Re: [misterhouse-users] Hawkeye motiondetectors...

[Evan G. <ev...@mn...>]

On 7 Jun 2001, at 23:11, Don Flanders wrote:
> If I open up the battery compartment and press the on button I hear a click
> from the transciever and if I press the off button I also hear a click -
> each is accompanied by a flash from the motion detector.  If I cover the
> detector with my hand and then about 10 seconds later remove it, the light
> on A2 comes on and I see the red light flash again.  But I never see it
> flash, or hear a click without some sort of manual method.

I have a number of MR13A's that were set up near the edge of their 
transmission range.  I found that the range for a manual button 
press was actually greater than for a motion triggered event.  I don't 
have any explaination for this behavior but I had the same trouble 
on several (but not all) of my units.  The first thing that I would try is 
to make sure that your transceiver is well inside the transmission 
range of the MR13A.  I have also found that range is affected by 
the MR13A's orientation and proximity to metal doors.

Evan