LEMON Manuals: Even more car manuals for everyone: 1960-2025
Home >> Buick >> 2003 >> Century Base >> Repair and Diagnosis >> External Pages >> Different car >> Section 487 (Body Control System) >> Description and Operation >> Body Control System Description and Operation >> Serial Data Power Mode
April 5, 2026: LEMON Manuals is launched! Read the announcement.

Serial Data Power Mode

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

On vehicles that have several control modules connected by serial data circuits, one module is the power mode master (PMM). On this vehicle the PMM is the BCM. The PMM receives 3 discrete ignition switch signals to differentiate which power mode will be sent over the Serial Data circuits. The table below illustrates the state of these inputs in correspondence to the ignition switch position:

3-Wire Ignition Switch Table

Ignition Switch Position ignition 1 Ignition 3 Crank Power Mode Transmitted
Off 0 0 0 OFF/Awake or RAP
Start 1 0 1 Crank
Accessory 0 1 0 Accessory
Run 1 1 0 Run