The typical inside PIR uses only 4 wires. 2 for power and 2 for the PIR (NC/NO) and 22/4 wire.
That said many PIR's have tamper switches and my outdoor Optex PIRs also have day night switches.
It is up to you what it is you want to connect and what wires you want to bring over to the PIR.
For my outdoor Optex here used catXX for 8 wires. That said for the rest of the PIRs only used 22/4 alarm cable.
I also EOL terminated all of stuff here at the termination points using solder and heat shrink tubing. (my panel does have the auto option of EOL per zone but it is all or nothing).
My garage door switches had connectivity for NC and NO. I used both for my stuff - 4 wires. My flood sensors used 22/4 as they were 12VDC powered plus had NC/NO switches.
Inside of the garage was wired with multiple sensors including PIRs / door sensors / cctv. (more for tinkering than anything else).
BTW it all depends too on what you have available on the hardware. Old alarm panels had only a few zones connectivity so many times loops were done up for an entire room of switches (windows, doors in one room were just one zone or area). My base here started with 16 zones and I expanded it to 32 with one 16 zone expansion board, then another 16 for 48 zones and wired each sensor to the panel. I mentioned about Optex and using three NC/NO switches which go to three autonomous zones such that one outdoor PIR is really three zones of switches. Too with the alarm panel you can create area triggers using multiple zones et al type of stuff. Note this is all based in the firmware of the OmniPro 2. IE: mix this stuff up with the lighting triggers too. Follow me lighting in the house type of stuff. Then mix in Homeseer software and you can use all of the hardware and add HS variables with different controllers to do more. Many years ago would utilize PIRs to turn on the touchscreens when entering a room type of stuff.
That said many PIR's have tamper switches and my outdoor Optex PIRs also have day night switches.
It is up to you what it is you want to connect and what wires you want to bring over to the PIR.
For my outdoor Optex here used catXX for 8 wires. That said for the rest of the PIRs only used 22/4 alarm cable.
I also EOL terminated all of stuff here at the termination points using solder and heat shrink tubing. (my panel does have the auto option of EOL per zone but it is all or nothing).
My garage door switches had connectivity for NC and NO. I used both for my stuff - 4 wires. My flood sensors used 22/4 as they were 12VDC powered plus had NC/NO switches.
Inside of the garage was wired with multiple sensors including PIRs / door sensors / cctv. (more for tinkering than anything else).
BTW it all depends too on what you have available on the hardware. Old alarm panels had only a few zones connectivity so many times loops were done up for an entire room of switches (windows, doors in one room were just one zone or area). My base here started with 16 zones and I expanded it to 32 with one 16 zone expansion board, then another 16 for 48 zones and wired each sensor to the panel. I mentioned about Optex and using three NC/NO switches which go to three autonomous zones such that one outdoor PIR is really three zones of switches. Too with the alarm panel you can create area triggers using multiple zones et al type of stuff. Note this is all based in the firmware of the OmniPro 2. IE: mix this stuff up with the lighting triggers too. Follow me lighting in the house type of stuff. Then mix in Homeseer software and you can use all of the hardware and add HS variables with different controllers to do more. Many years ago would utilize PIRs to turn on the touchscreens when entering a room type of stuff.
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