Requests for Future Improvements with the AL Priority

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Originally Posted by citrus

I get that, but the bottom line here is that even though the HW 2.0 was just a firmware update to the V1 hardware, the end user couldn't do it, so I stand correct in the fact that I've now had to buy 3 modules, and I have no desire to have to buy a 4th if it means older devices cannot access newer functionality.

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And when we rolled out 2.0 on the original BT Modules we did it as a FREE update for 1-2 months until we realized it was a loosing battle because at the time a new phone was released and the advanced update features stopped working because of a BT change on a new phone. There was no way to keep mailing units back and forth updating processor firmware manually when phones and operating systems changed so we abandoned the idea of firmware updates on the original BT modules. The Original BT Modules were never advertised as having the ability to update firmware and used basic non advanced protocols and many people are still using the original BT modules almost 3 years with no issues. If they want the new ability to update firmware and connect the wired controller they can sell their old BT Modules and buy a new one. There is heavy demand for used AntiLaser products all over the world.

Two words: Wireless Sensors!

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Originally Posted by jbeinhor

Two words: Wireless Sensors!

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Not Possible.. Sensors require too much power and you will never get a quality Jammer Sensor that would be wireless.

I would like the option to set an action in the Android version of alp connect which would allow the user to choose what the app should do after an alert is done alerting if it was not in the foreground and took the focus from another app. For instance my ideal option would be for the application to send the "back" command automatically to return the screen Focus to the previously opened app after the alerts are finished.

I would like the ability for ALPConnect to lower the volume of my music in iOS when there is an alert. I know other apps I have do this (Waze). Would this be difficult to do? Or is it already possible and Ive missed that setting?

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Originally Posted by jakevsnake

I would like the ability for ALPConnect to lower the volume of my music in iOS when there is an alert. I know other apps I have do this (Waze). Would this be difficult to do? Or is it already possible and Ive missed that setting?

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It's already there. Under audio instead of Mix set it to Duck Audio. Duck meaning it will lower your streaming music to play the ALP Connect sounds over your audio.

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I tried that setting but it seemed to lower the audio all the time instead of only during alerts. I thought something was wrong with my processor in the car but I had to close the app to get full volume back. I'll check it out again tomorrow.

This weekend just gone I had a surprise alert on my way to work but did not hear the type of gun, whether it was front or rear, nor did I have the ALP app running at the time.

I pulled the log file but sadly it only lists the total number of laser encounters and not any form of chronological order.

Would it be possible in future to have the stats stored in chronological order such that say the last 5 hits are listed too?

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Originally Posted by Fast n Frivolous

This weekend just gone I had a surprise alert on my way to work but did not hear the type of gun, whether it was front or rear, nor did I have the ALP app running at the time.

I pulled the log file but sadly it only lists the total number of laser encounters and not any form of chronological order.

Would it be possible in future to have the stats stored in chronological order such that say the last 5 hits are listed too?

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In the future the stats process will be redone and enhanced especially for users with an attached GPS. The ALP does not have a clock so it does not know what day or time it is but using GPS it can capture that data so we can record greater detail for each hit.

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Even without a GPS the ALP could record the last few hits in the order they happen, even without a time stamp. It could log power cycles in between the hits (or the current power cycle count with the hit) so you can get an idea as to which drive the hit occurred on. It could even record relative time, say from power up, so say if you get hit 94 minutes after you started the car or powered up the ALP, the log could indicate that if no GPS is present.

All it requires is a number (gun type) stored in a single register x 5

That gives the gun type for last 5 hits. No time or date stamp is required in the same way that ALP stores the counter for each gun type.

I have changed my front and rear install several times and my CPU is buried in my dash where it's hard to get to. My car didn't do so well at a recent testing event so I wanted to ensure my middle head was plugged into F2. Do I had to take my dash apart and bring the CPU out to confirm...this took about 30 minutes.

