Setting up a booty call alarm
 

Hey wut's up there HA family. Got a dumb question, but i'm sure some of you got this. So just like wut the title reads, how do u set up a booty call to my alarm? If u don't kno wut it is, it's just a way to tigger your siren to go off whenever u want to by pushing a button. Thanks guys

you can get a separate siren and directly hook it up to a switch. or use the existing siren on your alarm, and hook it up to a relay then switch.

Re: Setting up a booty call alarm
 

I thought most alarms came with a panic option? My Viper 300ESP did, you just press one of the buttons, forget which one, and the alarm triggers and goes off.

No that's just way too much work. I actually have one on my car but some guy did it for me. No relays or anything. All he used was 1 strand of normal spkr wire and a push button. Is there anyway with the brain where the power or positive connection are cause the alarm siren to sound if it touches to something else? there has to be. I tried looking for it but it's too hard.

It's totally different from the panic button. Because u can activate the panic button when ur car is on. With the booty call, u can use it when the car's on or off

I think you're getting confused. The car doesn't have to be on to use the panic button. The panic button is what you would use if say you were coming out to your car in a mall parking lot and from a distance, you see a shady character scoping out your ride, if you hit the panic button, the alarm would go off and he'd get to stepping. Then when he's at a safe distance, you can stop the siren from going off, re arm the alarm and hope he leaves it alone when he see's you opening up the door.

Some security systems have pannic alarm while the ignition is on. Most DEI subsidiaries have this. Code Alarm does not. Thier pannic is only operative with the ignition off. This is an inherent aspect of the system control, and cannot be bypassed. You can, however, add a second control box to a separate siren..... but that's alot of work for such a small feature. My suggestion is to get a DEI product if you MUST have that feature.

Haha...sorry about that. I meant CAN'T. I gotta read wut i type before i send.

oh, yeah, that changes things

:slap: I needed a good slap in the face...haha

Now that you said that though, I think I know why you call it a "booty call alarm" to get the attention of a girl by sounding the alarm:thumbup: Im smart huh:rolleyes:

just do what i said up there.....=P

get a push button switch, get some wires, one wire tap into the positive wire of the siren, then run to switch, from switch run the other wire to a constant positive power source. thats it. pretty mucn ur supplyin power to the siren to make it sound off, and the switch is to hold the circuit off until u press it.

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run a positive wire from your alarm siren to a switch in your car, then a pos from your switch either to the battery or to a high amp fuse in your harness. thats easy :-\

ACTUALLY, you can run a switched power wire to the same colour wire in your alarm harness....on my old one it was a brown wire that ran from the alarm brain to the siren...you could just switch that with an always on power wire.

or you can use a relay....to be super safe i guess.

You will HAVE to use a relay to prevent a short in the switch or siren! Or worse, your alarm box! Remember, when using one load with multiple sources, you need a relay to prevent current from going backwards to the other sources.

Thanks guys...got it!

i still don't understand why a relay is that important. if the switch isn't connected, there isn't any juice in the wires. are you just talking about a cheap switch that can be faulty and cause the wires to be connected 24/7? cuz i think if the switch is not pressed, there isn't any contact/current, so it should be safe. just double checking. thanks. :)

Think about the headlight circuit of a car.... you have the main switch on the turn signal stalk, but when you turn it, you actually activate a relay with a low current line. When the relay closes, it completes a high current circuit to the head lights. It's even a good idea to install a relay to your remote line of the head unit when running more than one amp off of it.

An alarm siren is fairly low current, you do not need a relay for this. Just wire up a switch rated for a few amps of current. FYI, a relay draws 150-200mA which is equivelant to turning on like 5+ amps.

Well actually I found out how to setup the "booty call" with the siren and I don't think anybody got it right. haha well it could be right but I found an easier way. For those who wanna do it, all you need is a simple push button switch and a single strand of basic spkr wire about 24 inches, depending on where u want to put the switch. So you tap the (+) constant power wire of the alarm to the (+) wire of the siren. Put the switch between the two and you got yourself a booty call alarm. but thanks anyways

cool... :cool: now let the booty calls begin!!!! hahaha :p

so LjN_728, are you looking for a way for your system to go into panic mode (alarms blaring and all?)

or just a way that someone can physically come upto your car, press a button, and temporarily make the alarm system sound to get your attention...?

Well the ONLY real purpose of the booty call alarm is to get chick's attention cuz would u really wanna honk ur horn at them? haha i hope not...scare the shiz out of them!! But some people like it because it's an option that cost close to nothing and it gives them another horn to play with...i guess?

i just wired up my booty call. :p let the fun begin!! woohoo.. hahahahaaa

so thats all that is needed (a long speaker wire and a push button of my choice) so i just find the pos wire that gos to the alarm and the splice it near the fuse box and and put my wire in that place with the button in between.and then all the honey will be all over me , lol. so noone has had any problems with this so far?

no problems at all. i use it almost daily. hahahaa.. :P

the only possible prob that you can run into is the push button. That's because after so much wear and tear, it just malfunctions. But don't worry because the pack they sell at Radio Shack comes in a pack of 5. wow i'm so surprised so many peeps read this thread. I guess it's just the title "Booty Call".

so i just need to cut the wire close to the fuse box right, not close to the alarm?

hahaha, he's gonna try to pull people over at night!!

No you don't need to cut any wires close to the fuse box. You know where the "brain" of the alarm is? It's located right under the dash. It's a small device that has all the wires connected into. Now look for a solid yellow wire. That's your continous (+) wire. Now you have to remember to use a long enough wire that will reach from that yellow cable to where ever spot you want the push button and out to where the siren is. I'd give about a good 10 ft.
So tap the new wire to the (+) yellow wire, and then connect it to the switch. Using the output part of the switch, run the wire thru the firewall and connect it to the red (+) wire of the siren.
You're all done! Have fun whistling at those hunnies!