SWC connection - Atoto F7 WE in 2006 honda civic EX sedan [solved]
 

I hope someone has experience with this. I would like to hook up the SWC for this vehicle. This video says it can be done, but no explanation. I know from the connector not used for the install that the pink with silver and the brown with silver are the SWC. They are shown as the 2 wires at the bottom left of the pic.
https://www.civinfo.com/cdn-cgi/imag...67-png.331218/
When I measure resistance across the terminals it changes resistance with the SWC buttons. It has 10K when no button is not pushed, and I think that may be the issue.

The Atoto has Steering Wheel Key (+) and Steering Wheel Key # (+). Both put out 3.3 v when not hooked up.
https://www.civinfo.com/cdn-cgi/imag...36-png.331217/
https://www.civinfo.com/cdn-cgi/imag...80-png.331216/
The Civic wires have no voltage and are not grounded, i.e. they just make a resistive loop.

I have searched both forums and watched numerous videos but cannot find a definitive answer. I do not believe a SWC controller is required.
I have also reached out to Atoto, but the language barrier and only 1 email per day is not going so well. It has been a back and forth for over a week now.
What I have learned is that tying the 2 civic wires to the SWC wires doesn't work bc there is no reference to ground. I have tried other combinations as well, but I keep wondering if the 10K resistance without any buttons pushed is causing the unit not to learn properly.

Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks in advance.

re: SWC connection - Atoto F7 WE in 2006 honda civic EX sedan [solved]
 

10k ohms is exactly what you should see with no button pressed.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.civ...18dbb6db19.png
What is pin 16 as referenced in your picture? Sounds like you want to connect to 12 and 16, or 2 and 16. I'm not really understanding which.

re: SWC connection - Atoto F7 WE in 2006 honda civic EX sedan [solved]
 

Thanks for the response. Pin 16 is chassis ground.

re: SWC connection - Atoto F7 WE in 2006 honda civic EX sedan [solved]
 

I would say pins 12 and 16 are what you want then.

re: SWC connection - Atoto F7 WE in 2006 honda civic EX sedan [solved]
 

I have resolved this after talking to Ernie at PAC.
He said that combining pin 2 and 12 with the pink, then brown to pin 16, chassis ground may work. He was correct. Works like a charm, and no expensive adapters required.