Re: ESP "Infinite" Wireless Security Alarm

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats kinda the way most of the wireless pirs work, the walk test led only
works when in walk-test and not during actual operation, this is to save
battery life. Same for the alarm signal they usually will send one signal to
the panel every few minutes, not every time it sees movement....same
thing...save battery life.


"John" <wedontwant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Just bought one of these alarm systems. I want to use it purely and simply
| as a burglar alarm, ie, no GSM, no "Central Station" monitoring and no X10
| Home Automation.
|
| The kit came with 3 wireless PIRs and none of them seem to detect
movement.
| Each PIR has a jumper that can be set to "walk test" mode and there's a
red
| LED that should come on when movement is detected. About every 4 minutes
the
| LED flashes twice as the PIR sends an "I'm alive and here" signal back to
| the control unit but it just doesn't light up when you move.
|
| The control unit is in the hallway with the zone 1 PIR mounted above it
and
| the unit reports Zone 1 PIR as signal strength 9, status OK. Zones 2 & 3
| PIRs are reported as signal strength 7, status OK.
|
| As I said, none of the PIRs do anything except their 4-minute "check-in"
| with the control unit. Seems strange that all 3 should be faulty but
that's
| what it looks like, unless anyone here can put me right.
|
| Actually, to be more precise, I have the system set to "chime" when a
| detector
| triggers until I get it all installed properly and while I was typing out
| this message  the hallway detector was triggered twice. It seems that the
| detectors *will* detect movement, but only *once* in the 4-minute period
| between "check-in" signals.
|
| Any ideas anyone?
|
| Cheers,
|
| John.
|
|
|