CoreyPerez
07-22-2003, 07:04 AM
I know this is a basically the same subject, and I haven't looked into it, so please don't beat me silly for discussing it.
My wife has a 03 Grand am. There is no provisions for a garage door opener other than a sunvisor clip one. When I was having a remote start installed, I talked to the guys to ask them if they could install a garage door opener into the remote also. They checked the options, and found out that DEI (Viper alarms) offer a stand alone remote box. After reading the instructions to install the unit into the Garage Door system, there are a couple of features that I think would allow this to work for this application.
First:
There are 2 modes of use. Either a momentary (garage door or remote light on/off) feature. One push, will activate a switch for a second. And by cutting a wire in the module, the system will activate the switch as long as the button is held down. (winch in/out)
Second:
There are 2 buttons, and I believe that these can be hooked upto 2 switches. IE: one button for in, and 1 button for out. As far as range, its nearly 75-100 yards. The down fall to that is you may control somebody elses winch! But, the system is set up with ??10?? dip switches to allow you to change the freq. that it works on. So, if a bunch of guys go in and get these, they can all run different freq's. I think the unit cost under $50, and it came with 2 remotes. Plus, if you have a DEI alarm on your truck already, you should be able to program one of the buttons to work the remote.
If I ever get a chance to try this, I'll report back with the results.
Just a quick FYI, the power module (plugs into the wall) can be cut and wired into a 12vlt source.
Oh, here is the linkie: 519H Garage Door Remote (http://www.drdetailshop.com/519h.htm)
Corey
My wife has a 03 Grand am. There is no provisions for a garage door opener other than a sunvisor clip one. When I was having a remote start installed, I talked to the guys to ask them if they could install a garage door opener into the remote also. They checked the options, and found out that DEI (Viper alarms) offer a stand alone remote box. After reading the instructions to install the unit into the Garage Door system, there are a couple of features that I think would allow this to work for this application.
First:
There are 2 modes of use. Either a momentary (garage door or remote light on/off) feature. One push, will activate a switch for a second. And by cutting a wire in the module, the system will activate the switch as long as the button is held down. (winch in/out)
Second:
There are 2 buttons, and I believe that these can be hooked upto 2 switches. IE: one button for in, and 1 button for out. As far as range, its nearly 75-100 yards. The down fall to that is you may control somebody elses winch! But, the system is set up with ??10?? dip switches to allow you to change the freq. that it works on. So, if a bunch of guys go in and get these, they can all run different freq's. I think the unit cost under $50, and it came with 2 remotes. Plus, if you have a DEI alarm on your truck already, you should be able to program one of the buttons to work the remote.
If I ever get a chance to try this, I'll report back with the results.
Just a quick FYI, the power module (plugs into the wall) can be cut and wired into a 12vlt source.
Oh, here is the linkie: 519H Garage Door Remote (http://www.drdetailshop.com/519h.htm)
Corey