Re: Concord Express Siren Time-Out

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sir, I haven't followed this thread at all, so my comments below might be a
repeat of what other have told you already. If so, please excuse the
repetition.

Accounting for pets in the home can sometimes be a major challenge. However,
I have found that you can accomodate for them if you follow certain rules.
Choose a device which is noted for very high pet rating..ie: will handle
pets up to 75 lbs and sometimes even up to 100 lbs, and set them for their
least sensitive rating. Positioning is very important. Don't position them
where they can "look" at stairs, seeing an animal going quickly up those
stairs. Make absolutely certain that no furniture is positioned where a cat
can climb within six measured feet of the device, since this will likely
overpower the device.

I've also found that if a dog has short hair, and his weight is near the
weight limit of the motion, you can run into trouble. Long hair seems to
present less of a hard visible "definition" of the animal versus short hair,
so bear that in mind if the dog is near the weight limit of the motion.

Generally, when I install a system, I put the pet motions on a temporary
test status. The Central Station has clear instructions in writing that they
are not to dispatch on a single motion alarm alone for two to three weeks;
simply call dealer and client, and they are aware we are "trialing" those
pet motions. Any other combination of alarms is to be handled as per normal
procedures. After a couple of weeks of this, you can be reasonably sure that
things will work out from there.

You might try contacting ADT to see if they can provide you this
alternative. There is more information on my website under "pet motions"

R.H.Campbell
Home Security Metal Products
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.homemetal.com

> <orko.sines@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1136986932.066878.279070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Thank you Crash & Robert for the advice.  Robert, that is a very good
>> suggestion to find out what my current setting is.  This last time the
>> alarm was tripped due to the motions being set off (we usually arm the
>> system without them, but the wife set it to away mode yesterday) I was
>> worried about how long the siren blared while I was rushing back from
>> work.  I was sure I would find at least one of my 14 year old dogs dead
>> from a heart attack when I got home 35 minutes after ADT reported it
>> was tripped.  It's good to know that they may have only been howling
>> for 4-6 minutes ;-)
>>
>> Getting motions to work with pets is another matter altogether, and I'm
>> tempted to just rip them out until we're a "petless" home... Hey, maybe
>> the wife was trying to make us a petless home yesterday...!
>>
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