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MORE alarm help
Where is the best place to mount my shock sensor for my viper alarm 791xv?
2001 Acura TL
any suggestions or comments?
also can i have the piezo siren work and have the glass sensor work together with the warn away?
I heard that if u hit the car and it beeps a few times without settin the alarm off, the glass sensor will trip due to the piezo siren.
thanks
2001 Acura TL
any suggestions or comments?
also can i have the piezo siren work and have the glass sensor work together with the warn away?
I heard that if u hit the car and it beeps a few times without settin the alarm off, the glass sensor will trip due to the piezo siren.
thanks
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The best way to mount this shock sensor is to a thick wire harness using a long wire tie. Center console area is fine, or even slightly on the driver's side. Velcroing it to an air duct works OK too, but don't Velcro it to metal.
It may sound silly... but it works. I know, I wrote the original instructions for it.
Because it works on resonance, the wire harness will work as a low-pass filter, making the sensor much less reactive to relatively high pitched signals like exhaust notes, and more sensitive to lower freqs like thumps. The harder you mount it the more likely it is to react with a full trigger to big trucks and passing Harleys.
The way to test the sensor is to thump the door handle or the trunk lid with the heel of your hand. DO NOT hit the "A" pillar (you can actually break the windshield that way), do NOT kick the tire (suspension soaks up the impact), do NOT hit the windows (bagain, breakage). The only thing that you should expect that sensor to do is react to impacts at the door locks and the trunk lock. It is NOT a glass break sensor and it is not a motion sensor.
Oh, you still interested in that Cascade? : )
It may sound silly... but it works. I know, I wrote the original instructions for it.
Because it works on resonance, the wire harness will work as a low-pass filter, making the sensor much less reactive to relatively high pitched signals like exhaust notes, and more sensitive to lower freqs like thumps. The harder you mount it the more likely it is to react with a full trigger to big trucks and passing Harleys.
The way to test the sensor is to thump the door handle or the trunk lid with the heel of your hand. DO NOT hit the "A" pillar (you can actually break the windshield that way), do NOT kick the tire (suspension soaks up the impact), do NOT hit the windows (bagain, breakage). The only thing that you should expect that sensor to do is react to impacts at the door locks and the trunk lock. It is NOT a glass break sensor and it is not a motion sensor.
Oh, you still interested in that Cascade? : )
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Originally Posted by elduderino
The best way to mount this shock sensor is to a thick wire harness using a long wire tie. Center console area is fine, or even slightly on the driver's side. Velcroing it to an air duct works OK too, but don't Velcro it to metal.
It may sound silly... but it works. I know, I wrote the original instructions for it.
Because it works on resonance, the wire harness will work as a low-pass filter, making the sensor much less reactive to relatively high pitched signals like exhaust notes, and more sensitive to lower freqs like thumps. The harder you mount it the more likely it is to react with a full trigger to big trucks and passing Harleys.
The way to test the sensor is to thump the door handle or the trunk lid with the heel of your hand. DO NOT hit the "A" pillar (you can actually break the windshield that way), do NOT kick the tire (suspension soaks up the impact), do NOT hit the windows (bagain, breakage). The only thing that you should expect that sensor to do is react to impacts at the door locks and the trunk lock. It is NOT a glass break sensor and it is not a motion sensor.
Oh, you still interested in that Cascade? : )
It may sound silly... but it works. I know, I wrote the original instructions for it.
Because it works on resonance, the wire harness will work as a low-pass filter, making the sensor much less reactive to relatively high pitched signals like exhaust notes, and more sensitive to lower freqs like thumps. The harder you mount it the more likely it is to react with a full trigger to big trucks and passing Harleys.
The way to test the sensor is to thump the door handle or the trunk lid with the heel of your hand. DO NOT hit the "A" pillar (you can actually break the windshield that way), do NOT kick the tire (suspension soaks up the impact), do NOT hit the windows (bagain, breakage). The only thing that you should expect that sensor to do is react to impacts at the door locks and the trunk lock. It is NOT a glass break sensor and it is not a motion sensor.
Oh, you still interested in that Cascade? : )
second im thinkin of installin the shock sensor with a tie around the wires that lead to the viper brain would that work , its like close to the cluster guages in ym car...
and any advicee about where to mount the piezo siren?
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Good : ) Just keep me in the loop...
No, you are better off wiring it to a OEM wiring harness, those are fairly stiff and secured to the car every few inches. It's not just mounting to wire per se, it's the way OEM wiring harnesses are mounted to the car.
I try to put the pizeo siren in center air vents . Another alternative would be to put it above the plastic panel above the passenger's feet (below the glove box) and take a drill and very carefully drill a grille pattern in the panel so it's like a speaker grille.
No, you are better off wiring it to a OEM wiring harness, those are fairly stiff and secured to the car every few inches. It's not just mounting to wire per se, it's the way OEM wiring harnesses are mounted to the car.
I try to put the pizeo siren in center air vents . Another alternative would be to put it above the plastic panel above the passenger's feet (below the glove box) and take a drill and very carefully drill a grille pattern in the panel so it's like a speaker grille.
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You will have problems with your warn away and glass break. I had them on mine- I had a prox- 2 peizos and a glass break. I haven't fixed it yet but it is possible to fix with relays- Im just to lazy to fix it. I'm going to get rid of my 550 in the near future and throw on a python w/ led 2 way- I'll do it then I guess. The fix wont be that hard- use the siren output to trigger a relay to interrupt the power to the glass break.
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