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Swiss-Toni wrote:
Quote:mikeinnc wrote:
Quote:Well, I may have spoken too soon.
You say you have it on a digital input! magnetic contacts do not use a digital imprint as they are strictly an open/closed circuit,
You should have the zone setup as Door/window input in comfort comfigurator it should not make any difference that the contacts are in series......
If it is setup as a digital input and the cables are run within 100mm of electrical cables their is a possibility of an emf field causing it to trigger a response (unlikely but a possibility)
Thanks for that useful info. I did have the sensors set-up as \'DoorWindow\' and I have checked the wiring as best as possible. As houses in Perth have double brick walls and concrete sub-floors, and the wiring is in the wall cavity (and it is a 2 story house) wiring is almost impossible to get to after the house is completed! As I said, I\'ve swapped the sensors to another input and I\'ve had one false alarm since. I\'ve now defined the sensors as a custom i/p type, and use a response to see if it is a real security breach or an intermittent glitch! The room also has a PIR so if that doesn\'t fire, it\'s a good indication that it is not a breach. Short term fix? Yes, but the best for now without MAJOR difficulties! One other point - most (but admittedly not all) false alarms have been in the early hours of the morning - 2am to 3am - so I doubt it is electrical interference as nothing is \"on\" at that time - no lights; no air-con, etc. I\'d expect interference problems to show as units were switched on or off rather than a steady-state current...... As we are just coming out of winter, I did wonder if it was a temperature related problem as that is when it is coldest...well, 7 or 8 degrees is cold for us!!]
Just had a thought, a while ago their was an issue with comfigurator setting the outputs in thermostats automatically and you had to manually remove the output response from \"functions-thermostats\" cant remember the thread now but if you check your file settings in comfigurator this maybe the reason for strange behaviors (it happened to me where it stopped me from using some outputs)
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