Will this detect people hanging out in a park at a specific spot about 200' from my home?
1280344
It detects pretty far out, I have animals 30' away in a pasture and it will often pick their movement up. I don't know about 200' away, would be better if you could mount it closer to the activity. Also, it doesn't pick up 'wide angle' but only straight out in front of the detector. The 1/2 mile transmit claim is valid though!
1280345
Hello, I haven't tryed the detector at that range but I have mine set about 35 feet off my driveway and it picks up people about half the time. When it's cold outside the decetor doesn't work as well. At 200 feet I don't think it would work for you. Hope this helps you out.
1280346
I think the beam will only shoot out about 30 feet to detect something. Ours is transmitting 700 feet at our house with no problems at all.
1280347
I believe so. We have our unit positioned far from our house along a lengthy driveway and it detects someone walking by or animal (deer) movement.
1280348
I think it would, but you may want to contact Dakota Alert directly with the specific questions/concerns you may have ... their customer service is very helpful.The customer service rep told me the unit doesn't pick up things like falling tree limbs. He said warmth has to be associated with the motion ... like the warm body of a moving person or animal.I would say the unit picks up on a narrow range of motion... the object has to pass directly in front of the unit. (A red light goes on when it detects motion.)
1280349
It may detect more then just people, like trees or bushes, any movement can set it off.
1104200
I would think so as when testing this device around my home it detected my cameras in various places of my home and detected a camera that was just on the other side of a wall in another room. The closer you get to something the stronger the alert is that comes from the device. It has worked well for me so far.
1212374
yes, as long as you have the sensor and the locator and you have it set up.
1198092
I believe so, since the receiver has a "code matching" function.FYI: the 1000 foot range is highly exaggerated. I couldn't get one to work at 100 feet with only one wall between the receiver and the remote button.
114155
Yes but I do not recomend buying do to the large number of false alarms even after adjusting to the lowest sensitivity. Do not buy this detector for outdoor or driveway alarm.
72841
You can. It will detect movement but the setup is difficult. I'm still hit-or-miss with the settings on mine. The instructions are very limited as to what each option you setup in the software.
1562694
Oh yes !! It will even detect squirrels and other wildlife, so placement of the sensing unit is important or you'll get a number of false alarms. I should also say I live in a very rural area, so wildlife may not be a problem for most people.
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I have caught the signal from the park, which was 100m away, and I lived on 5th floor, so i assume that wont be a problem.
475050
I would not expect it to. The Amazon site claims "Motion detecting range 40 ft Operating range up to 800 ft" Can you place the sensor within the 40 ft of the mailbox? I would expect yes and it would definetly sense the car. However you want the receiver 300 yards away. I believe that would be 900 ft which is 100 feet beyond an ideal case line-of-sight no obstruction situation which is the norm for a manufacturers specification. My general experience would suggest that if you get half (400ft) the rating under good conditions, you're lucky.
1959356
It should work. The sensor has very long range. either 75 feet or 100 feet but I forgot the exact rating.
173059
The manual implies up to 50 feet. I deliberately aimed my unit to try and cover a limited area, but it seems to detect people at about 25', cats at about 12' and moving cars at about 40'. I'm sure the range would be greater if I aimed the sensor up a bit more.
666150
I think they consider 4 feet away to be ideal. You should also note the detector will only work on panel doors (you mount it on the top panel) and not solid one piece doors the swing upwards or carriage style.
732953
Sure. It could serve as such. As long as you have a clear shot of the sky - outside your car or outside your hotel - just mark the location on backtrack and it will guide you back to your hotel or car showing the direction and distance (dimishing distance if you're proceeding correctly or increasing distance if you're not.)
2201391
WiFi is "line of sight," and with these devices you can go considerably farther than 3,000 feet. If you can see (with your eyes, not electronically) your target location from your source location, it is very likely you can set up a connection using two of these devices. I live in a canyon, and I put one of these on a hill about 3,375 feet away and my WiFi detector "heard" it with around 35 dB. A second one of these devices on that hill sends the signal back down into the canyon floor 2,144 feet farther away. I also get a strong signal over two miles away.
1056888
Seriously, this sensor works only part of the time 5 feet or 100 feet away. I strongly suggest you use a reliable solution for anything that is important. It will false alarm, or lose track of the sensor or not alarm when it should. Then sometimes it works fine. I have 2 base units and 4 different sensors. None work reliably.
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You don't indicate how close these trees are to the intended location. If you a putting it on a building, be sure to aim the sensor down. The are sensor blocks (small plastic strips) included with the light to block off motion area from affecting the sensor. We have an evergreen about 20 ft tall adjacent to the driveway and even with our high wind, the sensor is not affected. Sometimes you have to do a fair amount of fine tuning when you install any sensor light. We bought this one because it appeared to be able to sense motion even if mounted pretty high, higher than most other sensor lights sold. It is mounted about 23 feet up over our garage doors. It works perfectly everytime, but it did take time to fine tune the sensitivity and directional aiming of the sensor.
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It's really not meant to be a security motion detector, will see you at about 5 feet away and light up your path....works great at that!