How to use parking sensor feature

[bairice]

Hi bairice, while we are waiting for the feature that Tom/BRD describes in his post, and in addition to the option of reconfiguring your system from Parking & L. Interference Defense (PDC & LID), to a parking sensor only mode (when desired due to an "interview" by a LEO) by inserting a USB Flash Drive loaded with the Parking Detection Only mode (PDC) into the system's USB port, please remember that while the system is in the PDC & DLI mode, or in the PDC & LID mode, the parking sensors are ALWAYS active, and provide parking (distance) assistance. I verified this on my car, this past week, by walking in front of, and behind, my car, with the PDC & LID mode active. When I did, the LED light blinked red , the Control Box light came on steady red, and there was a beeping tone that increased the closer I came to each sensor. Hope this helps.

Interesting. So when I'm stopped behind a car and get up close, I would expect the sensors to go off? That definitely hasn't been happening. I will try walking around or using a piece of paper and see if the sensors react.

[modsl55amg]

Interesting. So when I'm stopped behind a car and get up close, I would expect the sensors to go off? That definitely hasn't been happening. I will try walking around or using a piece of paper and see if the sensors react.

On the "SETUP Your AL Priority Control Box" selection menu/form, in the second item "Parking Detection (PDC) Range Control", you have the ability to select from 1 thru 8, as well as Disable. I have my sensors set to "3" and when I walk approximately 2 to 3 feet from a sensor, the system alerts. I do not know the distance from the sensors if you select 8. I think I remember reading that someone had set their PDC Range to possibly 8, and when he stopped close to a car in front of him in traffic, the sensors would alert. You can prevent this by selecting a lower number to suit your individual requirements. You will just have to experiment with the PDC Range in order to obtain the desired distance for an alert that you may want, maybe in a garage, but not have the system alert when you are in traffic and stopped behind a car.