jostim
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I have 6 MS10A communicating with a W800RF32A.
I use them for detection (to turn on lights and to determine if someone is home). I was hesitant to use them as a security system, but once I programmed the security system in PH, it works fine. They appear to work intermittently, but I think that is because once they trigger, they turn them self off for a while. For a alarm system, that is not a problem. I have never been able to sneak by the sensors without setting off the alarm.
When you install the MS10A, you trigger it, and check the code in PH. to follow the example from bhlonewolf:
unit 128 Data: 12 meaning: unit 128 detected something
and a bit later:
unit 128 Data: 140 meaning: unit 128 gives the 'all clear' and is ready to detect again. In its original use, you turn off a light with this signal. You can set the duration with the little buttons above the batteries.
For the alarm, I ignore the 'all clear' message, and just set a trigger in PH for the "unit 128 Data: 12".
Each unit (randomly?) set a unit code when you insert the batteries. If it should choose a unit code that already exists, take the batteries out and leave them out for a few hours, and try again. Even the data fields aren't always the same, so you have to match the trigger to the unit code and the data field.
When the batteries are dead, somehow it retains the unit code and data (most of the time).
Good luck. Let me know if this messy message was too unclear.
- jos
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