Real-time push notifications in RADAR mode via LTE module

[damianino1]

Hey guys,

before purchasing I would like to know if u3000 pro in combination with the LTE module will send out a real-time push notification and the recording to the cloud during RADAR mode if:

a) impact/hit will happen
B) motion will happen

Did someone already test it?

Please let me kindly know,

Thanks in advance!

 

[Chuck McCoy]

Welcome to the club.
I remember watching a video of U3000 Pro by either;
@Vortex Radar
@SafeDriveSolutions

Basically the whole point of RADAR Parking Mode is so the camera can go into deep sleep with very low power consumption.
This completely disables cloud / notification functions.
I think it’s one of these;

 

[rcg530]

I have not tested radar parking mode with the LTE module, but I have tested the energy saving parking mode with the LTE module. I documented my results in my review thread for the U3000 Pro.

I'm assuming the radar parking mode and energy saving parking mode should operate in a similar fashion. I can reconfigure my U3000 Pro to see how it behaves during some drives later this week.

Post in thread 'Thinkware U3000 Pro - Testing / Review - RCG'

Mar 18, 2026

I removed the U3000 Pro front camera from my car to perform some testing with the LTE module.

During the configuration of the LTE module in the Thinkware Connected app, the app would not register the SIM card. The U3000 Pro's BT/WiFi LED would not change color to yellow to indicate the LTE module was detected and it was ready to be registered. I switched from the short LTE USB cable to the long LTE USB cable. I removed and re-inserted the SIM card. Nothing seemed to work. I left the unit running for about 20-minutes and when I checked again, the BT/WiFi LED was now a blinking yellow...

• rcg530

 

[rcg530]

I reconfigured my U3000 Pro with the Thinkware LTE module for radar parking mode.

Just like in energy saving parking mode, the first 10-minutes in radar parking mode there is an elevated power draw. The Thinkware Connected app states "Your vehicle is parked safely". During this 10-minute period, the U3000 Pro is consuming 260 mA [on average].

After 10-minutes, the power draw is reduced and the U3000 Pro enters low power mode for radar parking mode [11 mA in my testing]. The Thinkware Connected app will show "Operating in Energy Saving Mode". If you click on the "Live" link to get a live view session started with the U3000 Pro in this state, the app will display "Some services are restricted in Energy Saving Mode".

When a radar detected motion event occurs, the dash camera awakens and creates 20-second recordings. After 60-seconds, the U3000 Pro returns to low power radar parking mode. No push notification is sent to the Thinkware Connected app. No notification entries are placed in the Thinkware Connected app's "Notifications" screen [in the Parking sub-screen].

When ACC power is restored, a push notification is sent to the app "Vehicle driving". The app shows the current state as "Drive Mode" / "You're driving. Stay safe!". The U3000 Pro announces the number of events that took place while parked as it returns to normal driving mode.

 

[damianino1]

I reconfigured my U3000 Pro with the Thinkware LTE module for radar parking mode.

Just like in energy saving parking mode, the first 10-minutes in radar parking mode there is an elevated power draw. The Thinkware Connected app states "Your vehicle is parked safely". During this 10-minute period, the U3000 Pro is consuming 260 mA [on average].

After 10-minutes, the power draw is reduced and the U3000 enters low power mode for radar parking mode [11 mA in my testing]. The Thinkware Connected app will show "Operating in Energy Saving Mode". If you click on the "Live" link to get a live view session started with the U3000 Pro in this state, the app will display "Some services are restricted in Energy Saving Mode".

When a radar detected motion event occurs, the dash camera awakens and creates 20-second recordings. After 60-seconds, the U3000 Pro returns to low power radar parking mode. No push notification is sent to the Thinkware Connected app. No notification entries are placed in the Thinkware Connected app's "Notifications" screen [in the Parking sub-screen].

When ACC power is restored, a push notification is sent to the app "Vehicle driving". The app shows the current state as "Drive Mode" / "You're driving. Stay safe!". The U3000 Pro announces the number of events that took place while parked as it returns to normal driving mode.

Hello @rcg530 ,

thank you for your tests. One more important question: may I ask you for testing if due to an impact/hit during the RADAR parking mode, a real-time push notification will be send out? I received a feedback from Thinkware that this should work in case of an impact (hit/shake) but not due to a motion.

