@jkandasa ok- sorry I got confused there for a while!

@skywatch @jkandasa Thanks! - Good to see you again I am a bit busy with other work Hopefully, I get a good time to start work on MC 2.x soon. V_ARMED will act like as a binary switch.

IF it helps at all here are some captures of the resources section.....

That sounds promising - I was thinking of having a 'beacon' node in the car that would turn on outside lights whenever I got within range and it was dark outside. I could also have the controller send any warning messages (like alarm activation) to the car.