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Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:12 am
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johnpolasek
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The detached garage is 18 feet from one wall of the house that has a USB powered Aeon 6 in 1 multisensor set just inside the door of the house. The problem is that the garage has no windows or plugs on the side facing the house, and one of the low priced Monoprice 4 in 1 motion/light/temp/humidity sensors can be seen if set on the outside of the garage or inside the garage IF the door facing the door where the Aeon is set is open, but not if that standard sheet metal exterior door is closed, making me believe that it's the sheet metal wall that's the problem, so somehow I need to get an opening just big enough to get the signal through or a relay that can send/receive on both sides of the wall. Even if I did have an outside plug to put a relay on, wouldn't it have the same issues receiving the signal from the Monoprice that the Aeon in the house does? I guess I'm spoiled by the Insteon signal over powerline with RF bridging between phases, meaning the light switches in the garage all work perfectly... but unfortunately, Insteon motion sensors suck.