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  A bit of an older topic but I'm just seeing it now.   I know for a fact that drilling a Pella window anywhere will void the warranty. I install Pella windows almost exclusively these days and my rep told me in no uncertain terms that it's a no-no and that sensors have to be surface mounted. I...

I have an Optex outdoor sensor but I imagine that cars going by would trigger it. I live on a fairly busy road and my front yard is pretty small. Maybe you can configure the distance of the sensitivity?

Those things look pricey. For that kind of cash I could probably just plant a fence. But fences are also expensive! One 8' section of fence costs something on the order of $130. I'm poor. I got a camera and am experimenting with Blue Iris. The motion detection is garbage. Either that or I have...

I'm not afraid of them. Really they have no idea what they're getting themselves into when they do this silly mean stuff. They have spent their entire lives in this peaceful "happy valley" and don't understand the repercussions that come from such behavior. I didn't call the police the last time...

My current pup is a Border Collie mix as well. If I don't find him a job he will find one for himself! Probably emptying the cabinets or some such.   I see three problems with dogs for this purpose.   Problem the first: They aren't infallible. Often, when the windows are closed, he doesn't hear...

    Like a pittbull terrier? ^_^   I am a dog person. Always have been. My dog and I are competing for obedience. When I was in the getting a new dog stage a few years ago it came down to something I could weaponize and do the Schutzhund training with or another herding dog. I have young...

The woman across the street has two little dogs that nearly blow a gasket any time someone gets near the house. I want to punt those things. I'd rather have someone burn my house down. While I was asleep. In the house.

Thanks Pete.   I'd like to add that my neighbors on the left are gossiping, mean, slack jawed troglodytes and they have been very threatening to me. When I have a fire in my back yard fireplace they occasionally call the fire department (who shows up and then apologizes for wasting my time). A...

I have the Dakota Alerts buried in the ground probe. My driveway is too short and the road I'm on too busy for it to work. It would trigger occasionally when a big truck drove by. If I turned the sensitivity down enough so that wouldn't happen it wouldn't reliably detect cars. I have an Optex...

I need to be able to detect either a car or a human crossing the perimeter of my front yard. I'm toying with the idea of the Dakota Alerts break beam sensors. I'm thinking about having two sensors mounted at the front left of my yard, one straight back along the left property line and one...

Hello all. I'm new around these parts.   I have a question about controlling a media player via http commands. I currently use WinAmp for playing music. I don't rely on play lists. I always make them on the fly depending on what I want to listen to. So that needs to be considered if anyone is...