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| Wireless Probe Driveway Alert Kit-3000' Max Range WPA-3000 | 
 enlarge | Brand: DAKOTA ALERT
Category: CE
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 8598
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Hard Drive Size: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 3 x 5
MPN: WPA-3000
UPC: 891179000195
EAN: 0891179000195
ASIN: B000APAAVE
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Product Description
The WPA3000 is an extremely reliable driveway alarm that is used to detect vehicles only. The transmitter operates on one 9-volt battery and has 50' of direct burial wire connecting the probe to the exterior case. The probe is buried parallel to the driveway, and will detect vehicles passing by within approximately 10-12 feet. The direct burial cable can be run to a tree or post nearby, where the transmitter box is located. When a vehicle drives by, the transmitter will send a signal to the receiver up to 3,000 feet away (actual range may vary depending on the local terrain). The WPA3000 is ideal in locations where there may be deer or other large animals that would cause false signals with a motion detecting system. Also, because the probe is buried underground, it will be the least noticeable of our wireless systems. The transmitter is weatherproof and meant for exterior locations. Up to four zones can be monitored with additional transmitters. The transmitters can be programmed so they will each sound a different tone at the receiver. (Note: The Dakota Alert 3000 Series products use the latest technology. Therefore, they are not compatible with eariler alerts.)
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 Just what I wanted - easy and reliable June 21, 2008
This alarm was a snap to install - the only thing I had to adjust was the sensitivity dial, which was set at one-half and needed to be at three-quarters in my situation. It took less than an hour to install, including reading the instructions, and it is working exactly as promised. It detects both cars and ATVs.
Keep in mind that this will not alert you to people approaching your house on foot or on a bicycle, but on the plus side, it won't go off every time an elk or deer walks by. It is also nearly invisible. If your driveway is more than 12 feet wide, it is possible that some vehicles traveling on the outside edge will not be detected.
 Maybe a 5 star in awhile May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When i first got it it would only go off when the car was leaving the driveway, not on entering. Go figure. After reading directions I saw that it was suppose to be 12 inches down. I dug further down. Then it seemed to go off "sometimes" and after a lightning storm it would go off with a lot of false signals. I would unplug it for awhile. Then it would work for a couple of days before again going off. I changed sensitivity and battery with little success. Since I didn't use the full length of cable, I had folded it together and covered it. I then dug it up and moved the probe so the full length of wire was laid. It has now worked every time for the last 2 weeks. I have my fingers crossed since it is working perfectly now!! But still have worries about the false singles of the past. If, after a couple of months I have no problems I will have wished I gave it a 5, but for now I feel a 4 is right.
A reliable end to false alarms May 16, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I live at the end of a twisting, hilly, gravel rural driveway. About 200 yards from the house vehicles are easy to hear, but the bell of the receiving unit will confirm that it has passed the neighbor's property and is headed up the hill to my house. The location of the sensor/transmitter is about 200 yards away, but still in sight of my home through fir trees.
I had tried a cheap ($30) infrared sender/recieving unit, and was very annoyed by the frequent false alarms. Finally, due to cheap design water got into the sensor unit and a component on the circuit board failed. At last it was dead! I celebrated! I could shop for something superior now.
After much shopping I chose the Wireless Probe Alert and shelled out the dollars for it. The manuals were brief but helped me understand how to program the indoor receiving unit and the transmitting unit.
Burying the roughtly foot-long sensor (about the size of a large road flare) next to the road, and shallowly concealing the (long) wire took about fifteen minutes. I mounted the outdoor enclosure discreetly using the included screw behind a tree. The outdoor enclosure is very well sealed and allows for programming a unique ring tone (one of four) for the bell, so that if I wanted to purchase more than one sensor/transmitter, I suppose I could detect vehicles at different points along the drive.
I have not been disappointed - it reliably detects cars (and sometimes a bicycle). It never misses a car and it never rings for animals or mystery sources. After four months the battery on the sending unit is still working strong. Ah... and end to jumping up to repeated false alarms in the middle of the night.
 A Little Disappointed March 4, 2007
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
First of all let me say that it works. My first disappointment was when I opened the boxes. The plastic cases of the transmitter and receiver were very light duty and cheap looking. It looked like the quality of a plastic toy you would buy for your kid. I popped open the transmitter case and immediately the little plastic snap latch flew off and landed on the floor. It was no problem to put it back on the unit but I was wondering if it would fly off again next month when I am changing the battery out in the woods. Looking for it in the leaves might prove a little more difficult. Then I took the receiver out of the box and it was also very light duty and toy like quality. I popped it open and noticed the speaker inside was so tiny I was immediately suspect of the quality of the sound that it would put out. The receiver came with a small plug in transformer with about a five foot (very light duty) cord.
The first thing I did was set the dip switches and plug in the reciever and turned it on. The Westminister Chimes tune came on and promptly distorted because the volume was too loud for the little speaker. I turned the volume down but the speaker could still not handle it unless the volume was way too low. As I was messing with the volume control knob I realized that it too was cheap because a very very slight turn took the volume from quiet to real loud. I was beginning to feel like I paid way too much for this product.
I buried the probe alongside my gravel driveway and placed the transmitter on a nearby tree. The instructions recommended protecting the exposed cable, directly under the transmitter. However the plastic box/case had no available punch out hole for fastening a common electrical PVC connector. I decided to forget about protecting the cable and stapled it to the tree instead. I noticed as I was working with the cable that it had printing on it that identified it as direct bury underground sprinkler cable. I took the handy screw gun and fastened it to the tree using the two available screw holes at the top of the unit. There were no other holes to fasten it down along the bottom and it seemed kinda floppy even though I had the top screws down tight. The weather seal was a small bead of foam and not rubber like a better product would have. I suspect that it will not be completely water tight in a heavy rain.
I completed the installation and ran the untimate test. IT WORKED. The wireless signal had to travel through some trees and into our metal sided house. My receiver was in the interior and it still captured the signal.
My biggest complaint is the irritating sound from the little speaker. Everytime I HEAR it, it makes me mad. For $250.00 I expected a little quality. I expected it to sound like a normal door bell you could buy for $20 from Home Depot. Instead it sounds like cheap kids toy that won't make it till next Christmas.
I understand that there are connections on the receiver to wire another sound device to it but that should not be necessary to get a normal volume "ding dong" without distorting.
I am rating this device with a 3 only because it works as far as vehicle detection and wireless tramsmission. Had I known what I know know, it would have been a hard sell for me to pay $100.00 for this unit.
My plans now are to go back down the driveway and open up the transmitter case and put some vaseline on the little foam weather seal. And maybe a small board above it to act as a little roof. Spring rains storms will be coming soon here and I don't want the electronics, inside, to get wet.
Then, I think I will see if I can purchase a speaker that is the same size but a lot better quality and install it in place of the existing one.
I am reminded of a homebuilder that I once knew that bought four corner lots on a neighborhood intersection. He built on the first lot and then moved into it and began building on the other lots. In his new house the bricklayer had messed up the fireplace mantel and every night the homebuilder would come home and sit down to relax and look up at that messed up fireplace and get mad. Finally he had enough of being mad every night so he moved into his second house and sold the first one.
That is what that distorting speaker is like to me.
Worth every penny. February 20, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
We've had the kind with the hose across the driveway for years. Just love it when people drive back and forth and back and forth over it, it's just so funny, not. We've also tried the motion detector type and even the leaves falling set it off. This is PERFECT. No one knows it's there. No false alarms and we can put it further down the long drive so we have "more" warning. Trees in it's way don't seem to bother it. It's great. Several of our friends are now ordering them.
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