Had to pick between wired and wireless for a big warehouse job last month

I was setting up a system for this 40,000 square foot warehouse outside Cleveland. Kept going back and forth between wired sensors for reliability or wireless for speed. I ended up going wired because the building had open ceiling trusses that made running cable easy. Took me and my helper about 3 days longer than wireless would have, but the signal is rock solid with zero interference from all those forklifts and metal racks. The customer was worried about the extra labor cost, but now they haven't had a single false alarm in 6 weeks. Has anyone else dealt with this choice in a big open space like that?

2 comments

2 Comments

paulmitchell2d ago

Isnt that how every project goes though? Fast and flaky or slow and solid.

drew_reed622d ago

Right? Had a client once pick fast then blame me for the bugs.