RE: HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do have electric curtain rails for *EXACLY* that reason!

/me is not a pretty sight when dressed so in my birthday suit would be
pretty rank!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Andy Laurence
> Sent: 22 August 2006 14:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection
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> Interesting points.  Thinking about it, I don't have
> automated curtains.  I wouldn't want the lights turning on
> and illuminating my naked body to the street should I nip
> downstairs for something before getting dressed.  Wouldn't
> have thought the neighbours would like it either!  It will be
> useful for some rooms though, such as the dining room,
> kitchen, hall, landing, bathroom, and bedrooms.  Not to
> mention cupboards (Node0).
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
> 	Sent: Tue 8/22/2006 1:44 PM
> 	To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> 	Cc:
> 	Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection
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> 	It's also a good idea to walk around the areas you want
> to cover at different times of day and be consciously
> thinking - do I want the lights to come on now or not? I
> found that having them come on automagically can be actually
> quite annoying sometimes - i.e. you hear a noise outside and
> creep to another room to have a look; someone's asleep in the
> room. OK, not the best examples but you get the point.
>
> 	Sometimes it may be best to still have the conscious
> human interaction controlling the lights - depending on local
> circumstances. My downstairs cloakroom has the lights always
> turning on via the PIR - pretty good and I haven't yet found
> an occasion when I don't want it to turn on. HOWEVER, I
> constantly find myself wanting to turn it off after use
> manually (it's on a 10 minute timer). Quite frustrating
> actually as I have to leave the room, wait 10 seconds for the
> last PIR activation to be registered and then press the
> switch! OK - so better design might solve this but what I'm
> trying to get at is the logic quickly becomes quite complex
> once you look at it closely and start to take all the factors
> into account.
>
> 	Paul.
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> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> 	> Andy Laurence
> 	> Sent: 22 August 2006 13:28
> 	> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> 	> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection
> 	>
> 	> From: ian.bird@xxxxxxx [mailto:ian.bird@xxxxxxx]
> 	> > It is more a case of if the room is bright enough I
> don't want to turn
> 	> on
> 	> > the lights. Sometimes just the time of day is good
> enough for this but
> 	> if
> 	> > it is overcast or something my kitchen can be quite dark.
> 	>
> 	> I see.  I'll probably only use the PIRs at certain
> times.  I can live with
> 	> having to turn lights on/off on overcast days.  Good
> point though!
> 	>
> 	> Cheers,
> 	> Andy
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