RE: To HomeVision or not to HomeVision

["Doogie Brodie" <doogiebrodie@xxxxxxx>]

>In an ideal world, the first macro would have a "dim up to 30%,
and set the
>"running on motion" flag on", and then not re-brighten
as long as the flag
>was set. Similarly the second, would dim back down, and unset the flag.

Have you tried Homeseer? I get mine to brighten to 80% on motion detect and
dim to 0% on motion stop. I also have it set with a virtual device which
lets me send a "Stay on" command to stop the lights dimming down
(eg if I'm
in a corner where the PIR doesn't see me or I'm drilling or something and
definetley don't want lights down!) It also brightens to 40% more slowly if
it's after 12pm or my "Go to bed" macro has run.

The only problem is with the PC having to think about it, it can take a
second or two for the lights to come up. I've almost fixed this by having a
dedicated PC to run Homeseer and angling the PIR so it detects you in the
hall just before you walk into the kitchen :-)

A 30 day trial of Homeseer can be downloaded from www.keware.com

It's cheaper than a Homevision if this is the only functionality you need
it
for!

YMMV.....

Doogie