RE: CM12U timed macro problem!

["Ian B" <Ian@xxxxxxx>]

agreed as below but you ought to know a couple of things. The MS13 is
pretty
slow to pick up movement and transmit the signal to get the light to come
on. Also if you go through a controller there will be an even greater time
delay.
The CM12 is not the most reliable unit around with both lockups and
failures
reported.

Best advice is save up get a HomeVision unit. No permanent PC needed and
brilliant stability and versatility. Expensive but one of the best toys you
will ever invest in. Sounds like you are beginning to need it already.

Can be bought from www.laser.com or other UK home auto sites.

www.csi3.com/homevis2.htm

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 February 2002 08:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CM12U timed macro problem!


Bazza,

Off a standard LM10, lamp module, the light will start at 100% then dim
to the set level, not brighten from off.

To do what you are asking here you will need to do some programming to
get the module to operate at night the way you want. I tried using the
software that came with a CM12 at one point but, personally, I thought
it was a bit pants as I use HomeVision as my controller. A lot of the
guys use HomeSeer and they all rate it so you could have a go at the
trial version of that and see how you go, you can find it here:
http://www.homeseer.com/

What you want to do is tell the software that if it's night and the PIR
is activated then to switch on the lamp and set to whatever level,
fairly simple.

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bazza [mailto:bazza2000@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 February 2002 08:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] CM12U timed macro problem!
>
> Hi,
>
> I've just bought a CM12U computer interface and a
> couple of lamp modules.  What I want to do it use a
> PIR detector (MS13E) to allow me turn on the lights
> when the detector is activated.  However, I only want
> the light to be activate between the hours of midnight
> and 6am.
> i.e. if I get up in the middle of the night, I want a
> macro to initiate that will brighten the lamp modules
> by 50% so that I don't completely wake up and yet I
> can see where I'm going.
> I know there is dawn and dusk setting to only initiate
> the trigger when its dark, but I don't want the lamps
> to come on if I walk past them before I go to bed.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated,
> I know this can be done with heyu and extend, however,
> I don't have a PC that is left on all year round, so I
> need to functionality from the CM12U unit, or possibly
> another one?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bazza.
>
>
>
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