Data tool alarm wont disable :(

[grant965]

Hi all, went away for a week came back and the bike is not responding to the key fob. The fob lights up when a button is pressed but the bike does nothing. If I try moving the bike the warning beeps still sound.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Grant
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[james1988]

Try re-aligning the alarm.

From memory (I can't remember what model my Firestorm had so this may not be relevant):

Hold down both buttons on the fob
Bike makes an odd buzzing noise
Release buttons
Hold down both buttons again
Bike arms itself

Job done.
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[Walloper]

Was the fob with you, in a bag/pocket being pushed all the time until the battery is flatteded perchance?


Or reset the alarm as per Datatool website help pages. Or... give the guys a call. They are extremely patient..
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[Nb]

Mine does that if the bike sits for a few weeks, I just turn the ignition on and set the alarm off and the fob then works.
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[Islander]

[grant965]

Ah cheers for the replies guys, Il give them a try tomorrow as I'm working till 12
Fob was hung up with the keys so no chance its been held down.

Thanks, Grant
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[Clanger]

Best to keep the bike on trickle charger when away for long periods of time. These alarms have a tendency to drain your battery. As has been said before, just turning on the ignition can spur it back to life.
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[jjdugen]

Rip it out, throw as far as you can, job done.
(Edit) But keep the fitting cert for little or no reducti0n in insurance.
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[Walloper]

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[weasley]

Nice to see some defence of Datatool for once - I usually stay out of the alarm/immobiliser witch hunts as I am actually very happy with my System3, which was installed around 11 years ago and has worked faultlessly all that time - both fobs still even have the OEM batteries in them. And my bike has never been nicked, so a 100% correlation between alarm fitment and theft prevention (in a limited sample of 1).

Back to the OP - this is normal behaviour, as stated. The alarm goes into a 'sleep' mode to prevent battery drain - if it has only been a few days then a long press of the round button will often wake it up but after a while this won't work so you have to set off the alarm (by turning on the ignition is easiest) and then disarm it as normal.

In my last house I always connected up to an Optimate battery charger but since March I have been in a rented house with limited access to power in the garage, so it sits for days or weeks on end with no charger, but still wakes up and starts OK.

The only 'issue' I have is remembering how to set it into the various different modes as I rarely do it (eg service mode, hazard warning mode). However I have a photocopy of the user manual sealed in a ziplock bag under the seat, so I can work it all out, plus find out how to disarm the alarm with the ignition key and PIN if ever I lose or break the fob.
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[Pete.]

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[jjdugen]

'They no longer supply replacement parts for the S3'.
So....... Rip it out throw as far.....etc.!
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[chris-red]

Turn the ignition on let alarm go off, beep alarm.
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[jjdugen]

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It wont start, and it will have flattened the battery!!

Maybe I'm being a bit whimsical, but, all the alarms that friends have had fitted eventually fail, for whatever reason. They are designed to go off if the bike is bumped or moved..... imagine what is happening to those sensitive sensors when exposed to bike vibes, water, heat ect.
Maybe, just maybe, there are a few 'properly' installed alarms with soldered connections or quality crimps and properly insulated joints... but I've not seen many. Not wishing to denigrate any fitter who does a proper job, but most are lash-ups that WILL fail and leave you stranded.
Just my two-pennorth after too may years in this daft game.
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[grant965]

All sorted guys, turned ignition on, alarm went off and it started responding to the fob.
Thanks for the quick replies
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[Pete.]

[Mike_H025]

Greetings peeps,

I know this is an old thread but adding this as may be useful to anyone who comes across it.

My Dataool S4 Green expired yesterday, same probs as here, not responding to keyfob presses.

I think the internal battery has died. I think this powers the main circuits but is like trickle charged from the bike battery & charging system, (?) so the symptoms I'm getting is that after the first couple of presses on the keyfob remote buttons, it will no longer respond. Until the internal battery has recovered a bit that is.

Leave it for a few minutes, then it will respond, until again after the 2nd or 3rd press then nothing.

This morning I've pulled the fuse to let it expire, new alarm on order. (And a different make!)

The Datatool is now 3 years old but it has been sitting around unpowered for a couple of long periods. It came with a Piaggio X10 350ie I bought last November but wasn't working, the power supply wire had corroded through and broke, and don't how long it was like that.

The second time, was after I lost the blue X10 on spilt diesel and wrote it off (! ~ bent the frame by sliding on its side up a 4 inch kerb) I got a replacement white one and so put the alarm on that, but again it had been sitting around waiting for a couple of months (until new bike was ready to collect).

So old Datatools just expire! When its battery does.

Anyway I am going to replace it with a NCS Compact (formerly 'Cyclone'), as had one before (on another bike). No internal batteries!
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[Rogerborg]

Well, the good new is that it doesn't appear to be rocket science to bypass them:

https://www.sonicsideshow.com/blog/-how-to-bypass-a-datatool-system-3-motorcycle-alarm
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[Pete.]

Those instructions won't work with the system 4 Roger.
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