I have an Everspring SP 103 outside , but it is too sensitive. With hot weather and the cooler leaves from the trees and a bit of wind I get a lot of false motion detects.
Reading the manuel , I see you can change some settings:
Configuring the Phase Level of ON Command
The Configuration parameter that can be used to adjust the phase level of ON
command is transmitted is Configuration Parameter # 1. This parameter can be
configured with the value of 0 through 127.
Value 0: Set Device OFF(0x00)
Value 1-99: Set Device On (1-99)
Value 100-127: Set Device On to the last phase (0xFF)
Note: 0xFF means the device will be on to the last phase before the device was
turned off
Anyone has an idea what this means? is it actually the sensitivity? What do they mean with Phase level? And how do I change it in the variables on vera, with 1byte dec? or something else?
I am pretty sure I have searched, and there wasn’t a way to adjust sensitivity on the SP103. For my outside lights application I am not too worried about it - but I did put in two of the SP103s in one area, such that I could reduce false alarms by only triggering a notification only if both detected motion within a few seconds…
[quote=“Cor, post:3, topic:196533”]That is unfortunate.
A second motion detector … need to think about that , because both of them will be near a lot of trees , with lots of moving leaves …
btw; the PLEG solution works well!! , thanks,
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Common issue with using PIR (and single at that) motion sensors outdoors. A breeze can set off a single PIR with different air temps. All outdoor motions will use PIR and microwave and some have temp compensation.
Scroll down a bit and see the different types. Every Outdoor rated one I know has at least a dual sensor in it usually pir (aka passive infrared or just IR) and microwave. Some have temp compensation or something else also. Real outdoor motions cost more then inside ones due to more expensive (microwave) and dual sensors in general. PIR or indoor sensors are the cheapest to make and can be as little as a few bucks worth of parts.
I don’t know of any outdoor rated Z-wave motion sensor. Most of use either have alarm panels tied to Home automation controller that can use an outdoor motion sensor or are wiring one up to a z-wave contact switch (door window sensor) to get the signal to z-wave.
Scroll down a bit and see the different types. Every Outdoor rated one I know has at least a dual sensor in it usually pir (aka passive infrared or just IR) and microwave. Some have temp compensation or something else also. Real outdoor motions cost more then inside ones due to more expensive (microwave) and dual sensors in general. PIR or indoor sensors are the cheapest to make and can be as little as a few bucks worth of parts.
I don’t know of any outdoor rated Z-wave motion sensor. Most of use either have alarm panels tied to Home automation controller that can use an outdoor motion sensor or are wiring one up to a z-wave contact switch (door window sensor) to get the signal to z-wave.[/quote]
Just to be clear the Everspring SP103 IS outdoor rated, z-wave, and battery powered. But it is hard to find in stock, and is single PIR - so like you indicated, we should not expect them to be super-reliable outdoors. But they do work pretty well for me, with few false positives - likely due to how I have them oriented.
In truth I would spend a lot more for a better sensor, if one was available that didn’t require new wiring back to my alarm panel (3 floors up). What would really work well would be a POE-powered outdoor motion, so I could feed just like my outdoor cameras!
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