23 feet is a lot less than I thought it was

[Tomasu]

After spending way too much time messing about trying to get motion sensing to work the way I want it to, I looked up the absolute motion sensing distance limit... I wish I had paid attention to that when/before I bought the kit. 23 feet is pretty short.

My yard happens to be like 70 feet long and I am/was planning on placing a camera on the side of my shed in the back of the yard about 12-14 feet up. Best I can get is motion sorta working near the front of the stairs to my front door. Disappointing to say the least.

I previously tried having camera installed about 10 feet behind my front door but it seemed a little insecure there and the angle the camera has to be positioned at is a bit funky. Not to mention the fact that the motion sensing is terrible at noticing direct in/out movement.

Feh.

[jguerdat]

The use of PIR sensors have these limitations, same as with motion detection lights, etc. It's the technology and nothing can be done to make it better.

[Tomasu]

Yeah. That's why I'm disappointed. Had so much hope, and I failed to read the specs fully. Sigh.

[Tomasu]

Last night was fun. No triggering at all when walking up to the door and messing around waiting to open the door etc.. then this morning there were a ton. seemingly being triggered by nothing or wind. Sigh.

I may still try it closer to the door to see if it behaves adequately.