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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: wyx2000 on August 15, 2011, 04:22:38 AM

Title: Will the ActiveEye mistrigger by sun light?
Post by: wyx2000 on August 15, 2011, 04:22:38 AM

Does anyone know? my old motion sensor has such problem when put outdoor.

Title: Re: Will the ActiveEye mistrigger by sun light?
Post by: Brian H on August 15, 2011, 06:07:03 AM

The PIR sensor in the X10 Motion Sensors. That detect motion through changes in IR reflections can be effected by things like direct sun light.
There is lots of information on using Motion Sensors in the X10 knowledgebase.
http://kbase.x10.com/wiki/Motion_Sensors