Guys, I have a darn problem in my home and this only happened just days ago. I have a section of my home where I can not register motion sensors. I had one working some time ago but then I noticed that a certain sensor was not deactivating. So I proceed to swap the sensor w/ a none working one but still I dont receive its signal. If I move the sensor closer to the antenna it works but not from a range of around 15'. I have moved the antenna from its place but w/no effect. what else can I do??
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Check out the "Boosting RF Signals" link on this page:
http://davehouston.net/
You may have some luck increasing the transmit range of "trouble" X10 devices by attaching an 18 1/8" piece of wire (1/2 wave for 310MHz) to the MS case, creating a passive repeater. I tried this with some DS10As and it does seem to make a difference.
In my case the DS10As will be hidden under cabinets or behind toilets, serving as leak detectors, so the wire hanging off the DS10A isn't an eyesore.
Don
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Originally posted by dschoppe View PostCheck out the "Boosting RF Signals" link on this page:
http://davehouston.net/
You may have some luck increasing the transmit range of "trouble" X10 devices by attaching an 18 1/8" piece of wire (1/2 wave for 310MHz) to the MS case, creating a passive repeater. I tried this with some DS10As and it does seem to make a difference.
In my case the DS10As will be hidden under cabinets or behind toilets, serving as leak detectors, so the wire hanging off the DS10A isn't an eyesore.
Don
Hello Don
thanks for the info, but Iam kind of confussed with the information on the site thats says:
Our passive repeater consists of a single piece of 5/64" steel wire cut to 1/2 wavelength (about 18.25" at 310MHz - see NOTE below) affixed to the top of the transmitter housing.
When it says cut to a 1/2 wavelength, does it mean you have to curl it??
do you by any chance have a pic of yours so I can relate?
How did you attach your to the device?
Hector
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Originally posted by Rotech View PostHello Don
thanks for the info, but Iam kind of confussed with the information on the site thats says:
Our passive repeater consists of a single piece of 5/64" steel wire cut to 1/2 wavelength (about 18.25" at 310MHz - see NOTE below) affixed to the top of the transmitter housing.
When it says cut to a 1/2 wavelength, does it mean you have to curl it??
do you by any chance have a pic of yours so I can relate?
How did you attach your to the device?
don't let the techno jargon confuse you, the length is 18.25 inches as it states. It should be straight as well.
but have you tried a better antenna with your w800? the radio shack 20-176
antenna works great.
btw: are you using rechargable batteries? they don't provide the same voltage, and thus could cause a weaker signal.Mark
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Hector:
as stated above your first option is to improve the antenna on the w800, when I used the w800 I had similar issues to you which were solved by changing the atenna to something like this >> http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...icial%26sa%3DN
Thats is ONLY an idea of what they look like.
The VERY INTERESTING thing I find is Bert from RFXcom used to supply a really neat ground plane antenna with his units but I now see he has changed them to single ones... I will ask him why.
Anyway, TRY a different antenna, make one if you have to.. you will be surprised!!
TrOjAn
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Originally posted by mnsandler View PostRotech,
don't let the techno jargon confuse you, the length is 18.25 inches as it states. It should be straight as well.
but have you tried a better antenna with your w800? the radio shack 20-176
antenna works great.
btw: are you using rechargable batteries? they don't provide the same voltage, and thus could cause a weaker signal.
Here's a site to calculate wavelength based on frequency (in this case 310MHz): http://www.crompton.com/wa3dsp/hamradio/antcalc.htmlLast edited by dschoppe; December 23, 2008, 12:33 PM.
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Originally posted by mnsandler View PostRotech,
don't let the techno jargon confuse you, the length is 18.25 inches as it states. It should be straight as well.
but have you tried a better antenna with your w800? the radio shack 20-176
antenna works great.
btw: are you using rechargable batteries? they don't provide the same voltage, and thus could cause a weaker signal.Hector
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Win.2003 OS, HS3
BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
AP800,Honeywell Stat
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Originally posted by Rotech View PostDo you know the overall length of the anntenna? Is it big? I saw the pic for the item and it looks kind of big. I have to locate antenna in a closet or if push comes to shove it will have to be outside and I dont no if it will work outside ,having all my sensors inside..Originally posted by mnsandlerthe length is 18.25 inches as it states
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Originally posted by Rotech View PostDo you know the overall length of the anntenna? Is it big? I saw the pic for the item and it looks kind of big. I have to locate antenna in a closet or if push comes to shove it will have to be outside and I dont no if it will work outside ,having all my sensors inside..Mark
HS3 Pro 4.2.19.5
Hardware: Insteon Serial PLM | AD2USB for Vista Alarm | HAI Omnistat2 | 1-Wire HA7E | RFXrec433 | Dahua Cameras | LiftMaster Internet Gateway | Tuya Smart Plugs
Plugins: Insteon (mine) | Vista Alarm (mine) | Omnistat 3 | Ultra1Wire3 | RFXCOM | HS MyQ | BLRadar | BLDenon | Tuya | Jon00 Charting | Jon00 Links
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Originally posted by Rotech View PostDo you know the overall length of the anntenna? Is it big? I saw the pic for the item and it looks kind of big. I have to locate antenna in a closet or if push comes to shove it will have to be outside and I dont no if it will work outside ,having all my sensors inside..Hector
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Win.2003 OS, HS3
BLDSC,BLstat,BLRadar,BLRamdom,BLOccupied
BLups,BLrain8,HSTouch,Ultrajones Weatherbug,
MyTrigger,ACRF2,W800,Zwave
AP800,Honeywell Stat
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