Using the option button to control the door popper?

[VehiGAZ]

etlsport - I think you have it correct - you will still need to disarm before popping the rear door, but you will probably end up doing that anyway since you're walking up to your car with four bags of groceries in your arms.

kpaske - the factory alarm does not recognize or respond to the "option" button, so you can't just wire in the door popper to a second alarm channel. Only the in-your-garage receiver unit Zorak was talking about responds to that button.

Zorak - I think you are back where you started from - theoretically, it could work, but only if the switch operates on the same voltage as your door popper circuit (12 VDC). If you have a garage door opener, throw a multimeter on it and you'll find out. You should be able to rig up whatever DC voltage you need to power the switch. AC voltage may be a little trickier. I wish there was more help to give you, but if you've checked the "similar threads" listed below, you'll see that this topic has come up before, but it seems that only one VXer ever got the opener, and he didn't know enough about electricity to tell us how it worked and whether it could be modified for use as a rear door popper.

Good luck!!

[kpaske]

kpaske - the factory alarm does not recognize or respond to the "option" button, so you can't just wire in the door popper to a second alarm channel. Only the in-your-garage receiver unit Zorak was talking about responds to that button.

Yeah - that's what I suspected but wasn't sure - the factory alarm doesn't have an available channel to program. That's why I was suggesting replacing the alarm system for one with additional channels - you could probably pick up a used system on eBay for next to nothing, and IMO it'd be more worth the effort to replace the entire alarm than to try to rig up a device that wasn't designed to be in the vehicle (assuming it's 110V) in the first place.

[Zorak]

Yeah - that's what I suspected but wasn't sure - the factory alarm doesn't have an available channel to program. That's why I was suggesting replacing the alarm system for one with additional channels - you could probably pick up a used system on eBay for next to nothing, and IMO it'd be more worth the effort to replace the entire alarm than to try to rig up a device that wasn't designed to be in the vehicle (assuming it's 110V) in the first place.

No, it's NOT 110v (that's why it comes with a voltage converter). Don't really want to replace my factory system that works fine (with exception of LED on dash never lighting) with an aftermarket system just to get this function.

Was hoping that someone had already done this, or at least attempted it, but seems that the only ones who ever bought this accessory never come around here anymore, and they only used it for it's intended purpose (garage door) anyway.

I would think that they did not just one frequency for this option but I guess that, like the operating voltage, is something I will have to find out if/when I buy it.

Thanks for all the input; I am going to contact Merlin to see if this part is even still available

[kpaske]

No, it's NOT 110v (that's why it comes with a voltage converter).

If it's intended to be a receiver for the garage door opener, then it was designed to be in the garage - my guess would be that the converter is from 100v (Japan) -> 110v (US). Unless it's a 12v device, you'll also need an inverter to use it for your door popper.

[Zorak]

Unfortunately I can't figure out how to import the picture of this accessory from isuzuparts.com website (apparently copyrighted) and the picture is such poor quality that zooming in on it still does not make it possible to read the label on either the converter or the receiver. However the converter looks like the typical 4.5-6v converter that is used on any small electronic device that can also be used with batteries to enable you to plug it into 110v.

I have no idea what a 100v to 110v converter would look like.

Even if the receiver operates on less than 12v it could still be used with an inverter(as you pointed out) with the 12v system, or else connected to a battery pack.

This may be all academic as this accessory may not even be available anymore. Will advise what I find out.