Re: X10 wireless motion sensor recommendation

["jch" <jch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So the ActiveEye is prone to falsing when used outside?  Is there a better
sensor I can look at?  Replacing the flood light would be a huge pain as it
is 2 stories up and requires a 20ft ladder which I don't have and don't want
to buy just to replace the unit. Thanks.


<ben.parees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> X10 Active Eye, but you're going to need a transceiver and a module to
> control the flood light itself.  (I don't know how new you are to x10
> so i'm not going to elaborate on that at the moment...)  You might
> consider the all-in-one X10 motion floodlights, which have a built in
> motion sensor and also respond to on/off commands from the rest of
> your x10 setup.  But if your entire goal is to move the motion sensing
> away from where the light is located, that won't help.
>
> I concur w/ Dave though.....inside the motion detectors work great,
> outside, they tend to false a lot.  Dunno if the x10 floodlights are
> better about falsing or not.
>
> floodlights:
> http://www.smarthome.com/4080.html
>
> (not an endorsement of smarthome, you may find it cheaper elsewhere,
> etc etc etc)
>
> active eye:
> http://www.x10.com/products/x10_ms16a.htm
> (again, not an endorsement)
>
> the active eye's are pricier than the eagle eye, the main difference
> being that you can disable the dusk/dawn detection on the active eye,
> which is handy if you're constrained on unit code space.
>
>