compustar cm6200 checking
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Topic: compustar cm6200 checking
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Subject: compustar cm6200 checking
Date Posted: January 15, 2013 at 10:37 PM
hey guys.
i install a cm6200 on a 2001 kia sephia 4 door with manual transmission. the remote is a one way and no siren.its just remote starter with optional keyless entry.
the thing is i already hook up everything but its still not working.
here's what i did:
(Primary Wires)
- i connect the 2 red wire(12 volts constant) of the cm6200 brain in the red wire of the steering column.
- i connect the yellow/black and yellow(12 volts starter) on the starter in the steering column. i cut the BLACK / YELLOW wire(starter wire) and connect the yellow/black wire to the key side and the yellow wire to the starter side.
- i connect the green wire(ignition) to the WHITE/ blue wire in the steering column.
-i connect the white wire(accessories) to the green wire in the steering column.
-i connect the GREEN / WHITE(parking light) to the blue/white in the driver kick panel.
-black(ground) to the chassis.
Small Wires:
-tach - i connect this in the yellow wire in the diagnostic connector in driver side strut tower.
-hood pin - somewhere in the hood.
-foot brake - i connect this in the RED / black wire in the foot brake switch.
-door trigger - i connect this one in the lt. GREEN/ red wire in the driver kick panel.
that's all i connected and the remote is still not working. even tick in the brain.
thank you.
Replies:
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 16, 2013 at 4:08 AM
You need to connect the e-brake in order for the reservation mode to activate. To enable the reservation mode, make sure that your foot is off the foot brake and the ebrake (parking brake) is on before shutting the car off. Then when you shut the car off, the engine will stay running. Get out of the car and shut the door... depending on what setting you have for reservation mode it will either immediately lock the doors and shut off the engine or there will be a 10 second delay before the doors lock and the engine shuts off. Once it shuts off, it is in reservation mode. ANY door opening will reset reservation mode and you will have to do it over again.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 16, 2013 at 4:11 AM
You also need to program the remotes to the unit before it will work. To program the remotes, cycle the ignition on/off 5 times and you will hear a faint 'click' from the starter. Press the lock button on each remote. With each lock press, you will see the lights flash to give you confirmation.
Once that is done you also need to program the tach signal. Start the car with the key and wait a few seconds for the RPM to settle, then hold the foot brake while holding the remote start button on the remote for 2.5 seconds. Once again, the parking lights will flash to confirm a successful tach learn. If they flash more than once, it did not program.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: January 16, 2013 at 12:55 PM
thank you for the reply. tat means all of my connections are right and what i just need is connect the ebrake for the reservation mode. by the way what is the color and location of the ebrake wire. i will try it later. thanks again for the reply offroadzj.
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: January 16, 2013 at 2:20 PM
oh and one more thing. which one should be activate first? reservation mode or tach learning? thanks 
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM
The tach learning only needs to be done once (unless it happens to 'unlearn' the tach signal in the future). The reservation mode has to be enabled every time you exit the vehicle if you want it to remote start it. If any door is opened in the mean time, it needs to be reset.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: January 21, 2013 at 9:57 PM
hey guys..what is the wire color and location of ebrake on 2001 kia sephia.
thanks
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: January 22, 2013 at 6:05 AM
Readyremote and bulldogsecurity wiring doesn't show anything for parking brake. So unless someone with directechs access chimes in with something different, you will most likely have to go straight to the parking brake. It should be the only wire connected to the base of the brake lever.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: metz35
Date Posted: January 22, 2013 at 9:08 AM
PURPLE / white at parking brake
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: January 23, 2013 at 2:18 AM
do i need to hook the ebrake first before activating the remote or i can i activate the remote even though i haven't connect the ebrake wire yet?
thanks..
Posted By: kreg357
Date Posted: January 23, 2013 at 5:54 AM
Not sure I understand the question.
You can program the remotes to the Compustar at any time, with or without the EBrake connection. This is
usually done as the first step after install and power is applied to the unit. Just follow the steps listed earlier
by Kenny.
"You also need to program the remotes to the unit before it will work. To program the remotes, cycle the ignition
on/off 5 times and you will hear a faint 'click' from the starter. Press the lock button on each remote. With each
lock press, you will see the lights flash to give you confirmation."
