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Viper 550 ESP - page 1
550 ESP Installation Guide © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA N553 8-01 Rev . M 1.1 ® ® NEW! Outboard XHF Receiv er for Extended Range ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 2
2 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Bitwriter™, Code Hopping™, DEI®, Doubleguard®, ESP™, FailSafe®, Ghost Switch™, Learn Routine™, Nite-Lite®, Nuisance Prevention Circuitry®, NPC®, Revenger®, Silent Mode™, Soft Chirp®, Stinger®, V alet®, Vehicle Recovery System®, VRS®, and W arn Away® are all Trademark s or Re ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 3
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 3 what is included table o f contents What is Included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 W arning! Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installation P oints to Remember . . . . . . . . . . 5 Befor e Beginning the In stallation . . . . . . . . 5 Findin g the T achom eter Wire . ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 4
4 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA w arning! safety fir st The f ollowing safety warnings m ust be observed at all times: ■ Due to the comple xity of this system, installati on of this prod uct must only be perf ormed by an authorized DEI dealer . ■ When pr operly installed, this system can start th e vehicle via a comm and sign ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 5
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 5 installation points to r emember q IMPORT ANT! This product is designed for fuel-injected, automatic transmission vehicles only. Installing it in a standard transmission vehicle is dangerous and is contrary to its intended use . ■ Please read this en tire installati on guide bef ore beginning th e ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 6
6 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA In diesel vehi cles it is necessary to interf ace with the wire that turn s on the W AIT T O ST ART ligh t in the dash- board . This wire illuminates th e bulb until the vehi cle’s glow plugs are properly h eated. When th e light g oes out the vehi cle can be started. This wire is always available ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 7
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 7 primary harness (H1), 12-pin connector ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ secondary harness (H2), 3-pin connector ______ ______ ______ VIOLET/BLACK (-) SELECT ABLE CHANNEL 4 OUTPUT LIGHT GREEN/BLACK (-) F ACTORY DIS ARM/SPECIAL ACCESSORY OUTPUT GRA Y/ ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 8
8 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA r emote start primary harness , 5-pin connector ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ heavy gauge r elay satellite k e y switch interf ace ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ r emote start secondary harness (H3), 6-pin connector ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ BLACK/WHITE (-) NEUTRAL SA ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 9
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 9 primary harness (H1) wir e connection guide This wire suppli es a (-)500 mA ground as lon g as the system is armed . This output ceases as soon as the system is disarmed . The oran ge wire is pr e-wired to contr ol the DEI ® 8618 Starter Kill Relay . IMPORT ANT! Never interrupt any wire other than ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 10
10 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA (-) Light Flash Output NOTE: For parking light circuits that draw 10 amps or more , the internal jumper must be switched to a (-) light flash output. (See the Internal Programming Jumper section of this guide .) P/N 8617 or a standard automotive SPDT relay must be used on the H1/2 light flash outpu ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 11
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 11 Most vehi cles use negative door tri gger circuits . Connect the gr een wire to a wire whi ch shows groun d when any door is open ed. In vehicles with f actory delays on the d omeligh t circuit, ther e is usually a wire that is un affected by the d elay circuitry . This wire will report Z one 3. In ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 12
12 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Connect this to th e red wire o f the siren. Conn ect the black wire o f the siren to (-) chassis gr ound, pr eferably at the sam e point you connected th e control m odule’s black groun d wire . Befor e connecting this wir e, r emove the suppli ed fuse. Conn ect to the battery positive terminal ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 13
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 13 secondary harness (H2) wir e connection guide Connect this wir e to the wire in th e vehicle that sends th e signal to turn on th e W AIT-T O-ST ART bulb in the dash- board . In most diesels th e wire is negative (gr ound turns on th e bulb) and the GRA Y/BLACK wir e can be directly connected to th ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 14
14 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA This wire sen ds a negative pulse every time th e remote start is activated . This can be used to pulse the disarm wire o f the vehicle's f actory anti-theft d evice . Use a relay to sen d a (-) or (+) pulse to the disarm wire as sh own in the di agrams below . This wire can also be used as a ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 15
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 15 r elay satellite k e y switch interf ace wir e connection guide The five h eavy gauge wires comin g from the r elay satellite are used to ener gize high curren t circuits in the vehicle . It is cru cial that these conn ections ar e well-made an d capable of handlin g the curren t deman ds. For this ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 16
16 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA r emote start secondary harness (H3) wir e connection guide This wire suppli es a 200mA output as soon as the mod ule begins the r emote start process . It can be used with a relay to disconn ect a sensor from th e system as shown below . The H3/1 BLUE wire can also be used to r earm a factory an t ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 17
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 17 This wire MU ST be connected to hood pin switch. This input will disable or shut down th e remote start wh en the hood is opened . It will also trigg er the security system if the h ood is opened while the system is arm ed and report Z one 1. This wire MU ST be connected to the vehi cle's brak ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 18
