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Car Alarm Sensor Inputs? - 2001 ZTS - 03-21-2005
Can car alarms accept any kind of input sensor?
Say you had a motorhome or power boat and rather than a shock/motion detector like most car kits had you wanted to use a passive infra red (PIR) sensor like you have in a house, something like:
![[Image: wireless_PIR.gif]](http://www.readysecurity.com.au/wireless_security_home_automation/wireless_PIR.gif)
Would it work?
(PIR sensors are typically 9-24VDC so that is not a problem)
Car Alarm Sensor Inputs? - scoobasteve - 03-21-2005
i believe they have special motion/prox sensors just built for cars.
Car Alarm Sensor Inputs? - 01-yellow-ZX3 - 03-21-2005
scoobasteve,Mar 20 2005, 09:02 PM Wrote:i believe they have special motion/prox sensors just built for cars.
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Yup, the convertible car alarm systems have motion and proximity sensors.
Car Alarm Sensor Inputs? - j3rt - 03-25-2005
I would thing a household PIR would not work for a motorhome. It might be too sensitve to the homes movement, either inside ppl movement and/or wind. The input points on the alarm would likely accept dry contact points, so 'technically' yes it would work.