No alert from CVS pharmacy

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04-24-2006, 07:04 PM
outrun

No alert from CVS pharmacy

Doing some laser stuff today I pulled up to a new cvs pharmacy and I realized wait a minute sure is quiet. Yep no alerts. So, I thought wow they are not on k band anymore but now on x band. So, I turned on X band and got nothing. I thought ok lets try something else. I got my k band gun out and it alerted to it right away. Then after getting what I needed at cvs I drove 3 miles down the road and x band went off. So all bands are working but still no alert from the store. Is this something new or what?
04-24-2006, 07:11 PM
Mayur

I know that some grocery stores around by my house dont use lasers for their doors. Instead they have weight sensors on the bottom so when you step on it the door opens. Maybe thats what is new at the CVS but I highly doubt it.
04-24-2006, 07:15 PM
outrun

Yeah it didn't have the weight things. It had the sensors above the door. I think it said optex or something.
04-24-2006, 07:20 PM
Mayur

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Originally Posted by outrun

Yeah it didn't have the weight things. It had the sensors above the door. I think it said optex or something.

hmm very strange.

Did you remember what it looked like?
http://www.ot-inc.com/indexes/gen_in...oor1&sub=slide
04-24-2006, 07:25 PM
AirMoore

Hey Outrun was it by any chance on the V1?

On my V1 it has just started to sporadically miss X&K band alerts for me... it would be odd if yours was now doing this also?
04-24-2006, 07:33 PM
outrun

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Originally Posted by AirMoore

Hey Outrun was it by any chance on the V1?

On my V1 it has just started to sporadically miss X&K band alerts for me... it would be odd if yours was now doing this also?

Yeah it was on the V-1.

Mayur can't believe you found that. I was just trying to remember what it was. It kinda looked like the 202c I think. I had my camera with me but didn't video it. Looking at the others maybe it's infared or something.
04-24-2006, 07:34 PM
GTO_04

You need to run your other RD by the same CVS and see what happens.

Maybe the sensor fell out of tune. After all, your RD did alert to the K band gun.

GTO_04
04-24-2006, 07:35 PM
outrun

Well there are 4 sensors surely it would have picked up one of them. I will take the rx65 with me tomorrow and see what happens.
04-24-2006, 08:01 PM
AirMoore

Quote:

Originally Posted by outrun

Well there are 4 sensors surely it would have picked up one of them. I will take the rx65 with me tomorrow and see what happens.

Yeah this is what I did.. I took my X50 with me and put it on Freq. display, this would give me a general idea of how close the sensors were to K band... I forgot how far off it was, but it was almost dead on... granted the Freq. displays can be off by slight margins: The fact the X50 picked up the falses perfectly, and the # was close on to dead-center 24.150 and in other cases Xband, it makes me think it was certainly the V1 in error.
04-24-2006, 08:25 PM
Mayur

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Originally Posted by outrun

Mayur can't believe you found that. I was just trying to remember what it was. It kinda looked like the 202c I think. I had my camera with me but didn't video it. Looking at the others maybe it's infared or something.

Simple search on google for optex showed first result :P Anyways I'm just starting to think that there was a problem at that specific CVS with it's sensors. Do go again later and let us know what happens.
04-24-2006, 08:27 PM
outrun

Yall make me want to drive up there right now
04-25-2006, 05:32 AM
riley2638

I have noticed that my V-1 has done this on a couple of occasions...I hbought it brand new 2 months ago and I'm kinda worried that it is going to do this during a real alert
04-25-2006, 05:37 AM
outrun

You all have me wondering now. I have the rx65 out of my other car and I am going to go by there in a bit and see what happens. I have heard about the v-1 missing speed signs but not a cvs pharmacy.

Jim what causes this and could this happen with a real threat?
04-25-2006, 06:28 AM
amoney

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Originally Posted by outrun

You all have me wondering now. I have the rx65 out of my other car and I am going to go by there in a bit and see what happens. I have heard about the v-1 missing speed signs but not a cvs pharmacy.

Jim what causes this and could this happen with a real threat?

Put it in tech mode to see what the numbers are, well then again if no alert (way out of tune), no numbers. :(
04-25-2006, 06:32 AM
amoney

Caught a blerp about OPTEX being

Quote:

World’s Leading Manufacturer of Infrared Detection Devices
04-25-2006, 06:34 AM
amoney

Was it this... active infrared sensor

http://www.optexamerica.com/products...roduct=isensor
04-25-2006, 06:37 AM
amoney

That will be great, industry moving to infrared, less false alerts. But I would think that the V1 would have falsed laser alert if up close (no big deal).
04-25-2006, 07:22 AM
kpatz

If it's passive infrared, it won't set off a V1 at all (even laser). It's basically a heat sensor, much like PIR motion detectors in security systems.

One of the WalMarts around here uses optical type door openers that don't set off detectors. When you look closely at them, they have a little camera-looking lens in them.

Perhaps as the cost of the technology drops, we'll see more door openers use video-type sensing, where it uses a video camera and when it senses movement indicative of someone walking toward the door, it opens.
04-25-2006, 12:45 PM
outrun

Well I went to the cvs farmacy this morning and had the RX65 and V-1. Same thing, nothing. I am going to assume the are infared or whatever. I shot video of it and all but what is there to see nothing happend.
04-25-2006, 12:51 PM
f_399

interesting

some automatic doors activate through the rubber mat, pressure sensor?

when someone steps on it the door will open
04-25-2006, 12:53 PM
outrun

Quote:

Originally Posted by f_399

interesting

some automatic doors activate through the rubber mat, pressure sensor?

when someone steps on it the door will open

No pressure matts here. It's a brand new store pretty much.
04-25-2006, 01:07 PM
outrun

Ok I think I got it. I can relax now it's all good. My detectors are fine and thank god they have moved to infrared.

The one that I thought it was yesterday I confirmed just a minute ago by looking at the site. In detection method it say Active Infrared Reflection Method. Cool no falses there
04-25-2006, 04:21 PM
GuruGuy

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Originally Posted by AirMoore

Quote:

Originally Posted by outrun

Well there are 4 sensors surely it would have picked up one of them. I will take the rx65 with me tomorrow and see what happens.

Yeah this is what I did.. I took my X50 with me and put it on Freq. display, this would give me a general idea of how close the sensors were to K band... I forgot how far off it was, but it was almost dead on... granted the Freq. displays can be off by slight margins: The fact the X50 picked up the falses perfectly, and the # was close on to dead-center 24.150 and in other cases Xband, it makes me think it was certainly the V1 in error.

So then how do you explain this???
04-25-2006, 05:45 PM
Mayur

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Originally Posted by GuruGuy

Quote:

Originally Posted by AirMoore

Quote:

Originally Posted by outrun

Well there are 4 sensors surely it would have picked up one of them. I will take the rx65 with me tomorrow and see what happens.

Yeah this is what I did.. I took my X50 with me and put it on Freq. display, this would give me a general idea of how close the sensors were to K band... I forgot how far off it was, but it was almost dead on... granted the Freq. displays can be off by slight margins: The fact the X50 picked up the falses perfectly, and the # was close on to dead-center 24.150 and in other cases Xband, it makes me think it was certainly the V1 in error.

So then how do you explain this???

AirMoore didnt go to the exact CVS meaning that if he went somewhere else they might have different sensors. And at the time AirMoore posted that, we had no idea what was going on.