18 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA neutr al safety switch interf ace Some vehi cles do not have an electri cal neutral safety switch. In stead, a mechani cal neutral safety switch that physi cally interrupts the starter wir e is used when the vehi cle is in any drive g ear . If the r emote start is inter- faced bef ore this switch, ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 19
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 19 If the starter en gages and th e vehicle is a Gener al Motors prod uct or Dodg e Dakota pickup, r efer to the follow- ing te xt and diagr ams for an altern ative shut-down m ethod which will pr event the starter fr om engaging. If th e vehicle is n ot a General M otors produ ct or a Dodge Dak ota p ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 20
20 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Pre-1996 Dodge Dak ota pickups with 2.5 liter motors: ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 21
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 21 b ypassing GM v ehicle anti-theft s y stems (V A TS) V ehicles with the GM V A TS (P ass Key) systems have a r esistor embedded in th e ignition k ey . If the V A TS decod er mod ule does not m easure the pr oper resistance wh en the vehicle is started , the starter and fuel pump m ay be dis - able ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 22
22 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 1995 and ne w er v ehicle anti-theft s y stems (immobilizer s) 1995 and n ewer vehicle anti-th eft systems (immobilizers) r equire a bypass mod ule. Th e bypass module allows f or easy interf acing, while still main taining the OEM system’s in tegrity . The P asslock I and P asslock II systems ca ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 23
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 23 ceiver will ex cite the tran sponder , which is located (but n ot visible) in the head o f the igniti on key . The key tran sponder will th en send a unique code back to th e transceiver f or evaluation. If th e code match es a valid code of th e system, the vehicle will be allowed to start. M ost ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 24
24 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA shock sensor harness , 4-pin connector Inputs shorter than 0.8 secon ds will trigger th e Warn A way® response , while inputs long er than 0.8 seconds will trigg er full alarm sequence and r eport Zone T wo. If installin g an optional DEI® d ual stage sen sor , connect to th e green wir e as show ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 25
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 25 tach learning T o learn the tach signal: 1. Start the vehi cle with the key . 2. Within 5 seconds , press and HOLD th e Valet®/Pr ogram switch. 3. The LED will li ght constan t when the tach si gnal is learned . 4. Release the V alet®/Progr am switch. door lock harness (H4) wir e connection guide ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 26
26 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA The system can con trol T ype A door locks directly , with no ad ditional parts . The switch will have three wir es on it, and on e will test (+)12V constantly . The oth ers will alternately pulse (+)12V when th e switch is pressed to the lock or unlock positi on. If you cannot g et to the switch, ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 27
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 27 This system is common in m any T oyotas, Nissan s, Hon das, an d Saturns, as well as For ds with the keyless-en try system (some oth er Fords also use T ype B). The switch will have thr ee wires on it, and on e wire will test groun d all the time . One wir e will pulse (-) when the switch locks th ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 28
28 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Type C: Re versing P olarity , cont. In ord er for this system to contr ol one or mor e after-market actu ators, a DEI® 451M or two relays (opti onal) are need ed. V ehicles without f actory power door locks requir e the installati on of one actu ator per door . This requires moun ting the d oor l ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 29
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 29 T ype E door locks are con trolled by an electrically activated vacuum pump. Som e Merced es and Au dis use a Type D system. T est by locking d oors from the passen ger key cylin der . If all the doors lock, th e vehicle's door lock system can be contr olled with just two relays (option al). T ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 30
30 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA This system is most comm only found in For d, Mazd a, Chrysler and GM vehicles . The door lock switch or d oor key cylind er may contain eith er one or two resistors . When interf acing with this type of d oor lock system, two relays or a DEI 451M must be used . If one r esistor is used in the door ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 31
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 31 The system is m ost commonly foun d in Ford, M azda, Chrysler and GM vehi cles. The d oor lock switch or door key cylind er may contain eith er one or two resistors . If one r esistor is used in the door lock switch/k ey cylinder , the wir e will pulse ground in on e direction an d resist- ance to ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 32
32 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA internal pr ogr amming jumper s In most cases , this jumper can be left in the OFF position. Som e new vehicles use less than 12 volts in th eir igniti on systems. Th e unit may have trouble learnin g the tach sign al in these vehicles . Changing th e jumper to the ON settin g changes th e trigger ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 33
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 33 tr ansmitter/r eceiv er learn r outine ™ The system com es with two transmitters that have been taugh t to the receiver . The r eceiver can store up to four differen t transmitter cod es in memory . Use th e following learn r outine to add tr ansmitters to the system or to chang e button assignme ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 34
34 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA Channels Five , Six and Sev en: Channels Five through Seven ar e used to assign the arm, disarm an d panic func- tion s to separate buttons on th e remote con trol. T eaching a button to Chann el Five erases all inform ation about that rem ote from mem ory . Any auxili ary function s that are desir ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 35
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 35 tr ansmitter configur ations The tr ansmitters can be progr ammed with the stan dard or sin gle button arm/disarm configurati ons by using th e Auto Learn fun ctions in th e Tr ansmitter/Receiver Learn Routine . A rem ote that uses the stand ard configur ation operates similarly to m any factory k ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 36
