Yep, that’s the pain in the ass I have as well! Only I set the lights for a five or ten minute timer and it works better than I had before as the chances are that if no movement is detected inside ten minutes then no-one is in the room, but then I can set a flag in HV and the lights stay on in the PC room, I just clear it when I leave or set it when playing games with the light off and it’s effectively disabled.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 January 2002 14:41
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Intelligent Light Switching - Thoughts?

> Agreed, but you can “fudge” it by using timers within HV, even in rooms where little or no movement can or is detected,

I have tried this. Good example is my Study. In the end I had to set the timer for over 3 hours to make sure it didn't switch off when I'm at my keyboard. But then everytime I went into the study to get a pen or whatever I would have the lights on for the next three hours. Even turning it off on the way out is impossible cause the PIR gets you as you exit and turns them back on. Then I get to the crazy situation of having to close the door and slide my hand thru a crack from the outside to reach in and switch them off - lol.

Hence my list of rooms in the last post. In these room automatic lighting is a god-send (very high WAF too). In the others it's just a pain.

Thanks

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