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RE: HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection


  • Subject: RE: HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection
  • From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:46:34 +0100

I set my less responsive PIR's to a pulse count of 1 - but they were
still significantly less sensitive than the Optex ones.

My advice would be to try several before committing to a load of them.

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ian Lowe
> Sent: 22 August 2006 10:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection
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> Remember as well that PIRs normally have a "pulse count"
setting to reduce
> false alarms - in most cases, the PIR can be made more sensitive by
> reducing
> the pulse count from 3 to 1.
>
> I think any Occupancy system has to use a variety of techniques -
pressure
> pads, beam breaks, pirs, even CCTV with motion detection indoors
(although
> that has it's own "big brother" style concerns).
>
> I.
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