Hopkins Reliance Brake Controller E1 Message on a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado  

This might be a dumb question, but I just wired up the Hopkins Reliance brake controller up on my 2008 silverado 4x4. I used a combination of instructions from this site How to wire a brake controller on a 2008 GMC/Chevrolet. The instructions that came with the controller, which wasnt much, called for running wires from the battery to the back of the truck etc... I hooked up the controller to my harness taped up under the dash per instructions. I then ran the 2 wires on each side of my fuse box under the hood to the terminals there per instructions on this site. I havent tried them to see if they work, but when driving down the road, I get an E1 message only when I hit the brakes. It means that there is no trailer connected, I know and I havent hooked the truck up to a trailer yet,but is it supposed to do that every time I hit the brakes? Trailer or no trailer, it says that when I hit the brakes, then goes away once I release the brakes and push the gas. Everything else like the digital settings and release work fine. Its just the E1 popping up only when my foot is on the brake. I know the controller is a cheaper one, but that seems like it will get annoying real quick. Im just wondering if it is supposed to do that, or if I went wrong somewhere. Thanks.

asked by: Nick