I know this isn't LS1/6 stuff, but I didn't know where else to post it.

I have a Clifford Concept 600 that has been working great for the past 2 years. Just this morning, though, it started doing some really strange stuff...

It started off with short 1 second blasts of the siren. Not the chirps from the proximity and shock sensors, but the first second or so of a full alarm. It would do this, stay quiet for about 10 seconds, then do it again. This continued for quite a while (about 15-20 minutes). At first I thought it was someone elses alarm and they were just messing with it or something.

The alarm then got longer (about 5 seconds). This is when I noticed that it was indeed my alarm. It continued these 5 second alarms with 10 second pauses for about 10 minutes or so. The alarm got just a bit longer (about 8 seconds) with the 10 second pause. This lasted for about 5 minutes. The alarm then went through the entire cycle.

I was expecting it to complete the 30 second cycle and then re-arm itself. It didn't. I waited for the 60 second cutoff. Nothing. 90 seconds. Kept going.

I got my remotes at this point (I'm a very patient person <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0"> ) and tried to disarm the alarm. Neither of the remotes worked. I entered the car and tried using the valet key pad. Nothing. I tried turning the ignition. Nothing. As a last resort, I popped the hood and disconnected the alarm from the battery. That killed the alarm, but unfortunately the Concept 600 will not release the kill on the switches just because power has been removed (security feature). Basically, my car won't start now. Also, when I restore power to the alarm, the siren instantly blasts my ears off again <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> (another Concept 600 security feature to prevent theft from disconnecting and reconnecting the power supply. The alarm "remembers" what it was doing prior to power removal). And the remotes still don't work.

Anyways...I've pretty much come to the conclusion that something is wrong with the brain on my alarm. <img src="gr_emb.gif" border="0"> My question is: Can the brain be reset to a non-alarm state (so it doesn't go back into the instant alarm mode)? or is the brain just fried all of sudden. It's been working perfectly right up until this morning.

'Los

 

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Can someone do me a favor and take this to the top every now and then. I'll be working and away from my computer for the next 24 hours.

Thanks,
'Los