Re: Dog Door Security - Please Help

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your doggie door didn't come with the aluminum slide that you use to =
close it when not in use? That's what I usually contact...not the moving =
flapper door.



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| Frank Olson wrote:
| > Check to see what's on the *inside* of the wall you're thinking of =
mounting
| > your Optex VX-402R.  Is there another hard-wired PIR in the =
vicinity??  How
| > about an electrical outlet??  You mentioned that you had no power =
where you
| > were thinking of mounting the sensor.  Have another "look-see" and =
determine
| > whether-or-not you can obtain the coverage you need if you moved it =
closer
| > to an adjacent interior device or outlet.  Don't limit your "vision" =
to just
| > the lower floor either.  If there's something on the second floor =
you can
| > exploit, go for it.
| >
| > Personally, I would secure your pet door for the evening (and =
contact it so
| > that when you arm your system, you're arming the door).  IMO that =
would be
| > better than using a motion detector which will pick up all sorts of
| > extraneous movement (like bushes and trees blowing in the wind, =
other
| > animals, or even people).  Keep the protection *on the door* and =
you'll have
| > far less headaches (and probably sleep better too).
| >
| > The alternative is to simply contact the pet door using your 5816 =
and have
| > it beep, chime, or turn on the lights (instead of the motion =
detector).  I
| > guarantee that you'll opt to secure the door after a few "incidents" =
and you
| > won't be out the price of the Optex unit if you decide to "scrap" =
that idea.
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| I just realized that contacting the door is out anyhow because during
| the winter months the wind can really pick up and blow the door flap
| open and shut.
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| I just read the description of the Optex outdoor motion sensor.  It
| seems like it might have reasonable immunity to trees in the wind.  It
| emits one beam horizontally and another down toward the ground...  A
| person of normal height who passes by will break both beams and set it
| off, however a dog will only break the lower beam and not set it off.
| It seems unlikely that my trees and bushes are going to be breaking
| both beams.  However I guess if plants low to the ground are swaying
| and trees higher up are also swaying, that could do it.
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| Hmm.
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