Re: xPL Occupancy Detection

[Steve B]

<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite>Hi all,
It seems to me that one of the biggest problems in home automation
is
occupancy detection.
No single solution (e.g. pir's) seems to solve the problem.
What we need is something more intelligent.
And what better method than to be able to make use of all these xPL
message
packets?
An xPL occupancy application could make use of many of these messages
to
work out occupancy.
E.g.
PIR's,
Answering a telephone call (if phone is in single place),
Switching a video matrix for a particular zone,
Etc etc
The choices would depend on your indivdual requirements/uses.
With a bit of clever scripting in the application, a much more
accurate
occupancy detection should be achievable.
Does this sound like a runner?
Amongst all the ideas and projects I have on the go at the moment, this
is
one of my favourites so I'm going to make adding a scripting engine to
my
xPL templates and applications a priority.
Any comments on any of the above?
Many thanks
Tony