Corey,
I have the same prob in scen #1. I have
motion in the laundry room. I have been
putting cermic tile on the floor in there.
And, the motion keeps on turning off the
lights on me.
Temporary fix, I just changed the programming.
If I were to want a permanent fix, might use
flags to disable to motion sensor off signal.
Main problem is that the wall switch does NOT
send ANY signal out along the lines, when you
switch on locally. So, without a major
modification to the wall switch, you can't do
it, by using the wall switch alone.
Here are a few ideas that should work.
#1 idea: Use smart macros, and set a flag
conditional in front of every macro that you
want to disable at certain times, such as the
driveway motion sensor. Normally the flag is
set to OK, and the signal works. Then, you
use another signal of some sort (either a min
controller, or an RF controller, or remote)
to trigger a macro which first sets the FLAG
OFF, then it turns on the garage light. A
slim sticky switch might be your best bet,
since you can leave it mounted to the garage
wall, and it won't get misplaced. You can
use the other 2 buttons on the switch for
other functions in the garage (maybe the
opener, an outside light, garage attic light,
etc..)
The other option I thought about as I was
typing this. It would require a power flash
module, and a 6vac power supply. Instead of
exlaining, I'll just post the modification
link.
http://www.laureanno.com/x10-pwr.html I used this in my living room on a switched
outlet, trigger by a NORMAL wall switch. It
works great, and one flip of the switch turns
on all 4 lamp modules in the living room.
Plus, it uses the regular wall switch.
In your case, you'd need to tap into the
power at the light. Best way to do this is
with a standard screw-in light outlet. One
of those stupid things that you screw into a
light fixture - it has an outlet on it, and
you screw a light bulb on top of it. Can buy
at regular hardware store, probably for a few
bucks. Then, you plug in a 6 VAC power
supply to this light-outlet. Make sure to
keep the wires off of the ligth bulb. Then,
run wires from the 6 vac PS to a powerflash
interface. Plug the powerface interface into
another outlet. In the garage, usually,
there is a garage door out let in the ceiling
near the lights. Set the power flash module
to a code which triggers a macro with the
flags described in #1. The advantage of
adding this method is that you don't have to
have extra remotes.
One thing though. For all the external
triggers for the LIGHT ON, you are going to
have to add macros to DISABLE the PowerFlash
(temporarily at least). Otherwise the motion
sensor will do the same thing as the wall
switch, and ultimately disable itself. The
flags and macros might get messy, but it
should work.
Similar usage of Flags in your second dilema.
RoB
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