Whole lotta "ON" messages ??

[DR4296]

Greetings All!

Could someone explain to me something, based on the following log?:

9/16/2004 3:59:00 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 3:59:05 PM~!~MOTION~!~><><><>< Fail-safe was invoked - Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor
9/16/2004 3:59:27 PM~!~MR26A Debug~!~Received: Invalid Command Time: 67.27 Data: 13-69 on COM2
9/16/2004 3:59:41 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 3:59:45 PM~!~MOTION~!~><><><>< Fail-safe was invoked - Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor
9/16/2004 3:59:51 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 3:59:55 PM~!~MOTION~!~><><><>< Fail-safe was invoked - Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor
9/16/2004 3:59:58 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:05 PM~!~MOTION~!~><><><>< Fail-safe was invoked - Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor
9/16/2004 4:00:18 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:25 PM~!~MOTION~!~><><><>< Fail-safe was invoked - Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor
9/16/2004 4:00:25 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:30 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G13 (Back Porch Stoop Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:30 PM~!~MOTION~!~>>>>>>>> Motion Detected with Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor - No Motion (00:00)
9/16/2004 4:00:30 PM~!~Event Trigger~!~DooMotion Trigger Pine Tree Motion G11 On (Back Porch Flood Light)
9/16/2004 4:00:30 PM~!~MOTION~!~>>>>>>>> Motion Detected with Back Porch Stoop Motion Sensor - No Motion (00:09)
9/16/2004 4:00:36 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:38 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G13 (Back Porch Stoop Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:42 PM~!~Event Trigger~!~Recurring Trigger (Weather XML)
9/16/2004 4:00:44 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:00:52 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:01:03 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:01:20 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:01:26 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G13 (Back Porch Stoop Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:01:33 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G13 (Back Porch Stoop Motion Sensor) G On
9/16/2004 4:03:08 PM~!~X10 Received~!~G15 (Back Porch Pine Tree Motion Sensor) G On


I guess I'm trying to figure out what this motion sensor is "saying".

Note that it actually detected motion properly / did an event to activate a floodlight there, in the middle of all that logging.

But I was just curious as to why it's sending "ON" messages all the time ?

I see my G13 sensor puts a few "ON" lines in there. But I've got two other motion sensors out there that aren't doing this.

What's going on ?


Thanks!

[Jim Doolittle]

HawkEye/EagleEye/ActiveEye motion sensors continue to send X10 ONs about every 10 seconds as long as motion continues to be detected.

If you are using the motion sensors with DooMotion, then I suggest editing the devices properties within HomeSeer (not within DooMotion) and check the "No Logging" option. DooMotion will then handle logging and do so without so much clutter.

I see that you have a MR26A. I would suggest making sure that you uncheck "Retransmit over powerline" for your motion sensor housecodes. I keep my motion sensors on their own housecodes so that I can still have the MR26A retransmit over powerline for other house codes.

The Fail Safe reference means that the sensor has been detecting motion longer than your FailSafeTime setting which happens quite often after a HomeSeer restart since it is likely that HomeSeer missed some X10 command from the motion sensors while HS was down.