omg, Thought I'd seen it all but guess not.There is another thread where an RV'er is locked out of opening his slides and awning on his RV. WHY? Because he is using his cell phone to open them and it is malfunctioning. :SFirst of all I did not know that there is an app you can buy where you use a cell phone to operate almost all of the functions on an RV.https://www.asaelectronics.com/downloads/dl/file/id/832/jrvcs105_in-command_owners_manual.pdfHave we as RVers gotten that lazy that we need to use a cell phone to operate our RV's when our RV 'comes with already installed' buttons/switches to operate everything?Not to mention the lack of security of using a device like a cell phone having access to all of your RV inside an out.I certainly would NOT want to own an RV that is hackable, 'phone activated'. What happens when you don't have good cell phone coverage where you are parked? Do you sit there refusing to go inside the RV and flip the switch to activate your slides?How many of you would use a phone app to operate your RV?

rockhillmanor wrote: Not to mention the lack of security of using a device like a cell phone having access to all of your RV inside an out.I certainly would NOT want to own an RV that is hackable, 'phone activated'. What happens when you don't have good cell phone coverage where you are parked? Do you sit there refusing to go inside the RV and flip the switch to activate your slides?How many of you would use a phone app to operate your RV?So phones are secure enough for online banking but not secure enough to control an RV?As for coverage, I didn’t read the specifics but I suspect the system uses Bluetooth or WiFi not the cellular network otherwise your RV would need its own SIM card and service plan.

Some people go camping to get away from it all but, take it all with them to the CG. Same as someone parking right beside you when the CG or boondocking site is empty. That's something I never understood.Technology is nice but, I can't see the advantage of using a cell phone to open/close slides, etc..Personally, I would not want to turn something on if I was not present.It's a personal choice, each to their own.

Some day the camper will be able to go to the campground and set up all by it self. You sound even have to leave home, the camper will take pictures and send them home to you.

Have we as RVers gotten that lazy that we need to use a cell phone to operate our RV's when our RV 'comes with already installed' buttons/switches to operate everything?What gives you the right to judge? Some people are just techno-geeks, period. No one is required to justify how they operate their RV (or how they camp for that matter) to anyone. I suggest you move on and find something applicable to YOUR life to deal with.

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Crowe
Explorer
Apr 02, 2018
Have we as RVers gotten that lazy that we need to use a cell phone to operate our RV's when our RV 'comes with already installed' buttons/switches to operate everything?

What gives you the right to judge? Some people are just techno-geeks, period. No one is required to justify how they operate their RV (or how they camp for that matter) to anyone. I suggest you move on and find something applicable to YOUR life to deal with.
mat60
Explorer
Apr 02, 2018
Kind of like Youtube camping.
K_Charles
Explorer
Apr 02, 2018
Some day the camper will be able to go to the campground and set up all by it self. You sound even have to leave home, the camper will take pictures and send them home to you.
gbopp
Explorer
Apr 02, 2018
Some people go camping to get away from it all but, take it all with them to the CG.
Same as someone parking right beside you when the CG or boondocking site is empty. That's something I never understood.

Technology is nice but, I can't see the advantage of using a cell phone to open/close slides, etc..
Personally, I would not want to turn something on if I was not present.
It's a personal choice, each to their own.
JaxDad
Explorer III
Apr 02, 2018
rockhillmanor wrote:
Not to mention the lack of security of using a device like a cell phone having access to all of your RV inside an out.

I certainly would NOT want to own an RV that is hackable, 'phone activated'.

What happens when you don't have good cell phone coverage where you are parked? Do you sit there refusing to go inside the RV and flip the switch to activate your slides?

How many of you would use a phone app to operate your RV?

So phones are secure enough for online banking but not secure enough to control an RV?

As for coverage, I didn’t read the specifics but I suspect the system uses Bluetooth or WiFi not the cellular network otherwise your RV would need its own SIM card and service plan.

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