gosh...hope she's "ok". 
??? :-\
Did it NOT reverse at all?? Or was the reaction delayed?
I just went and tried/double-checked mine. I used an old t-shirt that's been retired to "rag" duty. I bunched it up into a "block" (probably about the width of a small child's foot), but I felt that it was still relatively soft, pliable, and compressible. I placed the t-shirt at floor-level of the interior of the van protruding out, and allowed the door to close on it while I watched from inside. The motorized door did push against it pretty hard trying to close, but it did reverse without too much delay, as it is supposed to do.
I think the function is designed so that although it might compress an object, it would avoid actual "amputation" of that obstruction. It's not sensitive enough to be a "touch" sensor. It takes quite a bit of force or a solid object (or one that is "crushed/pinched") to make it reverse. My perception is that we may want it to be a "touch" sensor where if it barely brushes against something then it will reverse, but that is not the case. Yeah....getting crushed by it would likely result in at least some nasty bruises (and frayed nerves), if not a broken bone or two (depends on other factors and the location of the crush-injury). All-in-all, although still "scary", it is probably better than having a manual door actually slammed/closed on a body part.
Watch the little fingers and toes....
YMMV.
Good Luck!! 8)
??? :-\Did it NOT reverse at all?? Or was the reaction delayed?
I just went and tried/double-checked mine. I used an old t-shirt that's been retired to "rag" duty. I bunched it up into a "block" (probably about the width of a small child's foot), but I felt that it was still relatively soft, pliable, and compressible. I placed the t-shirt at floor-level of the interior of the van protruding out, and allowed the door to close on it while I watched from inside. The motorized door did push against it pretty hard trying to close, but it did reverse without too much delay, as it is supposed to do.
I think the function is designed so that although it might compress an object, it would avoid actual "amputation" of that obstruction. It's not sensitive enough to be a "touch" sensor. It takes quite a bit of force or a solid object (or one that is "crushed/pinched") to make it reverse. My perception is that we may want it to be a "touch" sensor where if it barely brushes against something then it will reverse, but that is not the case. Yeah....getting crushed by it would likely result in at least some nasty bruises (and frayed nerves), if not a broken bone or two (depends on other factors and the location of the crush-injury). All-in-all, although still "scary", it is probably better than having a manual door actually slammed/closed on a body part.
Watch the little fingers and toes....
YMMV.
Good Luck!! 8)
