RE: X10/Room Occupancy/SWMBO acceptance

["Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>]

Tony,

It seems that your main problem in your scenario is how to detect wheather your SWMBO is really in bed or not. You are trying to use all kinds of logic like whether she turned off the bedside switch etc.

Why you don't simply use pressure mat and put it under the matress or sheet (like http://www.letsautomate.com/10056.cfm?CFID=67097&CFTOKEN=4528584). Ore use some proximity sensor, like in sensor switches (www.sensor.co.uk). That way you'll know for sure that she's in bed and you'll need no logic and other clues to make a conclusion.

Cheers,

Nik

-----Original Message-----
From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:roaming@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 August 2002 14:04
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] X10/Room Occupancy/SWMBO acceptance

> > How do others solve this (Ken????)
>
> She turns the lights on the same way that she did with no automation.

This is what I am trying to solve - let things be automated AND manual at
the same time - without resorting to momentary switches and mass re-wiring.


> Very soon she will be complaining about NO Automation ;-)
> It's a long road Tony but you will get there in the end :-)

It's the m25 mate - I'm stuck on it and when I do get going, I end up going
round in circles :-D


Tony



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