Re: Problem with Visonic K9-80

["Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> Hello,
>
> I purchased and installed the Visonic K9-80 based on recommendations
> that I found in this forum. However, I am having problems with it in
> that it appears to not go off when it should. I can often walk right
> down the middle of the room right across it's field of view and it
> will not go off. Other times it will. Once, I had a person and 2 dogs
> walk in front of the detector and it didn't go off. I can not find any
> pattern for when it detects me and when it does not. I believe the
> coverage left to right is fine because when I'm higher up on the
> stairs all the way to the side of the room it always picks me up. The
> detector is mounted 8 feet off the ground (floor to bottom of
> detector) in the corner of the room. The sensitivity is set to 2
> (middle). I have the vertical adjustment set to 8 feet. The only thing
> that comes to mind is that somehow the verticle adjustment is wrong
> and it thinks that I am below 3 feet and is ignoring me. But I did
> adjust the verticle adjustment as outlined in the manual. Any
> suggestions or could this just be a dud?
>
> Thanks!
>

Hi what you dont seem to know is that this pir will not detect motion all
the time,this is to preserve battery life...

the detector will go in a sleep mode after detecting a motion for a small
period of time usualy for 3 to 5 minute ,during that period you will notice
no reaction from the pir...