Hi all. Researching security for upcoming van purchase and have decided to go for the Moving Intelligence (formerly Phantom) Sentinel alarm/tracker. I have a few questions:
- S7 or S5? Sentinel S7 is £799 - this has no auto driver recognition so triggers a response from the control centre either when notified by me, or if the alarm is triggered. Sentinel S5 is an additional £300, it adds auto driver recognition via fob that has to be kept separate to the keys. If the van starts or moves without the fob, that triggers the control centre to respond. Insurers appear to accept both S7 and S5. Is the S5 worth the extra £? Van will be parked on our drive at home when not out and about. At the moment I am thinking the S5 is worth it given how common it is for vehicle keys to be stolen although having a separate fob is a bit of a faff.
- Ferry Travel - we travel often to France. Any tips from other Sentinel owners on how best to disable the alarm (tilt and internal motion sensors especially) when on a ferry. Sentinel has a pet/night mode to disable the internal sensors but this doesn’t disable tilt.
- Additional Window / Door sensors - the standard install includes cab doors, bonnet and habitation door sensors. I’m thinking it may make sense to add the window sensors and possibly door sensors on the rear barn doors (it’s a Transit based panel van conversion we are looking at). I'm wondering what happens with pet/night mode on if we open a window in the middle of the night for ventilation. The exterior / perimeter alarms are still valid so would opening the window trigger it? Similarly, do we need to disable the alarm before opening the sliding door from inside? I can see that being forgotten a couple of times, don't want to wake up the neighbours