On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:09:23 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

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

Only partly. Presumably, the alarm went off when the burglar entered
the door.

like there was nothing else they could do.

What do you expect from a company that does free installaiton, iiuc?


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?

Aim the sensors high enough that the pets don't trigger them. If it's
the stairs, turn the sensor sideways away from the stairs. If you
have to alarm the stairs they sell flat things that go under the
carpeting, although that requires running a wire.

This is not to say that one can always succeed. I wanted to alarm my
bedroom window, even when the window was open. So the alarm would go
off when a burglar started to come in. Unfortunately the occasional
wind would blow the curtains and that would set off the alarm. I got
a dual tech sensor, that was both infra red and ultra sonic, and
requited both to trigger, and it would go off in the wind too. I was
supposed to put weights on the curtain, so the wind wouldn't make it
flap, but I forgot. It's good to know I was senile 20 years ago also.

And I'm an amateur, having only done one house, the one I'm in. Maybe
a pro could have made it work the way I wanted it. I still leave the
window open all spring summer and most of fall. 25 years and no one
has come in.

Thanks for bringing that up.


Another trick which helps combat my age related CRS* is to put my car
keys in our office fridge when I leave some food there I want to bring
home with me at the end of the workday. No wsy will I leave the parking
lot without that food.

May I borrow your car? The keys are in the fridge, right?

Jeff