With the increase in WiFi jamming, I have to imagine 319.5 MHz sensors are facing the same issue. How many of you are switching to PowerG (912 to 918 MHz) sensors because of this? Paying double the price is tough to justify, but maybe it is a buy once, cry once situation.
For reference I am linking a recent post discussing jamming protection below:
If you’re worried about RF jamming, switching to PowerG sensors will not prevent that from happening. While the PowerG sensors do have frequency hopping, they’re not immune to jamming. But that will make it harder to jam if the jammer is only capable of jamming one frequency at a time.
If you referring to RF jamming by professional burglary crews like the SATGs (South American Theft Groups), the RF jammers they’ve used in the past were capable of jamming multiple frequencies at once, so it’s unlikely the PowerG sensors would be able to transmit during a jamming attempt.
The best way to prevent RF jamming is to use hardwired sensors. Just as a note, using hardwired sensors and wiring them to a PowerG takeover module or any hardwired to wireless module does not count. The sensors need to be hardwired back to the main control panel.
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If wired sensors aren’t feasible, enabling jam detection on the IQ Panel may be worth considering. The trade-off is jam detection increases the risk of false alarms a little so pairing it with video verification is a good idea.
How often have you had customers experience false alarms due to RF jamming detection? I have a handful of IQ panels with RF jam detection enabled (both PowerG and Honeywell 345 jam detection) and over the past couple of years I haven’t had any false alarms due to a false RF jam detection.
Does Surety sell wired motion sensors that will work with Qolsys IQ Panel 4 IQP4088? Hopefully pets funny set them off.
I haven’t personally heard of a false alarm from RF jam detection. But I’ve been told that’s why it’s not enabled by default.
No, the IQ Panel 4 is not capable of directly accepting hardwired sensors. You would need to replace it with an IQ Pro or similar panel.
I would recommend waiting for ISC West next month. IQ Security is supposed to be announcing the DSC Neo 5 which I believe is going to be in the same generation as the IQ Panel 5. The DSC Neo 5 will be a hybrid hardwired/wireless panel.
Currently, my two favorite hardwired motion detectors are the Bosch ISC-BDL2-WP12G for pet immunity (dual tech motion with 100lb pet immunity) or the Bosch ISC-PDL1-W18G for high security applications. The high security motion is dual tech and has anti-cloaking (when an intruder attempts to mask their body heat) and anti-masking. This motion also has great catch performance (it will immediately trip even if I’m in the prone position crawling on the floor).
Interesting, I’ve never heard that.
I set all my panels to UL 20/20 which requires 20 seconds of consecutive interference to trigger the jam detection. I suppose this would be more of an issue in a city environment where there is a lot of RF noise.