That gave me this idea: wouldn't it be nice if there was a yellow menu option where, when activated, instead of beeping when you put your hand in front of a sensor (cause it's s parking sensor) it would audibly say the name of said sensor? It would say "F1.....F1.....F1" or "F2...F2...F2". Etc. That way one could turn their car on parked away from any objects and check that their heads are in the correct port without having to take anything apart.

I think this would have to be only for HIFI and BT users.

What do y'all think?


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I think this would especially be useful for people who have their jammers professionally installed and need to check this. They might not even know where they're CPU is much less how to get to it.


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Originally Posted by thejm

I have changed my front and rear install several times and my CPU is buried in my dash where it's hard to get to. My car didn't do so well at a recent testing event so I wanted to ensure my middle head was plugged into F2. Do I had to take my dash apart and bring the CPU out to confirm...this took about 30 minutes.

That gave me this idea: wouldn't it be nice if there was a yellow menu option where, when activated, instead of beeping when you put your hand in front of a sensor (cause it's s parking sensor) it would audibly say the name of said sensor? It would say "F1.....F1.....F1" or "F2...F2...F2". Etc. That way one could turn their car on parked away from any objects and check that their heads are in the correct port without having to take anything apart.

I think this would have to be only for HIFI and BT users.

What do y'all think?


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Not a bad suggestion. If we implement it would probably be through a service code.

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Originally Posted by BestRadarDetectors

Not a bad suggestion. If we implement it would probably be through a service code.

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Oh cool.

How would one access that mode?


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Originally Posted by thejm

Oh cool.

How would one access that mode?


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If you hold the menu button and go into the menu there is an option to enter service codes. If and when we add this we will let users know what the service code they would have to enter to access the function.

Recently I bought a Apple Watch, and there is quite a few apps in the store that have support for the watch to display notifications.
Would it be possible to add it to ALPConnect iPhone app? And a simple gesture like a wrist twist to mute alerts

I know this can't be implemented on the current ALP even on a hardware update, however when the next generation jammer comes out maybe in a couple of years? Connectors the way they are at the moment are quite large and do not fit through grills, it would be really great to see a skinnier connection, wil it would be great to see a standard USB connection I understand, though there must be some compromise option between the current large circular connector or a miro-usb as used on stinger laser heads on LAB-14's.
While I could make the current ALP head fit with grill mods, I would really prefer not to have to mod my grill.

geez u must have very narrow grills even when they are tight the plastic will give a little, though i aint seen the very latest mine are the din type

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Originally Posted by dinkydi

geez u must have very narrow grills even when they are tight the plastic will give a little, though i aint seen the very latest mine are the din type

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Yeah, I'm aware, I have the DIN connector too it don't fit through the grill.

thats a bummer

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Originally Posted by dragons

I know this can't be implemented on the current ALP even on a hardware update, however when the next generation jammer comes out maybe in a couple of years? Connectors the way they are at the moment are quite large and do not fit through grills, it would be really great to see a skinnier connection, wil it would be great to see a standard USB connection I understand, though there must be some compromise option between the current large circular connector or a miro-usb as used on stinger laser heads on LAB-14's.
While I could make the current ALP head fit with grill mods, I would really prefer not to have to mod my grill.

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The Twist and lock connector will not be changing any time soon. We have too many existing customers and we have to make sure if a sensor needs to be changed that they can keep the existing wiring in the vehicle and disconnect the sensor and replace it with a new one. If and when new sensors are ever developed they will be backwards compatible so again wiring would not need to be changed to keep installation costs down and give users the ability to replace sensors without going to a shop and running all new wiring.

Then perhaps another way could be implemented allowing you to remove the cable from the head to allow these sort of installs. In this suggestion I did not have the ALP in mind, but what ever succeeds the ALP in years to come, I know this could not be implemented here and now in any way but I am sure there is some way to make the connectors skinnier, even if it is a head minus the din connector with a straight through to the control unit with only an RJ connector as a possible option?

suggestion possible could u make a small cut in a sec of the grill to allow a little give in the plastic to get the cable through , hope fully the cut part will spring back into position and with a little help of super glue, always hard with new cars but as time goes by it will be forgotten

As well have said in other threads I am uninterested in cutting the grill.


