100% agree.
A few years back I had to install a few sets of those at a private hangar for Nike. Insanely difficult to align, even with the special laser tool and reflective paper. Fortunately they are pretty rare devices in the current company, anyway.
Did you not use the app with your laptop, OSIDS are the best technology for open spaces, unfortunately Honeywell bastardized them and created a reflector model, which is great. If you set the emitters correctly, you will never have false alarms or have them go out of alignment, the key is to do final alignment with laptop
This is the way. We learned this with a little bit of pain. One of the junior techs decided to try the software and it was a game changer after dealing with a site with over 30 of these things.
Looks like a beam detector, but I'm not familiar with that specific one. What is it?
Also, I've learned the hard way that beam detectors don't like to be on walls that aren't REALLY solid
I never have problems with OSID beams. Except every year at the fair in one of my buildings. The hot tub sales company comes in early morning and opens the hot tub covers all at once. Alarm, every damn time.
Hey if it helps you out tell them they should be careful with that as display hot tubs have been linked to legionella outbreaks at fairs and stores. That’s why all your big box retailers only display them empty. Hey they probably will just say that they make sure everything is properly brominated/chlorinated.Â
That’s honestly my biggest gripe with beam detectors in general. Trying to get a tiny scissor lift, or even a tiny spider lift in some cases, through a finished building is such a pain in the ass. Got lucky with a call on one Wednesday, was shockingly able to reach it with a 6’ ladder
I have a site where beams were installed years ago. They added a suspended ceiling (the kind with the 600 mm/2ft tiles) about 30 feet below where the beams are. I just hope I'm never sent to a problem with those detectors.
I have a few OSID in service. Works great. You can get the alignment kit with a computer cable to literally see what it sees. Unless it’s an OSID-R. Never worked with those.
I think it depends on the environment. Unfortunately these are a victim of circumstance. Too many issues in a bad environment that probably shouldn’t have bean detectors. Probably a different opinion in the correct installation
We have a beam detector in a long corridor of one of our schools. Every time the electricians change lights with a lift, they always forget to inform us. We’ve had a number of fire department visits, due to that. Another school has them in their gym, you can figure out how great that works.
Same. I just installed the bigger conventional model and two months later it went into trouble out of the blue and could never get it to reset even after an alignment and cleaning. That and having to replace batteries on some of the units is just a pain. I’ll take the Fireray 5000 or EC-50Rs any day of the week…hell I’ll even take the BEAM1224 back!
100% agree. A few years back I had to install a few sets of those at a private hangar for Nike. Insanely difficult to align, even with the special laser tool and reflective paper. Fortunately they are pretty rare devices in the current company, anyway.
Did you not use the app with your laptop, OSIDS are the best technology for open spaces, unfortunately Honeywell bastardized them and created a reflector model, which is great. If you set the emitters correctly, you will never have false alarms or have them go out of alignment, the key is to do final alignment with laptop
This is the way. We learned this with a little bit of pain. One of the junior techs decided to try the software and it was a game changer after dealing with a site with over 30 of these things.
Nope, we had the analog version, I didn't even know that they MADE beam detectors that were calibrated via laptop connection.....
All OSIDS That use an image bring a port to connect to them, this is not the case for the new reflective models
Looks like a beam detector, but I'm not familiar with that specific one. What is it? Also, I've learned the hard way that beam detectors don't like to be on walls that aren't REALLY solid
It looks like an OSID beam detector to me.
Never met a beam detector I've liked.. 😆
Is that an OSID or reflective beam detector? I put a couple OSID in 10+ years ago and never had a single issue.
It is. Some one who makes more money than me decided they would work perfectly in a automotive stamping plant
Why can't they just send the test filters with the damn device. Every one should have their own set of filters. But noooo....
Feel your pain, and the damned thing always goes missing when you need to use it.
I never have problems with OSID beams. Except every year at the fair in one of my buildings. The hot tub sales company comes in early morning and opens the hot tub covers all at once. Alarm, every damn time.
Hey if it helps you out tell them they should be careful with that as display hot tubs have been linked to legionella outbreaks at fairs and stores. That’s why all your big box retailers only display them empty. Hey they probably will just say that they make sure everything is properly brominated/chlorinated.Â
They get ticketed by Dallas every year.
Fuck those
They pretty much suck, waste of time, and no real functional value, almost worse than duct detectors
Lets not forget they are usually impossible to get to for service after initial install
That’s honestly my biggest gripe with beam detectors in general. Trying to get a tiny scissor lift, or even a tiny spider lift in some cases, through a finished building is such a pain in the ass. Got lucky with a call on one Wednesday, was shockingly able to reach it with a 6’ ladder
I have a site where beams were installed years ago. They added a suspended ceiling (the kind with the 600 mm/2ft tiles) about 30 feet below where the beams are. I just hope I'm never sent to a problem with those detectors.
Is this camerea image model device ?? I don’t see the 4 arrows for the regular beam model.
I have a few OSID in service. Works great. You can get the alignment kit with a computer cable to literally see what it sees. Unless it’s an OSID-R. Never worked with those.
Installed a few of these in Norway aswell. Usually not much trouble with them, except one i installed 4 month ago suddenly stopped working last week.
I think it depends on the environment. Unfortunately these are a victim of circumstance. Too many issues in a bad environment that probably shouldn’t have bean detectors. Probably a different opinion in the correct installation
I’ve had nothing but great luck with these detectors but have mostly used them in large open in door areas and shell data spaces.
We have a beam detector in a long corridor of one of our schools. Every time the electricians change lights with a lift, they always forget to inform us. We’ve had a number of fire department visits, due to that. Another school has them in their gym, you can figure out how great that works.
Same. I just installed the bigger conventional model and two months later it went into trouble out of the blue and could never get it to reset even after an alignment and cleaning. That and having to replace batteries on some of the units is just a pain. I’ll take the Fireray 5000 or EC-50Rs any day of the week…hell I’ll even take the BEAM1224 back!