Wake up GEM on 2005 Ford Focus?

I have been searching "the12volt" for help on how I can get my after-market alarm to wakeup the GEM so the remote's unlock button will unlock the doors (if the GEM goes to sleep). I have seen many references to "2 pulse, 1st to door ajar input to wakeup GEM and 2nd to unlock doors" (see discussion at: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=13531&KW=Ford+GEM). I also noted a discussion where it was mentioned I could monetarily pulse "ignition on" to wakeup the GEM (using relay).

The "pulse door ajar" does not work on my 2005 Ford Focus. I locked doors using driver side lock button, waited 2 minutes (GEM asleep), door unlock button does not work, I manually grounded driver door trigger and dome light comes on.. BUT unlock button still will not work (GEM asleep). If I manually move the "door lock lever" to unlock, then ground door trigger the GEM will wakeup and the unlock button works..

The "monetarily pulse ignition on" does work. I locked the doors using driver side lock button, waited 2 minutes (GEM asleep), door unlock button does not work, I turned the key to "ignition on", then back off, and the unlock button works (GEM is wakeup after turning key on/off). I prefer not to setup my alarm this way. The ignition will always be "monetarily pulsed" every time I unlock my car using my alarm's remote control.

My 2005 Ford Focus has factory keyless entry (but no factory alarm). Is there simply a wire that I can "ground" using the negative unlock wire from my alarm that will wakeup the GEM (ie: alarm disable, even though my car does not have factory alarm). I have a Magicar FAI-300. I have "double diode" the 4 door triggers and everything works perfectly except "GEM problem". As long as I don't lock my car using the driver side door lock button all works great! Also, my alarm can be set to either .5 second or 4 seconds "lock/unlock time". It is currently on .5 second. I assume 4 seconds setting would work as "double pulse"? The alarm manual doesn't specifically reference the words "double pulse".

All help is appreciated.

In my experience with the Focus, as long as the car is unlocked (double pulse to unlock all doors) using your Ford remote, and never again locked via the Ford remote, the GEM will not go to sleep.  I've done a few of these cars ranging from 2000 to 2005 and this has always been the case.  Have I just been lucky??

I get this problem often its called SLAM LOCK. Locking your doors and closing them makes the unlock circuit go dead after 30 seconds of the dome light turning off. Then the only way to unlock the doors is with the factory remote or the key in the lock. Even using the switch on the door inside will not unlock the door. I do installs for Ford. I have 2 ways I fix this.

1) If your Focus has perimeter alarm send a negative pulse (best wire to use is factory alarm disarm wire if your aftermerket alarm or remote start has this wire) to the BLACK/ white, if it does not have a perimeter alarm use the BLACK / YELLOW wire both can be found in the left kick panel. (Note: There is more then one BLACK / YELLOW wire on being the unlock wire.)

2) I have not verified this on a focus but in the drivers manual for the car under locks. It will tell you how to turn off the AUTO LOCK feature. Turning this feature off also take away the slam lock. This works on Taurus and Explorers. As I said I have not verified this on the Focus.

Another trick I have tried and works on some cars is close all your doors, lock it with your remote and the slam lock will not turn on.

I tested unlocking 2 times (driver, then all doors) using factory keyless remote on my 2005 Focus, then putting the remote away (not to be used again). The GEM does not go asleep again and my Magicar alarm works fine, UNTIL I lock the door with driver door lock button, then it falls asleep in 2 minutes! I then have to use my key to unlock the door (which also wakes up the GEM again).

I have also turned off the AUTOLOCK feature on the Focus, but GEM still goes asleep if I use driver door lock button. My Focus does not have a perimeter alarm and one of the BLACK / YELLOW wires is the driver front door trigger wire, which I use. Negative to that wire does not wake up the GEM (but does turn on dome light). Maybe a different BLACK / YELLOW will wake up GEM?

I'll look for the BLACK/ green (driver door only) unlock wire and try that idea too.

Thanks to all for replies. I looking for a simple / easy solution (if possible)...

Here is a link to a diagram of it.https://directechs.com/techtips/pdfs/resources/security/directed_techtips/1094.pdf

Fastlearner wrote:

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you guys are all doing it the hard way. Here is what i've always done. Actualy i can't remember exactly what i do i have the paper in my toolbox i'll get it tomarrow. Just shut it off. You can do this by putting the key in the ignition and hitting lock and unlock a certain number of on the door. And it works like a charm.  Like i said i can't remember but i'll get it tomarrow and post it unless someone else knows how to do this. It's the easiest way.

