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table of contents
Bitwriter®, Code Hopping™, Doubleguard®, ESP™, FailSafe®, Ghost Switch™, Learn
Routine™, Nite-Lite®, Nuisance Prevention® Circuitry, Revenger®, Silent Mode™, Soft
Chirp®, Stinger®, Valet®, Vehicle Recovery System®, VRS®, and Warn Away® are all
Trademarks or Registered Trademarks of Directed Electronics.
warning! safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
installation points to remember . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
after the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
before beginning the installation . . . . . . . . . . 4
deciding on component locations . . . . . . . . . . . 4
control module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
mounting the antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
valet/program switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
optional starter kill relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
finding the wires you need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
obtaining constant 12V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
finding the 12V switched ignition wire . . . . . . 7
finding the starter wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
finding a (+) brake light wire . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
finding the accessory/heater wire . . . . . . . . . 8
finding the RPM input wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
finding the wait-to-start bulb wire for diesels . 9
wiring diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
primary harness (H1) wiring diagram . . . . . . 10
remote start ribbon harness wiring diagram . . 11
heavy gauge relay satellite wiring diagram . . 11
auxiliary harness (H2) wiring diagram . . . . . . 12
remote start harness (H3) wiring diagram . . . 12
door lock harness (H4) wiring diagram . . . . . 12
remote start auxiliary harness wiring diagram 12
primary harness (H1) wire connection guide . . 13
relay satellite wire connection guide . . . . . . . 16
auxiliary harness (H2) wire connection guide . 17
remote start harness (H3) wire connection guide
19
neutral safety switch interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
testing the neutral safety switch . . . . . . . . . 21
1995 and newer vehicle anti-theft systems
(immobilizers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
passlock I and passlock II (PL-1 and PL-2) . . 23
passkey III (PK-3), transponder-based systems23
bypassing GM vehicle anti-theft systems (VATS) .
24
plug-in LED and valet/program switch . . . . . . . 25
programmer interface, 3-pin port . . . . . . . . . . 25
programming jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
light flash (+)/(-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
tach threshold on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
transmitter/receiver learn routine. . . . . . . . . . 27
transmitter configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
button configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
operating settings learn routine . . . . . . . . . . . 29
feature menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
menu #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
menu #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
feature descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
menu #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
menu #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
tach learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
shutdown diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
rapid resume logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
rear defogger control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
timer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
safety check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
wiring quick reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
relay satellite wiring quick reference guide. . . 43
The Bitwriter
®
(p/n 998T)
requires chip version 2.2 or
newer to program this unit.
