Need some help with installing my remote start, have already done some searching

[Opo]

Okay so the really bad cold has hit where I live lol and I’m in the process of installing remote start on my car. 92 GS. The alarm is a Radiostar Generation LCD 2 way remote start with alarm and everything. I’ve already had the alarm portion installed for awhile now, just installing the remote start now. I have a picture of the wiring diagram from the alarm manual.

I have the purple, pink, orange, and red hooked up to their proper wires at the ignition switch. Right now I have the 2nd pink ignition wire hooked onto the first one before its hooked onto the car’s ignition wire, not sure if thats proper or not or if its needed to be like that…

I have the neutral safety switch hooked up to a constant ground for now just for testing purposes… I should put it on the e-brake wire later right (so it won’t start unless the e-brake is pulled right?).

I’ve got the brown wire from the 8pin hooked up to the brake switch properly. (I know this because I can remotely turn on the heater and stuff and then hit the brake pedal without disarming and inserting the key and it turns everything off)

I’ve got the Purple/White wire from the 7pin connector hooked up to the tach wire at the distributor.

I currently do not have the starter killer relay which is on the bottom right area of the picture hooked up. My understanding is that is only for protection if someone tries to steal the car? If it is then I don’t care about it…

I currently do not have the Blue/White (-)200mA Bypass Output When Remote Start wire from the 7pin connector hooked up anywhere.

NOW what I can do right now is I can attempt to remote start it and it turns on the fuel pump and the heater but doesn’t even make one attempt at cranking it. And I can also remotely turn everything back off with success.

I don’t understand why it is not attempting to crank the engine right now with the way I have stuff hooked up, but also this is my first attempt at installing remote start.

The diagram shows the automatic gear diagram but my car is stick shift. But I’ve got the neutral safety switch hooked up to the emergency brake so my understanding is it should work… I am the only one that drives my car and I NEVER LEAVE IT IN GEAR. Its parked on level ground every time its parked at I only pull up the emergency brake I don’t leave it in gear. So whatever I’ve got to do to make this remote start work on my car I will do, even if I’ve got to jerry rig something to make it work on stick shift.

I know its probably something brutally obvious which is causing it not to work but this is my first time doing this so please be nice lol.

BTW I would like to avoid buying any extra parts as much as possible because the car is currently immobile in my garage so I just need to get this done I don’t have time to be messing around with buying extra relays and shit if I don’t absolutely have to.

If any other pictures/info are needed to figure this out just let me know and i will get them.

Thanks in advance.

[fcm]

You do not need the 2nd. pink lead.

Did you program the tach?

Try this, step on clutch and try and remote start the engine.

If engine starts, connect the blue/white to the CIS, [clutch interlock switch] output, black/blue.

You do know that installing a remote start for automatic transmission only on a standard is very risky, damage to your car is the least of your problems, lets hope your kid sister and her friends are not playing in front of the car the day you remote start it in gear, and it will happen. 94

[Opo]

Not sure what you mean by program the tach, could you elaborate please?

I will try the stepping on the clutch then remote starting it idea when I get home and post on here what results, hopefully thats it, I think it is lol.

I live alone and i’m only going to be using the remote start 4 months of the year for winter, its only ever parked in my garage and all I have to do is open the garage and remote start it for 5-10 minutes before I leave. I never leave it in gear and I’m the only one that drives it so my risks should be pretty minimized.

Thanks fcm!

[Opo]

So I stepped on the clutch and remote started it and voila! It worked, so I will hook up that bypass wire to the appropiate clutch switch wire that you noted thank you again.

The only other problem I’m having is i had to try 3 times before the engine actually fired up, the first two times the starter motor didn’t crank long enough for the engine to catch. I’ve looked through the alarm settings and haven’t found one to make the starter motor crank for a slightly longer couple of seconds so I’m guessing I’m out of luck in that regard.

[fcm]

Look for anything to do with tach programing, there may not be any, I am not familiar with the system.

Remote starts starter outputs, [crank engine] are controlled a few diff. ways, depending on the unit, crank time can be extended by timing, [remote start holds start output for predetermined time, RPM is monitored and start output is held on till predetermined RPM, voltage is monitored and start output is held on until predetermined voltage is reached, with your unit, oil pressure can be monitored.

With most remote starts, these “predetermined” setting must be programed into the remote start brain, diff. methods are used but most require you to put system onto a programing mode, starting engine and letting it get to “normal” idle RPM and then “programing” that into the brain, this may be automatic ones in the proper programing mode or may require another action after engine has reached proper idle RPM.

Most remote starts will either not keep engine running for more then a few seconds or not even supply start output, [kind of like yours] until programing is done, [not like yours]. 94

[Opo]

Okay I have looked through the manual for information on programming the tach but have found nothing, but I will mess around with some stuff cuz there is a programming mode with like 15 different options none of them have anything to do with tach but maybe it’ll auto-set while its idling like that or something.

thanks again fcm

[Opo]

Okay now I’m trying to install the exact same alarm on my girlfriend’s car. 94 Honda Civic. Everything is working okay so far except for the remote start again, this time its the same problem with the bypass wire. But her clutch pedal has 2 switches on it… not sure why but it does. Here are the only diagrams I’ve been able to find about the clutch switches in the manual I have for her car so far…

I have already tried hooking up the bypass wire to each of the wires on the clutch pedal switch B with no success, the car would only turn on the heater and not start the car when I had it hooked up to the pink wire, and same situation when I had it hooked up to the black wire.

So I’m guessing there needs to be some sort of involvement with the clutch pedal switch A as well…?

I know everything else is hooked up properly because when I step on the clutch and remote start it, it works no problem and I can turn it off by making it lose tach signal/stepping on brake pedal first before inserting key etc. etc.

Thanks in advance.

[Tegguy]

FCM I know you have been helping this person and I don’t mean to jump in the way but I think I can answer his question.

Top switch (A) should be the clutch safety switch bottom one (B) should be cruise (just like our tegs) You would have to use a VOM to find out which wire you need to ground but it will probably be the same side as the teg you used. If you have VOM it’s really easy to test for this just hook it up to sence continuity and if you have continuity without pressing the pedal it’s not the right wire and just keep going untill you have no continuity untill you press the pedal and there you go.

[fcm]

Ditto the above^^^, it is the upper switch.

Should also be a black/blue lead. 94

[Opo]

ahhhh okay thanks a lot again to both of you!