Re: X10/Room Occupancy/SWMBO acceptance

[Andy Laurence <andy@xxxxxxx>]

> > > 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.

So you're telling me that in a hotel where they have a light switch on the
wall above the bed, you don't use it?

> 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......

OK, how about this.  Light switches are all manual.  When you
switch the 
bedroom light off, the alarm activates.  The bedroom light does not
turn 
on automagically until Xam.  The alarm is deactivated when the PIR on
the 
landing is activated.  Dunno about you, but the landing has no point
of 
access in my place, so that'd work.  It'd also be completely
transparent.  
You walk in the bedroom, and the light goes on.  You flick the switch,
and 
the light goes off as well as setting the house to 'bedtime'.

> > 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!

Most definitely, but I do see advantages of automated curtains. 
Mainly in 
the ability to fake someone at home whilst you are away.

Andy
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