Evening all,
Two areas exist in my home-automation that I feel need further improvement:
In both cases the standard PIR setup for presence can be slow or miss presence altogether. The problem with stairs is that I have a sizeable dog so have to use pet tolerant PIR which are slower to detect due to masking. My home has a fairly small hallway and landing so it is possible to walk between rooms and not be detected. The other problem is with small rooms, mainly the WC and ensuite where the delay in PIR detection after a door is closed means that again presence detection can be an issue. Some of this down to my aggressive timeouts but even at 10 seconds for the ensuite I get questioned by SWBO as to whether the light will go out.
Now I have a IR proximity sensor working (thanks Karam) I was thinking if I could use a single one to improve detection on shutting the door and breaking the beam before the 5 second threshold for the PIR causing a locked presence state? Failing that could I combine two IR sensors a small distance apart into a logical direction object; which again I hope might overcome the problems I have described?
Paul
Two areas exist in my home-automation that I feel need further improvement:
- Presence detection on stairs
- Presence in small rooms (ensuite / WC)
In both cases the standard PIR setup for presence can be slow or miss presence altogether. The problem with stairs is that I have a sizeable dog so have to use pet tolerant PIR which are slower to detect due to masking. My home has a fairly small hallway and landing so it is possible to walk between rooms and not be detected. The other problem is with small rooms, mainly the WC and ensuite where the delay in PIR detection after a door is closed means that again presence detection can be an issue. Some of this down to my aggressive timeouts but even at 10 seconds for the ensuite I get questioned by SWBO as to whether the light will go out.
Now I have a IR proximity sensor working (thanks Karam) I was thinking if I could use a single one to improve detection on shutting the door and breaking the beam before the 5 second threshold for the PIR causing a locked presence state? Failing that could I combine two IR sensors a small distance apart into a logical direction object; which again I hope might overcome the problems I have described?
Paul
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