Yo, I just had a clifford alarm installed and its great. I was wondering if its easy to make the windown roll down by holding unlock like with the stock keyless and if you can make the rear hatch pop open with the clifford alarm keyless. If so, is it hard to do, im kinda clueless. thanks

 

Ask the installer, he can get this added to your alarm.

 

thats what I thought, i wanted to try myself.

 

Remote window rolldown would be a great feature
for hot days. It requires a duration sensitive switch
either in the after market alarm or wired in conjuction.

My Z's interior is still naked after installing
a full stereo and sound matting the hatch.
Next I am going to install the alarm.

I need to find a Z specific alarm wiring DIY guide.
The service manual's BL/BCS chapters do not clarify
how to add a new alarm (window, hatch control,
and ignition kill) and disable the OEM one. I would like
a thorough DIY alarm guide with specific Z wiring
examples. Could anyone recommend such a guide,
or please PM me their detailed install notes?

Thanks much in advance!

 

I found this description on www.the12volt to control windows.

"Extended triggers on the power door lock wires will roll the windows up and down"

So it depends if the addon alarm supports a variable length pulse output
otherwise your Installer needs to add a pulse generator (relay, cap,
resistor), or they can save time with a variable canned one.

 

The alarm I got works with the stock alarm. The installer said it would work fine and has for a while.

 

It depends on how many channels your alarm has. Alot of alarms have at least one extra channel for exactly that, trunk pop or window movement. Your remote should have either a picture of a trunk on one of the buttons or a "AUX" or a "*" on it. That is the extra "channel" that your alarm has. Your installer can add hatch pop, and if your alarm has 2 extra channels you can have the windows either roll down OR up. If you have a 3rd extra channel you can have window up and down as well as hatch pop. Adding these features are EASY...so if your installer says it's going to be $100 to add trunk pop, he's blowin smoke. Trunk pop is adding one wire(red/white wire on DEI products like yout Clifford) to the hatch release wire in the drivers kick panel and should take him no more than 15-20min of actual work. I would say $30-$35 MAX for trunk pop. If he already hooked up your door locks to work off the clifford remote, then getting your windows to go up or down is just as easy. You are just adding your "extra channel" wire off the alarm to either the unlock(window down) or lock(window up) wire off the alarm, since those wires already go into the door. If he charges too much, drive to Illinois and i'll do it for ya.....

 

Oops, 2x post

 

+1

 

>You are just adding your "extra channel" wire off the alarm to either the unlock(window down) or lock(window up) wire off the alarm, since those wires already go into the door. <

w8lifter21,

Thank you for describing this! Using lengthened lock/unlock pulse timers is the best way for an aftermarket alarm to control Z's windows. This method leverages Nissan's sophisticated stock window controllers' safeties.

The industry legacy method is wiring an AM window motor control module between the motor and the stock controller. Doing it that way on a Z is an expensive hack, requiring two to four (up/down) more wires into each door, plus it trusts the AM controller/contacts to drive current through the OEM controller. Thus if the AM module/wiring fails it could release the magic operating smoke.

 

True that