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Friday I got a new alarm put into my car. It is a Python 650 esp. Anyways, the installer did a piss poor job of it, and now im going to fix it. First question, will all the setting that were programmed into the alarm be erased if I unplug it? Second question is will it hurt anything to lenghten any of the wires, mainly just the power and ground and a couple others? Third is where should I run the antenna wire, should it be as high as possible, or will it matter? Fourth Will double sided tape be good enough for mounting the shock sensor/brain of the alarm, or should it be screwed down. And finally, when I get all of the wires reran and everything looking half way decent, should I wrap up all the wires in split loom and tape for a factory appearance, or should I just hide them all. I would really appreciate any suggestions and comments..
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One more question, does the dei proximity sensor stay on all the time? Its messing with my radar detector...Is there any way to get it to not do this..the radar detector constantly reads x alert and is super anoying...
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First I am not too familiar with the Python unit you speak of. I will attempt to answer your question though. I will assume that all programming is stored in e-prom memory, thus not needing reprogramming if you disconnect power. As for lengthening the wires, no problem. Remember to make good connections. The antenna wire should be routed away from metal if possible, and not connected to anything. The shock sensor should be mounted with screws, or wire tied with good strong wire tie(s) It must be "part" of the vehicle to work properly. As for your last question, you should make the wires look like what is already there. In other words, you wont find any split loom under the dash, so don't use it there. You may route the wires along with other wires, or use black tape to hide them. Use your imagination. Hope this helps.
PS. as for your next post, no the sensor should not be on all the time. It is wired incorectly.
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Thanks for the answers...The Proximity sensor which is a DEI 508D, pluggs directly into the alarm case on a four prong plug. I believe the wires are RED +12v constant fused, BLACK - chassis ground or - ground when armed, GREEN - first stage warn away output, and BLUE- second stage trigger output. In the installation instructions, it says something about hooking the BLACK wire up to the ground when armed output of the security system, but if the system does not have a ground when armed output, to use a 611T latching relay..So if my alarm has a ground when armed output, should I hook the black wire up to it?
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quote:Originally posted by ED: What I meant by that was, should I take the black wire out of the little bundle that it is in, and ground it to the ground when armed output?
Like I said, I am not too familiar with the DEI units. It would seem that the sensor port on the brain, would not power the sensor unless the alarm is armed. Either way you should be able to move the black wire to the "ground while armed" output as you describe, ans solve your problem. Remember, the "ground while armed" output is commonly used for "start disable" also. If this is the case, you may need to "step up" the power using a relay. You should also diode isolate the two.
You should get your money back for the installation. Sounds like a poor job to me.
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