The Compustar must see the EBrake input go active to enter into Reservation Mode. The Compustar EBrake
input is a permanent and mandatory connection to the vehicles EBrake wire. ( Other mandatory connections
with a manual transmission install are Door Triggers and Tach wire, along with Tach Mode programming.) ------------- Soldering is fun!
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: January 23, 2013 at 12:33 PM
kreg357 wrote:
Not sure I understand the question.
You can program the remotes to the Compustar at any time, with or without the EBrake connection. This is
usually done as the first step after install and power is applied to the unit. Just follow the steps listed earlier
by Kenny.
"You also need to program the remotes to the unit before it will work. To program the remotes, cycle the ignition
on/off 5 times and you will hear a faint 'click' from the starter. Press the lock button on each remote. With each
lock press, you will see the lights flash to give you confirmation."
The Compustar must see the EBrake input go active to enter into Reservation Mode. The Compustar EBrake
input is a permanent and mandatory connection to the vehicles EBrake wire. ( Other mandatory connections
with a manual transmission install are Door Triggers and Tach wire, along with Tach Mode programming.)
you understand the question because you gave me the answer that im looking for. so i need to hook up first the ebrake for the remote to be active..
thanks for the help. :)
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: February 05, 2013 at 2:32 PM
Hey guys.. The remote is already active.. I hook everything even the tach wire.. I hook the tach wire in under the hood in the diagnostic plug(yellow wire) but still tach wont learn.. Any other location for the tach wire?
Thanks!
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 05, 2013 at 3:56 PM
You can always find tach at any fuel injector. Find 2 injectors, they will each have 1 common wire and 1 uncommon wire. Use the uncommon wire from any injector.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: February 06, 2013 at 1:44 AM
offroadzj wrote:
You can always find tach at any fuel injector. Find 2 injectors, they will each have 1 common wire and 1 uncommon wire. Use the uncommon wire from any injector.
Thank you for the reply.. The problem is i don't know how to find the one in the fuel injector.. In my civic i easily find it.. But i don't know in kia sephia.. Can you point me in the right location..
And one more thing.. What are the possible cause(s) if the tach didn't learn?
Thanks!
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 06, 2013 at 6:03 AM
You just have to find the fuel injectors and they will usually only have 2 wires in each injector.... I'm not quite sure I understand what you can't find. The only reasons a tach wouldn't learn are a) you have the wrong wire, b) the signal is too low of a threshold for the unit to recognize or c) you didn't learn it correctly. Did you test the wire for a tach signal before connecting to it?
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: February 12, 2013 at 2:34 PM
hi, thank you for the reply.
i checked all my connection and everything is good. i check my tach connection. the multimeter reading on the kia sephia is 30.4 and i even check my tach connection on my civic to compare the reading and the tach reading is 13.3. i am thinking, the reason why the tach is not learning because the tach output of the car is too high? is it right?
p.s. when i try to program the tach parklight flashes twice then it will flash again three times.(meaning tach is not learning according to the manual).
thank you.
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 12, 2013 at 3:54 PM
With the red lead of your DMM on the suspected wire, the black lead on a known ground, the DMM on AC voltage, you should see a fluctuation in the voltage as you give it more gas (higher rpm). I've never had an issue on any Kia with tach learning. What wire did you end up connecting to?
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: February 12, 2013 at 4:10 PM
When i give more gas the reading won't go higher than 1 and when i let it go it goes down then ho back to 30.4 or 30.3..
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 12, 2013 at 7:49 PM
What is the DMM set on? that seems really high. It should only be a few volts... not 30. It sounds like you may have the wrong wire. Which wire did you go to?
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
Posted By: hardrew_rolly
Date Posted: February 13, 2013 at 12:45 AM
offroadzj wrote:
What is the DMM set on? that seems really high. It should only be a few volts... not 30. It sounds like you may have the wrong wire. Which wire did you go to?
DMM is set to 200 ac. when i check my tach wire on my civic i use the same setting. i test the yellow wire on the driver side diagnostic connector of 2001 kia sephia. and i also check the light green wire in the ignition coil.
Posted By: offroadzj
Date Posted: February 13, 2013 at 6:02 AM
Did you try one of the injectors yet? The injector usually gives the best signal. Test that and see what you get.
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Kenny
Owner / Technician
KKD Garage LLC
Albany, NY 12205
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