Does anyone have an idea of working distance between a single transmitter and the receiver? 

 

I have a customer with a seperate alarm system in a steel container that he wants to link to the Premier 48 in his house about 100m or so away   I am thinking of using a Ricochet contact transmitter triggered from the container alarm panel and mounted externally in a weatherproof box with the receiver sited inside the house on the wall facing it. 

 

There is nothing much in between, but I don't seem to be able to get an answer on what the typical range is.  There is also not really anywhere to mount an aditional unit to act as repeater if it doesn't reach.  I have used the Texecom wireless stuff before, but not in a situation like this so just wondered if anyone else has?

Yeah it will work , discussed this with Mr texe a while ago , but with a contact in an IP box half way used as a repeater

It may also help if you use the wireless bell units.

I think you may have to try it and see what results you get.

It's mesh so as above you can use extra contacts to increase the signal security.

Either Contacts or the new external detectors, would do.

 

It will depend on the environment so best to bench test first

the main obstacle is getting the door contact transmitter far enough away for the steel container which your sending the signal out from.

 

Then you can worry about devices in waterproof boxes between the house and the container, I would have done some readings in the field to see what I have to play with.

Does Texecom have a range tester ?

Does Texecom have a range tester ?

No

No

So is it built into the panel signal level etc , meaning you could make one up

you cant test mesh unless you test every device to location through the mesh. that takes a while from what ive read?

Yes, on Texe at least 15 minutes in commissioning mode of which signal is -6dB of standard operation.