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The
PetSafe Electronic Smart Door
recognizes the collar "SmartKey" on your dog and unlocks to
allow your dog access. The sensing range is adjustable up to 3 feet.
After your pet passes through, the door will relock again
automatically. Animals without the Smart Key are not able to enter.
You may have a total of 5 Smart Keys in use at one time.
The design of this electronic door is particularly
clever and effective. The flap actually descends over a ridge in the
frame beneath the flap. The important result is that it is quite
rigidly fixed and cannot be pushed open in either direction. A major
significance of this fact is that we expect the door to be
raccoon-proof. Many electronic pet doors of past years, and some
still sold today, control in one direction only. So the flap can't
be pushed inward, but some clever raccoons have figured out how to
pull the flap outward and duck under to get in. Controlling in both
directions solves this problem.
Each Smart Door includes one collar key. The
collar key does not interfere with in ground or invisible fencing.
The Electronic Smart Door is self-framing from 11/2"
- 2".
PetSafe has developed
self-framing wall kits for both sizes of their electronic Smart
Door to ease installation in a wall. The kits adjust from 3
3/4"
to 7" and there is an extender for the large size only that extends
the range to 9".
Power is provided by "D" cell batteries (not included). There is
no low battery indicator on the Electronic Smart Door so it might be
useful to keep a spare collar key nearby to use for testing
purposes. When the activation range begins to decrease it's time to
change the batteries.
PetSafe has advised us that these products may be installed in a
metal door with some reduction in the sensing range. However, they
have never tested this type of installation. We'll note here if
someone does and let's us know. |
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