Lotus Elise Service Notes page 405

Lotus Service Notes
Section MN
Emergency Disarming
In the event of lost or failed transmitter keys, an electronic touch key may be used to mobilise the engine:
Enter the vehicle (causing the alarm to be triggered if it is armed), and with the ignition OFF, insert the touch
key into the receptacle on the right hand side of the steering column shroud. This will disarm the alarm and
mobilise the engine. Note that if this operation is performed with the ignition ON, the transmitter key codes will
be wiped, and must be reprogrammed (see below).
Passive immobilisation will still function after the appropriate delay (see above), requiring another inser-
tion of the touch key, with ignition OFF, to overcome.
Touch key
Receptacle
New Transmitter Programming
If a transmitter key is lost or damaged, a new uncoded key may be ordered, and then programmed to a
particular car using the following procedure:
1. With the alarm system disarmed and mobilised, switch on the ignition. Note that if the transmitter key
codes have been wiped, the alarm must be disarmed using the touch key (see above).
2. Insert a touch key into the receptacle on the steering column shroud. The alarm tell tale will light steady.
3. Press, simultaneously, both buttons on the new transmitter key for about ten seconds, until the tell tale in
the key stops flashing and goes out. When the buttons are released, the key tell tale will light steady.
4. Press either one of the transmitter key buttons; the transmitter key tell tale will blink, and the alarm tell
tale in the instrument pod will go out for one second.
5. Repeat 3 and 4 for all other transmitter keys to be used, up to a maximum of four. When all keys have
been programmed, switch off the ignition (alarm tell tale will go out).
Note that this programming procedure erases all existing transmitter codes, so that all keys to be used
must be reprogrammed at the same time.
Checking the Alarm System
To ensure that optimum vehicle protection is maintained, the alarm system function should be checked
periodically:
1. Arm the alarm and wait for 40 seconds;
2. Open either door; The siren should sound and the hazard lamps flash for 30 seconds. To turn off the
siren before the 30 seconds have elapsed, press the large button on the transmitter key - this will not
disarm the alarm.
3. Repeat step (2) testing the opposite door, the engine lid and the front bonnet (Manually operate the
sensor switches to test the engine lid and front bonnet).
4. If the engine lid or front bonnet are left open, the alarm will stop after approximately 30 seconds, and then
repeat after a short delay, and continue in this sequence for ten cycles.
5. To test the intrusion sensing, arm the system and within the 30 sec. arming period, check that substantial
body movement within the cockpit triggers the alarm, as indicated by the sounding of the buzzer. Disarm
the alarm before the 30 seconds elapses, or the siren will be activated. If adjustment is required, refer to
page 6.
If the alarm system does not operate as described, refer to the Trouble Shooting' guide below.
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