Re: Datalogger to Test False Alarms on Sensor

["Frank Olson" <Please-use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Will" <DELETE_westes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Of course, but doesn't that mean running separate wires to the two
> sensors?
> The run is about 200 feet on a warehouse ceiling.   I was looking for a
> fast
> and dirty way to monitor the potentially defective sensor without
> resorting
> to a long wiring job.


Robert doesn't understand what you wish to accomplish.  The negatives on
this panel are "common".  You can (with a little rewiring) run two sensors
off the same quad.  To do this, take the negative power lead at the motion
sensors and wire it to the switch commons on each PIR.  Remove the zone wire
you have terminated for "common" inside the control (or zone expander), and
wire it to an unused zone terminal.  Program the old sensor into an unused
partition as a non-reporting zone.  Program the new sensor on the formerly
unused zone as a normal burg zone.  The panel will now "track" both sensors
in the event buffer which you can download once a week or so.  Now, if
you're having a wiring related problem (that's causing the old sensor to
false), you're going to wind up with *both* sensors experiencing the same
problem at almost the same time.  You may be looking at running a new wire
out there in that instance.  Good luck!!!