IntelliSense IS-150 PIR false alarm questions

[MJL]

I have an IntelliSense IS-150 that has had some recent false alarms.
Two questions:

1)Is a bright flash of light from the reflection of the sun as a car
drives by able to trigger a false alarm?

2)The jumper switch (W2) has positions for Normal (3 pulses) and High
(2 pulses)sensitivity, but the IntelliSense document I downloaded for
the IS-150 says there is also a Low (4 pulses) sensitivity setting.
How do I achieve the Low setting? Would it be by removing the jumper
totally? The document fails to explain this.

Any help you could give would be appreciated. I'm tired of paying $85
to the Phoenix Police Department for each false alarm. They're a
great group of officers, but I miss my money.

Thank you.

[Robert L Bass]

1. Absolutely. That's one of the prime reasons not to pint these at a
window.

2. Dunno. But your first move really should be to locate the detector so it
can't get hit by a flash of light. The sun or even car headlights can
sometimes be a problem.

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Robert L Bass

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"MJL" <mjlu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Alarminex]

In article <7fcbd72b.02031...@posting.google.com>,
mjlu...@yahoo.com (MJL) writes:

>Subject: IntelliSense IS-150 PIR false alarm questions
>From: mjlu...@yahoo.com (MJL)
>Date: 18 Mar 2002 10:26:08 -0800

Bright lights flashing and reflected sunlight are primary causes of motion
detector falses.

I'm not familiar with the intellisense line of motion detectors.

Until you straighten out the problem, why don't you call your central station
and put that motion detector zone on special instructions code to notify you
and or someone on you contact list only, instead of dispatching the police.
After you've modified the installation and the unit hasn't falsed for a while,
you can put it back on line. If you've got full perimiter protection it's not
likely that the motion *only* would be set off by an intruder. Additionally,
your control panel may have an "anding" programing feature whereby if only one
device in an "and" group trips, within a certain period of time, it will only
sound the local siren and then reset.
>
>
Jim

Remove the Qzapp to email

After you reach a certain age, there's nothing left to learn the hard way.

[Nomen Nescio]

If you're a DIYer, stop screwing around with it and replace the detector,
preferably with something better. It seems rather obvious to say this, but
I think you'll find the cost of one $85 false alarm charge will more than
pay for a new motion detector. That's one of the reasons they have false
alarm charges.

Assuming there's no blatantly obvious installation error, it really doesn't
matter why the alarm went off. What matters is that you fix it. If your
motion detector has been in for a long time and only recently started
causing problems, then odds are you didn't make a blatantly obvious
installation error. So unless something significant in the environment has
changed recently, your best bet is to replace the motion detector.

Don't think for a second that we pros scientifically diagnose the precise
cause of each and every motion detector false alarm. We don't. We just
fix the problem, any way that works.

- badenov

[Robert L Bass]

Precisely! Every once in a while someone makes a 100% accurate post. This
one qualifies.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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