Years ago I bought 4 or 6 PR511 X10 motion floods but never got around to installing them (still new in box, maybe I'll post them for sale). They are pretty neat in how they work.
Some feature are obvious/standard of all motions detectors / lights:
- They respond to motion by turning on their attached light and sending their house/unit code to the network
- Respond to light level with codes to network
- Only activates lights below a set light level
The feature that set them apart is the ability for a manual "on" command to override the motion and light level control of the light. So, if I send the light an on command, it stays on until I send it an off command, regardless of the motion outside.
Is there an all-in-on Zwave device that does this without having to depend on a controller or HS to handle the little bit of required logic?
Right now, the only way I can envision doing this purely in Zwave is to:
- install floods in a standard fixture connected either to a zwave switch or a hard-wired fixture module using a controller to handle manual operation.
- use an outdoor rated zwave motion detector mounted near the flood and associated with the switch and/or fixture module.
Here's the problem. How do zwave motions work? Do they send an off/no-motion command after x time of no motion or do they only send only the initial on/motion-detected command? Without involving HomeSeer, how would I keep the motion detector from turning off a light I manually turned on? The other problem is price, but that's always a problem when comparing Zwave and X10.
I'm trying to remain as Zwave-pure as possible in my new setup after moving to HS3. I've not yet connected my Ocelot which was handling wired X10 and my W800 which was handling wireless X10. I'd like to avoid using both and rely on zwave from here out if I can.
Some feature are obvious/standard of all motions detectors / lights:
- They respond to motion by turning on their attached light and sending their house/unit code to the network
- Respond to light level with codes to network
- Only activates lights below a set light level
The feature that set them apart is the ability for a manual "on" command to override the motion and light level control of the light. So, if I send the light an on command, it stays on until I send it an off command, regardless of the motion outside.
Is there an all-in-on Zwave device that does this without having to depend on a controller or HS to handle the little bit of required logic?
Right now, the only way I can envision doing this purely in Zwave is to:
- install floods in a standard fixture connected either to a zwave switch or a hard-wired fixture module using a controller to handle manual operation.
- use an outdoor rated zwave motion detector mounted near the flood and associated with the switch and/or fixture module.
Here's the problem. How do zwave motions work? Do they send an off/no-motion command after x time of no motion or do they only send only the initial on/motion-detected command? Without involving HomeSeer, how would I keep the motion detector from turning off a light I manually turned on? The other problem is price, but that's always a problem when comparing Zwave and X10.
I'm trying to remain as Zwave-pure as possible in my new setup after moving to HS3. I've not yet connected my Ocelot which was handling wired X10 and my W800 which was handling wireless X10. I'd like to avoid using both and rely on zwave from here out if I can.
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