Re: BIK sensor - WAS moving away from the remote-control paradigm

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Excellent news Ian! - I'm encouraged!...

Keep us posted with the results...

Cheers.

Paul G.





>From: "Ian B" <Ian@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] BIK sensor - WAS moving away from the remote-control
>paradigm
>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:22:21 +0100
>
> > 1) They are not here! - they are just vapourware at the moment...
>
>They are closer than you think. I have three of the originals and made
>Stuart the PCB for his soldering practice. As Stuart said he is 95%
there.
>
> > 2) I >believe< their effectiveness is dependant on having
loads of
>aerials
>
>There are two aerials that are best sited at about three feet high.
These
>can even be the tin foil burglar strip you see stuck to windows in
shops
>etc. - great behind wall paper or even thick paint. Furniture moving
like
>chairs, tables etc. doesn't necessitate a recalibration but large metal
>objects can e.g. fridge freezers might. More than one unit can be used
in a
>room without problems which is good as they are more accurate with less
>area
>covered. A good house earth is the only thing that is not really
obvious
>but
>essential.
>
> > 3) even if both of the above are solved, - there is no
demonstrable
>proof
> > that they will work, so until I've seen one in operation, and
it's been
> > demonstrated to work, then I'll reserve judgement, and not get my
> > hopes up too high...
>
>I have had one working at home in a test environment and it was brill.
I
>ran
>into sensitivity problems when I went for a large room 14' X 18' and L
>shaped. The answer is two sensors and sort out my house earth which is
>awful!!
>
>HTH
>
>Ian
>


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