Re: Garage Protection with Pets

[Foo Bar <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Crash;

Thanks much for the fast reply. I had missed the cross-zone stuff since
it was in the zone list, not zone type.
One question comes up, I am adding 2 PIR/WW sensors (zones x and y) that
will go into zone list 4 (cross zones) The manual indicates that the x
and y zones must be type 3, 4 or 5 (perimeter burglary, interior
follower or day trouble/nitght alarm)
Since we go into the garage when the alarm is armed stay, modes 3 and 5
don't work as we would trigger the alarm. Mode 4 works, but would cause
an instant alarm if armed away. Mode 10 (interior with delay) is my
preferred mode but I don't know if it would work (problem with
conflicting timers). Any suggestions?

Thanks;

                    -Bill-


Crash Gordon® wrote:

> Ok...never done it on Vista stuff... so..bear with me,,
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> *85 field is where you set the cross-zone timer
> *81 is where you set up the Zone List...it looks like List 4 is where you set the zones to be cross-zoned.
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> Read the *Install* Manual you should be able to figure it out from there.
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> "Foo Bar" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:LxLse.3677$NU5.1068@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>Hi Crash;
>>
>>I did a quick scan of the manual and didn't see any zone type that that
>>used 2 triggers to alarm, but my reading wasn't real complete. I suppose
>>I could put in 2 detectors in a NO loop to effectively AND the signals.
>>The downside is the on time of about 3 seconds would require the
>>detectee to move through both detectors at about the same time. Thanks
>>for the idea, I will look into using a small microprocessor to do what
>>you suggest to combine multiple sensors with a time window.
>>
>>                          -Bill-
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>>Crash Gordon® wrote:
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>>>I believe the 20P can use cross-zoning, although I've never done it with this particular panel. You install 2 motion detectors in one area, then program them as cross-zoned with each other. A trip on one will not cause an alarm unless the other one also trips within a certain time frame (usually programmable in the panel). Then with a little creative pir placement you're all set.
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>>>"Foo Bar" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:JbIse.3590$NU5.2790@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>Another newbie question here.
>>>>
>>>>House is a combo wired/wireless with an Ademco 20P panel. I have a
>>>>problem protecting the attached 2 car garage. The main garage door, the
>>>>door to the house and the back door are mag contact protected. The
>>>>problem is that we have cats and sometimes want to bypass the back door
>>>>to let them go in/out while away for a short time. Thus I need some sort
>>>>of "space" protection to pick up someone who may enter via the
>>>>bypassed/open back door. I first tried an Aurora PIR mounted just below
>>>>the open rafters. Unfortunately, with small cats, if they climb into the
>>>>rafters, they are close (and hot) enough to simulate a 40lb critter. I
>>>>pulled the Ademco and replaced it with a microwave/PIR combo unit. Much
>>>>better but still managed to false once. I guess I could be very careful
>>>>in locating the PIR and masking out the usual location that the cats
>>>>might be in, but I am hoping one of the pros can suggest a more
>>>>cat-proof volume protection sensor.
>>>>
>>>>        -Bill-
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