NkySpike65 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Ceiling-Mount Wireless Motion Sensor = http://www.cardaccess-inc.com/automation/products/index.php?a=details&i=59Ceiling-Mount Wireless Motion Sensor - Line Powered = http://www.cardaccess-inc.com/automation/products/index.php?a=details&i=60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I saw these at CES...they look like a smoke detector.Should be a cool product though.I was at Card Access last week and they were getting them in "any day". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsanf3 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 How thin are these sensors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I use DSC units. Might as well get double-duty of something that clutters-up the ceiling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Ok, so curiousity got me into looking at pricing. $150 for the CA motion and only $50 for the DCS motion. This is for those who can't get wiring in place or don't have an exisiting alarm system. $100 bucks for a radio and a photo cell- Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'd guess it's mostly due to the fact that CA doesn't sell 100,000 of them a year.I think I bought my hardwired ceiling mount motions for something like <$20 each, but that was 10 years ago.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 ^Yeah, I know. I actually like the idea of the CA motions. They pack a lot of features into one unit. I will order a few up and let you guys know how they work (just as an experiment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I'm picking one of the ceiling mounts up, I have a bunch of the regular ones. I like the light level sensor....it keeps my wife from turning on the lights at high noon when it's already bright in the room (we have a TON of windows). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Yours too huh? I can see it now- wife turns light on and a split-second later programming kicks it off. 5 or 6 cycles later, frying pan over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garp Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I have a couple of the new CA ones and use them in areas where I have two of their wall mounted motions in place to detect intersections in hallways and landings. They 'see' down the hallways farther and I can use one of these in the place where it normally took two to get proper coverage. If you have any 4-way corridors that meet up, these are definitely better than trying to use 2 wall mounts for coverage. I tried using the wall mount ones on the ceiling before and they didn't do too well detecting over the 'top' of the unit but these do great in that respect.I have the one in my foyer programmed to be disabled during the day since it gets plenty of outside light in that area, and use it to keep other lights in the house disabled when this sensor is disabled in day mode as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4c4 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I have one of the new ceiling mounted motion detectors from CA and it is great. Granted the price is a little high but it is a perfect solution when wiring is an issue. The device is about 1" thick and about 4.5" in diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 ^^Well yeah, the dispersion pattern on a ceiling unit is going to be different than a fresnel-lens wall mount... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c44me Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 1.8 or greater no 1.7.4 love come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 That's because they're smart.They don't want to have to support 2 different firmware versions, one a ZigBee Pro version (like the rest of their current line) and one an Embernet firmware (which is not current, and support for even *creating* something new on Embernet is not necessarily available).Depending on the Ember chipset they used, it's possible that Embernet wouldn't even *run* on the chipset...RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 They told me they can downgrade the standard motions to $10 per device. I'd guess this is the same...but that's a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Yours too huh? I can see it now- wife turns light on and a split-second later programming kicks it off. 5 or 6 cycles later, frying pan over my head.:lol:...or worse still, us blokes get the programming wrong, and in the bedroom they work in reverse- wife turns off the light and split-second later programmings kicks it ON ! 5 or 6 "cycles" later....well you know the rest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 ^Yeah, no sugar for daddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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