valet 554r help

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Topic: valet 554r help

Posted By: thedoc456789
Subject: valet 554r help
Date Posted: July 26, 2004 at 12:07 AM

i am trying to figure out what is wrong. ive installed the alarm in a 2000 cavalier. the alarm arms and remote starts fine. it will not disarm once it has been trigered, either by the panic button, shock sensor, of door triger. the only way i can get it to disarm is to pull the fuse on the white parking light wire. when i do this the siren sound changes and i press the disarm button. it will only disarm once the fuse is reinstalled.

thanks in advance

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Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: July 26, 2004 at 12:16 PM

you have it wired up wrong.... the white parking light wire has nothing to do with the siren.... it is simply a 12 v out to flash the parking lights...if pulling this fuse changes anything except the lights flashing you have it hooked up wrong....

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Kevin Gerry
Certified Electronics Technician
MECP First Class Installer

Owner/Installer
Classic Car Audio
since 1979

Posted By: thedoc456789
Date Posted: July 26, 2004 at 1:34 PM

nope it is wired right...........thats why this is so puzzling....... could it be a bad brain

Posted By: advanced529
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 12:00 AM

Check your connections for proper contact.. You may have a ground problem..

I have had this same problem when I was installing car alarms nearly 10yrs ago.. If the ground is insufficient when the alarm triggers, the brain suffers loss of voltage needed to recieve commands.. Check all your connections,,, mainly your ground....

Me thinks it is a ground issue... maybe.. Have a good one.. J

Posted By: mecpcert_1
Date Posted: July 27, 2004 at 12:42 AM

"when i do this the siren sound changes and i press the disarm button. it will only disarm once the fuse is reinstalled"

after you do this, do the lights continue to flash? the siren sound changes to a lower frequency? alllmooost lllike sllloow mmotion, right? gotta go with advanced, double check your ground. make sure you make the ground connection in the kick panel and not at the column. also keep in mind that when the alarm is going off (triggered), that the brain is sending a signal to the pager/transmitter, therefore, you are not able to disarm it right away. you may have to disarm twice in a row in order for the brain to receive the signal from the transmitter. analogy...............you have two lanes of traffic on both sides of a bridge, but the bridge will only allow one way traffic. you have to let the traffic from the other side travel over the bridge first (signal out from the brain) before you can travel over the bridge(signal in to the brain). hope this helps.

good luck!!!!!

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