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·TSSM install (ok, really it's a HFSM - but I used the old term when I originally wrote this)
My bike came without the factory alarm, so I installed the new TSSM (edit note: as Deb mentioned, the version that I have is really a HFSM) with alarm (68200-07) and the auxiliary "siren" yesterday (68352-04A). Physical installation of the new TSSM (edit: or HFSM in this case) was fairly easy - just remove the battery, push the old TSM up into the battery box, remove the connector, and replace with the new module. The "siren" attaches via "double-sided" tape to a provided bracket, bolts to the frame, and connects via a cable to the TSSM.
The connector from the TSSM for the "siren" is already in the bike's wiring and is plugged into a dummy plug, wire-tied to a group of wires in front of the battery. I reached in through the battery box and cut the tab on the dummy plug (not the wire-tie around the other wires), so that I could pull back the cable and remove the plug. The wire for this connector is taped in a bundle under the battery box. I had to reach under and carefully cut the tape so that I could pull it all the way out. In the end, I pushed the siren cable back up further into its original location, and connected the extender cable provided in the siren package to it. I pushed the large connector housing on the extender cable into the opening at the front of the battery box where the dummy plug had been and ran the cable down to the bottom of the frame where the siren bracket mounts. The "double-sided" tape that HD provided to fix the siren to the provided mounting bracket, wasn't double-sided - so I used some super glue, to glue the siren to the back of the tape.
I ran the antenna cable up the back of the battery box and over the battery, and fixed the antenna module up near the fuse block under the side cover.
Although it took 30 minutes, and I should have pulled the fuse for the lights first, the manual procedure for mating the TSSM/HFSM password code to the ECM worked fine.
The kicker is though, that the new buttonless FOBs apparently must be assigned to the HFSM using a HD Digital Tech. I can't find a manual procedure. So, I guess I'm still off to the dealer to have the FOB assigned to the HFSM so that the alarm is operational. (Edit: With button type FOBs on an older TSSM there is a manual assignment procedure also.)
All in all, it's not a bad install. It takes a few minutes to get the battery out, and the manual procedure for letting the TSSM/HFSM read the ECM password is time consuming, but it is all straight forward.
And last, a question - where does HD mount the antenna module for the alarm/FOB in a factory install?
My bike came without the factory alarm, so I installed the new TSSM (edit note: as Deb mentioned, the version that I have is really a HFSM) with alarm (68200-07) and the auxiliary "siren" yesterday (68352-04A). Physical installation of the new TSSM (edit: or HFSM in this case) was fairly easy - just remove the battery, push the old TSM up into the battery box, remove the connector, and replace with the new module. The "siren" attaches via "double-sided" tape to a provided bracket, bolts to the frame, and connects via a cable to the TSSM.
The connector from the TSSM for the "siren" is already in the bike's wiring and is plugged into a dummy plug, wire-tied to a group of wires in front of the battery. I reached in through the battery box and cut the tab on the dummy plug (not the wire-tie around the other wires), so that I could pull back the cable and remove the plug. The wire for this connector is taped in a bundle under the battery box. I had to reach under and carefully cut the tape so that I could pull it all the way out. In the end, I pushed the siren cable back up further into its original location, and connected the extender cable provided in the siren package to it. I pushed the large connector housing on the extender cable into the opening at the front of the battery box where the dummy plug had been and ran the cable down to the bottom of the frame where the siren bracket mounts. The "double-sided" tape that HD provided to fix the siren to the provided mounting bracket, wasn't double-sided - so I used some super glue, to glue the siren to the back of the tape.
I ran the antenna cable up the back of the battery box and over the battery, and fixed the antenna module up near the fuse block under the side cover.
Although it took 30 minutes, and I should have pulled the fuse for the lights first, the manual procedure for mating the TSSM/HFSM password code to the ECM worked fine.
The kicker is though, that the new buttonless FOBs apparently must be assigned to the HFSM using a HD Digital Tech. I can't find a manual procedure. So, I guess I'm still off to the dealer to have the FOB assigned to the HFSM so that the alarm is operational. (Edit: With button type FOBs on an older TSSM there is a manual assignment procedure also.)
All in all, it's not a bad install. It takes a few minutes to get the battery out, and the manual procedure for letting the TSSM/HFSM read the ECM password is time consuming, but it is all straight forward.
And last, a question - where does HD mount the antenna module for the alarm/FOB in a factory install?