Motion detector falsing

rotterman · February 4, 2014, 8:41am

I think there is a problem with my motion sensor , family room it is false alarming…
please advice me of possible fixes

ryan.boder · February 4, 2014, 8:52am

Is it a 2GIG-PIR1-345 motion detector or another make/model?

julianrogers · February 5, 2014, 1:49am

yes it is a 2gig-PIR1-345 Motion Sensor

ryan.boder · February 5, 2014, 10:09am

The most common causes of PIR motion detector false alarms are:

Cats.
Spiders or spider webs. (dust away any cobwebs around the motion detector)
Heating vents. (don’t aim PIR motion detectors directly at a heating vent)

One thing you can do is check whether the motion detector is currently set to high or low sensitivity. If you take the back off, there is a dip switch that lets you choose. See the attached image.

julianrogers · February 5, 2014, 6:57pm

thank you I think I figured it out. there were cobwebs near it and I cleared them. thank you again