I posted in November about some problems with my wireless alarm setup. I had some very good replies saying that something must have changed in my home etc. Well you guys were right. I think it had something to do with the mountain of snow on top of the house. Replacing batteries actually helped but I was still getting erratic behavior from some of my keypads and sensors. Now that some of the snow is melting everything is working great.
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SNOW!! wow!!
I never imagine that it could be a problem with a wireless system but now that you bring that up...its a possibility..
Snow can deflect radio waves we see it all the time in broadcast industry with sattelite dishes
I would think that would help, seeing as though the snow is outside the house and the radio waves are inside.
Thats what I would of thought also. Radio waves can be unpredictable. Their characteristics also change depending on the frequency from what I've read. I suppose it could still be something else but I don't know what. If I notice problems again after a big snow I will be quite sure the snow is causing the trouble.
I think they should bump up the power in wireless transmitters. Even if the battery was every year instead of 2-5 years it would be more reliable. Anyway once i have more time I'm going to convert to mostly wired.
It's the lead fallout in the snow... It was bound to get here from China some day... :-)
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for all the hooray about 900 MHz it has its problems. deflecting off items where lower frequencies do not. the one 900 MHz that does work all the time is inovonics other wise i stay with the 305/350 stuff it also has a lot to do where the receiver is located and how much metal is in a structure some metallized wall paper causes problems as well.
On your side of the country maybe.. but here we are still safe.. ;-)
Although I've used wireless system for many years, I still will make a wired system first choice mostly for other reasons than have been discussed here.
Increasing the power output would infringe an FCC limitation on this type of equipment. Usually the upgrade is in the sensitivity of the receivers. But, of course this has it's disadvantages also.
So ............. in the interest of inquiring minds .............. we hope you have a lot more snow.
Keep us posted.
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