Mirrors fold on Alarm arm/unarm- possible?

[poyz]

Funky,

Do you mean you have the mirror close switched disabled when the key is eithe ron ACC or ON?

[AutoTrust]

I did it to my car so that channel 4 on the viper remote closes the sunroof and winds the mirrors in. I too like wanky features! Remote start or turning the ignition on winds them out. Carefull not to let the smoke out of the switch though, it can be hard to get back in!

[funkymonkey]

no not the mirror close, just the "mirror close on door lock" function. Coz if i'm in the car driving and I wanna lock my doors, I dun want the mirrors closing on me...

[MattyB]

i gave some thought to this, then after talking to a mate of mine we came to the opinion that it would be best have the mirrors set so that when the ignition is turned on they open, and when turned off they shut.

we will try work out how to set this up so that it has a timed signal to reduce the chance of damage to the mirrors. as im not sure if the motors turn themselfs off after hitting full open or full shut. so if anyone knows about that one feel free to tell.

if we manage to work out how to do this one we are willing to either make them for ppl to buy or simply give instructions on how we did it. probally instructions as we are lazy

[funkymonkey]

few problems we faced...

when you turn ignitoin off, you have to use the power from the battery source (not accessory, as this goes off when you turn the off)

there's a dude in japan who did it and put up a circuit diagram on his website, I saw it, but then forgot to bookmark it.

[predator]

rig power to the mirrors direct from the battery, and then rig a trigger from the ignition wiring.. that would work wouldn't it?

[funkymonkey]

you gotta rig the power to the switch that controls in out actually, coz it has a relay that stops power to the motor once the mirror has folded (otherwise you'll put a constant power to the motor and cause the motor to die, also it'll drain your batteries)

so it should be...

car turn on -> send 12v to mirror open SPDT switch

car turn off -> send 12v to mirror close SPDT switch

the switch seems to know when to turn off power to the motor so that's all good.

[MattyB]

using capacitors and working out by trial and error will give you the size needed for this. so then you have the nice little timed part. the other thing that has to be done is working out how to have a circuit that sends a power pulse when the key is on and when the key is off. i dont know enuff about circuit shit to really say how to do this. in sep ill sit down with me mate and work all this out. shouldnt be tooo complicated.

with those problems you faced. use the power supply on the back of the key. the wire that is always power. either that or use the one that runs to the stereo. and for sending power when the key is off. using a simple cross over relay.

much more thinking to be done once i have someone to chat with that knows more about that stuff.