Re: Range of keyfob

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The range of wireless transmitters can depend on many factors. The
manufacturer is one factor. If maximum range is a concern then inovonics
http://www.inovonics.com/security.aspx is the gear that wins there. In your
application it doesn't seem like range is the deciding factor. If you're in
Europe you might want to look at this
http://www.boschsecurity.co.uk/content/language1/html/730_ENU_XHTML.asp as
well as the Visonic.


"Wim J" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:r00uv4-i14.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I am considering a wireless alarmsystem for my home.
> At this moment I am in the process of designing my
> system based on the Visonic Powermax Pro.
> (That will be on the market soon)
> I want to operate my system with keyfobs.
> I prefer not to use delayed zones in my house,
> so I want to use the keyfob when I am outside
> my home to arm and disarm the system.
>
> Can anyone tell something about the range
> of keyfobs? Will it work for disarm and arm
> when outside? Total distance between fob and centrale
> will be 5-8 meter, depending on location where I
> put system. No concrete wall between fob and system.
>
>
> Wim
>
>
> P.S. The keyfob I have in mind is the MCT-237. Thats
> a two-way keyfob which will display status results
> from system, so feedback about successfull arming
> is present.