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viper 5901 siren not working

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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Topic: viper 5901 siren not working

Posted By: raigen18
Subject: viper 5901 siren not working
Date Posted: April 30, 2012 at 7:37 PM

I just finished wiring up a viper 5901 to my car and everything seems to work fine except for the siren. The doors locks/unlocks and the parking lights flash normally however, I do not get a siren confirmation chirp. Triggering the alarm does not make the siren off either and I know for sure that the alarm isn't in valet mode.

There shouldn't be anything wrong with the siren because it sounds fine if I connect the red lead to battery positive. Disconnecting the ground wire for the alarm makes the siren sound but at very low level when I lock/unlock the car.

I also used a dmm to measure the voltage output from the brain's brown siren output wire and was only getting something like 4v; shouldn't it be 12v? Would this indicate that there is something wrong with the siren output part of the alarm?



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Posted By: raigen18
Date Posted: April 30, 2012 at 9:40 PM
update: the output on the siren wire when alarm is triggered is actually only ~0.85v




Posted By: blkrhyno
Date Posted: May 06, 2012 at 8:04 AM
check to make sure that you didn't turn off the confirmation chirps by mistake.

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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: May 06, 2012 at 10:23 AM
No the OP mentioned no sound when triggering and he's right it should be 12V+ on trigger or chirp.

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Posted By: raigen18
Date Posted: May 06, 2012 at 8:51 PM
i gave up on trying to use the siren output wire and instead, wired the siren to the horn output wire using a relay. still get the confirmation, and warning chirps however, the full trigger alert no longer sounds the same as if it was hooked up to the siren output wire.




Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: May 06, 2012 at 9:03 PM
If you are able, disassemble the alarm brain, follow the trace from the siren connection pin, it should go to a transistor.  Can you read the number from the transistor?  Do you have or have access to a digital multimeter?





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