...I would like for activehome to turn on certain lights betwen certain hours, but only if it is dark in the room... ...I can't find any product that can be set to send a macro trigger when a certain threshold of dimness is crossed. Does this exist?
Personally, for your application, I would avoid the Battery-Powered MS1x Sensors and go with something wired:
- Direct PLC connection, eliminating the potentially intermittent RF middleman
- No maintenance (batteries to replace)
In that arena, you have two choices:
PR511 Floodlights and
SD533 Sundowner. Each will give you the ability to control 4 consecutive addresses via light sensing. With the
PR511 Floodlights, you'll have to go outside, climb a ladder, and install it. With the
SD533 Sundowner, pick a window (I use my PR511 that faces WEST to sense Dusk/Dawn) and plug it in.
Now, although you "could" control 4 devices directly with either, I wouldn't. With my 2nd PR511 install (detailed in another thread "somewhere" here), I SEPARATED the Light Sensor/Motion Detect circuit from the actual floodlamp sockets (i.e. I didn't connect the internal relay) and instead wired the floodlamps to a WS467. I use
Base+4 and
Base+5 to detect Motion and Light, respectively. And they trigger MACROs. This, IMO, gives you MUCH more flexibility.
If/when you return, we can go into this further if you're interested...