solo Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Hi guys I hope someone can help. I fitted the visonic alarm 2 years ago and it's been working fine. I'm now wanting to arm it when I got to bed. I never set home mode before so never had this problem. This is how my sensors are defined. Front door contact sensor - Exit/entry Back door contact sensor - perimeter Dining room - perimeter Living room - perimeter Kitchen - perimeter Upstairs landing (corner pointed down towards the stairs and front door) delay 1 Bedroom 1 - interior Bedroom 2 - interior I'm scratching my head on what zone to assign to the upstairs landing. It is set to delay 1 because when arming the alarm would trigger as it would detect me when I would go near the front door. I want to be able to arm the alarm to home mode so we can move about freely upstairs but I don't want to trigger the upstairs landing sensor. I have two options in my head with my very limited knowledge. 1. Move the sensor to the landing downstairs pointing to the front door and leave the zone as delay 1. 2. Define the sensor as interior. But then won't this trigger in away mode as soon as it detects me by the front door? I'm totally confused so would appreciate the help. Edited December 9, 2015 by solo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Why not just add a sensor for the downstairs hallway ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Depending on the PowerMax model there are walk-through zones to do that. Inter-Follow is one of them. I don't think I would want the landing device to point down the stairs TBH, I would have a sensor on the landing and one in the hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Thanks for the replys. If I do the following will that work ok? Add a sensor in the hallway opposite the front door or above the door?. Define this sensor as delay 1. Move the sensor from the top of the landing to the opposite wall so it does not detect me walking to the front door and set it as interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I don't see why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Moved the sensor to the landing and added one in the hallway. Final question. What zone can I use for the pir in the hall. Basically I want it to be a "perimeter zone" when in home and away mode. I don't want it to set the alarm off when I set the alarm and exit through the front door. My door contact on the front door has a 30 second delay. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 "perimeter zone" when in home and away mode. Er, Perimeter then. Or Perim-Follow depending on the PIR's location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 If I set it as a perimeter zone won't the alarm go off as I will be in its detection range once I have set the alarm and I go towards the exit. The pir is opposite the front door. It will detect me when I set the alarm and go for the front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Would only detect you on the way in. As I say, Follow zones are for that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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