Re: remodeling house, need to move sensors

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is one thing to simply "move" a wireless sensor. That is an almost
mindlessly simple thing to do. However there are other things to consider
here. You don't mention the type of construction you have or the distances
involved between transmitter and receiver. If doing this properly one would
perform a wireless placement test on each sensor (including the ones you
don't move due to new construction items blocking signals) to be certain
that the signal is being sent and receive properly. I don't know what kind
of wireless gear ADT uses in your area (others here probably do) but some
form of placement test is proper on any wireless deployment. The FM in
wireless can stand for "funny magic" sometimes. A sensor placed in one area
might have poor performance and the same sensor moved merely a few inches
can have acceptable performance.
Additionally on some brands of wireless gear if you move the sensors all at
once you may start the timers all at once and then have the transmitters
"stepping" on each other's check in signal.
I suggest you find more information about the system you have before perhaps
creating an annoying problem for yourself. If you don't want to pay full
fare, perhaps you could find a parts house in your area and find an
installer there to do it after hours for less than normal rates. You might
get lucky and have no problems if you do it yourself, but there is more than
an outside chance that you may have some issues if you simply move the
transmitters without testing first.


"onedayatatime" <shaaksma@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1172336584.165808.264300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm in the process of remodeling home, replacing doors,
> windows.......I have an ADT wirelss system and need to relocate teh
> sensors to the new doors but don't want to pay the service fee of
> professional.  When i try to move the sensor the alarm activates and i
> get a phine call from monitoring.  Can anyone give me the info on how
> to move these things?
> Thanks in advance for any help
>