Re: Wireless Motion Detector Recommendations...

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

Welp at least  you're learning sumpin'

Does the Caddx NX8E have "cross-zoning"? (I don't use that product).
If it does you can have two cheap pirs looking at the same area and =
cross-zone them (its a programming thing)...so it would take BOTH of =
them tripping within a settable time period...like 10-20 =
seconds...something like that...before get an actual alarm trip.

I seriously doubt you will get the filtering idea to work.

Good exterior dual beam motions cost more than 100 bucks though :-)

Good luck..keep us posted...sounds like a fun project.



"CatMan" <liberaltrash@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> >How are you dealing with; birds, cats, crawly thingies, tree branches =
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> >are heated by the sun, reflections from objects nearby...etc.
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> Thanks for the response Crash. You really hit the nail on the head =
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> presume it is the heat and IR/UV lights that are triggering my =
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> need to state here I am not an alarm professional like you guys. I did =

> install a Caddx NX8E and all wireless door/window sensors and two =
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> have all of it iterfaced to my Stargate. I did all of the programming =
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> but need some help from you guys here. Anyhow, the critters do trigger =
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> PIR's - especially the cats and raccoons.
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> >Instead of dumbing-down stuff that is cheap or not designed for the =
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> >why not buy detectors that are specifically designed for exterior?
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> Again, you are correct it is just that I didn't want to spend 100 =
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> for my outdoor PIR's. I had been looking at pet immune IR/Wireless =
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> but they were too expensive. Therefore, I was trying to do the =
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> thing and try to filter the IR/UV to see if that helps. You know how=20
> hobbiests are? Duct tape, some wire and a glue gun we can get anything =
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> >btw, the Hawkeye says it's indoor only, the EagleEye is outdoor, but =
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> >expect a 25 $ (the EagelEye) pir to perform well outside is being =
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> >optimistic.
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> I mis-typed that with my earlier post. I have the grey outdoor Eagle =
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> PIR's as pictured here: http://www.x10.com/products/x10_ms14a.htm
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> BTW, I used the original MS12A indoor motion sensors outdoors of my =
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> home for about four year and never had a problem with them.
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> Well, I appreciate your inputs here guys, it is quite refreshing to =
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> your experienced minds over tech-knowledge and not bickering and rants =
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> Mr. Bass.  I will still try my UV filter experiment and post the =
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> here. Mind you, I realize this would NEVER be acceptable for the=20
> professional installer so please go easy on me. It's my first time!
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> <kschorz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> > Well yea...the X10 units are the outdoor Hwakeyes and the
> > Visonics...(shhh....ok, probably not outdoor but they are protected
> > from rain and it never gets colder that 30 degrees F here).
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> > None of them have failed in over two years, I just want to dumb them
> > down a little. Kind of like sending children to public schools =
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