STEALTHnode: problem to communicate with the remote

Hello.

I have a STEALTHnode. I disassembled it to put it inside a plastic box with other compounds (like a bluetooth transmitter). The plastic box is just behind the bumper and before the radiator. My car is a Renault Megane without athermic glass.

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I can't use the STEALTHnode remote inside the car: 90% of the tests don't work, I can't switch off or switch on. But when I exit of the car and I walk near the front of the car, the remote works well.

I tried the two remotes, it's a new STEALTHnode (1 month ago).

I did some tests inside my house before wiring the system on the car, and all was working well.

Inside the STEALTHnode, there is an antenna. I leave it outside the plastic box.

Cheetah guys: have you an idea to solve this problem? do you think the problem could be because of the Bluetooth transmitter?

Thanks for your help.

First, try moving the blue wire up, instead of hanging.

if that doesn't work, try removing or turning of the bluetooth transmitter.

The circuit board wasn't made to be left out bare like that, and close proximity to the other stuff in there could cause a frequency issue possibly too.

this will rule those out, and let me know if this changes.

we always recommend a full second on the buttons. technically it works in half that time, but to be sure a signal isn't missed on a short press, we say 1 second.

if all else fails, put it back the way it came. :wink:

First, I changed the StealthNODE for a new one (normally OFF when I start the car engine). I left the StelthNODE in its original box. But the problem remains.

Secondly, I installed a antiparasite. The results did not look better. (there are even parasites in the transmission of sound LI, one wonders what's the point of this contraption).

I was able to confirm that I have to close my box, put it under the hood. The problem is that it is more visible if the cops open the trunk. But most importantly, there is not the place!

I think finally I hope that the radiator of the car which makes screen. This screen is increasing with speed.

Your English is much better than my French but I'm not sure I fully understand what you're trying to say here.

Can you please try to explain this one more time.

no problem. :-)

so i intalled another one StealthNODE inside the box i described before. all the remotes i tested were new ones, so it'snt a problem of battery.

the bOx stays just behind the bumper, just before the heat exChanger of the engine.

i installed an antInterference (antistatic) in the wiring: it's somethihg which decrease the statics in the sound of the LI.

but the range of the StealthNODE remote is too short. the only way to use it is to lean over the windscreen, 30 cm in front of the stearing wheel.

i leave the wiring of the StealthNODE inside its original box.

up!

well, try pointing the antenna up instead of hanging.
you have things down in front of a lot of metal.

if that doesn't work, try "extending" the antenna by adding an extra piece of wiring on it running up higher.

Just put the Stealthnode switch where it's supposed to go - close to the battery.

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Originally Posted by allyoops

Just put the Stealthnode switch where it's supposed to go - close to the battery.

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Sorry, I changed the wiring. All is near the battery, at the front of the car inside the engine room. The remote works well sometimes, but at high speed and sometimes at low speed, I have to use it near the front glass, 30 cm front the wheel-drive.

Have you an idea about this problem?

All is new, and the problem stays even if it's easier now with this new wiring.

Our stuff is so technically straightforward it will either be working or it isn't - it's never intermittant like you are describing.

This is making me wonder if you actually have a technical problem or not. I think it may just be a misunderstanding on how wireless technology works.

Tell me this - why do you think that the STEALTHnode switch is not turning the jammer on and off properly when you are driving?

Are you aware that the wireless connection LED doesn't switch off immediately?

When you press the keyfob to turn the jammer off, the jammer and transmitter in the engine bay are killed immediately, but the wireless link light stays on until it fails to receive two check signals from the transmitter in the engine. These check signals are sent out every 20 seconds or so, so (you'll see the little blink to confirm this when the light is on.) When the warning unit inside your car doesn't get two of these signals in a row, it turns off the light to let you know the wireless link is gone. Depending on where you are in the 20 second check cycle when you turn the jammer off, this is why it takes between 21-40 seconds for the light to disappear when you turn a jammer off remotely. I repeat, even though the light is on, your jammer is off.

If you were expecting the wireless link light on the in-car warning unit to go off the very second you turn off the jammer with the Keyfob then this may be why you thought you were having a "problem."

Now that you understand more about it, does this help?