Bulldog Security RS82B remote-vehicle-starter system

摘要

A diligent press-relations person offered me a remote-starter system to evaluate. I explained that, because EDN is a highly technical magazine, my evaluation would require that I take the starter apart. The company was OK with that. I was able to pry into the guts of the microprocessor-controlled unit as well as the RF key fob you use to operate it. I was astonished to see that the remote operated from 12V. The main unit provides an excitation coil for your car's spare smart key so that the unit can disable the car's security system when you start it remotely. The 400-foot range sounds nice, but this unit works only on automatic-transmission cars built after 1996, so my '92 Honda can't use it.