Few Questions from a Soon to be ALP Owner

[kimberdan]

OK let me try to clear something up, when you get the USB plugged into your computer, go to the ALP web site and type in your S/N and your region, after you do that it will give the options to make all the setting adjustments, then hit Download and save, next go to the next step, then down load that file and then to the next step and down load that.
When you have down loaded those 3 files then go out to the car and put the USB in the CPU of the ALP and turn the system on and it will put all those settings that you just made on the ALP CPU..
You need those 3 files for the system to run right, IF you want to change any of those settings then you would need to go back to the 3 steps and make you adjustments and safe them to the USB and then go back to the ALP CPU and down load them again into the unit.
So if what i think our asking is Can you have different settings saved on your usb the answer is not, You can only have the 3 main down loads...
http://radarandlaserforum.com/showth...riority-System, This is where you will se what i am talking about with the 3 steps.. but you can not run 3 different user settings at the same time and when you do the up date on the ALP CPU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THREE OF THE FILES ON THE USB DRIVE BEFORE DO THE UPDATE, NOT 1 AT A TIME.

http://www.alpupdate.com/firmware.................... Go here and type in your S/N when you get it and you will be brought to the next section, You can not view it until you enter a proper S/N.
I hope this helps

So in other words it would be best to load each file one at a time? I could just load one then clean off the drive and put the other one and load it etc. Etc.

[Mirage]

I am getting prepared to receive the ALP and have a few questions.

1. Can parking aid be completly deactivated without deactivating jammimg
a. ALERTS yes, but the parking sensor is full time on the ALP.
2. How long is the power cord coming from CPU?
a. around 3-4 ft
3. When I update firmware, control module, and change settings can I put all three files on the usb flash drive and then the ALP automatically load all settings at once or will I have to go through the setup process one file at a time?
a. Put the control set, firmware, and SETUP.ALP all on the same usb flash drive. You might need to power cycle at least once.
From what I am seeing it will do them all at once but you have to continue power cycling the unit for each file to upload. Is that correct? Does it matter which order in list I have the files on the flash drive.

See answers in red above.

[BestRadarDetectors]

Just follow the posted instruction in the AL Priority forum and look at the sticky's....

http://radarandlaserforum.com/showth...riority-System

[Tman]

''1. Can parking aid be completly deactivated without deactivating jammimg
a. ALERTS yes, but the parking sensor is full time on the ALP.''

I think that parking aid can be completely deactivated , by un-selecting all the sensors
in your setup.

[dinkydi]

if you do that wont be alerted to any thing may be

try pdc range control, set to disable (alert) as tman suggests

[kasher1979]

if you do that wont be alerted to any thing may be

try pdc range control, set to disable (alert) as tman suggests

Ok gotcha.... I agree with you. If you unselect those sensors wouldn't that also deactivate your detection and Jamming?

I see what you are saying now that option to turn sensitivty down to 0.

[kasher1979]

Just follow the posted instruction in the AL Priority forum and look at the sticky's....

http://radarandlaserforum.com/showth...riority-System

Thank you Tom I have been reading through all the sticky posts now. Very helpful.

Any chance my STIR Plus might perform better with the ALP being used as the "brain" since it is probably actually more high tech than the original Stir plus brain?

I did not think it would make any difference but I just was curious about that.

[kasher1979]

See answers in red above.

Thank you Mirage...

1. When you said "ALERTS yes" did you simply mean setting the sensitivity to 0 on the parking aid?

2. You said put ALL files on the same flash drive. You also said I may need to power cycle a few times. How will I know when it has finished loading one file and then needs a power cycle to finish?


Sorry I know some of this stuff is probably out there and I just haven't found it yet. Seems like info is kind of scattered here and there. Sorry if I am seeming to make everyone "spoon feed me" lol

I just really like to know what I am doing before I get things it makes the setup so much smoother.

[TurboDriver]

Thank you Mirage...

1. When you said "ALERTS yes" did you simply mean setting the sensitivity to 0 on the parking aid?

2. You said put ALL files on the same flash drive. You also said I may need to power cycle a few times. How will I know when it has finished loading one file and then needs a power cycle to finish?


Sorry I know some of this stuff is probably out there and I just haven't found it yet. Seems like info is kind of scattered here and there. Sorry if I am seeming to make everyone "spoon feed me" lol

I just really like to know what I am doing before I get things it makes the setup so much smoother.

After a download is complete the unit will restart and then start blinking green (parking) or blue (interference mode). Just tun it off manually and restart it, next file will load and then restart itself and blink green or blue, etc.

You can only have one file named "setup.alp" on the usb at a time, it determines the setup options as Tman showed plus the firmware version and controller file, 3 files total. You can have other usb's with files saved to use when testing for example with unlimited jamming time, or other options if needed.

It really is simple once you play with it a little...the ALP I'm talking about.

[kasher1979]

Yes I am feeling more comfortable now

One concern I have is the parking aid going to scream at me if I get close to someones rear on the interstate or something like that. It doesn't appear to automatically disable after so many seconds like the LIs do.