Truck cap keyless entry tie in

[WWRAM1500]

I have a 2021 1500 eco diesel with the off road package. I am currently getting a truck cap that has the keyless entry on the cap. The truck cap dealer is having a hard time figuring out how to tie in the lock/unlock feature to the tailgate lock/unlock. They have had the truck a day and a half and have tried everything that they manufacturer has said and they still can't get it to work. The instructions they have is only for a 2020 and apparently 2021 is different. Does anyone have any experience in this?

 

[sandman98]

I asked the same question about a month ago. Use the search engine to find my thread titled

"Tailgate Wiring Lock/Unlock--Need some help".​

Very useful response from Jimmy07--I believe post #5 will set you straight. There are NO lock/unlock wires at the tailgate. You need to run two wires up to the cab, and get to the rear door locking wires. I tapped into the driver rear door sill and grabbed the two wires at the B pillar. Tap into the Green/Dark Green for "LOCK" and the Violet/Green for "UNLOCK."

Again, find my earlier post (sorry, I couldn't figure out how to link it here). Jimmy07 included the vehicle wiring overview diagram, as well as the specific wires in that particular harness. Took me about an hour to do mine--and that's with running the speaker wire from cab to taillight assembly and up into the cap.

 

[Techna]

My plan was to tap into the tailgate release actuator power lead and use that to activate a relay that would then power the cap’s lock actuator. I was going to set it up to actually pop the latches and raise the rear glass anytime the tailgate was dropped and didn’t care about raising the glass without lowering the tailgate. I never actually tested my plan because I devised a way to tie the rear glass to the tailgate through purely mechanical means, but still wonder if it’d work.
I will say that having the rear glass/hatch tied to the tailgate operation is glorious. Popping both simultaneously from the fob or the console switch is cool and showy, but not so much what I was after. I just wanted to be able to access or to lock up the back without having to dig a the fob out of my pocket or use a key.

 

[kbraunphoto]

in this same boat too; 3rd party Leer cap with the same hardware; can't tell what the previous owner spliced, cut, added, left behind....

 

[CBC]

I’m trying to see post number five so that I can see the wiring diagram but it seems it’s not here

 

[drydocked]

I’m trying to see post number five so that I can see the wiring diagram but it seems it’s not here

I just did this a couple months ago and downloaded those wiring diagrams for reference so I'll re-post them here. Thanks to the poster on the other thread for providing them. As mentioned above, tie into them at the "B" pillar and not in the door sill, it's too tight to splice into them in the sill.
For the Leer and Century caps they'll connect to the blue and green wires at the cap. A tip from my experience - do a temporary connection at the cap to make sure to make sure they're not reversed before locking the wires into the cap's wiring terminal.

 

[N7GZN]

Look at this post, all the information is here, I just installed a Pop and Lock #9772 on a Snugtop Rebel canopy.

Help needed with camper shell power lock wiring.

I recently purchased a Pop and Lock power lock for my Leer camper shell and am having trouble locating the correct lock/unlock wires to tap into. I have searched for a wiring diagram for 2019 Ram 1500s without any luck. Pop & Lock dealer narrowed my search to 4 wires, but I am not confident in...

5thgenrams.com

 

[DEG]

My Lear/Century dealer had and used the document attached to this post.

You will need to run a wire into the cab and connect to door lock wiring inside the drivers kick panel. There is an existing rubber gromet in the back wall underneath the rear seat on the drivers side to route wires into the cab.

You can't use tailgate wiring because it only receives an unlock signal. The tailgate is locked all the time by default so there is no lock signal wire.

 

[Aidan]

My plan was to tap into the tailgate release actuator power lead and use that to activate a relay that would then power the cap’s lock actuator. I was going to set it up to actually pop the latches and raise the rear glass anytime the tailgate was dropped and didn’t care about raising the glass without lowering the tailgate. I never actually tested my plan because I devised a way to tie the rear glass to the tailgate through purely mechanical means, but still wonder if it’d work.
I will say that having the rear glass/hatch tied to the tailgate operation is glorious. Popping both simultaneously from the fob or the console switch is cool and showy, but not so much what I was after. I just wanted to be able to access or to lock up the back without having to dig a the fob out of my pocket or use a key.

Would you have any idea on which wires do what on the actuator wires? I have a 4-pin plug, black-white-brown-blue - and have been trying to trigger the unlock mechansim.

I checked the resistance and matched black to white, and blue to brown - but attempting to pass power to blue/brown sparked so am reluctant to try anything else.

Even if you know the voltage (I tried a 12V battery as my power source).

Long story short, I'm swapping beds so the new one is not connected to a vehicle. Need to get the tailgate open.