My wife got me a Flash2Pass garage door opener for my birthday. It is designed to tap the high-beam wires and with a double flash of the high's it activates the transmitter to open the garage door. My question is, if anyone has any experience with these and would it be feasable to hook it up to the right turn signal wires and let the double flash of the right indicator activate the transmitter (I always have my right flasher on when turning into my driveway)
That means you have your right turn signal on when leaving the driveway too?? I don't know how it works, but I would think every time you turn your signal on while going down the road, it starts emitting the signal too. Not that it would hurt anything (that I know of). Could you call Flash2Pass and ask them??
Oh, I just thought of something. If your turn signal flashes twice when you pull in, the door goes up, but if it flashes 2 more times, the door comes back down?? That could be an issue.
I installed one of these in the NT. It was hard to find a spot near the headlight for the tap, so I considered making a separate switch for it, but couldn't decide where to put it. I finally went back to the wiring diagram and traced the wiring back to find a spot under the left sidecover where I could tap the high beam circuit. It works great and I couldn't be happier - this is an awesome mod! I am going to buy some more transmitters and do the other bikes as well.
Like was said upthread, I would think that if you attached it to the turn signal, it would go on the second flash, then reverse on the fourth flash, unless you are quick to turn the signal off after just the right number of flashes, which would be a pain.
I say use the high beam, just like they instruct. It works well and it's very elegant not to have to add another switch.
I went doubly easy and bought a small, universal garage door remote which I velcro'd to the fairing behind the handlebar. Has worked flawlessly for four years. Push once, door goes up. Push again, door goes down.
[image: View Post]VFRbeliever, on 07 June 2010 - 12:39 PM, said:
I went doubly easy and bought a small, universal garage door remote which I velcro'd to the fairing behind the handlebar. Has worked flawlessly for four years. Push once, door goes up. Push again, door goes down.
I actually took one of my spare openers and mounted it behind my fairing as well so it was out of sight. I soldered some wires to the traces inside the opener and mounted a momentary toggle switch to the dash surround. Nobody can see anything except the toggle switch. :biggrin:
[image: View Post]wera803, on 07 June 2010 - 02:25 PM, said:
[image: View Post]VFRbeliever, on 07 June 2010 - 12:39 PM, said:
I went doubly easy and bought a small, universal garage door remote which I velcro'd to the fairing behind the handlebar. Has worked flawlessly for four years. Push once, door goes up. Push again, door goes down.
I actually took one of my spare openers and mounted it behind my fairing as well so it was out of sight. I soldered some wires to the traces inside the opener and mounted a momentary toggle switch to the dash surround. Nobody can see anything except the toggle switch. :biggrin:
For years I velcroed a garage door remote someplace like that, on every bike. It works fine, but I've lost a few due to forgetting to stow them safely when it rains, and I also have to remember to take them off and pocket them when I leave the bike parked in public places, so they don't go walkabout. When I stow them, I often forget to put them back on the bike before I get home, so then I have to search my pockets before I can open the door. None of this is that terrible, or I would have put together a better solution sooner. But the Flash2Pass unit is nice and convenient and never gets lost or rained out. And since he already owns it, received it as a gift, he might as well take full advantage of it by installing it correctly.