Alarm chirp

[Beryl]

Hi all. Just taken delivery of a new Elddis 115, and are realising that the alarm chirping every time you lock/unlock the doors is going to make us very unpopular on campsites.

Is there some setting to stop this, or is it a case of finding the wire to the sounder and disconnecting it? is it a shared unit with the actual alarm sounder, in which case disconnecting it is probably a bad idea!?

I’m guessing the alarm is actually part of the van rather than something that Elddis have fitted.

We’ll be trying the dealer in the morning as our next port of call, but just wondered if any of you good folk have had similar conundrums.

Ta in advance

 

[Bluemanc100]

Hi all. Just taken delivery of a new Elddis 115, and are realising that the alarm chirping every time you lock/unlock the doors is going to make us very unpopular on campsites.

Is there some setting to stop this, or is it a case of finding the wire to the sounder and disconnecting it? is it a shared unit with the actual alarm sounder, in which case disconnecting it is probably a bad idea!?

I’m guessing the alarm is actually part of the van rather than something that Elddis have fitted.

We’ll be trying the dealer in the morning as our next port of call, but just wondered if any of you good folk have had similar conundrums.

Ta in advance

Not sure how you can stop the chirp you mention but one other thing is to make sure you have the solar panel connected to the van battery or have a Battery Master fitted or the alarm with the blue LED flashing 24/7 will soon flatten the battery.. i speak from experience (ours is sorted now)

 

[Lenny HB]

The chirp is normally a quick beep from the alarm siren so you can't disconnect it.
Some alarms have a silent button on the fob our Autowatch one does.

 

[ontheroadagain]

If the alarm was fitted by Elddis it is likely an Autowatch. (ours is)
I once had to contact Autowatch and they were very helpful.
It might be worth phoning them.
Also, check your bonnet sensor.
The bonnet sensor pushes against the sound insulation to the underside of the bonnet.
After a few months the insulation gets compressed resulting in the alarm going off at random.
To solve this problem Elddis put a block of hard foam behind the sound insulation. They don't bother to fix it in position (just shove it in). On ours the foam block had moved allowing the insulation to compress which resulted in a few early morning alarms. Very popular with the neighbours!!
I stuck the block in the correct position and have had no false alarms since.

 

[Just smiffy]

Sod the neighbours look after your hard earned new motorhome.....

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[Beryl]

Thanks all— yes, it’s an Autowatch 695. It looks like if you have the Autowatch keyfob you can make it arm/disarm silently. We’ve only got the Peugeot key fob and the alarm gets its arm/disarm signal from the canbus. This leads me to think you can probably talk to it via the canbus and get it to do the silent thing. I’ll give the dealer a call tomorrow in case they can shed some light, if not it’ll be a call to Autowatch.

Cheers

 

[Two on Tour]

It's normally the Autowatch 695RLC that are fitted to Elddis MH's

The setting and un-setting chirp can be switched off in the alarm programming, it's 6,1 in the programming features table.

 

[Just smiffy]

I purposely set my growler off just to let the scum bags know in a ten mile radius....

 

[PeteH]

On the Sigma, it can be set and unset in the programming. It`s listed in the operator information.

 

[eddie]

Strikeback is silent on arming and has a tilt sensor on the bonnet so sadly no block of wood

Speak to your dealer European law states that arm and disarm have to be silent by default, so with Non EU alarms they have to be able to be programmed when fitted to cars in the EU

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[Beryl]

Thanks all for the replies. When you say set and unset via the programming, is this accessed via the canbus? If so, presumably anyone with the right equipment could access and change it? I’d rather not be toddling off back up the M6 to the dealers for a 5 minute job

 

[ontheroadagain]

I have just found some operating instructions on line. Apparently it is possible to “silent arm” the alarm (Autowatch) I haven’t tried this yet so can’t confirm that it works. You will need the Autowatch fob.

 

[Two on Tour]

Thanks all for the replies. When you say set and unset via the programming, is this accessed via the canbus? If so, presumably anyone with the right equipment could access and change it? I’d rather not be toddling off back up the M6 to the dealers for a 5 minute job

The AutoWatch alarm is programmed via flash codes on the LED that you should have mounted in the drivers windscreen pillar and you should have been supplied with a credit type card with you 5 digit security code on it which you will need to gain access to the programming.

PM me if you have your 5 digit security code and I'll send you over the AutoWatch programming info if you want to have a go at doing it yourself.

 

[Riverbankannie]

It is also worth checking how to alarm your doors at night but have the interior motion detectors disabled.
On our autowatch it is press Alarm once and then a second time within 3 seconds.

 

[eddie]

Thanks all for the replies. When you say set and unset via the programming, is this accessed via the canbus? If so, presumably anyone with the right equipment could access and change it? I’d rather not be toddling off back up the M6 to the dealers for a 5 minute job

I think that it is a dealer fit system. If so it will be activated by the lock and unlock function of the central locking. Consequently it will be in the Autowatch programming

The reference to "Trunk release" in the above instructions clarifies what I mean about a universal alarm sold around the world and programmed to suit what ever vehicle it is being installed to, in which part of the World rather than being a specific system for a specific vehicle type, so the dealer should be able to sort it out for you

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[Andy Gos]

I have just found some operating instructions on line. Apparently it is possible to “silent arm” the alarm (Autowatch) I haven’t tried this yet so can’t confirm that it works. You will need the Autowatch fob. View attachment 411324

These instructions work fine as long as you have the AutoWatch remote control. They do not work from the vehicles own ignition key. Likewise you can also isolate the internal motion detectors as stated by Riverbankannie above. This function works from either the ignition keys or the Autowatch fob. All the best.

 

[ctc]

Strikeback is silent on arming and has a tilt sensor on the bonnet so sadly no block of wood

Speak to your dealer European law states that arm and disarm have to be silent by default, so with Non EU alarms they have to be able to be programmed when fitted to cars in the EU

And I thought all they did was bend cucumbers.

 

[eddie]

And I thought all they did was bend cucumbers.

No they stick their noses into everything, and everyone ignores them as per this thread

 

[PeteH]

Speak to your dealer European law states that arm and disarm have to be silent by default, so with Non EU alarms they have to be able to be programmed when fitted to cars in the EU

Now you`ve said it, I remember it was in the Sigma instructions that came with the Van. You have to reprogramme it to get it to "chirp". And as I understand it you have to switch it off if you go to (some parts off?) Europe?.

 

[Beryl]

We want it silent due to the possibility of returning to the van late at night on the campsite, most likely having had far too much lemonade...

Although we'll probably make a fair bit of noise falling up the step...

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[Beryl]

Success - many thanks to Two on Tour. Took me over half an hour to count the flashing lights and get the key turns right though!

 

[138go]

Our alarm makes that noise. We've never even considered it might be annoying and we've never had a complaint. You hear them on campsites all the time, no one is bothered.

 

[2x2camper]

Wish I knew how to silence ours. Mind you I bet our neighbours wish we had a silent alarm when I set it off at 11pm last night and couldn't switch it off