I've been using X-10 for years and years, since at least the early 80's (were they around in the late 70s?). It's fair to say I love to hate them!
That said and out of the way, I've found that the PR511 floodlights can be very useful. I have 6 of them. 3 are on the sides and back of my house. The other 3 are in front, above the garage, at the front door, and above a front bedroom window.
Associated with them are a light over the sliding glass door from the kitchen, and a porch light.
The house code is the same for all, with the floodlights at 1,4,8,10,13, and 15. Step in front of any floodlight, and it will trigger the next in the series (with a wrap at the top). Believe me when I say that the light from six dual floodlights make my yard look like a ball park or public use tennis court when the lights go on! There is no place to hide!
In addition, the floodlight on the back of the house which faces west, turns on the porch light at dusk, off at dawn.
Most people would probably be happy with just four of the units, as that would be enough to complete the loop. Three won't quite do it.
1->2-5, 5->6-9, 9->10-13, 13->14-2 and you have the wrap that makes all of them come on and go off in series.
DedicatedHermit
P.S. I do use other equipment on different house codes inside the house. That setup is so completely pervasive that it defies description. I could watch my own house for a week and not be able to determine if it was occupied or just the HA making it look that way.
P.P.S. I'm switching to Insteon over time and when devices fail. But they don't have a good solution for the outside yet.
Will this "step" design work with more than one PR511 on the same unit code? I would think so as the ON command from any motion sensor should only turn the corresponding units on and not start anything circular.
Is there an Insteon solution to outdoor lighting? I was thinking that leaving the blue wire unconnected like TakeTheActive discusses in Topics 13080.0; 12729.0; and 10086.0 and using Insteon in-wall switches might do the trick.
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Topic: Multiple PR511 Floodlights All Turned on By Motion Dectected at Any One (Read 2741 times)