RE: X10/Room Occupancy/SWMBO acceptance

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> > This was an example of her reasoning, not mine.  But still,
> why should
> > she have to do this?
> 
> Do what?  Hit the light switch?  Surely hitting the light

No it was in reference to picking up the pronto and pressing a
'bedtime'
button on it.

> > That is what I want, but as Ken and others have suggested, you
just
> > can't do that :(
> 
> Why not?  Sounds simple enough to me.  Everything works as
> normal, you 
> just have extra functionality should you want to use it.

I don't know why not - that's why I'm asking the questions here!!!!!

> > I want something that works, works consistently, and 
> doesn't require an instruction manual.
> 
> What can be easier than a button marked 'bed' on pronto, or a button
> marked 'sleep' on your headboard?

I don't know about you, but when I am a guest in someone's house then I
don't automatically look for a pronto with a 'bed' button on it or a
'sleep'
button on the headboard.  I go to bed and look for a light switch.
Okay if I'd stayed at Phil's the other night I probably _would_ have
checked
his pronto for such a button, but that's an exception to the rule :-)

Remember, I want my house to be swbmo (semi trained maybe) and guest
(untrained) friendly, so no knowledge of the automation side of the
house
can be assumed......

> > 2/ The systems I ahve seen take far longer to close 
> curtains than I can
> > do manually and if I'm going to go to the curtains and 
> press the button
> > on the closer, hell I may as well pull the chord and do it
myself.
> 
> Fair points.  I'll automate mine anyway, but that's for geek 

Finally, someone seeing why I wouldn't want to do something!
Doing it because you can is as good a reason as any, but equally
choosing
not to do because there seems no other reason than "because I
can" is IMO a
valid reason not to do it!

Tony


***********************************************************************
      Visit our Internet site at http://www.rbsmarkets.com

This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above.
As this e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information,
if you are not the named addressee, you are not authorised to
retain, read, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is registered in Scotland No 90312
Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB 
Regulated by the Financial Services Authority
***********************************************************************

Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

ADVERTISEMENT

For more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx 
Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx 
List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.