Foxguard Alarm - wiring
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What's wrong with it?
Not sure which loom you have on it, some are all black - will not make your life any easier. It will probably have two large connectors(10 way & 14 way) as well as up to five smaller ones. If your loom is the colour coded type and you tell me which wires you are unsure about I should be able to help.
Ivan
Not sure which loom you have on it, some are all black - will not make your life any easier. It will probably have two large connectors(10 way & 14 way) as well as up to five smaller ones. If your loom is the colour coded type and you tell me which wires you are unsure about I should be able to help.
Ivan
The alarm caused all sorts of problems for a while and in order to get the car usuable it was disconnected. Whilst my dashboard is in bits I was going to replace it with something more reliable so I was looking for a complete wiring diagram. The wiring on my car isn't the all-black type.
We used to cover the warranty work for the London area for Foxguard. A lot of people slag them off, mind you most of those people have never even fitted an alarm. They had the lowest return rate of any brand we sold or installed. Assuming you are talking about the F1-11/P it has quite a few wires on it, a lot of which you have probably already worked out. If you have any problems working the rest out and you tell me the colours I should be able to help.
Failing that the unit can always be repaired no problem, feel free to mail me direct if you feel I may be able to help.
Ivan
Failing that the unit can always be repaired no problem, feel free to mail me direct if you feel I may be able to help.
Ivan
Hijak alert (sorry Jamie).
I have a foxguard on my '95 Chimaera. Works fine except for a few occassions where it seems to ignore me for a few presses. I sit there pressing both fobs, holding them on my chin, near the unit's antenna etc. after a few presses it kind of locks/unlocks slowly. It's done this 3 times in 5 years, then in the past 2 months it's done it a bit more often. (new batteries in both fobs BTW - and it works fine most of the time).
Any ideas?
I have a foxguard on my '95 Chimaera. Works fine except for a few occassions where it seems to ignore me for a few presses. I sit there pressing both fobs, holding them on my chin, near the unit's antenna etc. after a few presses it kind of locks/unlocks slowly. It's done this 3 times in 5 years, then in the past 2 months it's done it a bit more often. (new batteries in both fobs BTW - and it works fine most of the time).
Any ideas?
Trefor - Assume you have the two button remotes on your unit, is that correct?
There are not many things that can cause the problem you describe the most obvious one you have covered(remote batteries - make sure they are a decent make!). Other ones that can make this sort of thing happen are low car battery voltage or a below par alarm Earth supply. In theory pressing the remote controls out of range of the alarm can confuse the rolling code which may need a few goes to get back in sync with alarm. In practice I tried to do it several times on purpose to see what would happen but never managed to make it happen once.
Again, assuming that you have the two button programmable remotes you can always try someone elses' to rule them out. There must be loads kicking about out there when people have scrapped Foxguards.
Ivan
There are not many things that can cause the problem you describe the most obvious one you have covered(remote batteries - make sure they are a decent make!). Other ones that can make this sort of thing happen are low car battery voltage or a below par alarm Earth supply. In theory pressing the remote controls out of range of the alarm can confuse the rolling code which may need a few goes to get back in sync with alarm. In practice I tried to do it several times on purpose to see what would happen but never managed to make it happen once.
Again, assuming that you have the two button programmable remotes you can always try someone elses' to rule them out. There must be loads kicking about out there when people have scrapped Foxguards.
Ivan
Thank you Ivan.
Yep, 2 button model remote. So, I can get remotes and reprogram them ... good to know. Since I've tried both remotes when it's played up I don't think that is the problem (new and supposedly not dead batteries all from good sources like Boots). I've never had a problem with syncing that I know of, even after a dead car battery.
I'll check the earth connection - which wire/where is it? (OK, I know there are only 4 real earths on the Chim).
Yep, 2 button model remote. So, I can get remotes and reprogram them ... good to know. Since I've tried both remotes when it's played up I don't think that is the problem (new and supposedly not dead batteries all from good sources like Boots). I've never had a problem with syncing that I know of, even after a dead car battery.
I'll check the earth connection - which wire/where is it? (OK, I know there are only 4 real earths on the Chim).
The F-series alarm unit can be programmed to recognise up to four different two button type remotes. The only thing you need to be aware of is that if you have already four in the alarm’s memory and you have only two of them when you add a new one on it will knock off the first that was programmed and that could be one of the two you use, if that makes any sense. If it has only ever had two on there from new that does not apply. I have info for programming remotes if you don’t have it should the need arise.
The largest plug (14 way) handles the live/earth connections, Red is live, Black is earth. There is also the option of a second earth, same plug, grey wire, if not used, leave well alone. As the alarm is hard wired there is no reason why you cannot run live and earth direct to the battery, doing this is the most reliable way to hard wire an alarm.
BTW many thanks for your help on dash removal via your website, would have taken me ages to work it out.
Ivan
The largest plug (14 way) handles the live/earth connections, Red is live, Black is earth. There is also the option of a second earth, same plug, grey wire, if not used, leave well alone. As the alarm is hard wired there is no reason why you cannot run live and earth direct to the battery, doing this is the most reliable way to hard wire an alarm.
BTW many thanks for your help on dash removal via your website, would have taken me ages to work it out.
Ivan
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