RE: Pronto/RC 5000 light sensor

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

My "original" green US Pronto has a light sensor but to be honest
I have it
set to come on every time too.  I only charge the unit once the battery low
warning shows.

I get at least 2 months between charges.

M.


>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:sentto-1109639-3282-972376182-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx
>nelist.com]On Behalf Of Williams Christopher C
>Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:29 AM
>To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Pronto/RC 5000 light sensor
>
>
>Mark,
>
>Thanks for the pointers, I must admit it crossed my mind to try
>adjusting the level to see what happened, but I  never got round to it.
>This certainly improves things, but I guess it will eat the batteries
>now.  This is probably not a bad thing though as I suspect my last
>battery pack died from lack of exercise!  Still think its a shame they
>removed the light sensor.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>
>PS Would you recommend putting the thing on the charger every night or
>is it better to do it once a week?  I know NiMh are supposed to have
>less of a memory effect, but I think they are still susceptible.  I
>thought of putting a timer/X10 module on the base supply so it only
>comes on for 3-4 hours once a week.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Mark McCall [SMTP:mark@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent:	Monday, October 23, 2000 12:31 PM
>> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] Pronto/RC 5000 light sensor
>>
>>   >	Now whenever I want to use the thing in low light
>levels instead
>>   >of just tapping the screen to turn the light on, easily done
in
>> gloomy
>>   >conditions and with the unit on the base, I have to press
the
>> button on
>>   >the side.  This may seem trivial, but it ir really annoying.
 Also
>> both
>>   >lights come on at once, before either the screen or the
direct
>> button
>>   >lights came on depending on which you touched.
>>
>> Look here William...
>> http://www.remotecentral.com/pronto/pfaq-a4.htm#a4-07
>> http://www.remotecentral.com/pronto/pfaq-a4.htm#a4-02
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
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