Bike Alarm Phone Call.

pinkyfloyd · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Karma :

Mrs Pinky found this on another site and I thought it might be worth posting here. Sorry if its a pea roast but I couldnt find it in the search.

Germ · Trackday Trickster Joined: 13 Aug 2011 Karma :

Get the phone to dial 999 maybe?

If my experiences with watching CSI:Miami have taught me anything it's that you can expect Horatio Caine to look all wistful and then use the Mobile phone transmitters to triangulate your phone,ergo your bike Wink

Paulington · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Karma :

If you have a bit of cash spare then this is basically what Bike Trac does. It can text/e-mail/ring you if your bike is moved without the alarm off.

At any time you can log on their website and see the location of your motorcycle plus 'breadcrumb' style journeys overlayed Microsoft Virtual Earth to show where your motorcycle HAS been. If it gets nicked then Road Angel gives all this info to the Police so they don't even have to use the tracker hardware with the Police car, Road Angel can tell them exactly where it is.

To be honest with you I'd rather spend naff all on disc locks/massive chains/loud alarms/immobilisers etc and just spend money on a semi-decent chain and the Bike Trac, it's fantastic.
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Marmalade · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Karma :

On my alarm it has relay outputs, constant when on and momentary when turning on or off. Could use these on something like a nokia 3310 and wire it to turn phone on and off with alarm. coupled with this movement switch it could work quite well.

I've a few old boards here so might have a play.
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waffles · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Karma :

I have Bike Trac and in my experience it is very sensitive! If I roll the bike out of the garage without putting the key in the ignition (a couple of meters max), I get a text to tell me my bike has been moved. My friend helpfully wheeled my bike off of a busy petrol station forecourt into a parking space and I got a text and a phonecall within a minute of it being moved. Same thing when the bike had some work done in a garage and the didn't put the key in.

I will check to see if I get an alert by pushing my bike or sitting on it, I'm pretty sure it will. Yes, it's pretty expensive to initially set up but it will alert you if someone is screwing around on your bike.

If you do go with the mobile phone idea make sure you hook up a charger for it and disable it when you go for a ride!
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c-m · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2006 Karma :

Better to just plug a phone into your bike with gps, and put a data only sim in it. Then install tracking software.

I've got an old android phone, but if my bike gets stolen, i'd rather the insurance money to get a new one Very Happy

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Oldie · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Dec 2010 Karma :

Snooper (SPT 200) do a cheapo system which I've used before on a caravan which I kept at a remote address. Costs about £100 and you put any old sim into it. Then set the distance the bike can be moved before the unit sends you a text. Really simple and effective. The text links straight to google maps on your phone or you can check it on your computer.

However, for best results, it needs to be hard wired to your battery as the inbuilt battery only lasts about 3 days, from memory.

I did have a couple of false alarms which I put down to the signal being lost (don't use O2) but otherwise it was great. If your bike gets nicked, you get a text saying that it's been moved and after that all you do is call up the Snooper and it tells you it's current location. Mine was accurate to a couple of metres.

Edit - there are no other charges once you have purchased the unit, apart from the cost of the texts.

The thing to do is get a sim which is text only (say 5p per text) as you'll end up playing with it Very Happy