I have a front door sensor and smoke detection sensor that are constantly dropping off (and then coming back online).
Is it because the panel is too far away? Is there a way I can buy an extender or something?
Probably too far away. If so, there is a repeater.
Or, if your panel supports PowerG you could swap those sensors with PowerG ones.
well good to know that there is a repeater. I would prefer to not buy power sensors, since I currently have the hidden door sensors that would be a pain to replace. hopefully support can look at my logs and just confirm that a repeater might fix it. would hate to spend 90$ for a possible fix. and it doesn’t do smoke… so I’ll have to figure something out.
Would it be possible to move the panel closer?
If I remember correctly the repeater will not work with smoke alarms. I had a very similar problem and PowerG solved it.
How long have the malfunctions been occurring? I see two other sensors with recent malfunction status as well.
Offline malfunctions are a common status which indicates the sensor is having some trouble reaching the panel with signals, and this status has a variety of causes. If you are seeing multiple sensors have intermittent offline status, there are a couple things I would check first:
- How old are the sensors? If they are a few years old, this is a common indication that batteries should be replaced. Lower battery levels can impede signaling before a low battery status would be triggered, especially if the signaling is also impacted by distance or other factors.
- It looks like this is an IQ Panel 2. Check the panel RF antenna. 319.5Mhz sensors use the thin flexible white antenna on the panel which is intended as an external antenna. If it is bunched up in the panel, multiple offline sensors is a very common result. Make sure that antenna is routed into the wall through the back of the panel.
The repeater linked above will not improve the smoke detector signal and I would only recommend it after other potential causes are considered.