RE: Intelligent Light Switching - Thoughts?

["P G" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

So what we really need is some kind of occupancy sensor that detects a
human
shape or compares a background IR signature - except the lights won't come
on when you've been outside for more than 5 minutes in this weather!


>From: "Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Intelligent Light Switching - Thoughts?
>Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 14:45:03 -0000
>
>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.
>
>K.
>
>-----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
>
>M.
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