hey i was wondering if anyone know how to fix the problem with a turbo timer(hks type-o) and an after market alarm(viper 650 xv) when the timer is counting down the alarm will not arm, only when the timers shuts off it will arm, so does anyone know how tofix this issure with out messing up the ignition kill on the alarm and making it possible to arm while counting down?? i got a quote to do it for like $50-60 but that is more then half of what the timers, please let me know! thnx

 

i had this proble to what i ended up doing was deactivating the autolock feature on the alarm ( where you start the car the doors lock and when you turn it off the door unlock) problematic for turbo timers because when the car shuts off a minute and a half later the doors unlock. now what happens is (with mine) is the car shuts off the alarms disarms and 30 sec. later due to the passive arming of the alarm it re-arms itself.

Hope this helps

 

There's no easy way around this, you cannot arm the alarm when the car is running without messing with the wires. So just disable the autolock feature on the alarm (because if you don't it will unlock the doors after the TT shuts off the car), make sure the autoarm feature is turn ON, and just manually lock the door after you take out the key. This way you car is lock after you leave the car with it still running, and about half a minute later after the TT shuts it off, the autoarm will arm the alarm.

 

I am working on a simple circuit with a couple of diodes to get around it so that the alarm thinks the car is off when you remove the key. I will probably be able to post a diagram of it up once I get it done. Need to get a harness for my TT first however.

I just realized that there might be a problem with the shock sensor being shaken when the car is running or shuts off. I will have to test it when I get that harness.

 

cool thanks alot for all the information and ya that autolock thing seems to be a good way to fix the problem and iw ill look into it cause that is the one thing that i didnt even think of that does make sense, i appreciate the help!

 

not a problem

 

eternal9, any progress on this? Thanks!

 

mine arms, and then when the TT kicks off, it unlocks an 30 seconds later arms and locks again

 

This is why i bought an alarm that has a turbo timer function built in.

 

mine has a "count down timer" just prefer not to use that feature of the alarm

 

apursell,
You should turn off the auto-lock/auto-unlock door feature, or else your car would be vulnerable for that 30 secs after the TT shuts off, anyone could go into your car, pop the hood and cut the alarm.

 

what alarm is that?

 

mine with the intellistart has a timer built in 2

 

My compustar has a built in TT and it has a 2-way paging system and it works from about 1 mile away.

 

i have a hornet 554t alarm not yet installed. I am hoping to use the remote start/countdown timer in place of a tt. anyone have an opinion on this or have tried it?