On Oct 24, 3:51*pm, RickH wrote:
On Oct 24, 2:34*pm, Chris wrote:





I have had a Slomin's security system in my home for a few years and
have been satisfied. However, my fiancee just moved in with her three
cats. Now the motion sensor goes off when they use the stairway (at
least.. that's what I have witnessed for right now.. who knows where
else they will trip it off..)

I called Slomins and they just said disarm the motion sensor.. Well..
that defeates the purpose of home security, doesn't it? They acted
like there was nothing else they could do.

I read about Intelligent Pet Sensors, that are able to tell the
difference between an animal or a burgler.. However, that's all sales-
pitch. I have also read stuff from people saying they are a big
disappointment.

What do people with pets do in the case of having a home security
system.. Do they just not use motion sensors and use window and door
sensors?

You need to replace the sensors with narrow vertical beam sensors (or
sensors with adjustable vertical spread) and aim them better. *I have
several sensors like this and we have a dog that never sets them off.
The trick is to aim them vertically so that all motion underneath is
ignored, so only people set it off. *Stairs are tricky if your current
sensor is at the staircase bottom, you may have to set the aim so that
only the top stair is covered but at a height taller than a cat. *This
will still allow the cat to ascend the staircase but a human being
would set it off at the top. *Or install a dedicated sensor for just
the stairs and aim it down the staircase from the top taller than the
damn cats, (your alarm panel should have some spare inputs). *And re-
point the old bottom staircase sensor into the room away from the
staircase. *Sorry to hear your future wife has cats, but thats the way
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