[chas43]

  how can i make my fd chirp on locking and unlocking?

[CraigB]

Not sure if you have that option but if you do you'd find it in the mode setting options via the steering wheel controls, your manual will explain.

I don't have the chirp option in my GD model, only the flashing indicators.

[The Gonz]

I don't think my FD has those steering wheel controls.

[CraigB]

I don't think my FD has those steering wheel controls.

How do you get to the mode settings Gonz ( I've never looked in the FD model )

[The Gonz]

Beats me.

[CraigB]

Well in the GD you turn the ignition on ( don't start ) and tap the trip button on the steering wheel till the option to change "user modes" appears on the dash display.

My old 2003 Mitsubishi Mirage could change several features of the user mode via a number of key/ignition turning sequences.

[Phil №❶]

If the option isn't already provided, and a suitable project isn't available to purchase, then I would suggest a circuit that senses energy to a door solenoid and only then energizes a suitable chirp circuit.

[cruiserfied]

No user settings on dash for FD.
There is an option in BCM via scantool called "horn answer back" but Ive never been able (nor had the desire) to turn it on. I have tried just out of curiosity but it never worked.

You could wire in a chirp to lock and unlock signals but it would go off every time the door locks operate, annoying if you have HALO activated. If you have it turned off or can stand it beeping when locking and unlocking I think this is your best bet. Only problem I can think of is the signal to the actuators is very short.

[The Gonz]

I'm quite happy to use the sound of the locks engaging when close or watching the lights when further away. It suits my militarily honed stealth instincts.

[Phil №❶]

Don't know why a chirp is necessary. Did you know, on the FD model, you can set the alarm even b4 the doors or hatch are closed. The car locks when the last open device closes. When we shop I do this and after the last shopping bag is removed, simply close the hatch & the locks & lights are activated.

[The Gonz]

Elegant, efficient and sufficient.

[Dazzler]

Why not just make a little noise with your lips each time you lock the car, that would be the easiest!

[Asterix]

Why not just make a little noise with your lips each time you lock the car, that would be the easiest!

  

[wolfmane]

Don't know why a chirp is necessary. Did you know, on the FD model, you can set the alarm even b4 the doors or hatch are closed. The car locks when the last open device closes. When we shop I do this and after the last shopping bag is removed, simply close the hatch & the locks & lights are activated.

Because often in a parking lot you're already several cars away and can't hear the locks or see the indicators, or you're simply turned the other way and there's too much ambient sound to hear the locks. Some cars only chirp when you press the lock button and the doors are already locked, which is the ideal situation: stealth most of the time, audible when you need confirmation.

If you ever get used to a system that chirps, you feel naked without it.

[Alasama]

We discussed about this before.

Having the horn sound when locking the car

But seems I'm the only one who have this function to set the sound on and off. 

[The Gonz]

The way to achieve this without slaving the sound to a lock solenoid is to build a receiver to chirp a piezo when the RF from your FOB is sent. Zimples!

[Dazzler]

The way to achieve this without slaving the sound to a lock solenoid is to build a receiver to chirp a piezo when the RF from your FOB is sent. Zimples!

That's only half the answer Gonz! We need someone like you to post a how to....

[Phil №❶]

The way to achieve this without slaving the sound to a lock solenoid is to build a receiver to chirp a piezo when the RF from your FOB is sent. Zimples!

And everyone else's. 

Not Zo zimple

[The Gonz]

No, Phil, noone else will have a piezo circuit reacting to raw RF at that frequency. Zuper zimples!

[Phil №❶]

 

I dislike being wrong. 

Oui, facile.

[The Gonz]

Tre bien, mon ami.

In fairness, it may result in some hilarious confusion if someone else's fob chirps the i30, but no locking or unlocking will occur.

Half a mark for you, Phil.

[Phil №❶]

 

[mcmonte]

So it'll only beep when the signal is received. That should 99% guarantee the doors are locked.
Unless a solenoid's carked it or there's a continuity loss?

[The Gonz]

So if Chas is still interested, we can start with identifying the frequency - I've built circuits for both 315MHz and 433MHz - and we can take it from there.