Long Range Motion Sensor System- Dakota Alert MTPR-4000 Wireless Motion Detector & Receiver, Camping Perimeter & Trip Wire Alarm Device, Monitor Driveways, Backyards, Entrances, Deer Trails and More

-----UPDATE: No false alarms after more than two months of use!!! Literally none. -----ORIGINAL: While the setup of the sensor takes a minute, and is not easy to see tiny text on control board, it is over and long forgotten. The sensor, once installed onto a well-planted, 4' high 4"x4" post, has had zero false alarms in the first week of use. Also does not appear to have missed a vehicle yet, which is so much better than all of the other systems I have tried. I have tried MANY systems, including owning the older, black Dakota driveway alarm, it worked very well and is the reason why I chose Dakota again this time. The passive infrared is the way to go if you are using the sensor in a windy area or with lots of small animals/birds. We used to get dozens of false alarms day and night, and now there is peace and quiet in the house. The wireless receiver can be carried around the property with me (3.5 acres) or taken from room to room to keep me alerted to traffic on our road. Also can be set to vibrate and is only the size of a thick iPod. We live in a 5-home, no-outlet subdivision and there are generally only our neighbors & deliveries to be aware of. So when it goes off in the middle of the night, action is warranted. Sensor is installed approx. 250' from receiver and transmits through cement stucco walls. Very valuable tool, seems reliable, worth the cost compared to the 100's of dollars I have wasted on IR motion sensor systems that crap out quickly in Arizona weather. One other feature, this passive IR system does NOT glow red like the regular IR systems. Their red glow eventually attracted birds, which pecked at the plastic and then broke the sensors!! Recommended so far, tossing my Guardline in the trash and purchasing 3 more sensors for this Dakota system.

Bought this as a gift for friend; the driveway is a half mile. Unfortunately, they didn't get to set it up until the return window was over. It wouldn't receive the signal from the front gate. Two people were on cell phones, one at the house with receiver and one on the driveway with the detector. Kept moving closer and closer until it would get the signal and the alarm would go off. It only works about 500 feet away, in a location on the driveway where you can just see it from the front porch. So, the one mile range is false. I'm guessing it would only work if it were a straight driveway with no woods; which kind of defeats the purpose as you'd be able to see incoming vehicles at that point. This would have been great as the wireless receiver would be so helpful when working on various parts of the property. I wouldn't recommend this product and if it had been installed sooner I would have returned it for not working properly. It is used and is good to know when a delivery is being made; but again, it gives only a five second heads up since it is so close to the house. If you're living in a rural area; this isn't your product.

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I've had several Guardline driveway alarms and they lasted a year or two and then quit working. When I tried to get a replacement sensor, what was available worked on a different frequency which made my receiver junk. While the sensors were working, I got false alarms.I have had a Dakota system and motion sensor for several months This product had more settings and it feels like it is better built (I suppose time will tell). I have not gotten any false alarms.

I have a security camera set up for recording/viewing foxes as they go in and out of a den on my property. I needed something that would detect a fox and record the date/time stamp and give me an audible signal. It looked like the MTPR-4000 would serve the purpose. I emailed Dakota Alert to see if they thought it would work and Jason responded very quickly saying that even though the DCMT-4000 sensor is designed for a much bigger target (fox considered a nuisance alert), with certain sensitivity settings (user settable), it should work. I have had it installed for a week now and have had several "fox alerts" with no nuisance signals, so I am very happy knowing when my little friends are coming and going and watching them on video.

I spent a lot of money for the long distance alert and the added mobile sensor - because I have a small business at my home and a long driveway, and when I'm working outside I need to know that someone has driven in. I installed it, and had lousy results. It would not alert when a car drove in, but would sometimes alert when they drove out. Not helpful at all. I called the company and they were helpful, but nothing they suggested made any difference. Now I wasted close to $300 for this thing that doesn't work. Very frustrating, and it was too late to send it back after trying different times. The people at Dakota Alert said that it is a "Motion AND heat" sensor, and it should alert on cars because of the heat of the engines. However that isn't true on a consistent basis. Very frustrating.

Have watched this product over the years and finally bought one. I like it but the wife is not happy with the false alarms. It seems that it picks up the swaying of branches 20 feet away. There is no information about the left/right limits of the viewing angle but overall so it is a trial and error placement. We now know when deliveries are arriving without being surprised!

The installation was very easy, instructions were well written, and the belt clip receiver is small and very portable.Not sure of the maximum range, but has no problems going through heavy vegetation for 400’. Haven’t found anything I don’t like about it.