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Fastlearner, look at my first post on this, the number 2 try TURNING OFF THE AUTOLOCK, then look at his reply, IT DIDN'T WORK FOR HIM! Is he doing it wrong? Possible, cause I know I do the same thing on other Fords and it works. But we already went thru this. 

cntrylvr79 wrote:

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I think you've been lucky.  If you lock the door with the driver switch with the door open, and then shut the door the gem will fall asleep.  I don't remember what I did to wake up the gem at the moment.  I have a focus coming in later this week for a r/s keyless so I'll let ya know then.

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Yes, you are bang on the money!!  I neglected to add to my post that you should never use the Ford remote OR the button on the door again.  Just did some some testing on my 05.  It has had RS/Alarm for 2 1/2 months with GEM staying awake no problem.  Tell your customers this.  It works.  As for using the button on the door, it does nothing for you anyway since it does not arm the alarm.

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Fastlearner wrote:

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you guys are all doing it the hard way. Here is what i've always done. Actualy i can't remember exactly what i do i have the paper in my toolbox i'll get it tomarrow. Just shut it off. You can do this by putting the key in the ignition and hitting lock and unlock a certain number of on the door. And it works like a charm.  Like i said i can't remember but i'll get it tomarrow and post it unless someone else knows how to do this. It's the easiest way.

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Fastlearner, look at my first post on this, the number 2 try TURNING OFF THE AUTOLOCK, then look at his reply, IT DIDN'T WORK FOR HIM! Is he doing it wrong? Possible, cause I know I do the same thing on other Fords and it works. But we already went thru this. 

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I just went to my 2005 Focus, removed fuse to my Magicar alarm, turning it off because the Magicar locks and unlocks the doors when ignition turned on and off. Knowing my Magicar is off and does not impact the door lock/unlock via ignition, I verified that I did in fact disable the factory AUTOLOCK because the doors do not lock once I start car, press brake, put in drive, release brake, move car above 4 mph. Also, the doors do not unlock when I turn the key off. I then stop car, turn it off, open driver door, press driver door lock button which locks the doors, close the door, wait 2 minutes, press unlock (or lock) button on either door and nothing happens (the GEM is asleep!). I put the fuse back in my Magicar and it locks doors when ignition on for 5 seconds and unlocks when ignition turned off.

Thanks again for input. I just wanted to verify turning AUTOLOCK off on my 2005 Focus doesn't help. The GEM still goes to sleep if I use the driver door lock button.

I have not tried the "driver door only, BLACK/ green wire idea" yet, may look for that today. Also, the issue I have with "monetarily pulse ignition on" solution (which will work) is pulsing ignition on also starts up my Garmin C340 GPS unit, then gps goes straight to battery backup, not shutting down automatically because it did not detect "power on" long enough.

Thanks again and keep the tips coming.

redroc wrote:

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If you find the BLACK/ green in the kick panel this will unlock the drivers door only(rest will still be in bcm shut down mode).Pulse this wire the door pin wire and the unlock wire all at the same time and the system will wake up.You will have to set it for double pulse unlock,and diode isolate everything!

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redroc, you the man! (or woman if the case may be...)

The BLACK/ green wire does the trick! All is well in the world once again! I did exactly as you stated above and it works great! I did not even "double pulse unlock", because the first press of alarm remote unlock button and the driver door unlocks (not impacted by GEM asleep issue), then press remote unlock button again after about 1 second, the GEM wakes up if asleep, and all doors unlock. I'm going to use it this way so it works more like factory keyless remote where one press unlocks driver door only, press a second time and all doors open. (I'm sure double pulse will unlock all doors with one button press). A side note (no issue): the "lights on chime" now does 2 little chimes as the parking lights flash twice at unlock (the car thinks the lights are on while the door is open due to "door pin pulse").

Note: This install method unlocks in the same sequence, whether the GEM was asleep or not. As long as I don't open driver door, press driver door lock button, then close door, the GEM never goes to sleep. If I forget and press the door lock button, no problem now, my alarm remote unlock button will still unlock driver door first and all doors if press remote button again. (But as noted by kohara73, if I press the driver door lock button only, it locks the car, but does NOT arm the alarm. Of course I could program my alarm to automatically arm after all doors closed and still use the driver door lock button to immediately lock doors as I leave the car, with alarm auto-arm 30 seconds later).

I going to put together details on my Magicar FAI-300 alarm install in my 2005 Ford Focus and post here later.

Thanks again to all for input and ideas. It is greatly appreciated.

Louie