Hoodpin configurations

Question

I have read a number of posts regarding the hood pin but it seems that they discuss which wire to connect to in order to be a kill switch for the Evo One remote start function.

As I understand it, the Evo One A8 pin (dk blue wire) is the trigger for the kill function. I would also like this hood pin to trigger the alarm feature within the unit in case someone opens the hood while the system is armed.

What would be the correct wire to connect the hood pin to in this case and can I use one wire from the hood pin and connect it to both the A8 wire and the alarm trigger wire within the chasis of the vehicle in order to have both the remote start kill and the opened hood while armed alarm.

Answer 1

On the EVO-ONE the hood pin status input is the Pink/Black wire.  It's a negative trigger input.  It<s used for both remote starter shut-down and for the alarm function.

If your vehicle already has a factory hood switch, you will not need to worry about this connection since the EVO will monitor the hood status on the vehicles CAN-BUS.

 
If your vehicle does not have a factory hood switch, you will need to add an aftermarket one.

 
If the vehicle is remote started and the alarm is triggered by someone breaking in, the remote starter shuts down.

Comments

Thank you Rob,

This is going into a 2016 Wrangler with no hood pin installed.

The Evo One came with the hood pin so I was hoping that only one wire would be required for the run.

Just to be clear, the A8 wire does not get connected to the hoodpin if the A15 wire is used.

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A15 is the hood pin input on the EVO-ONE.  You can get the pin outs in the quick install/cheat sheet.

https://fortin.ca/download/33021/rf642w-install-guide-33021.pdf

 

edit: correct, you only need to run 1 wire from the hood switch to Pin A15