Remote start in manual transmission Q?

Hey guys. I'm pulling out my Clifford Ace 7500 and installing a Clifford Solaris 5. Unfortunately the Solaris doesn't provide a negative output while remote started to bypass the clutch switch. I was thinking of using the third ignition wire to do this (through a relay of course) and just wanted to confirm it wasn't a bad idea. Any other ideas would be most helpful. Thanks!

Steven Kephart
Adire Audio


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I don't see why this wouldn't work, give it a try.

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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

You can even use the starter wire to trigger a relay that will engage the clutch. You don't have to have a designated status output wire to do this.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Ok, apparently the ignition 3 output isn't working.  When I push in the clutch, I can remote start it.  I metered the ignition 3 output, and I'm not getting any voltage from it.  The only thing I can think of is it doesn't turn on until the engine is engaged?  I didn't see a programable feature on this ignition output.

Anyway I can definitely try hooking up the starter.  However, won't that completely bypass the clutch switch in the first place?  After all then when I turn the key to start, it will trigger my clutch relay as well.  If that were true, then I could accomplish the same thing by bypassing the clutch switch and eliminating the relay all together.  If anyone has any other ideas, please let me know.  Thanks!

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

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try blue/orange or blueblack (-) triggers.

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Houston,TX
"The two most common elements in the universe are H+ and stupidity" (Ellison).

profuse007 wrote:

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try blue/orange or blueblack (-) triggers.

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Yeah, I was trying to use the blue/orange "ignition 3" output.  I found out from a quick phone call to a friend that it was a negative trigger instead of a positive trigger I would have expected from an ignition wire.  Anyway, I couldn't get it to work right, so instead I tapped into the ignition one output.  It works just fine now.  Thanks for the help.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

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Steven Kephart wrote:

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profuse007 wrote:

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try blue/orange or blueblack (-) triggers.

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Yeah, I was trying to use the blue/orange "ignition 3" output.  I found out from a quick phone call to a friend that it was a negative trigger instead of a positive trigger I would have expected from an ignition wire.  Anyway, I couldn't get it to work right, so instead I tapped into the ignition one output.  It works just fine now.  Thanks for the help.

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

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not a good idea, I you did what I think you did, now your clutch will be bypassed EVERYTIME your ignition is on, even with the key!  keep the 86 pin connected to ign1, but now connect pin# 85 to ign3 neg output.  that will ensure that the clutch is only bypassed when the remote start is activated ;)

slab42 wrote:

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not a good idea, I you did what I think you did, now your clutch will be bypassed EVERYTIME your ignition is on, even with the key!  keep the 86 pin connected to ign1, but now connect pin# 85 to ign3 neg output.  that will ensure that the clutch is only bypassed when the remote start is activated ;)

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Oops, should have thought it through better.  That just did the same thing I was trying not to do by not using the starter wire.   I eliminated the ignition 3 wire as I couldn't get it to work.  But that was just because I got the wrong side of the clutch switch.  I figured that out when even the ignition 1 wire didn't work.  I suppose I could re-wire the relay again and use that ignition 3 wire.  Thanks!

Steven Kephart

Adire Audio

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