Alarm Movement Sensor - disabling for sleeping / leaving dogs / windows ajar [thread merge]

[Ayjay]

Have any of you electrickery genius types here on the T6F ever given thought to moving the door mounted switch to somewhere in the back or, even better, fitting a secondary switch, connected to the one on the door? As Nigel says above, accessing the door switch can sometimes be a pain from the back of a camper and the second switch in a more convenient position In the back would solve a lot of problems (for me anyway).

 

[DXX]

Have any of you electrickery genius types here on the T6F ever given thought to moving the door mounted switch to somewhere in the back or, even better, fitting a secondary switch, connected to the one on the door? As Nigel says above, accessing the door switch can sometimes be a pain from the back of a camper and the second switch in a more convenient position In the back would solve a lot of problems (for me anyway).

I’m sure I saw a thread somewhere on this forum.....just need to find it.

 

[Ayjay]

DXX - Cheer for that - if there is one, I've never found it and I did a lot of searching in my when I first got my van last year (that's your cue to prove me wrong!).

 

[keith baker]

Some have added a switch in the back to operate the door locks - as in using the switch on the driver's door by the window switches. Locking doors from the back of the van. ~ Stop me before I do something silly :P

 

[DXX]

Some have added a switch in the back to operate the door locks - as in using the switch on the driver's door by the window switches. Locking doors from the back of the van. ~ Stop me before I do something silly :P

That’s the one I remembered, pity there isn’t a ready made kit.

 

[Ayjay]

OK I'll do it in the morning but reporting back will have to wait until I've been to the moon and back which should be equally within my capabilities. That said, thanks for the efforts that you went to in finding the old thread.

 

[hatjoepeg]

Thanks all
Much appreciated

 

[Paddington]

When I go to bed at night I lock the van which activates the alarm. When
I get up during the night to use the porta Potti the alarm goes off, waking up the entire glen. I have tried unlocking the door before I get up but it relocks within seconds and when I move it goes off. How do I fix this? Thanks

 

[Dellmassive]

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Alarm Movement Sensor - disabling for sleeping / leaving dogs / windows ajar [thread merge]

Hi all, Couple of questions: 1) Is it possible to disable the alarm if locking from the inside? 2) If we lock the van with the pop top up, is the alarm likely to go off? Appreciate any advice. Cheers Lee ————————— Answer I've learnt the hard way and this is how I lock my van.. hopefully...

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[Dellmassive]

and,

What’s this switch do?

So I’ve had the van for two weeks and hove only just seen this switch! Just by the Behind the side of the driver Seat on the pillar. I’ve pushed it . Nothing happened. Any thoughts? Many thanks.

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[Paddington]

Thanks.I will try it tonight

 

[xswind]

Getting to the drivers door switch can be a pain, take a look at the solution offered in the following thread, it works a treat.

Locking doors from the back of the van. ~ Stop me before I do something silly :P

Hi All Soooo. I have a long weekend and plan to do some bits and bobs on the van to make it more of a camper. One of them is to have a go at adding a secondary central locking lock/unlock buttons for the back of the van. Plan is to tap in to the switch on the driver door and run a switch in...

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[TrevorK]

On my T6 Highline you click lock button on fob once to deadlock and set alarm, then click again. This leaves doors locked, but turns off deadlocks and alarm. Safer for sleeping.

 

[Loz]

As I have said on many occasions, using the fob to lock the doors when sleeping in the van is bad practice for the issues you have raised but also, there is a risk that you can get locked out in your undies. There have been a few reports of the side door locking itself.
If you can use the driver's door button, that is the best method.

 

[Ayjay]

On mine, doing the double press turns the motion sensors off but the alarm will still sound if you open a door without hitting unlock on the key fob first. Not good for your reputation with the rest of the campsite! As Loz says, the door switch is the way to go unless some enterprising soul on here could make and sell an easy to fit secondary switch for the back of the van (along the lines of that that xswind linked to above) with instructions that even a moron like me could follow. I for one would be in straight away.

 

[Stay Frosty]

So if I've got this right you've got the lights set up to flash and an alarm to sound to warn others that you're on the toilet?

 

[Ayjay]

Two flashes for No. 2s.

 

[Stay Frosty]

Setting that alarm up sounds like a big job to me, I would probably have to dump it in the garage rather than squeeze it out at home...

 

[Paddington]

On my T6 Highline you click lock button on fob once to deadlock and set alarm, then click again. This leaves doors locked, but turns off deadlocks and alarm. Safer for sleeping.

Oh, I will try that tonight

 

[CAB]

On my T6 Highline you click lock button on fob once to deadlock and set alarm, then click again. This leaves doors locked, but turns off deadlocks and alarm. Safer for sleeping.

I've tried that a few times but it doesn't always work, seems you need to get the timing right.

I had to make sure it was working by shuffling down to the drivers door and checking the led wasn't flashing, by which time I could have reached the safe lock button on the door