Everything you need to know about the new AL Priority

[JohnBoy]

You could easily add a JTK switch, buy purchasing a toggle switch at the local auto-parts store. Install it in the 12volt loop from the fuse to the CPU. Switch is on, unit is on. Switch to off, the whole thing is off.

Examples of switches here

[radargeek]

You could easily add a JTK switch, buy purchasing a toggle switch at the local auto-parts store. Install it in the 12volt loop from the fuse to the CPU. Switch is on, unit is on. Switch to off, the whole thing is off.

Examples of switches here

Oh yeah, a switch will work, but if the ALP has a way to hit a button to kill jamming but still alert if being hit with lidar, that's even better.

So, that's my next question: can the mute button be used to JTK? I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere but I haven't found it yet, and the search here doesn't work on 3-letter words like JTK. Sounds like the bluetooth module and iPhone app can JTK, but I don't have an iPhone, or any smart phone for that matter. Plus I wouldn't want to rely on that for JTKing, what if the bluetooth connection drops or the app hangs, or my wife is playing Angry Birds on it in the passenger seat?

[BestRadarDetectors]

Oh yeah, a switch will work, but if the ALP has a way to hit a button to kill jamming but still alert if being hit with lidar, that's even better.

So, that's my next question: can the mute button be used to JTK? I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere but I haven't found it yet, and the search here doesn't work on 3-letter words like JTK. Sounds like the bluetooth module and iPhone app can JTK, but I don't have an iPhone, or any smart phone for that matter. Plus I wouldn't want to rely on that for JTKing, what if the bluetooth connection drops or the app hangs, or my wife is playing Angry Birds on it in the passenger seat?

Have not used the regular controller for some time but will test later the mute functionality using the control module. With the ALP Connect app and LID set to unlimited if you hit the mute button (Tap car on screen) it will Kill immediately, If you press it again it will un-mute and you can still hear the alert until they stop shooting and then it will instantly go back in defense mode.

[radargeek]

If you press it again it will un-mute and you can still hear the alert until they stop shooting and then it will instantly go back in defense mode.

Don't know if I like that part... a delay before returning to defense mode is better, in case they shoot you again, with the option of overriding the delay and returning to defense mode by hitting the button again.

I guess the "perfect" way to do it would be, while jamming: first press kills but keeps alerting; 2nd press mutes the alert; 3rd press unmutes and returns to defense mode. System automatically returns to defense mode after a pre-set delay if you don't do the 3rd press.

Another question while I'm here: I read that parking mode is always active, no matter what? So if I'm up to someone's bumper in stopped traffic, the ALP will be beeping? Also, does the parking mode pulses set off any RDs? I know my STiR+ alerts to laser if I put my LI in park assist mode.

[BestRadarDetectors]

Don't know if I like that part... a delay before returning to defense mode is better, in case they shoot you again, with the option of overriding the delay and returning to defense mode by hitting the button again.

I guess the "perfect" way to do it would be, while jamming: first press kills but keeps alerting; 2nd press mutes the alert; 3rd press unmutes and returns to defense mode. System automatically returns to defense mode after a pre-set delay if you don't do the 3rd press.

Another question while I'm here: I read that parking mode is always active, no matter what? So if I'm up to someone's bumper in stopped traffic, the ALP will be beeping? Also, does the parking mode pulses set off any RDs? I know my STiR+ alerts to laser if I put my LI in park assist mode.

We cant satisfy everyone but we have adjusted these options to satisfy the majority of requests. You can set LID to jam for a set amount of time lets say 4 seconds and after the 4 seconds it will reset in 60 seconds or you can set to Unlimited and shut off using your own discretion when you want by pressing the mute icon. We are looking into maybe giving a setting to adjust the rearm time to something other than 60 seconds in the future.

[RigToFly01]

Don't know if I like that part... a delay before returning to defense mode is better, in case they shoot you again, with the option of overriding the delay and returning to defense mode by hitting the button again.

I guess the "perfect" way to do it would be, while jamming: first press kills but keeps alerting; 2nd press mutes the alert; 3rd press unmutes and returns to defense mode. System automatically returns to defense mode after a pre-set delay if you don't do the 3rd press.

Another question while I'm here: I read that parking mode is always active, no matter what? So if I'm up to someone's bumper in stopped traffic, the ALP will be beeping? Also, does the parking mode pulses set off any RDs? I know my STiR+ alerts to laser if I put my LI in park assist mode.

For me, the parking mode is always active. When I am sitting in bumper to bumper traffic in NYC it alerts me when I am right on somebody's ass.

[RedRocket]

For me, the parking mode is always active. When I am sitting in bumper to bumper traffic in NYC it alerts me when I am right on somebody's ass.

(hahaha),your last...
Pardon me- but...ahhh, just how far up his a$$ were you ?
(what distance is your "set-point" at? - 1 ft?)

[Antilaser]

Oh yeah, a switch will work, but if the ALP has a way to hit a button to kill jamming but still alert if being hit with lidar, that's even better.

So, that's my next question: can the mute button be used to JTK? I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere but I haven't found it yet, and the search here doesn't work on 3-letter words like JTK. Sounds like the bluetooth module and iPhone app can JTK, but I don't have an iPhone, or any smart phone for that matter. Plus I wouldn't want to rely on that for JTKing, what if the bluetooth connection drops or the app hangs, or my wife is playing Angry Birds on it in the passenger seat?

The ALP wired Control Set button (Both Buttons!) Does work as JTK button - allready. Just press any button while in Laser Alert and you get instant JTK+audio mute for the remainder of the alert, just like the screen-tap on ALPConnect app.

[radargeek]

The ALP wired Control Set button (Both Buttons!) Does work as JTK button - allready. Just press any button while in Laser Alert and you get instant JTK+audio mute for the remainder of the alert, just like the screen-tap on ALPConnect app.

On a similar vein, will the pinout of the control port (C socket) and any serial protocol be made available for 3rd parties to create accessories that can interface to the ALP? I'm wondering how feasible it is to wire up a separate JTK/mute button, if it can be done just by tapping the appropriate pins on the RJ45 or whatever it is, or does that information have to be transmitted serially?

Maybe I should just buy one and play with it....

[Antilaser]

... I'm wondering how feasible it is to wire up a separate JTK/mute button, if it can be done just by tapping the appropriate pins on the RJ45 or whatever it is, or does that information have to be transmitted serially?...

Actually there already exists a variant of AL Control Set that is external buttons Ready. As many European installers prefer such an option for more discrete installs.
External buttons can do JTK just as the original buttons can.