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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: hpservertech on June 08, 2012, 12:10:10 AM

Title: PR511 Question
Post by: hpservertech on June 08, 2012, 12:10:10 AM

Currently have 4 PR511 flood lights.  Want all of them to turn on when any of them detect motion.  Read this post: http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=17846.0  and just need some verification of how I should do mine.

Light 1 - O1, Sensor 1, 2, 3 switches Out, Sensor 4 In
Light 2 - O5, Sensor 1, 2, 3 switches Out, Sensor 4 In
Light 3 - O9, Sensor 1, 2, 3 switches Out, Sensor 4 In
Light 4 - O13, Sensor 1, 2, 3 switches Out, Sensor 4 In

Would this setup turn any light on if motion is dected by any pr511?  Would I be better doing it this way or doing an event within Homeseer?  Prefer to not use a macro within AHP if possible.

Thanks

Title: Re: PR511 Question
Post by: bkenobi on June 11, 2012, 12:04:32 PM

This can be done in AHP.  It can be done in Homeseer.  I'm not familiar with PR511, but I know there are at least one other brand of motion sensors that will do exactly what you are asking out of the box.  You might consider checking them out rather than forcing a square peg in a round hole.

Here's one example:
http://www.smarthome.com/2494MSWH/In-LineLinc-Relay-INSTEON-Motion-Sensor-Floodlight-Kit-White/p.aspx

This one is Insteon, so it's not X10.  It will be compatible with your X10 stuff, but I don't know if it can be set up to send X10 commands.  Many Insteon devices can be set up that way.