The motion detector works for the first 6 minutes, but then stops detecting motion. What should I do?
– The motion detector is working correctly. For the first 6 minutes after the motion detector’s cover is attached, the motion detector is in a TEST mode. This means it will send continuous signals about every 10 seconds that it detects motion. After 6 minutes, the motion detector enters a use mode. The use mode is designed to prolong your battery life up to a year. The first time the motion detector detects motion, it sends a signal to the keypad. Then it waits between 15 to 120 seconds before it will reset to send another signal if it detects motion again. If the motion detector was not designed this way, the battery life would be cut in half. However, if you wish to have it to send signals when it detects motion more frequently, then you can adjust the sensitivity knob inside of it. (It’s the blue terminal with a gray screw in the middle of it.) Turn this knob clockwise to make it more sensitive, and counterclockwise to make it less sensitive.
