Anyone with Compustar alarm experience enter please.

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

Allright my alarm just went stupid on me last night...

its a compustar 1WAM-A

left my house, unarmed/unlocked with the alarm remote...

got home hit the arm/lock button, nothing happened, like it just gave up.

did some troubleshooting today.

relay is fine.

everythings getting power

no blown fuses.

when i try to reprogram my remotes thinking that was the problem. i do the acc to on 5 times and the lights blink once...hit lock...nothing, then a few seconds later my lights flash twice.

and i cant get the remotes to program with the alarm.

not sure if its a brain issue now.

double checked all the **** wiring to it too. everythings a-ok..

worked flawlessly for over a year until last night :-\

any help? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

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[loud1500 10+ year member]

mine did that right after it was installed. had to get a new brain

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Compustar.

Lawl.

nG

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

change the battery on the remote?

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

go Dei or check the antenna?

 

[pimpedout97x]

x2 dei ftw

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

well i ended up fixing it. brain was shot. their technical support is a bunch of useless ****s also. they were 0 help to me.

 

[pimpedout97x]

same as when mine was defective, thats why i said go DEI

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

their technical support kept telling me it was my antenna/antenna wire.....and they wouldnt suggest anything else and i told em i checked it but they said 'nope you must have missed something'

idiots...

 

[pimpedout97x]

lol

 

[Tirefryr 10+ year member]

My experience with Compustar is that unless you are an authorized dealer/installer, they don't want to have anything to do with you.

Mine was doing the exact same thing, but only when it was very cold out. funny thing is, my past 3 alarms have acted this way (compustar, viper, prestige). I just installed an Autopage on a buddy's car and it works flawless. We'll see how it does over time.

In all my years installing alarms, Alpine and Prestige have served me the best.

 

[00poop6x 10+ year member]

My experience with Compustar is that unless you are an authorized dealer/installer, they don't want to have anything to do with you.
Mine was doing the exact same thing, but only when it was very cold out. funny thing is, my past 3 alarms have acted this way (compustar, viper, prestige). I just installed an Autopage on a buddy's car and it works flawless. We'll see how it does over time.

In all my years installing alarms, Alpine and Prestige have served me the best.

I second that. They like to talk to installers that are authorized, not Joe Blows who bought a used alarm or one off eGay and installed it themselves. That being said, act like you are an installer of a shop that is authorized. Their alarm brains are very sensitive, they like to see a lot of diodes:crap: .

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

I second that. They like to talk to installers that are authorized, not Joe Blows who bought a used alarm or one off eGay and installed it themselves. That being said, act like you are an installer of a shop that is authorized. Their alarm brains are very sensitive, they like to see a lot of diodes:crap: .

True I hear you on that one. Only reason I have a compustar in there is due to when i went down to II for school. They gave everyone for free for us to install down there. Eh, and it was reallllllllly cold out when it started acting up. Eh. I have to call them and see if they're going to want to warranty the brain for me.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

never had to warranty anything through compustar, but i've had nothing but good luck with their alarms. 900fm on my ***** am and 2w-ss on the explorer. can't touch the range either.