ALP Bluetooth Module & ALPConnect App Review by Mirage

[JohnBoy]

Thanks again for showing the double click "JTK". I got tagged with with the "Dreaded Ally" tonight and was able to kill quickly.

[Mirage]

So it looks like you were going 51 when you were hit what was the speed limit?

[JohnBoy]

So it looks like you were going 51 when you were hit what was the speed limit?

Speed limit was 45. Funny thing is, it was Suwanee PD, and he was set up about 100 yards past a K-Band Radar Speed sign. I was already slowing down when he tagged me.

[Mirage]

Speed limit was 45. Funny thing is, it was Suwanee PD, and he was set up about 100 yards past a K-Band Radar Speed sign. I was already slowing down when he tagged me.

Sounds like a speed trap to me!

[GeekSpeak411]

thx for another great review m, Alp moves onto the 21st century, wonder how long the other guys will remain in the wake, oh dont like the tom tom beats , sooner just have the gun announcement ,

Yes, I don't need any music or siren, just a nice clear voice announcement of what gun I'm being hit by would be perfect and clean. Maybe a basic alert tone mixed in between voice announcements, but that's not necessary.

Also, definitely should at LEAST have the option to work normally even if bluetooth is not connected. Maybe on the online setup page make a disclaimer that the option should only be enabled on units setup with JTK switches, but the option needs to be there.

[shanetrainST]

Yes, I don't need any music or siren, just a nice clear voice announcement of what gun I'm being hit by would be perfect and clean. Maybe a basic alert tone mixed in between voice announcements, but that's not necessary.

Also, definitely should at LEAST have the option to work normally even if bluetooth is not connected. Maybe on the online setup page make a disclaimer that the option should only be enabled on units setup with JTK switches, but the option needs to be there.

+1

Hopefully next update i wish as it would be a nice feature to have clear voices. How sweet would it be to make your own voice packs

[Mirage]

How sweet would it be to make your own voice packs

You will probably never have the option to completely customize the voices on the voice pack and here is why. Each alert is specifically coded to each gun and by releasing a list of voices they are in turn are also releasing what guns they support. Remember much of this stuff is a giant cat and mouse game and it's always better to keep the other guy guessing. When I did voices for Laser Interceptor they had to tell me which new voices were available and what position to code them for. It was a huge PITA because Cliff seldom wanted to release information ahead of time. The ALP alerts consists of 3 parts, a siren, music, and the actual voice alert. AL will probably give you the ability to select different sirens and repeatable music or remove them altogether, but to allow you to customize the voices could potentially leak information about the product. In addition, it would also require changes to the application security on the Apple side because now you will need to "upload" the voices and that too can be a huge PITA. AL may give you additional options someday like more vocal choices, but the voices they have now are the clearest in the industry and so good that I didn't even want to mess with them. They are of the highest quality and I applaud them on this fact!

[shanetrainST]

Thanks for clearing that up mirage, I was not referring to audio quality but more the 80's style music that follows the alarm, and that makes it not clear to the end user compared too the blinder and LI where the voice pack in total is 300kb in size. I could only imagine that it would output on the iPhone @ 320kbps making for some nice audio for the ALP. Also custom voices could be achieve with an import of the voice recording from the generic iPhone recorder app that come on every iPhone. Yea that would be a handy feature to turn the music off and keep siren & voice alert.

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[deano]

great review mate but I noticed you held the trigger to an alert gun ID how does it work with a quick trigger pull will it alert the gun ID

the reason im asking the 905 would just bounce twice on alert without gun ID the LI seems to cycle and tell gun ID on a quick trigger pull

I just need to know before purchasing the module

[Mirage]

Thanks for clearing that up mirage, I was not referring to audio quality but more the 80's style music that follows the alarm, and that makes it not clear to the end user compared too the blinder and LI where the voice pack in total is 300kb in size.

ABSOLUTELY. There is no doubt that "groovy" music has got to go!

great review mate but I noticed you held the trigger to an alert gun ID how does it work with a quick trigger pull will it alert the gun ID
the reason im asking the 905 would just bounce twice on alert without gun ID the LI seems to cycle and tell gun ID on a quick trigger pull
I just need to know before purchasing the module

When the ALP receives its first Lidar signal it alerts and does a complete alert cycle. However, if you JTK using the app it does mute first which is no big deal because you have a history of the alerts on the app as you can see from this video. If you have the timed JTK settings then you will get the alert in its entirety. (I believe in your area you have to use timed JTK)