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OK missed that bit :eagerness:

Is it just me or does the ALP Android app still alerts on the phone for suppressed lockouts? Example, I come up to a K-band alert for the first time, the phone alerts me with sounds and visuals as it should, perfect. I confirm said K-band alert is a false and suppress it on the app. Next time I come up to the same suppressed K-band signal, the app still alerts me with visual but no sound. Is it possible to have to app and ALP not alert me at all (no visual and no sound) for suppressed (locked out) signals. I only want to be alerted for newly encountered signals or signals that where not suppressed. I drive in an area with lots of false K-band alerts so I suppressed the ones I know, but my phone still lights up like a Christmas tree too often when driving pass these known false(suppressed) alerts.

That is proper function. App is allowing you to the presence of a radar signal but it does not alert. It give you visual notification and the ability to unsupress it if you choose.

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If that is the proper function then I think we need another toggle to make it work the way redliner is suggesting as well because for those of us that have the app configured to bring itself into focus when an alert is triggered are getting the unwanted visual.

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Originally Posted by citrus

If that is the proper function then I think we need another toggle to make it work the way redliner is suggesting as well because for those of us that have the app configured to bring itself into focus when an alert is triggered are getting the unwanted visual.

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Muted alerts don't bring the app forward. Only if the app is already in front will it show that there is an alert that is suppressed.

Thanks for the clarification

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Originally Posted by BestRadarDetectors

Muted alerts don't bring the app forward. Only if the app is already in front will it show that there is an alert that is suppressed.

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I'm not sure I understand what you mean. By "muted alerts" do you mean suppressed alerts? I ask because in the app, muting an alert is different from suppressing it( or am I mistaken? ). To me muting an alert is tapping on the sounds/speaker icon to shut off audio alert for the current radar alert. Are you saying if I mute these false alerts once, they will remain muted the next time I come up to them and the app does not come into focus?

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Originally Posted by RedLiner

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. By "muted alerts" do you mean suppressed alerts? I ask because in the app, muting an alert is different from suppressing it( or am I mistaken? ). To me muting an alert is tapping on the sounds/speaker icon to shut off audio alert for the current radar alert. Are you saying if I mute these false alerts once, they will remain muted the next time I come up to them and the app does not come into focus?

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Supressed alerts don't bring the app forward.

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Originally Posted by BestRadarDetectors

Supressed alerts don't bring the app forward.

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So that's the problem I am having, it does for me. I always run the ALP app in the background and Waze in the foreground. The ALP app always come to the foreground for every suppressed alert (visual only, no sound). I am running the app on android. What I am requesting is that the app does not come to the foreground for suppressed alerts.

I have android and ios devices, I have not long ago acquired a new bluetooth module v2, on the Android version of ALP Connect it allows you to pull stats from the ALP that is connected, but the iOS version does not.. Am I missing something here? Or is this something in the works for iOS?

if u mean after you've been hit,showing what u have been with if so mine is ok on apple unless this latest apple up date has changed things

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Originally Posted by dragons

I have android and ios devices, I have not long ago acquired a new bluetooth module v2, on the Android version of ALP Connect it allows you to pull stats from the ALP that is connected, but the iOS version does not.. Am I missing something here? Or is this something in the works for iOS?

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Stats button in ALP Connect is not available for IOS yet.

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Originally Posted by dinkydi

if u mean after you've been hit,showing what u have been with if so mine is ok on apple unless this latest apple up date has changed things

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I don't.

ok

Is it planned or currently possible to configure separate volume levels for Net Radar alerts based on bands? For instance, being able to set a lower volume for K band alerts? It would be nice if this could also be set independently for front and rear antennas. The K band alerts I get are mostly not LEO and having them blare through my speakers when i am at high volume are annoying. I read a post somewhere that someone mentioned being able to change the voice to male for the front antenna and female for the rear (or vice versa). Where is the setting to make this possible? I have gone through the setup many times and I do not see an option to configure this. This would be a nice option until directional radar alerts become available.