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Figured out my zone mapping was a total mess after a client's dog kept setting off the wrong sensor
Been installing for about two years now. Had this house in Tacoma with a big, open floor plan. I put a motion sensor in the living room, labeled it 'Zone 1' in the panel. Put a glass break sensor in the kitchen, called it 'Zone 2'. Seemed fine. For six months, the client kept calling about false alarms, always when their big dog was roaming. I kept checking the living room sensor, thinking it was a pet immunity thing. Last week, I was there for another issue and saw the dog jump on the kitchen counter. The glass break sensor went off, but the panel showed 'Zone 1 Alarm'. Turns out I had crossed the wires in the main box when I first set it up. The kitchen sensor was wired to the living room zone label the whole time. Felt like a real dummy. Anyone else ever mix up their zone wiring like that?
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parker_price3mo ago
Used to think zone labels were just for my own notes. That job taught me they're the first thing to check when the system acts weird. Saved me a lot of callbacks since.
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jamesf413mo ago
Yeah, thinking zone labels are just notes is a classic move. I once spent a whole day trying to fix a sensor that was just wired to the wrong zone name.
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