Getting the best from your Datatool System 3 & 4 Alarm I have noticed over the years a number of my customers don’t actually know anything about there Datatool alarms because they bought the bike 2nd hand, and the previous owner just showed them how arm/disarm the alarm and maybe put it into service mode. For many an Alarm is an annoying part of there otherwise hassle free biking life. Having it going off while filling up with fuel is probably the most common complaint I receive, and its one that I can solve as well. Most of the information I have givin here you can find in your user guides. If you have lost yours or never received one when you bought the bike contact me and I shall get one to you. I hope this quick guide helps. I have only talked about the System 3, and 4 alarms here as they are most common ones around. Although the Veto Evo and the System 3 models have been discontinued there are still enough S3's in use for me to cover them. Charlie. Setting up a PIN: (System 3 & 4) A very simple method of saving you time, money and stress…..But why does no one bother to do it?. Setting up a pin with your System 3 or 4 alarm will allow you to disable both alarm and immobiliser with just the ignition key. Why would you need to do this?. If you lost your Fob (alarm remote) or it was stolen, the battery in your Fob died, the Fob was damaged or stepped on and finally if it fails to disarm the alarm because of atmospheric conditions i.e. a high rate of radio frequency in your area. The last mentioned problem is not a common one though. Setting up a pin is a straight forward matter on both models of alarms. The process does vary slightly between them so for instructions on how to set up a pin, check your user guide. If you don’t have one, I’ll get you a copy. The alarms 10amp power feed: (both Systems) It is important to know where the inline fuse for the alarm is located. If for any reason this fuse fails the bike will remain immobilized until it is replaced. A trick to spotting if the fuse has blown is to look at the indicators and see if they are flashing when the alarm is sounding. If not, the alarm is running on its own internal battery and is saving power by not flashing the bikes indicators. To find out where the fuse is located check the information on the Installation Certificate you received when the alarm was fitted. Also make sure you have a spare fuse with you in the bike to replace it with. The 3 customisation wires (System 3 & 21) located near the control unit are there to change settings on the alarm and make it suit the way you like to do things. .The White wire: once connected to a suitable earth point will make the alarm arm and disarm silently. The indicators will still flash (once for off, twice for on). This is a useful for shift workers or anyone else who has to get up early in the morning and allows them to wheel the bike away from there neighbors windows before letting the Micron can rumble into life. The Yellow wire: this is the most used customisation wire and effectively removes the automatic arming system that some riders don’t like. Very useful for Riders who have luggage fitted or forget to set the alarm in Ferry mode before filling up in a petrol station and have the alarm sound half way though there fill up (you know who you are!  ). Once the Yellow wire is connected to a good earth point the alarm will arm in a Immobilised state only, 30secs after the ignition is turned off. Riders with a top box, panniers or soft luggage can begin to unload and lock there helmet away in the top box with out having to set the alarm in ferry mode manually. Once you have locked the bike, and done your bits and pieces you press the Left hand (Oval button) on your remote to arm the movement sensors. Remember you can always tell if the movement sensor is armed by the alarms red LED….Fully Armed = 1 flash per second, Ferry mode = 1 flash every 2 seconds. The Brown wire: is used to make the pre alert sensor more sensitive, however the movement sensor was always very good on System 3/21’s and therefore hardly ever used On the System 4, customization wires have been replaced by a series of software switches allowing many more features to be turns on/off or adjusted to suit your needs. Beeps on disarming: Three tones upon disarming your alarm are a tell tale sign that the battery in your remote control fob is low and should be changed in the near future. A long tone upon disarming indicates that the alarm has been triggered in your absence. After this long tone a number of beeps will be heard. These bleeps indicate what has caused the alarm to trigger. The most common ones are 3 or 4 beeps, relating to movement or shock triggers. Hazard lights: (System 3 & 4) Although many new bikes come with hazard lights fitted, bizarrely on many makes you cannot leave the warning lights on without the key being in the ignition. To allow you to do this, with the alarm armed hold down both buttons on the remote for a few second and your indicators start flashing away. To turn them off, hold down both buttons again for a second or two, or just disarm the alarm as normal with the Circle button (Right button) on the S3 and the Grey button on the S4. If the hazard lights come on for a round five flashes and then turn off, this is a clue that your bikes battery is low and the alarm is now protecting the amount of power left in it . External triggers: (Both Systems) Both models of alarms have Green tagged wires (x2 on the S3/21 and x1 on the S4) that act as an external trigger for the alarm. These can be used in a number of ways to allow the alarm to do its job even before a thief has touched your bike. The easiest way to do this is to take a length of thin wire, attach one end to an earth point on the frame under the seat and the other to the green tagged wire (on the S3/21 just connect the length of wire to both the green tagged wires). Wire in a bullet style connector in somewhere on the length of wire. Now you have in effect a trip wire that can be looped through the holes in your bike cover, around your garage door, through a frame point on your mates bike, through soft luggage, spare helmets strap locked on your back seat ect, ect. Any problems with your alarms or if you have any questions about the information here you can always find me at most LB meets or just send me a PM. Hope this helps 
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