justin726
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Well I finally broke down and bought a garage door remote specifically for my bike. I got tired of grabbing the one out of my truck when I needed it and then fogeting it in my coat pocket when I needed to take the truck. Plus I was wanting to find a better way of using the remote than just putting it in my pocket or in my tank bag. This is what I did.
Basically I was going to wire up this new remote with a separate pushbutton switch that I could mount nearly anywhere, and that would allow me to keep the remote hidden. This way everything will be permanent, but I won't have that ugly remote to look at.
I went down to Radio Shack and bought a small push button switch. They had a couple different ones to choose from. I basically chose one that was all black, had a nice low profile, and the button was still large enough to operate with my gloves on.
I then pryed the remote open and popped out the circuit board. On the back side of the circuit board I tested some of the contact points to find out which points the current button on the circuit board uses for operating the remote. With this single button remote, finding the two contact points were fairly easy.
I drilled a small hole in the back side of the remote housing to allow 2 wire to run through.
I cut two lengths of either 20 or 22 gage wire. I then soldered one end of one of the wires to one of the contact points of the door remote switch, then soldered the other wire to the other contact point of the door remote switch.
I ran both these wires through the hole that I drilled in the remote housing and reinstalled the circuit board back into the housing. It just clicks back into place.
Before I put together both sides of the door remote housing, I took the side of the housing with the standard, long button on it, and I flipped it over and applied a thin layer of silicon all around the button so that no water could get inside the remote. On the other half of the housing there were just a couple small holes, as well as the hole I drilled which has the wires coming out of that I applied a small amount of silicone to. Once the silicone was fairly dry, I snapped both sides of the door remote housing back together.
Before all of this I had already figured out the best place to mount the button and the remote. I was going to use the right side inner fairing panel because it had plenty of room on the underside to mount everything, plus I could mount the button where I could easily reach it without taking my hands off the bar.
With this panel removed, I cleaned the underside and applied a piece of velcro tape to the panel, and the other piece of tape to the back side of the garage door remote.
I knew where the button was going to be located on the panel, so I went ahead and drilled out the appropriate size of hole. I put the button through the hole and tightened down the fastening nut.
With the door remote velcroed to the back of the inner panel, and with the button installed, I simply cut the two lengths of wire to the appropriate length and then soldered one wire to the first contact tab on the button, and the second wire to the only other contact tab on the button.
Now, since my "new" button is connected directly to the contact points of the remote's "original" button, then every time I push my "new" button I will be making the connection through the circuit board and my door opens or shuts. It's like magic.
Every thing is nice and neat. Everything is tucked away so that it won't get accidentally pushed. Plus, hopefully everything will be waterproof.
Basically I was going to wire up this new remote with a separate pushbutton switch that I could mount nearly anywhere, and that would allow me to keep the remote hidden. This way everything will be permanent, but I won't have that ugly remote to look at.
I went down to Radio Shack and bought a small push button switch. They had a couple different ones to choose from. I basically chose one that was all black, had a nice low profile, and the button was still large enough to operate with my gloves on.
I then pryed the remote open and popped out the circuit board. On the back side of the circuit board I tested some of the contact points to find out which points the current button on the circuit board uses for operating the remote. With this single button remote, finding the two contact points were fairly easy.
I drilled a small hole in the back side of the remote housing to allow 2 wire to run through.
I cut two lengths of either 20 or 22 gage wire. I then soldered one end of one of the wires to one of the contact points of the door remote switch, then soldered the other wire to the other contact point of the door remote switch.
I ran both these wires through the hole that I drilled in the remote housing and reinstalled the circuit board back into the housing. It just clicks back into place.
Before I put together both sides of the door remote housing, I took the side of the housing with the standard, long button on it, and I flipped it over and applied a thin layer of silicon all around the button so that no water could get inside the remote. On the other half of the housing there were just a couple small holes, as well as the hole I drilled which has the wires coming out of that I applied a small amount of silicone to. Once the silicone was fairly dry, I snapped both sides of the door remote housing back together.
Before all of this I had already figured out the best place to mount the button and the remote. I was going to use the right side inner fairing panel because it had plenty of room on the underside to mount everything, plus I could mount the button where I could easily reach it without taking my hands off the bar.
With this panel removed, I cleaned the underside and applied a piece of velcro tape to the panel, and the other piece of tape to the back side of the garage door remote.
I knew where the button was going to be located on the panel, so I went ahead and drilled out the appropriate size of hole. I put the button through the hole and tightened down the fastening nut.
With the door remote velcroed to the back of the inner panel, and with the button installed, I simply cut the two lengths of wire to the appropriate length and then soldered one wire to the first contact tab on the button, and the second wire to the only other contact tab on the button.
Now, since my "new" button is connected directly to the contact points of the remote's "original" button, then every time I push my "new" button I will be making the connection through the circuit board and my door opens or shuts. It's like magic.
Every thing is nice and neat. Everything is tucked away so that it won't get accidentally pushed. Plus, hopefully everything will be waterproof.
