Category: Intoxilyzer 8000 Source Code
Florida’s Missing COBRA Data for the Intoxilyzer 8000
Did CMI recently start uploading a new software version on Intoxilyzer 8000 instruments in Florida? The new software version is still being called 8100.27 (often called “Version 27”), but this new software has started causing a big glitch. The glitch makes the COBRA data disappear in monthly inspections and for certain test subject electronic data. […]
Written by Jason Miller on November 28, 2012
Intoxilyzer 8000 and Problems with Slope Detection
One of the biggest problems with the Intoxilyzer 8000 involves the slowness of the IR system combined with relative insensitivity of the pyro electric detector. Basically, the Intoxilyzer 8000 only takes two pulses. Because the system is slow slow, it is nearly impossible for the instrument to obtain a proper slope detection. A study done […]
Written by Jason Miller on August 18, 2011
Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000: Why FDLE Departmental Inspector, Maggie Geddings, Used Cell Phones to Manipulate the Inspection Reports
Just when you think it could not get worse for Laura Barfield, Florida’s Alcohol Testing Program and FDLE’s Departmental Inspectors, you come across a transcript from a courageous prosecutor with the State Attorney’s Office in Okaloosa County, Florida. At least one employee of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) has used a cell phone […]
Written by Jason Miller on July 30, 2011
CMI Lost the Source Code on the Intoxilyzer 8000 – Now What?
Some how the media has yet to catch on to this new development that may impact how DUI cases through the United States are prosecuted for years to come. CMI lost the source code for the “Intoxilyzer 8000” on the conforming products list. Only one version of the “Intoxilyzer 8000” is listed on the conforming […]
Written by Jason Miller on July 26, 2011
Problems with the Pressure Sensor on Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000
During a recent hearing, we learned that a Departmental Inspector with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Roger Skipper, claims that he “developed” Florida’s version of software used on the Intoxilyzer 8000. Roger Skipper has conducted thousands of departmental inspections on an annual basis and also after the machine is “returned from” repair. Amazingly, […]
Written by Jason Miller on July 22, 2011
Florida Intoxilyzer 8000 Source Code Update: CMI’s Dog Ate Their Homework
For those of you following the saga to obtain the Source Code for Florida’s Intoxilyzer 8000, CMI announced on June 3, 2011 through an affidavit filed in Florida that it does NOT have the Source Code for the only instrument on the DOT conforming products list or the only instrument evaluated and approved for use […]
Written by Jason Miller on July 9, 2011