What is Next for the AL Priority?

[kasher1979]

X2, Thanks Kasher that is exactly my point. For a good example look at the last RALETC test where we were introduced to the new SX and we did very poor against this brand new gun & firmware. I just purchased that new gun prior to the test and it was never tested before and I never even took it out of the box. When RALETC said they were doing their test I sent them the new gun and asked then to check it out and see if anything was new. I could have easily tested the gun and found the issue prior to the test and quietly updated for it but we did not do it. We took heat for having the PT's but we immediately reacted and got to the bottom of it and fixed the issue and whether or not you had the 1.0 or 2.0 CPU the fix was released to everyone.

To be honest I really don't know for sure which CPU I got and I really don't care. Lol. I think it may have been the newer one. But the reason I say that I don't care is because I know either one protects me from all known Lidars. That's all that I care about. Maybe it's because I have tried so many things and been on both sides of the fence that I am so thankful and happy now.

[BestRadarDetectors]

I think we have beaten this horse to death already... ALP is the best and as things change we'll adjust as we go. Look at their history, they make it as easy as possible for everyone who owns their product. AMEN... Move on..

This thread was not to gloat but more of an explanation on why the ALP can not stay the same forever. I have received probably 30+ email complaints from customers complaining how they were mad that AL released a 2.0 CPU and they only purchased their 1.0 a few months earlier. This is what happens with technology and as a manufacture you cant stand still and there will always be an improved product in the future. The ALP will keep changing and improving and there is just no way of not keeping up with technology changes and continuing to move forward. If you wait for the next greatest product when its released there will always be the fear that another one will come out next year or so and you might be waiting forever.

Look at how many people have been waiting to buy a new V1 because of all the forum gossip that a new version is around the corner. The rumors are going on over a year now and people are still waiting and many are holding out for a long time.

[ECMExpert]

Look at how many people have been waiting to buy a new V1 because of all the forum gossip that a new version is around the corner. The rumors are going on over a year now and people are still waiting and many are holding out for a long time.

and waiting and waiting.....


I will give ALP this, they work fast and furious to address any concerns with their units and continuous improvement is to be expected. What other company, after Raletc's last tests would within a few weeks if not days have an answer to a problem MOST of us didnt realize we even had. Gotta love ALP for that and more....................................

TOM, there are always those that want the latest and greatest, even if its NOT the greatest, they want it. Funny thing is, IN the RD world, the greatest is NOT the latest and is almost 10 years old now and is SO in demand, that if they made new ones, they'd have a waiting list..........YES, the STIR-O (and the Redline as well).

[ECMExpert]

. If this feature is paramount to your install then by all means upgrade, but if not then sit back, relax and know that the next time you encounter a police lidar you will be fully protected. Can the other manufacturers say the same?

Thanks for listening

Tom

Mike V has been telling US the same thing for years

[FJR1300]

You could always offer a "lifetime free hardware upgrade package" to the people that just have to have the latest iteration of everything they own , at a premium price of course. That way no one could rightfully bitch, since they had a choice from the start

[syrinx]

It could be nice in the future to be able to connect a V1.

[Mirage]

It could be nice in the future to be able to connect a V1.

If you look at the radar module you will see a connection for it already. So it looks like the hardware is complete. Hopefully soon.

[radargeek]

If you look at the radar module you will see a connection for it already. So it looks like the hardware is complete. Hopefully soon.

Hopefully it's ESP compatible. Knowing AL it probably is.

[Mirage]

Hopefully it's ESP compatible. Knowing AL it probably is.

Last I heard yes. They were looking for some documentation on the protocol last year.

[orwellophile]

As many of you have noticed a new AntiLaser Priority CPU was released in October 2014, this is part of the evolving AntiLaser product and at this time it is NOT necessary to upgrade your CPU. The only new feature available for the V2 CPU's that is not available in the original AL Priority CPU released in 2013 is the ability to dim the EXTERNAL led.

You're probably making sound worse than it really is. It's not like the newer ALP have new (faster) CPU, in the way that a new computer has. I'm guessing everything inside the controlbox is the same, except there's now a trivial wiring (pcb etching) change, linked the external LED to a GPIO line via a transistor or somesuch.

Or have really upgraded the actual CPU?

And what *is* the CPU, while we're on the topic... apart from "dual 100mhz" of course. I'm happy to pull mine apart when it arrives, but I'd hate to void my warrantee just to find a big blob of black plastic.

Perhaps we could have a sweepstake or something, I'll take "ARM Cortex-M4".