Re: Suggestions wanted for Motion Detector delay/time-out

["John W" <Don't_Spam_Me@xxxxxxx>]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "John W" <Don't_Spam_Me@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Our SpeakEasy now has 45 messages most of which are reminders of various
>> things.
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> Somehow I thought the SpeakEasy only handled a single voice message.  I'll
> have to revisit the specs.  Do you pipe the output through a home intercom
> system?
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The Speakeasy is configurable for two different length messages.  I use 50 X
5 seconds each.  I have 6 PC-style amplified speakers located throughout the
house.  Since the SpeakEasy is mono, I can split a pair as two mono outputs.

>> Just to give you and idea of how useful that is, here's the list of
>> what she says (we call her Crystal since that's the AT&T voice I use):
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> Is that the online text-to-speech software?

Yes, the AT&T online text-to-speech (freeby).

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>> 000 - Intruder alert!  Intruder alert!
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>> 001 - Police have been notified!
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> Are you intergrated with an alarm panel?  Do these messages play forever
> until an alarm system deactivation?
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>> 012 - All, off, request confirmed.
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> Is this a message that allows enough time to countermand ALL OFF?  It's a
> problem with the MUTE button on the 8-in-1 remote where someone means to
> press MUTE but the remote is in X-10 mode and it turns off all the lights!

I use an X10 Palmpad (actually I have lots of them).  When we go to bed, I
press OFF (top position) and that initiates the bedtime sequence.  ON in the
same position, initiates an "All Lights ON" which I can use if I hear an
wierd noise.
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>> 014 - Guest flag, has now been set.
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> What operations are controlled by a guest flag?

The guest flag turns off some automatic functions like "Please Close the
Laundry Room Door" and several lights that turn on or off based on motion.
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>> 026 - Pleasant dreams, my wonderful family.
>>
>> 027 - God bless you, Warner family, Bonsoir!
>>
>> 028 - Goodnight, thank you for being, so special!
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>> 029 - God bless this lovely family, goodnight!
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>> 030 - Day is done my happy family, goodnight!
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>> 031 - Bonsoir, Warner family, sweet dreams!
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> Do you rotate through the above messages?  Nice touch.

This message is issued based on a random number generator to select one of
the 6.
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>> 032 - Someone is in the family room.
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>> 033 - Someone is in the foyer.
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>> 034 - Someone is in the kitchen.
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>> 035 - Someone is in the living room.
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>> 036 - Someone is in the laundry room.
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> What are these messages for?  Do you take actions predicated on room
> occupancy or are these just status queries?

At midnight, my house automatically goes into "light alarm" mode.  We can
override it manually or it gives us 5 minutes if we approach from the
bedroom end of the house.  Anyone entering from a door or from the other end
of the house would be audibly tracked.  It goes OFF automatically at 6 AM.

Full alarm mode is set with a keypad.
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>> 040 - Reminder - Holiday flag, is, set.
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>> 041 - Reminder - tomorrow is recycling day.
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>> 042 - Reminder - please take out the garbage.
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> Good stuff.  I'll have to do the same.
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>> 043 - John - please remember to take your, pill.
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> This opens up another issue - compliance.  I would like to automatically
> determine whether Dad's taken his regimen of pills at the right time.

This message is issued 1 minute after the ALL OFF (bedtime) so if I haven't
already taken it (Cholesterol pill), I say "OH SH_T and get up to take it.
The goodnight message comes 4 minutes later.
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>> 045 - Reminder - It's fridge cleaning day.
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> Now if I could only get the Ocelot to clean it out, too!
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> Bobby G.
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