Alarm disarms, but when triggered, it doesn't!?

12volt,

Please email me or post a message if you find any notes on this alarm.

Thanks,

metidogeno

I had seen this type of problem along time ago.  On this paticular install, the customer wanted a pager unit installed so he could know when his alarm was going off.   So arming/disarming worked fine,  but when the alarm was going off,  the pager unit was transmitting and because of the location of it,  it was creating RF interference with the Receiver part of the alarm that receives the transmitted data from the remote.    Moving the pager unit far away from the alarm solved the problem.

So,  just in case you have something like that, that could be the problem.  If not,  check for something else that may be interfering only when the alarm is triggered.   Or it could be a problem with the alarm itself.   I used to repair some alarms several years ago and I think I came across one with the problem you described.   Typicall I would have replaced the Microprocessor.   However this was a rare problem.

Good luck.

Hi Thinkster, while I've seen alarms encounter the same problem you described with a pager, this particular unit usually has this problem when the disarm leads are not connected properly and/or the programming switches are not set correctly. 

BTW metidogeno, I haven't had a chance to hunt through my notes, but you should have been able to solve the problem with the remedies I described. If you haven't, let me know.

the12volt

The 12volt,

I tried the following and the problem still occurs:

--1wire disarm switched on, disconnected input#2 wire

--2wire disarm switched on, connected input#2 wire to "all unlock wire on car when remote unlc**k button is pushed twice."

--I even switched between 1wire disarm to 2wire disarm with the described setups and the darn thing still won't disarm when triggered! 

P.S.  I'm starting to have nightmares in my sleep about this.