please help troubleshoot alarm
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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.
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Printed Date: July 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Topic: please help troubleshoot alarm
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Subject: please help troubleshoot alarm
Date Posted: July 31, 2002 at 7:01 PM
Alarm: Compustar 2WFM-A
Vehicle: 99 Dodge Ram
ok, having a little trouble with my alarm install. what are the minimum things I need hooked up to test my alarm?
I have a good ground and power to the brain. I have my door actuators hooked up via relays. I have the antenna, shock sensor, siren, and remote paging system plugged into the alarm. Do I need to program my remote to work with the unit (like the add remote procedure listed in the manual)? I plug everything in and get nothing. the remote gives me the signal that it is transferring to the brain, but its not doing anything (no chirps, no led, nothing). the shock sensor has power to it, I can see its little light on. must I have the parking light output hooked up for the alarm to be functional? what is a good source for the ignition input? at the moment I have it hooked up from the fuse box (from the radio fuse). is this bad?
sorry for all the questions, but I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. thanks everybody.
JASON
Replies:
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: July 31, 2002 at 7:04 PM
oh one more question: for the door trigger input I have three wires. white, black with green, and tan. the sources I have found on the internet say the wire is susposed to be yellow. right now I'm tapping into the tan wire comming from the trigger. is that the correct wire and should that suffice for an input?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:45 AM
- You need to program the remote control for brand new units.
- To avoid dome delay, use tan for the drivers door and BLACK/ lt. blue for the passenger door. Both wires are located at the central timer module to the right side of the steering column. Use both wires and diode isolate each.
------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:46 AM
well I'm done working on this for the evening, hope to have a reply in the morning that can nudge me in the right direction *crosses fingers*
EDIT: one minute late on this one, lol.
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:48 AM
what do you mean by dome delay? and what is a good source for the ignition input?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 1:20 AM
You know when the dome light is on for about 30 seconds after the last door is closed. The circuit delays the power and slowly drains a cap inline of the OEM power wire. A good ignition source would be from the ignition harness ( DARK BLUE ). ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 12:00 PM
ahh, I do not have dome delay on my truck. so can I just go with the tan wire in the drivers kick panel? also, I'm having some trouble finding the parking light wire where they say it should be. how bad would it be to take the wire under the hood where I can easily get to the parking lights? P.S. thanks Jeff for all your help.
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 6:01 PM
ok, was able to figure out my parking light ordeal, I went right to the headlight switch and tapped the appropriate line there.
on to the big problem. I am having the hardest time programming the remote. my directions say cycle the ignition 5 times to enter valet mode, then press button I on the remote for 1/2 sec. I do this and nothing happens. again I checked and the alarm brain is getting power. everything is plugged in. batteries in the remote are fine. anybody have any suggestions?
I've tried cycling the ignition like this:
on/off
on/off
on/off
on/off
on/off , press button I
and like this:
on/off
on/off
on/off
on/off
on, press button I
neither of these work. suggestions? TIA
JASON
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 01, 2002 at 7:17 PM
ok, I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was turning the ignition on, the all the way to off, not stopping at the first click on the ignition like I was susposed to. next question: there is a clicking coming from my brain when the parking lights flash. I take this is from the onboard parking ligth relay activating, but I want to make sure. is this normal? the 2WFM-A does have an onboard parking light relay, right?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 12:06 AM
Yes, the Compustar does have onboard relays for lights otherwise the lights would not be able to flash. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 1:51 AM
Thanks Jeff, just making sure the clicking I am hearing is just the relay. this is my first install thus all the dumb questions. :) One last quick question: I want to hook up my dome light output. do I just connect a relay like this: https://www.the12volt.com/relays/page4.asp#ien into my tan wire from my drivers side door trigger?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 8:36 AM
Actually, just hook up the DOME LIGHT wire of the Compustar and it has onboard relays to do this already ( I think ?? ) The Dodge has a (-) activation door system so if the Compustar has a (-) output DOME LIGHT wire, just plug and play  ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: -=Jason=-
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 11:07 AM
actually the dome light output on the allarm is a (-) 200mA output. so I take it I need the relay. is that the correct relay hook up?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 03, 2002 at 8:38 AM
Yes that is the correct diagram. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
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