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Digital Life - motion detection and pets?
We just had digital life installed but they talked me out of the motion detection because we have 3 cats...I've had a security system for 10 years and never had trouble so I found it odd that this brand new thing can't handle the pets...does anyone have the motion and have problems with pets?
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RansZ28
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9 years ago
On the back of the motion sensor you can set it to "heavy". I have a 50lb dog and the motion does not detect her. I am not sure about 3 pets as to if it "see's" multiple moving objects, it might detect them. I would suggest to get the motion and install it with the heavy setting. Have DL put the system in a test mode and see if the motion see's your pets. If so, then you could always return the motion or swap it for another piece of equipment.
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Computer_Joe
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9 years ago
Who talked you out of it, the sales people or the installer.
Usually, if installed correctly, pets and motion detection can coincide peacefully. When the sensors are installed, they should be placed and/or configured to ignore the first 2 to 3 feet above the floor, which should eliminate most all false positives from pets. If your cats are climbers (furniture, walls, counters) there might be some issues though. As well the sensors (or system) should be able to self eliminate most false positives either by the target size or the duration of the detection.
Normally you would use multiple sensor types, like motion detectors, sonic glass breakage detectors, and door/window entry sensors to ensure all areas of your home are covered by some type of detection.
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PumpkinsDaddy
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russ_atlanta
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8 years ago
We have two cats and they keep setting off the motion detector in the foyer. We've already set it to the 50lb setting (comes like that by default). I even took the motion detector out of the original wall mount and pointed it so that it could only see the front door and not the stairway. Still get a false alarm about once a week. So far this has cost me $100 in fines with my local police department's "False Alarm Prevention Program" .
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Todderpa
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7 years ago
My cats set mine off too. Granted, my cats are gigantic but not 50lbs across the two of them.
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skydelph
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1 year ago
For any sensor type after manufacturer installation recommendations are done and the issue with pets is there, adjustments should be done.
This is a way of trials with mount heights and directions, detector sensitivity.
Scenarios to set the trade off between the necessary and unnecessary detection.
Maybe additional detectors might be add as an array.
When my movement detector starts bothering me, I cover it with a sock.
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