Circuit/System Description

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The driver door lock/window switch or passenger door lock/window switch controls the mirror horizontal and vertical motors through the use of bi-directional motor controls. When the mirror is commanded up and down, voltage or ground is supplied to the mirror vertical motor through the mirror motor up/down control circuit and voltage or ground is supplied through the mirror motor common circuit.

Horizontal controls operate in the same manner with the mirror motor left/right control circuit supplying voltage or ground and the mirror motor common circuit suppling voltage or ground to the mirror horizontal motor when the mirror is commanded right and left.

The driver door lock/window switch and passenger door lock/window switch determine the position of the outside rearview mirrors based on inputs from two mirror position sensors, one for vertical position, the other for horizontal position. 5 V is applied to each sensor through a shared 5 V reference circuit and a shared low reference circuit supplies ground. Each sensor has an individual signal circuit which provides position voltage to the driver door lock/window switch or passenger door lock/window switch.