Recommended Installation Workflow
3. Remove cables from their packaging, and roughly lay them throughout the vehicle to verify
routing and length.
Note:
Contact WatchGuard customer service for longer cables, as
needed.
4. Mount the Smart Power Switch according to your installation plan but DO NOT connect cables
to it yet (
).
5. Install the VISTA WiFi Base and its related components (
):
a. Position and install the VISTA WiFi Base antenna on the windshield.
b. Mount the VISTA WiFi Base bracket and attach the VISTA WiFi Base to it.
c. Connect the VISTA WiFi Base antenna cable to the VISTA WiFi Base.
d. Connect the VISTA WiFi Base cable to the base, run it to the Smart Power Switch, then
connect it to the
Base 1
connector port on the switch.
6. Install the external inputs cable (
):
a. Run the Smart Power Switch connector end of the external inputs cable to the Smart
Power Switch location, but DO NOT connect the cable to the switch.
b. Run the external inputs cable to the best location for the vehicle, according to your
installation plan.
c. Connect each remaining sense wire in the external inputs cable to the corresponding
external device input wire, as needed. (
)
d. Connect the Smart Power Switch connector end of the external inputs cable to the Smart
Power Switch.
7. Install the Smart Power Switch power cable (but DO NOT insert the 7.5 amp fuse in the fuse
holder) (
).
a. Position the Smart Power Switch end of the power cable near the Smart Power Switch
location, but DO NOT connect it to the switch.
b. Run the power cable to the battery location.
c. Connect the red and black wire extensions to the red and black wires in the power cable, as
needed.
d. Connect the red and black ring terminals to the appropriate battery connections, but DO
NOT insert the 7.5 amp fuse in the fuse holder.
e. Connect the Smart Power Switch power cable to the
+12 VDC
connector port on the
switch.
8. Insert the 7.5 amp fuse into the Smart Power Switch power cable fuse holder.
9. Test the installation (
).
VISTA Vehicle Kit
WGD00161 Revision A
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