Lookdown enable/disable for detectors
View Patent ↗An intrusion detector comprises a housing including a cover and baseplate mounting a circuit board. The cover and baseplate are removably mountable to a base. A motion sensor and bracket are mounted to the circuit board. The cover has a lower lookdown window. A lookdown enable/disable actuator extends from a rear side of the circuit board and is accessible through the baseplate. The actuator is operable to move a door pivotally mounted to the bracket between an on position to enable a lookdown function and an off position to disable the lookdown function. The detector is normally mounted on a wall by securing the base to the wall. The cover and baseplate can be removed from the base. A screwdriver can be used to turn the actuator. The cover and baseplate can then be remounted to the base.
1. An intrusion detector comprising:
a housing enclosing a circuit board having front and rear sides and a cover mounting the circuit board to cover the front side and to define an interior space, the cover having a lower lookdown window;
a bracket mounted to the front side of the circuit board, the bracket having opposite side walls with one of the sidewalls having a pair of pivot tabs at a lower end defining an axis perpendicular with the circuit board and aligned with an opening in the circuit board;
a motion sensor mounted to the circuit board between the bracket opposite side walls and aligned to detect motion visible through the lower lookdown window;
a door hingedly mounted to the pivot tabs; and
an actuator located at the rear side of the circuit board and operatively connected to the door through the opening, the actuator being operable to move the door between an on position to enable a lookdown function and an off position to disable the lookdown function.
2. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein in the off position the door extends between the side walls to mask the motion sensor relative to the lower lookdown window.
3. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein the motion sensor is angularly mounted relative to the circuit board to sense motion in front of and below the cover and the cover includes a front lens.
4. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein the pivot tabs are parallel to the circuit board and include aligned pivot openings and the door includes a rod extending through the pivot openings.
5. The intrusion detector of claim 4 wherein the rod extends through the circuit board opening and is received in the actuator.
6. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein the actuator moves the door about 115 degrees between the on and off positions.
7. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein the actuator includes a slot accessible from the rear side of the circuit board for receiving a driver tool.
8. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein the door comprises a generally rectangular plate and a rod connected to one end of the plate.
9. The intrusion detector of claim 8 wherein the rod extends through the circuit board opening.
10. The intrusion detector of claim 8 wherein the rod pivotally engages the pivot tabs.
11. The intrusion detector of claim 9 wherein the rod has a squared end received in a squared notch in the actuator.
12. The intrusion detector of claim 1 further comprising a housing base mountable to a wall and the cover is removably mountable to the housing base.
13. The intrusion detector of claim 12 further comprising a baseplate removably mounted to the cover to overly the circuit board.
14. The intrusion detector of claim 1 wherein the door and side walls are configured so that in the off position the motion sensor is surrounded on three sides and detects motion only from in front of the cover.