ERA-PRXPG Kit, Motion Triggers Receiver Up to 4,000 ft. Away

Do You Need to Know When Someone Enters Your Business, Shop, or Warehouse?

The ERA-PRXPG is a great solution. The kit includes a passive infrared motion sensor and a plugin receiver. When someone passes through the monitored zone, the sensor triggers and sends a wireless signal, up to 4,000 ft. away to the receiver. The sensor/transmitter is mounted using the included bracket and is typically mounted over a doorway, in a hallway, or virtually anywhere you want to monitor movement.

This kit is very similar to the ERA-PRDCR with the difference being the receiver used. This kit features a receiver that plugs directly into a standard wall outlet and features an optional flashing strobe light. The ERA-PRDCR Motion Alarm Kit features a desktop/wall mount receiver with a plugin adaptor.

When to Use This Type of Sensor

The sensor in this kit is the ERA-PIR, Passive Infrared Motion Sensor. As a PIR motion sensor, it is triggered when the combination of heat and motion is detected. It works great over doorways that sometimes stay open, or in open-type areas. Compare this to a similar kit, the ERA-UTRXPG features a magnetic door contact sensor that is triggered when a door is opened. If you have a door that stays closed, choose the ERA-UTRXPG, if you have a door that sometimes stays open, a hallway, or other open areas you want to cover, use the ERA-PRXPG featured on this page.

What’s In the Kit?

• ERA-RXPG plugin receiver
• ERA-PIR – passive infrared receiver
• Mounting bracket & screws for PIR sensor/transmitter
• User Manual

The ERA-PRXPG Plugin Receiver

The ERA-RXPG is an easy-to-use wireless entry alert plugin receiver. The receiver plugs into a standard wall outlet and plays a chime, flashing strobe, or chime & strobe when it is triggered by the sensor.

The receiver has three different modes of operation: 1) sound only, 2) flashing strobe only, and 3) sound and strobe. It features four (4) levels of volume + mute. When the strobe option is selected, the receiver will flash brightly for approximately 15 seconds. This is a great choice in loud areas where a visual notification is needed, or in a quiet area where you don’t want to play a chime sound and would rather see the flashing strobe.

Like all products in the ERA series, the ERA-RXPG works with all ERA-compatible sensors/transmitters such as the ERA-PBTX push button, the ERA-UTX magnetic door contact, the ERA-PIR (featured in this kit) and the ERA-DSTX driveway sensor. It is important to note that you can also mix and match different ERA receivers with different ERA transmitters. You can add additional receivers to this kit as well to spread the sound around a large facility. For example, simply program an additional ER-RXPG to the motion sensor and add another receiver in other parts of your facility.

The ERA-PIR Motion Activated Sensor

The ERA-PIR is a passive infrared sensor, commonly called a motion sensor. The sensor is triggered when the combination of heat and movement is detected in the monitored zone. This combination, the requirement of needing heat and movement to triggers, helps eliminate false triggers.

This type of sensor works great mounted above doors to detect entry through the door. If the door sometimes stays open a magnetic door contact will not work in this situation because a magnetic contact works when the two pieces of the sensor are separated. If the door stays open, and someone passes through, a magnetic contact won’t work well, which is the way the passive infrared sensor like the ERA-PIR works better.

This sensor also works well for glass doors where it isn’t feasible to attach the magnetic door sensor. Although you can attach the ERA-UTX magnetic sensor to a glass door using double-sided tape, for aesthetic reasons you might not want to use it.

The sensor mounts using the included aluminum bracket that allows you to pivot and rotate the sensor to create the desired monitored zone. In a typical scenario, the sensor mounts above the door, and the sensor is rotated on the bracket to cover the areas the visitor would walk through. The sensor emits an invisible beam in a conical shape, and the higher you mount the sensor, the larger the zone that it will create.

For example, mounting the sensor at 8 feet will produce a zone approximately 9.2 feet wide and 0.6 feet deep while mounted at 13 ft. will create an 18.4 ft x 1.2 ft. zone. Adjusting the height, in combination with the tilt or rotation of the sensor itself allows you to fine-tune the monitored zone ensuring you pick up the desired movement and eliminating false alarms.

How the Mounted Height of the Sensor Changes the Size of the Monitored Zone

Hear the Sounds of the ERA-RXPG Plugin Strobe Receiver