blockisle9 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I was wondering if anyone knows how the homelink is wired? I'm triying to get it to only work while the ignition is on. Right now it's on all the time. Mine is in the visor so I'm assuming the wires run down the A-Pillar. I guessing it's just a matter of identifying the power wire and moving it to a ignition on power wire. Unless, it needs to be on all the time so it doesn't loose it's programing. I dought it though, I've had my battery replaced and it still worked. Thanks Lenny 2013 Titainiam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I do believe homelink just taps into the power wires that are already running your visor light. No other wires. The module itself has everything self contained so that it can act like a regular garage remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blockisle9 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 That's okay, I'm okay with the visor light not working when car is off. So, I'll have to identify the wire for the visor light in the A-Pillar and find a different feed. Any idea what's in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonj80 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Are you sure it's on all the time? In my Explorer it was on when the doors were unlocked, lock the doors and homelink was disabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Every Ford I've had was on all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going_Going_Gone Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I recycled a used Homelink module into my F-150 XLT and powered it off the visor mirror light wire. If I leave the door open for as long it takes to shut off the cabin lights, the mirror light goes off and the module loses power, so it may be possible that the vehicles with factory Homelink may have a dedicated power source other than the mirror light's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blockisle9 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Are you sure it's on all the time? In my Explorer it was on when the doors were unlocked, lock the doors and homelink was disabled. Nope, just tried, on all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 What problem are you trying to solve? Someone breaking the glass and opening the garage door when parked outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blockisle9 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Yep, that's it. There's been a lot of cars broken into lately. My glove box center conceal and over head was ransacked a couple of months ago, either I failed to lock the car or they got in with a code scanner. I was having trouble with the passive entry on the passenger door, sometimes it would not work at all and other times I would walk by the door with the key fob in my pocket and the doors would unlock on there own with out touching the handle. The dealer ended up replacing the handle and doing other stuff to it and it seems fine now. I also think this might have had something to do with battery going dead issue I was having, that hasn't happen since they fixed the handle. Sorry for rambling on..... Edited January 3, 2015 by blockisle9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schpark Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 My garage door opener has a function to disable the remotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I was going to suggest another option to put the opener on a timer so it's unpowered from midnight to 6 am (e.g.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blockisle9 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 I was going to suggest another option to put the opener on a timer so it's unpowered from midnight to 6 am (e.g.).That is an excellent idea!! I'm going to look into hooking the timer up to the RF control, that way I could still open it up with the hard wired button.Thank you very much for your suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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