Auto Sentry® flex User Manual 40 Introduction
Vandalism Alarm
The Vandalism Alarm is designed to deter vandals before any damage is done. ICS promotes two
different Vandalism Alarms for the Auto Sentry that need to be set up with Technical Support:
Deterrent Warning Alarm and Deterrent Break-in Alarm.
Deterrent Warning Alarm
The Deterrent Warning Alarm hardware comes preinstalled in the Auto Sentry models 2017 or
later. The hardware required is the Sonic Sensor installed in the base of the Auto Sentry and needs
to be wired to the SIO or PIO board of the unit.
The Deterrent Warning Alarm is only honored when the Deterrent is enabled in the WashConnect
software, and the Auto Sentry is in the Wash Closed state. The Auto Sentry screen will display the
WashClosedAlarmed.bmp. This feature is ignored when in Wash Open.
Figure 24. Sonic Sensor in Auto Sentry with deterrent Warning message on-screen
The Sonic Sensor, known as the Car Sense Eye within the base of the Auto Sentry, is always
monitoring, and if it detects something in front of the Auto Sentry after the wash is closed, the
Deterrent Warning Alarm is triggered, and immediately, the Auto Sentry will play a
VandalismAlarmWarning.avi video and will fire up to two outputs to further act as a deterrent
before someone attempts to break-in the Auto Sentry unit: Deterrent Warning Alarm Output 1
and 2.