unlock car door over cell phone

Yzordderrex · Jul 27, 2005

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Jim Thompson · Jul 27, 2005

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net>
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

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John Fields · Jul 27, 2005

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:03 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

---
And cell phones aren't RF?

--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer

Roger Hamlett · Jul 27, 2005

"John Fields" <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message
news:5q9fe15u0ii75odq5sb34d3lmgkpcu8cc0@4ax.com...

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:03 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

---
And cell phones aren't RF?
They don't 'rebroadcast', which is what is implied by putting the source

controller near to one, and having the other near to the car.

Best Wishes

Tim Wescott · Jul 27, 2005

Yzordderrex wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Did he try the experiment without the cell phones? Perhaps he was just

plain ol' in range and either didn't realize it or was giving you some
old-fashioned razz-mataz?

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Jim Thompson · Jul 27, 2005

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:25:59 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:03 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

---
And cell phones aren't RF?

480)460-2350 | |
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Tim Wescott · Jul 27, 2005

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:25:59 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:03 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

---
And cell phones aren't RF?

His "friend" SENDS RF THROUGH a cell phone? I think not.

...Jim Thompson

Oh, but Jim, you're not looking at it through the eyes of your average
consumer. Cell phones are magic, remote door openers are magic, why
shouldn't they work together? After all, computers and printers are
magic and _they_ usually work together!

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Jim Thompson · Jul 27, 2005

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:42:16 -0700, Tim Wescott <tim@seemywebsite.com>
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:25:59 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:03 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

---
And cell phones aren't RF?

His "friend" SENDS RF THROUGH a cell phone? I think not.

...Jim Thompson

Oh, but Jim, you're not looking at it through the eyes of your average
consumer. Cell phones are magic, remote door openers are magic, why
shouldn't they work together? After all, computers and printers are
magic and _they_ usually work together!

480)460-2350 | |
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Yzordderrex · Jul 27, 2005

I was just as leary of bullshit and pretty much told him the same thing
last night - that he was full of shit. He reported back to me this
morning that he performed the experiment and it worked. I asked him if
it worked when he hanged up the phone and he said nope.

So you guys really have to think about it some more and maybe perform
the experiment yourself and report back to group. I think I will try
tonight. I'm not sure if you need two cell phones or not.

regards,
another skeptic

Glenn Gundlach · Jul 27, 2005

Yzordderrex wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

I have a 2001 Dodge Stratus with likely the same door remote system.
The manual says it will work up to 20 feet away but it works often
beyond 50 feet. It may have simply been working in spite of being near
the cell phone.

GG

Always make NEW mistakes.

martin griffith · Jul 27, 2005

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, in sci.electronics.design "Yzordderrex"
<yzordderrex@verizon.net> wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

It's software homeopathy obviously, (I've just applied for a patent on
it)

martin

Joerg · Jul 27, 2005

Hello Tim,

... After all, computers and printers are
magic and _they_ usually work together!

Really? The one in my office will often only comply after a some stern

banging onto the right panel.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

legg · Jul 27, 2005

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net>
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

How far away from the car were you at the time?

RL

Jul 27, 2005

I'm not sure if you need two cell phones or not.

You actually don't need any cell phones. And what's even more amazing,
if you *do* use a cell phone, it works just as well when it is turned
off - you can even remove the battery!
Just hold the cell phone near the door, push the button on the opener
and voila!

Pagers work too.

Bob

Jim Thompson · Jul 27, 2005

On 27 Jul 2005 13:39:21 -0700, StephensDigital@gmail.com wrote:

I'm not sure if you need two cell phones or not.

You actually don't need any cell phones. And what's even more amazing,
if you *do* use a cell phone, it works just as well when it is turned
off - you can even remove the battery!
Just hold the cell phone near the door, push the button on the opener
and voila!

Pagers work too.

Bob

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Joerg · Jul 27, 2005

Hello Bob,

I'm not sure if you need two cell phones or not.

You actually don't need any cell phones. And what's even more amazing,
if you *do* use a cell phone, it works just as well when it is turned
off - you can even remove the battery!
Just hold the cell phone near the door, push the button on the opener
and voila!

Usually you have to say "whoop-di-dou" three times, then it works ;-)

Pagers work too.

Only with the additional requirement that there can't be a black cat
crossing from left to right while you say the magic phrase.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Jim Yanik · Jul 27, 2005

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in
news:a36fe19v7proqa5rietedf0bumttuj3elm@4ax.com:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

...Jim Thompson

Maybe Bluetooth technology? Some CPs have it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Jim Yanik · Jul 27, 2005

"Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net> wrote in
news:1122473977.162367.112930@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

PLEASE Disregard my previous post.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Jamie · Jul 28, 2005

John Fields wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:22:03 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On 27 Jul 2005 07:19:37 -0700, "Yzordderrex" <yzordderrex@verizon.net
wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

---
And cell phones aren't RF?

hell no.!!

they use a Dylithium power generator that energizes a subspace
field around the user thus allowing them to create a worm hole in
another dimension that connects them together as if they were holding
hands clear acrossed the milky way!

--
Real Programmers Do things like this.
http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5

Jamie · Jul 28, 2005

Glenn Gundlach wrote:

Yzordderrex wrote:

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

I have a 2001 Dodge Stratus with likely the same door remote system.
The manual says it will work up to 20 feet away but it works often
beyond 50 feet. It may have simply been working in spite of being near
the cell phone.

GG

Always make NEW mistakes.

come on guys,,

you have never seen some one take a cell phone and have a custom
answering playing tune that can be decoded via audio when the phone
inside the car rings?
it's just a little gadget you can get for cars that respond to
a recorded tone sequence that you can up load in the phone that is
in the car just for that number that is calling in.
they also have multiple security configurations to have more than
one phone dial in .
most phones these days can be programmed to play what ever you
up load into when per number!

--
Real Programmers Do things like this.
http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5

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