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Will pets set off motion sensors/camera?
I just ordered Simplisafe and also am getting the camera as a part of the system. We have a large (70 lb) lab and a cat who are home wandering all day. Will they set off the alarm? Any tricks for this or things I should know as we set up our system? Any advice is very welcomed! Thanks.
general_kaos
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6 years ago
Related note, don't have a vent blowing on the sensor or directly in front of the sensor. Also, if you have direct sunlight heating the room up quickly, it can generate a false alarm.
The Captain will update with more concise guidance and some other tricks, but this will get you started.
UPDATE: also, when you test the motion sensors, wait a couple of minutes after setting the system to test to allow the sensor to stabilize to the room temperature. The sensor detects changes in temp to cause an alarm to sound.
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tgwillard
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healthnicity
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I have a motion detector in the master bedroom where I keep my two chihuahuas while I'm not home. They usually sleep on my queen sized bed in the middle of the room, with an occasional jump off to go in the master bathroom for a bio-break. Even though SimpliSafe says that it doesn't see animals under 25 lbs (my chi's are <7 lbs) it took only a week after I joined when they set off the motion detector which is mounted about 9.5 feet in the corner of a 24 x 24 room.
SimpliSafe suggests and instructs how to mount the motion detector half way down the wall and upside down so that it doesn't 'see' what's under it. Climbing cats can be a whole other picture.
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jeffcompton
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6 years ago
Their documentation states:
Your dogs and cats under 50 lbs won't trigger the alarm. We've designed the sensor to be less
sensitive to motion close to the ground.
Unless 10 pounds is larger than 50 pounds, their statement is simpli not accurate. I will try flipping it upside down as well, but I'm pretty irritated because the police have been to my house twice. Great monitoring, I'm still evaluating equipment.
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captain11
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My current system, SS3, works fine with our approx 10 pound miniature dachshund Stella, who visits often. Six motion sensors on the first floor and all is fine, except in the winter then at night our thermostat cranks down to 60 degrees. Then she sets it off when the sensitivity is set to high. Solution: Move sensitivity to medium, no issues. You may want try adjusting the sensitivity before putting the motion sensors upside down, as I think that leaves too large a gap on the area below the sensor.
Good luck and post your outcome here if you get a chance.
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jdtwig
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6 years ago
The only thing we can think of is the motion sensor is triggered by a mouse or a fly. Not good. It is 5 ft off the floor in the corner of the room. We had the old system and upgraded to the new system and still have the issue with the motion sensor. Will try and turn down the sensitivity but might just end up disabling it. We do have the glass breakage and entry monitors. It is annoying that we cannot use the sensor as advertised.
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davey_d
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You're on the right track that whatever is triggering your Motion Sensor, it would be some sort of heat signature. If you can imagine the heat vision from some action movies; the Motion Sensor would need to see a hotspot large enough to trigger. So it would be unlikely for a very small creature to trigger it, unless it crawled right over the lens.
Since you've actually upgraded to another model of Motion Sensor and still see the same issue, it's also unlikely that the unit itself would have been the problem. So there's definitely something in the room that's causing the trigger.
Hopefully decreasing the sensitivity does the trick. But if you have any more trouble, let us know in this thread and we'll have a Tech Manager reach out to see what else we can do.
Johnny M.
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whoaru99
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But, pulling no punches, the only 100% guarantee is to not use a motion sensor.
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