Re: Ocupancy Detection

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>]

Any pictures or spec sheet?

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Harrison <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ocupancy Detection


> Simon,
>
> I may well be interested if they really fulfill the spec of
"telling me
> when someone's in the room, even if they're sitting down". Can
you
> advise how one might have a remote PIR communicating back to the
> Homevision over CAT5 wiring? If this is possible, then installation
> becomes much easier than if I'd have to run dedicated cable?
>
> After one of the UKHA London meets earlier in the year, Kieran
Broadfoot
> got me thinking about occupancy detection. At the moment, I have it
> working in one room - my dressing room.
>
> I have an "X-10 PIR", talking IR to an Infrared transceiver,
talking
> X-10 to Homevision, which then talks X-10 to the lights (and other
> stuff....)
>
> If the house is in "normal" mode and it's after dark, then
triggering
> the PIR causes the light in the dressing room to come on. Then with
some
> messing around with timers, off again after no more movement is
> detected. (I found Homevision timers better than trying to set the
> "timeout" timer on the PIR).
>
> If the house is in "normal" mode and it's daytime, nothing
happens ;-)
>
> If the house is in "secure" mode, then triggering the PIR
causes the
> following to happen:
>     - All lights upstairs start flashing on and off
>     - The telly turns on
>
> At the moment, "secure mode" is set with the Pronto. It's on
the "to do"
> list, to make Homevision take it's mode from the Burglar Alarm.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
>
>
>
>
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