remotely start heated seats? caution- technical
12-12-2010, 01:03 PM
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I have a 10 platinum and I have been to every dealer and techno geek I knoq and they all say that it cant be hooked up to a remote starter to turn on the heated seats or the cooled seat option it has to do with the software that ford uses, thats what i was told. The manager of Certified Radio here in Edmonton owns a Platinum and he has been working on it for almost a year and cant get it to work. Would love to know if anybody has this working on a Platinum.
01-06-2017, 07:55 AM
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Interested in this project, did you make any headway? I was thinking of doing something similar with an Arduino and a temp sensor that would turn on the heated seats any time the truck starts and the temperature is below a preset threshold, say 45°F.
I looked over the schematics of our heated seats and it looks like it can't be done because the heated seat buttons are right in the electronic automatic temperature control module (EATC). So really there's nowhere to parallel a relay contact to simulate pushing the button. And you can't put direct power to the seat elements becuase they have a thermistor for temeprature control and direct power would just stay on full heat and burn out your seat elements in a few minutes. HOWEVER, I'm looking into disecting the module, soldering 2 small wires off the contacts of the push button for the driver's seat, to an auxillary contact from the remote starter OR a totally seperate relay's set of normally open relay contacts, then power this relay with a momentary pulse generated by a timer circuit that will trigger a few seconds after a command start has been initiated. (not during because all accessory power is disabled). To make the timer circuit would take some time (obvisouly you have to be quite knowledgeable in electronics) and I'm sure it would be very fine soldering on the interface board where the pushbuttons are, but I think it can be done. I've done some other interesting electronic projects I think this may be my next one!
has anyone ever attempted this? Everytime I think about doing this I say forget it, I can just press the button when I get in. Especially if the truck is already warm from the remote start then who really needs a heated seat. But I think it would be a fun project.
has anyone ever attempted this? Everytime I think about doing this I say forget it, I can just press the button when I get in. Especially if the truck is already warm from the remote start then who really needs a heated seat. But I think it would be a fun project.