How it works

• Novus Alpha uses GPS technology to determine its proximity to speed cameras
• Novus Alpha displays your current speed whilst in motion
• The Novus Alpha database warns the driver of an approaching speed camera by an initial voice alert typically at 500 yards. Novus Alpha announces and displays the speed limit of the road
• If at 200 yards the vehicle is exceeding the speed limit, Novus Alpha will advise the driver to reduce speed
• Novus Alpha sounds an alert as the vehicle passes the speed camera

Road specific alert versus simple zonal alert explained

Lower cost locators typically use a Simple Zone method. They advise the driver that they are approaching a camera by generating a warning whenever a vehicle crosses the boundary of a 500 yard circle centred on the camera position regardless of the vehicles direction. From the illustration below it can be seen that there are many roads within the shaded 500 yard zone and will give rise to the possibility of many false alerts using the single activation point method.

Novus Alpha removes false alerts by using a two position activation method, using an initial activation point and camera location. Novus Alpha will only generate a warning when a vehicle passes an activation point and is driving towards the camera. Should a vehicle be driving from the opposite direction, the vehicle will not pass the activation point and no false alarm will be raised. If the driver joins from a side after the activation point, then Novus Alpha senses the direction of travel and compares it with the direction of the speed camera and activation point and warns the driver of a speed camera ahead if driving in the direction of the camera.

Capabilities

• Warnings of fixed cameras including Gatso, Truvelo, SPECS, Speedmaster and DS2
• Warning of red light cameras
• Warning of possible mobile sites
• Warnings of accident black spots
• Unique vehicle based road profiling feature
• Timed warning of congestion charging zone
• Additional journey information including compass, average speed, maximum speed, elapsed time and odometer
• SOS positioning feature providing precise GPS location in the event of breakdown or emergency

Features

• Easy “Plug and play” dashboard mounting system with rubberised magnetic mount
• Clearly announces and displays the legal speed limit when approaching speed camera sites
• Bright OLED display allowing both night and day operation
• Fully functional remote control
• 12 months of database updates included

Novus Alpha Downloads

Subscription Update

For the first time customers with Novus Alpha units please download the Update Installer then once that has been installed, return here and download the update for your device. (Please note that this update is only compatible with the Alpha type units).

*** Update Guide - We are aware that there could be an update issue when plugging in the USB cable into the unit, the unit should not power up when plugged into the computer. If you are getting this problem then just unplug the cable from the device, then place back into the unit, but with a quick and firm action. Please retry before contacting us. A solution will be announced on the troubleshooting page once it has been rectified. ***

(If you get message window appear click on run - or - if you are using Firefox click on save and place the file in a location that you will be able to find, once saved double click the file and it will start the installation - All Novus products are not Windows Vista compatible, the driver and software supplied have been designed for 32bit operating systems.)