I can't explain how extremely thankful I would be for this. I already ordered this dashcam but didn't unbox as I was waiting for some trustworthy statement from some user, who really owns it and could kindly test. I have still 2 days left to return that, so I would really appreaciate your help.

Happy Eastern in advance and hugs from Germany to California 🙂

Waiting very curious on your answer, please help me 😀

 

[rcg530]

Hello @rcg530 ,

thank you for your tests. One more important question: may I ask you for testing if due to an impact/hit during the RADAR parking mode, a real-time push notification will be send out? I received a feedback from Thinkware that this should work in case of an impact (hit/shake) but not due to a motion.

I can't explain how extremely thankful I would be for this. I already ordered this dashcam but didn't unbox as I was waiting for some trustworthy statement from some user, who really owns it and could kindly test. I have still 2 days left to return that, so I would really appreaciate your help.

Happy Eastern in advance and hugs from Germany to California 🙂

Waiting very curious on your answer, please help me 😀

I ran another test this morning of radar parking mode. I let the U3000 Pro enter parking mode and I waited an additional 10-minutes to let it get into the energy saving state of radar parking mode. I received a notification stating it entered energy saving mode. I waited another 2-minutes and then triggered an impact event by opening/closing the front driver side door. Within 30-seconds, I received a push notification that an impact event had been detected.

Impact events do result in an a push notification being sent to the Thinkware Connected app. There's an event present in the "Parking Impacts" section of the "Notifications" section of the app. The event page for the impact event has a thumbnail image for the front/rear cameras at the time of the impact event.

 

[damianino1]

@rcg530 I love you 😂♥️ thank you!!!!!!!!!

 

[rcg530]

Yesterday during my weekly 3-hour drive [four parking mode sessions], I had the U3000 Pro configured for radar parking mode. As I observed before, the U3000 Pro would detect motion near the vehicle and it created motion parking mode files ["MOT" files in the "motion_timelapse_rec" directory] without a notification being sent.

When impact events occurred, the U3000 Pro would use the LTE connection to send push notifications. The Thinkware Connected app has entries for the impact events in the "Notifications" section. In the screen for each notification, there are thumbnail images from the front/rear cameras of the impact event.

When I tapped on the "Front View" image, the message on the bottom appeared: "Check the dash cam". The U3000 Pro was powered off at the time [this morning] I clicked on the images.

Since I added the LTE module to the U3000 Pro, the memory card has a new "hidden" directory of ".parking_rec_sec". In that directory, there are "PAS" video files with a resolution of 1280x720 @ 15 fps for each impact event. Those files appear to be the video files the app will attempt to access [if the dash camera is on].

The other change I noticed is that the "PAK" files in the "parking_rec" directory for each impact event had the front camera resolution dropped from 3840x2160 to 2560x1440 @ 15 fps. I'm assuming this is due to the fact that the new ".parking_rec_sec" video files are being created at the same time.

This is a directory listing of the "parking_rec" directory showing the video files from before I added the LTE module to the U3000 Pro:

 

[damianino1]

Yesterday during my weekly 3-hour drive [four parking mode sessions], I had the U3000 Pro configured for radar parking mode. As I observed before, the U3000 Pro would detect motion near the vehicle and it created motion parking mode files ["MOT" files in the "motion_timelapse_rec" directory] without a notification being sent.

When impact events occurred, the U3000 Pro would use the LTE connection to send push notifications. The Thinkware Connected app has entries for the impact events in the "Notifications" section. In the screen for each notification, there are thumbnail images from the front/rear cameras of the impact event.

When I tapped on the "Front View" image, the message on the bottom appeared: "Check the dash cam". The U3000 Pro was powered off at the time [this morning] I clicked on the images.

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Since I added the LTE module to the U3000 Pro, the memory card has a new "hidden" directory of ".parking_rec_sec". In that directory, there are "PAS" video files with a resolution of 1280x720 @ 15 fps for each impact event. Those files appear to be the video files the app will attempt to access [if the dash camera is on].

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The other change I noticed is that the "PAK" files in the "parking_rec" directory for each impact event had the front camera resolution dropped from 3840x2160 to 2560x1440 @ 15 fps. I'm assuming this is due to the fact that the new ".parking_rec_sec" video files are being created at the same time.

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This is a directory listing of the "parking_rec" directory showing the video files from before I added the LTE module to the U3000 Pro:

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Thank you for that interesting update!