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

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

I have a similar application but use an ADI Ocelot as my Home Automation
controller.  If two of the three X10 wireless Motion Detectors in the
driveway get a detect with 5 seconds of each other, the Ocelot tells the ADI
SpeakEasy to announce "Someone's in the Driveway".

The Ocelot then ignores subsequent detects for 2 minutes to avoid the
problem you are experiencing.

Before I added the SpeakEasy, the Ocelot just beeped an X10 Universal
module.

Doing this without a programmable controller like the Ocelot would be
difficult and the Ocelot is much less expensive than your current
solution...

John W

"RichardinOC" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Hello & thanks in advance for your suggestions...
>
>
> Briefly, I've got a CCTV on my front door.  I also have a motion
> detector that 'dings' when someone is in my yard & approaching my front
> door.  http://www.smarthome.com/7135as.html
>
> The problem is that there's no chime delay (?) setting w/ the motion
> detector -- meaning, the receivers 'ding' everytime the motion detector
> is triggered.  You can imagine how annoying this can be when someone
> stands on my walkway, mows the lawn, etc.  It goes off and off and
> off...
>
> I'd like to find a way to turn off the receivers for a period of time
> (i.e. 1-3 minutes) before they'll chime again.  Does anyone know of a
> product that I can use to solve my problem?  The receivers simply plug
> into an outlet.  Other visitor announcement systems have too short of a
> range to work, so I'm stuck w/ my existing system.
>
>
>
> Thanks again...I'm grateful.
>
> Richard (oc_dude@xxxxxxxxxxx)
>