Re: Problem with Visonic K9-80

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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?

How have you set switch SW-1?  If it is "Off" the detector will respond to the first motion it detects.  If it's set to "On" the
detector will only respond to two sequential motion events.  This is to prevent false alarms though it can sometimes render the
detector disabled if the location is wrong for it.

Double check and try it again.  If you still have trouble it might just be a bad unit.  That detector is usually reliable but it's
possible you got a bad one.  If so, your dealer should replace it for you.  If they won't, give me a call and I'll arrange for
warranty service.  There's no charge for that.  You just have to send it in.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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