They are electronically activated. I bought this from them around October so they may have upgraded the system. Mine does have the wifi stuff. The man who set me up with the kit at classic auto air really knew his stuff and was very helpful. My car had been a racer so the previous owner had removed all of the heater stuff so i didn't have factory stuff anyhow and we figured it would be cheaper to get the new controller than tracking down factory slide type controls and refurbishing them. The way I understand it the alteration of the factory control involves a set of micro switches which then plug into the unit and tell it which doors to open etc