96 bonniville GM VATS resistor value

Hey room,

I've been checking all my wires these past couple days. I think i'm having a major "Brain Fart" I know I have the right ignition wires tested them over and over. I haven't put the remote start in yet because I want to resolve this problem before finishing the remote start. Everything else in the car is done. Now the actual problem is that when I close the doors and turn the car on the alarm will activate as if it were of.  When the alarm activates there is 12 volts at the ignition wire leading back to the alarm. I looked at another updated viper 550 esp that I have with the new remotes and it does not have the yellow ignition wire leading back to the alarm it's all at the relay. The spot is empty at the harness. So what I did was disconnected the yellow from the older alarm and copied it, still does the same thing. The valet as well is not working as well and I can guess it is because of the ignition wire not working. Now Jeff metioned that I might have to diode isolate the ignition coming back to the alarm. If so what diode and what direction would the band have to face towards the alarm or away back to the factory wire? I've never had this problem with installing an alarm, until now. Especially with the ignition. Please help as I am in this major "brian fart" stage.

Thanks

Hello,

Just got some 1n4001 diodes. Wondering if that's what I need for the ignition? What direction?

thanks!

HEY EVERYBODY,

CHECKED EVERY CONNECTION, STUCK WITH THE ALARM TRIGGERING ON AFTER CAR IS STARTED MANUALLY. WHICH WAY IS THE DIODE TO BE FACED ON THE YELLOW IGNITION WIRE TO THE ALARM? IS THE 1N4001 DIODE OK?

THANKS

Sorry, Sound Pressure.... got busy with other things. The diode should be facing the ignition column so that you don't get any voltage feedback from this wire. Your alarm will not go into valet mode because it is sensing voltage on this wire which means that it thinks that the key is tunred to the ON position when infact it is not. Try this and post your results, the other thing is that you may have a faulty relay in the brain that is sticking open and connecting the 12 volts to the ignition wire.

Thankyou Jeff.

No problem, kinda knew you would be busy. Appreciate the info. I will try it and post the results. Thankyou again!

HEY JEFF,

DID THAT, STILL NO LUCK. IT IS STILL ARMING WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED AND THE IGNITION TURNED ON. DO YOU THINK IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DOOR TRIGGER? I HAVE 6 AMP DIODES ISOLATING THE TWO DOOR WIRES, ONE FOR THE DRIVER DOOR, AND THE OTHER COVERING ALL OTHER DOORS. MAYBE USING THE OTHER DIODES 1N4001 FOR THE DOOR TRIGGERS MAYBE OR NO? NOW I PUT A BRAND NEW VIPER 55OESP AND IT IS WORKING FINE EXCEPT FOR THE VALET SWITCH WHICH IS DOING THE SAME(NO FUNCTION) AS THE FIRST ALARM (55OESP) IS DOING. WHICH WILL NOT LET ME GET INTO THE PROGRAMMING MODE.I SWITCHED OUT THE RELAYS STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM.  PLEASE ADVISE.

THANKS

HEY GUYS,

I WOKE UP AT 5A.M. THIS MORNING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE VIPER 550ESP. AFTER 2 HOURS CHECKING AND RECHECKING MY CONNECTIONS, AND CHECKING THE ALARM INTO ANOTHER CAR OF MINE WITH THE SAME ALARM, IT CHECKIED OUT THAT THE ALARM WAS WORKING PERFECT. ALL CONNECTIONS WERE GOOD. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH IT WAS, THE ACCESSORY OF THE REMOTE START HARNESS WAS NOT CONNECTED AS I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO FINISH THE REMOTE START BECAUSE I WAS HAVING THAT RE-ARMING PROBLEM.  SO NOW THE ALARM IS WORKING PERFECT. JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD RELAY THIS PROBLEM IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD RUN INTO IT. I GUESS I WAS TO WORRIED ABOUT BY-PASSING THE VATS SYSTEM, WHICH WAS A BREZZE THANKS TO YOU GUYS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VERY MUCH THE 12VOLT, AND LIKE TO THANK VERY MUCH JEFF FROM VELOCITYMOTORSPORT FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!

THANKYOU VERY MUCH!!!

Good to hear that you figured out the problem with the arming ! It's frustrating when you try things over and over again and nothing seems to work. The best thing that I found when this happens is to take a break from the project ( if time allows ) or get a second set of eyes to see what is happening. It's amazing what you see after you come back ( usually I shake my head and think to myself what a dumbass I was for not seeing it the first time  ) If you have any other problems in the future you know where to find us...