Car Alarms: Viper alarm trouble, dash area, button spring

Question
I recently bought a 93 honda civic with manual windows and locks. At the time I purchased it it had an alarm installed but there was no battery in the remote. I put one that looked like the right size in and the remote and alarm worked great for a little, but while I was working underneath my car a few days ago I went outside to notice the alarm was going off, but it didnt sound like the usual alarm. I used the remote to turn it off and then went to start the car up and it seems the battery died because the engine turns over a few times then it just clicks. Then later as I was showing a friend the dead battery, I open the door to the car and the alarm starts going off again only this time my remote wouldnt disarm it. Eventually it went off on its own but now anytime a door is opened or the key is turned in the ignition it goes off and cant be turned off with the remote and it seems to be keeping the car from even trying to crank. Is this because the battery is dead, or did I manage to mess some wires up while working on my car? Any help would be appreciated thanks!

Answer
The alternator and or battery is a problem here.
If the alarm has a frozen open circuit like on the starter
kill relay, then it can drain a battery, but
I am leaning towards the alternator from the sounds of it.
Bet let's try another way, to discount the
alarm from the equation, to see if that's the trouble.

The alarm seems to be doing it's job.

Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, locate, press and hold in the
valet/overide button, found under the
dash area, (push button, spring loaded)
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes on solid,
and the siren chirps once.

(Your valet switch might be the toggle
(on/off) type. in this case, key on,
flip switch in opposite direction,
then turn the key off.)

This should reset the alarm, and reset
the grounded relay on the starter wire,
allowing you to start the engine.

At this point, the only thing working would
be the keyless entry from the alarm,
if it came equipped that way.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to usable armed mode.
You may get 2 chirps, confirming it,
and the lights may flash twice as well.

That should do it.
If you want to remove it at this point,
take it to your neighborhood installer
for this, or buy the wiring chart
(Go to: www.vehiclewires.com)
for the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until safely removed.

If it does not work out this way,
you will have to replace the system
with one you know how to operate
and what to expect. Don't want to
get stuck in another bad situation.

Let me know what happens.

Robert Martin/CEO-ALARMTEK
www.CARALARMINSTALLER.com