datatool alarm

patty · Post by **patty** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:18 pm

ive got a datatool alarm on my storm and its doing my bloody head in...
to cut a long story short ,im going to take it off.

is it just a case of traceing the wires back and disconnecting the alarm ,then rejoining the loom???

or is it a garage job only???

pat

patty · Post by **patty** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:57 pm

panic over folks ,
just spent the last couple of hrs in my shed
ive managed to take the whole alarm off,rewired everything ,and it all seems ok, starts ,stops everything working....
so im pleased, just look for a new alarm now,wondering weather the datatool i had on mine was past its sell by date??to much vibrations (vtwin power)

any one else have one/problems with it???
just get myself another sola alarm jobbie,ive not had any bother with them before,cheap i know but does the job.

pat.

Twirly · Post by **Twirly** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:43 am

i remember my datatool alarm when i first got on my bike, kept on cutting out on hard acceleration. turned out i had it on the wrong setting and the vibration caused the immobiliser to cut in.

pressed some buttons here and there, now it works..

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:21 pm

I posted on my Meta alarm the other week (with as many replies

).

I "unwired" it too as it had just reached the end of its life (9 years) and would remobilise, if that is a word. I have decided not to bother with another alarm, but it depends where you keep your pride and joy I guess.

Norton500 · Post by **Norton500** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:33 pm

If it's the same as mine (Datatool System 3), you've probably got hacked-off with it arming itself when you you're at the petrol station unless you leave the ignition on; or that evertime someone breathes on it, or you go to wash it, it 'twirps' at you before giving you the Full Monty.

Also, every time I armed or disarmed it you could here the beeps from it 3 streets away.

This was really hacking me off. I let a guy I know from my local Norton Club have a look. He went through the manual, then he just connected/isolated (can't remember which) the yellow wire which turned off the Movement Detector.

This means that the alarm sets itself after 30 seconds put doesn't enable the movement detector. It still, however, has the immobiliser enabled, so that's OK for me. You can enable the Movement Detector by pressing the round fob button once before the 30 seconds if you really want to (but at least I now have the choice).

He also grounded the white wire which meant that it now arms/disarms silently.

So all in all, a bit of a result.