Re: X10 wireless motion sensor recommendation

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

T.D. Lassagne <tlassagn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <RTXPi.1233$5c.494@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jch@xxxxxxxxxx
>says...
>> I want to control the garage floodlights when someone drives or walks
>> towards the house.  Instead of replacing the floodlight fixture with one
>> containing an integrated motion sensor, I'm thinking of incorporating a
>> separate outdoor wireless motion sensor.  I'd place the sensor somewhere on
>> the side of the house and hopefully it would detect motion, send a signal to
>> my X10 controller which in turn would issue the ON command to the X10 switch
>> controlling the floodlight.  Can someone recommend a good wireless motion
>> sensor which is X10 compatible?  I'm assuming I can bypass the motion
>> detector sometimes and just have the light stay ON when needed.  Thanks in
>> advance.
>
>One problem with this approach would be that the light would stay on
>forever unless you turned it off manually.  I think you will need a more
>sophisticated controller than X-10 offers.

Actually, the X-10 motion sensors automatically send an OFF after a user
programmable delay.

     http://www.automatedoutlet.com/product.php?productid=163&cat=0&page=3

However, if the OP were to search the forum, he would find that most people
find them prone to falsing.