That's why Valentine is so great... he's an engineering radar nerd and still engineers his products the best he can. That may mean it's not the best for the average consumer, but for engineering brains, they're great. Many people report calling in with technical questions and being transferred to Mike himself. There's not many companies like that anymore.
(so it looks like Escort copied that product as well...)
If you give up getting it to work, I'd be happy to look at it.
As for the
DSC unit in the car, I'm sure it could be easily monitored. But with products already out there for $99, there really isn't a need.