I've been playing around with blradar a bit and I very much like the concept. There's no exactly a whole lot of documentation, however. I am hoping community or developer can provide some guidance.
I have a mix of alarm motion sensors and traditional z-wave type sensors with adjustable off times. BLradar works quite well with the alarm sensors, but i'm not sure of how to best combine them with the z-wave sensors. Is it advisable to create virtual devices for every sensor? For z-wave sensors, is it best to enable off processing and use a sensor recovery time equal to the specific device off time?
If the latter is the case, considering a relatively simple example where an PIR sensor and z-wave sensor with a 10 minute off time are part of an active zone. The active zone has its own motion sensor off time, which is added to the last sensor to not be faulted. If one wants the sensors to have the same off times, is it better to add recovery time to the PIR sensors (without off processing) or better to turn down the recovery time on the z-wave sensors? fwiw, I don't use many battery powered devices, nearly all sensors are PoE.
As to triggering events. BLRadar allows you to put events in BLRadar group into the device config page to be triggered when the zone goes on/off. Is this mandatory or can events be triggered off the status of the virtual device directly?
Lastly, I'm curious about movement devices. I'm not sure if its worth messing with, but I'd love to see some examples of how people use this. i.e. garage overhead door opens, followed by door from garage to interior faulting > triggers some sort of I'm home sequence.
Also I dont' suppose there is a github or similar for USMC. I am a terrible scripter but good enough at modifying other's work.
I have a mix of alarm motion sensors and traditional z-wave type sensors with adjustable off times. BLradar works quite well with the alarm sensors, but i'm not sure of how to best combine them with the z-wave sensors. Is it advisable to create virtual devices for every sensor? For z-wave sensors, is it best to enable off processing and use a sensor recovery time equal to the specific device off time?
If the latter is the case, considering a relatively simple example where an PIR sensor and z-wave sensor with a 10 minute off time are part of an active zone. The active zone has its own motion sensor off time, which is added to the last sensor to not be faulted. If one wants the sensors to have the same off times, is it better to add recovery time to the PIR sensors (without off processing) or better to turn down the recovery time on the z-wave sensors? fwiw, I don't use many battery powered devices, nearly all sensors are PoE.
As to triggering events. BLRadar allows you to put events in BLRadar group into the device config page to be triggered when the zone goes on/off. Is this mandatory or can events be triggered off the status of the virtual device directly?
Lastly, I'm curious about movement devices. I'm not sure if its worth messing with, but I'd love to see some examples of how people use this. i.e. garage overhead door opens, followed by door from garage to interior faulting > triggers some sort of I'm home sequence.
Also I dont' suppose there is a github or similar for USMC. I am a terrible scripter but good enough at modifying other's work.
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