Car Alarms: Pursuit car alarm, negative battery cable, valet mode

Question
I have a 97 Tacoma with a Pursuit 9244 alarm.  I'm having trouble with my negative battery cable and every time I disconnect and reattach it, the alarm goes off.  Is there a way to turn the alarm off while working on this problem.  The alarm is quite loud and annoying.  Thanks.

Answer
Right, Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, press and hold in the valet/overide
button, found under the dash area, usually to the left
of the leg, drilled into a plactic panel,
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes off, and the siren chirps twice.
(Your valet switch might be the toggle (on/off) type.
in this case, key on, flip switch in oposite direction,
key off.)

This should reset the alarm and allow you to work
on the car without removing the battery.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to valet mode.

That should do it.

Good luck.

ALARMTEK