36 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA multi-le v el security arming Multi-Level Security Armin g is a feature that allows the user to select whi ch of the system's inputs or sen sors will be active and whi ch will be bypassed when the system is arm ed. (See T able of Zones secti on of this guid e.) Multi-Level Security Armin g can ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 37
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 37 s y stem featur es learn r outine The System Featur es Learn Routine dictates h ow the unit operates . It is possible to access and chan ge any o f the feature settin gs using the V alet/progr am switch. However , this process can be greatly simplifi ed by using the option al Person al Computer Int ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 38
38 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA NOTE: Some features have more than two possible settings . Pressing Channel One will select the one chirp setting, pressing Channel Two will toggle through the two-chirp and higher settings .) 6. Release . Release the V alet®/Progr am switch. Once a feature is pr ogrammed: ■ Other featur es can ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 39
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 39 featur e menus The d efault settings ar e indicated in bold type . Features that have ad ditional settin gs that can be programm ed using th e Bitwriter are indi cated with an asterisk (*). FEA TURE NUMBER ONE-CHIRP SETTING (DEF AUL T) TWO-CHIRP SETTING 2-1 Siren output constant Siren output pulsed ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 40
40 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA featur e descriptions The featur es of the system ar e described below . Features that have additi onal settings that can be selected only when pr ogramming with th e PC interface or Bitwriter ar e indicated by th e following i con: 1-1 ACTIVE/P ASSIVE ARMING: When active arming is selected , the s ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 41
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 41 1-4 ACTIVE/P ASSIVE LOCKING: If passive arming is selected in Feature 1-1, th en the system can be progr ammed to either lock th e doors when passive armin g occurs, or only lock the d oors when the system is arm ed via the tran smitter . Active lockin g means th e system will not lock the d oors w ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 42
42 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 2-1 SIREN OUTPUT CONST ANT/PULSED: The system can be pr ogrammed to output pulses in stead of a contin u- ous output when th e system is trigger ed. This is useful to honk th e factory horn in appli cations wh ere a siren is und esirable . Remember that the unit is only capable o f supplying 1 amp ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 43
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 43 2-7 IGNITION CONTROLLED DOME LIGHT SUPERVISION ON/OFF: If turned on, th e system will turn on the dom e ligh t for 60 seconds wh en the igniti on is turned off. Th e optional d ome ligh t supervision feature m ust be installed as described in th e Wire Connecti on Guide . 2-8 DOUBLE PULSE UNLOCK ON ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 44
44 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 3-5 CRANK TIME 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.0/4.0 SECONDS: If the unit is pr ogrammed f or no engin e checkin g or voltage sense , the cr ank time must be set to th e appropriate d uration. Th e default settin g is 0.6 second . If a different cr ank time is desir ed, select feature 3-5 an d select ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 45
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 45 v alet mode T o enter or exit v alet mode with the valet/progr am switch: 1. T urn the igniti on key on and th en off. 2. At an ytime durin g the ne xt 10 seconds, pr ess and release th e Valet® switch. N ow the Status LED will ligh t constantly if you have en tered V alet® Mode , and g o out if ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 46
46 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA T o enter or exit timer mode manually: 1. Mak e sure the r emote start system is not oper ating the en gine . 2. T urn the igniti on on. Timer M ode will be exited an d the parking li ghts will flash four tim es. table o f zones When usin g the Diagn ostic functi ons, use th e T able of Zon es to s ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 47
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 47 long term e v ent history The system stor es the last two full trigg ers in memory . These ar e not erasable . Each time th e unit sees a full trigg er , the old er of the two tri ggers in mem ory will be replaced by the n ew trigger . T o access long term event history: 1. With the i gnition off, ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 48
48 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA safety check Befor e vehicle reassembly , the r emote system must be ch ecked to ensur e safe and trouble-fr ee operation. Th e fol- lowing test pr ocedure m ust be used to verify proper installati on and operati on of the system. Th e installation must be completed bef ore testing, in cluding conn ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 49
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 49 tr oubleshooting ■ Starter kill doesn't work: Is th e correct wire bein g interrupted? If the car starts wh en the starter kill relay is completely disconn ected, the wron g starter wire has been cut and in terrupted. Is th e yellow wire of th e starter kill relay goin g to primary igniti on ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 50
50 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA ■ The remote start will not activ ate. 1. Check th e harnesses and th eir connection s. Mak e sure that the harn esses are completely plugged in to the rem ote start module . Mak e sure ther e are good conn ections to th e vehicle wiring. 2. Check voltag e and fuses. U se a meter to check f or vo ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 51
© 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 51 ■ The climate control s ystem does not work while the unit is oper ating the vehicle . Either th e wrong accessory wir e is being ener gized or more than on e ignition or accessory wir e must be ener- gized in ord er to operate the clim ate control system. ...
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Viper 550 ESP - page 52
52 © 2000 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA wiring quick r efer ence guide ...
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