Driveway Sensor

[me2]

I have a wireless driveway motion detector but it is totally unreliable. Thinking about installing the buried probe type of sensor. I am wondering if I can just use a probe, without any control, hooked to my ELK? It looks like all I would have to do is provide 12 volts to the probe and hook its contact wires to a zone. Anyone try this?

 

[alarmguy]

Hi

What type of probe are you looking at. We use the Sure Action line of products and they MUST be used with a Processor. I use the directional P8000 probe with the 212 Processor on my Elk M1G and do tons of neat things such as, lights, messages, timers.

 

[ASIHome]

I have a wireless driveway motion detector but it is totally unreliable. Thinking about installing the buried probe type of sensor. I am wondering if I can just use a probe, without any control, hooked to my ELK? It looks like all I would have to do is provide 12 volts to the probe and hook its contact wires to a zone. Anyone try this?

The Cartell/Preffered Technologies probes that we carry are offered in 2 versions. Ones that can be hooked to a processor and ones that do not need to be. The CP2 series of self contained probes do not need a processor and are available from 0 to 500 ft. Standard sizes are 100, 200, 300 and 500. You supply voltage and it gives you back contact closure.

 

[CDC]

Me2, what kind of motion do you have? We have used the Optex TDU1000 (I think). We have found that they don't work as well in, direct sunlight, or in the rain. Mounting the xmitter in the shade of a large tree solved the reliability issues we were having with ours. Also, the ones we have installed that don't push the distance limits work better. You should also consider what kind of metallic interferance there may be inthe line of site between the Xmit & the rcvr. (wires, plumbing and such). We have also used several of the Cartell probes (versions with the controller) with good results. Good luck.
CDC

 

[upstatemike]

Don't these probes work on the same principal as the buried ones (withouth having to be buried)?

 

[me2]

Me2, what kind of motion do you have? We have used the Optex TDU1000 (I think). We have found that they don't work as well in, direct sunlight, or in the rain. Mounting the xmitter in the shade of a large tree solved the reliability issues we were having with ours. Also, the ones we have installed that don't push the distance limits work better. You should also consider what kind of metallic interferance there may be inthe line of site between the Xmit & the rcvr. (wires, plumbing and such). We have also used several of the Cartell probes (versions with the controller) with good results. Good luck.
CDC

I am using a "Reporter Wireless Driveway Alert System". The sensor and receiver are within 100' of each other. I have moved the sensor 3 times trying to optimize it without a lot of results. It never detects cars that are cold, leaving the driveway. Its detection of in coming vechiles is about 80 % (a guesstamit).