empty. According to the install guide the LED port is fed by 2vdc however checking the two pins with a multimeter I found out different.
ok so checking each pin to ground I read 00.475 on pin 1, and 12.00 on pin 2. Checking between the pins I get 12.00vdc, now while I had the probes on the pins I hit unlock and lock both. Nothing changed.. the output voltage was constant. So Im confused as to how this circuit alternates between a bright working LED and a dead one if the voltage never changes.
Now here's the tricky part.. I did not know what voltage the blue LED i found was rated at, nor do I know the correct polarity of the plug since the install guide doesnt specify. So I plugged it in once..nothing, switched it and got a dimly lit LED. I thought for a minute that my connector was loose so I removed the plug, further secured the two wires into the connector and from then on I didn't get any more blue goodness.
So obviously I thought that I burnt the LED out, so I went and found another 5mm red led, temporarily wired it in parallel with the blue one but even though Im reading 12 volts out, neither LED illuminates.
Since this apparently defies science, I'm at a total loss.
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Posted By: itsyuk
Date Posted: April 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM
not ALL leds are created equal.
why not just buy the correct LED from abay or a local shop and plug it and be done with it?
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yuk
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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: April 20, 2011 at 3:38 AM
X2 with itsyuk, failing that any standard NON resistive LED will work, done it myself, the output voltage should be 2-3 volts.
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