Why I stopped relying on factory default zones for perimeter checks

I learned the hard way after a cat tripped the same sensor three nights in a row. Now I always customize zone delays based on pet activity and client habits.

4 comments

4 Comments

charlieallen1mo ago

Been there with raccoons setting off the same motion light every single night. It drives you nuts and makes the system useless. I started setting longer delays on the back fence line after sunset because of them. Customizing for the actual animals on the property is the only way to get any peace. Your method makes total sense.

elliot_gibson271mo ago

Totally feel this. Had a family of possums that turned my backyard lights into a disco every night. Ended up making a "critter zone" with the lowest possible sensitivity just for the area near the trash cans. Also set a hard stop so the lights won't even turn on back there after 11pm. Took a week of tweaking but finally got it to ignore the wildlife and catch actual movement.

wells.zara1mo ago

That's exactly it, the factory settings never match real life. Like @charlieallen said with the raccoons, you have to adjust for what's actually there, not what the manual assumes. It's just another case where the default option is usually wrong for how people really live.

finleys371mo ago

Try setting up different zones with separate sensitivity levels. My front walkway stays on normal detection, but the garden beds with all the rabbit holes got dialed way down. Adding a time window so it only uses the animal settings from dusk till midnight also cut down on false triggers.