Two “2GIG-PIR1-345” sensors barely pick up any motion.
I tried various settings: high / low, 33lb / 55lb. during day light, during night. with lights on, with lights off…
I have two of them: one works only after I walk around for about two minutes all over the room. Another one works only “sometimes” (quite rarely) at the times I could not yet reproduce easily.
They are both installed at 7 feet in the corner.
What can fix it? I doubt that 2GIG motion sensors plainly don’t work, so it could be something simple I am overlooking, such as bad batteries (but you guys just shipped these to me).
2GIG PIR1-345 (and any battery operated image sensor) uses a power save feature to keep from draining the batteries too quickly. There is roughly a 3 minute delay between local activation where the PIR resets after an activation and registers the background thermal image.
Continued movement in the range of the detector will often prevent it from resetting, so counter-intuitively, the more you try to set it off the less likely you will.
In order to properly test a real scenario, arm the system “Away,” stay out of the motion detector view for at least 3 minutes, then walk into range to test.
You can also use the Sensor Test option on the control panel, but this will also require waiting 3 minutes out of view, and if using a GC3, we’ve noticed some inconsistencies with the Sensor Test that need to be addressed by firmware.
Should I call a central station to put the device in test mode?
You can place all signals in test mode at any time, then later take the account off test by calling back in. Yes, you should make sure the account is on test before setting off alarm signals as a test.
Should I disable the sounder, or the siren will not go off right away, and I will have time to disarm the panel?
Motion detectors set as interior follower will trip the siren immediately once triggered. Disabling the sounder is up to you, there is no other operational impact to disabling it.
Yes it did helped. Orientation was ok, but the height was around 6 feet - it was my attempt to stay under 3 hanging lights. I also noticed big changes between 7 and 9 feet. Basically, you need to play around with locating motion sensors and stay within guidelines.
Question? is there a motion sensor that shoots across 55 feet of open space? Trying to cover living room, dinning room and kitchen with the least amount of sensors.
There typically won’t be wireless detectors with that sort of range, (none that I know of anyway) but you could use a wired externally powered one along with a DW10 as a wireless transmitter.
Something like the IS2560 might work. Keep in mind typically none of the wider range detectors will have pet immunity.