Adjusting Your Motion Sensor's Sensitivity

Written by Naomi Ramirez

Updated at August 20th, 2025

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To Adjust Sensor Sensitivity for Pets Understanding Your Motion Sensor's Sensitivity To change this setting:

By default, Motion Sensors will not detect warm bodies (including pets) under approximately 30 lbs.

To Adjust Sensor Sensitivity for Pets

Open the back of the Motion Sensor
Remove the PET pin covering the 55 lbs jumper
Place the PET pin on the 33 lbs jumper

Understanding Your Motion Sensor's Sensitivity

By default, Motion Sensors are set to a HIGH sensitivity, so they will be triggered more easily than if set to LOW sensitivity.

To change this setting:

Open the back of the Motion Sensor
Remove the SENS pin covering the HIGH jumper
Place the SENS pin on the LOW jumper
It is important to keep in mind, a 10 lb cat 40 feet away from the sensor will not set off the sensor, however, that same cat 10 feet from the sensor will cause the sensor to go off.

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