I have a BBA-2500 (this is a BBT-2500 3 IR beam solar powered sensors + a DCR-2500 recevier) across my driveway and the receiver is inside my home on a wall that faces the IR sensor RF unit which is about 150' away.
Supposedly the range of the BBT-2500 is 1/2mi.
But I'm not getting reliable triggers.
Most of the time it works - maybe 80%.
Doesn't seem to matter what the weather is or if it's day or night.
When I first setup the system it was more like 50% but I suspect that the batteries needed a little charging in the sun for a couple of days.
I have an everspring door sensor connected to it to convert to ZWave to report to HS. That part is reliable.
The chime is right next to my desk which overlooks the driveway so I can see when someone comes/goes and most of the time the BBT-2500 chimes. But not all the time.
Is there any recommended method of testing the RF range?
Is there an orientation of the unit (either end) that works better than another?
I have the back of the DCR-2500 receiver screwed to a wall that is perpendicular to the sensors and the solar cell is facing away from the house. The DCR-2550 manual recommends horizontal mounting as I have it.
There are only a few thin branches of vegitation between the BBT-2500 and the CSR-2500 receiver so other than the wall of the house it's line-of-sight.
At some point I figure I'll do some trial and error but now that its winter I really don't want to stand out in the cold and keep passing my hand thru the beams.
Overall I like the product a lot. It does not false-detect at all. I just need to get the RF a bit more reliable and then I'd give it 5 stars!
High WAF factor too.
So if anyone knows any tricks to getting the RF to be reliable - please post!
Supposedly the range of the BBT-2500 is 1/2mi.
But I'm not getting reliable triggers.
Most of the time it works - maybe 80%.
Doesn't seem to matter what the weather is or if it's day or night.
When I first setup the system it was more like 50% but I suspect that the batteries needed a little charging in the sun for a couple of days.
I have an everspring door sensor connected to it to convert to ZWave to report to HS. That part is reliable.
The chime is right next to my desk which overlooks the driveway so I can see when someone comes/goes and most of the time the BBT-2500 chimes. But not all the time.
Is there any recommended method of testing the RF range?
Is there an orientation of the unit (either end) that works better than another?
I have the back of the DCR-2500 receiver screwed to a wall that is perpendicular to the sensors and the solar cell is facing away from the house. The DCR-2550 manual recommends horizontal mounting as I have it.
There are only a few thin branches of vegitation between the BBT-2500 and the CSR-2500 receiver so other than the wall of the house it's line-of-sight.
At some point I figure I'll do some trial and error but now that its winter I really don't want to stand out in the cold and keep passing my hand thru the beams.
Overall I like the product a lot. It does not false-detect at all. I just need to get the RF a bit more reliable and then I'd give it 5 stars!
High WAF factor too.
So if anyone knows any tricks to getting the RF to be reliable - please post!
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