Door Pin Switch - Directed Electronics Automate AM5 Installation Manual

➤ Door pin switch

The best places to test for the door switch wire are:
• Pin switch
When testing at the pin switch, check the wire to ensure that it
"sees" all the doors. Often, the passenger switch covers all the
doors even if the driver's switch does not.
• Domelight
This may not be your best choice if the vehicle has delayed dome-
light supervision, but it works in any vehicle with completely diode-
isolated or normally closed pin switches.
The easiest place to connect to the wire is likely the kick panel, at the
windshield pillar, or in the running board. When an easy location is not
available, running a wire to the domelight is the best alternative.
How to find a door pin switch trigger wire with your multimeter:
1. Set to DCV or DC voltage (12V or 20V is fine).
2. Fasten the (+) probe of the meter to (+) 12V constant. (For most
cars)
3. Probe the wire you suspect of being the door trigger wire. If the
meter reads (+)12V when any door is opened and the meter goes
to zero with the door closed, then you have found a trigger wire.
To ensure the wire detects all the doors, open each door and check the
meter reading. Some newer vehicles lack standard-type pinswitches.
The domelight in these vehicles is turned on when the door handle is
lifted. These usually have a wire coming out of the door into the kick
panel which provides a trigger for all doors.
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