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| Jeff Hall 2005-06-16, 2:16 pm |
| I want to have X10 control some outside lights with a dusk to dawn feature
so there is no messing with timers. Any suggestions?
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| Look at a motion sensor with Dusk/Dawn sensor.
Like ActiveEye
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"Jeff Hall" <jefferyhallnospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I want to have X10 control some outside lights with a dusk to dawn feature
>so there is no messing with timers. Any suggestions?
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| insomniac 2005-06-16, 2:16 pm |
| Jeff,
I am not sure if this is what you are talking about, but here is the option
that Brian just recommended.
http://www.insomniacsales.com/homea...n_activeye.html
Let me know if it is something else you are looking for.
Clint Bushaw
Insomniac Online Sales
www.insomniacsales.com
contact@insomniacsales.com
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> Look at a motion sensor with Dusk/Dawn sensor.
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> Like ActiveEye
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| On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:33:29 -0500, "Jeff Hall"
<jefferyhallnospam@comcast.net> wrote:
=>I want to have X10 control some outside lights with a dusk to dawn
feature
=>so there is no messing with timers. Any suggestions?
I have a similar application that I'm interested in.
The X10 Powerhouse MiniTimer Model MT10A is what I have here now, and
it's perfectly adequate for all but one application--turning ON the
front-porch light at dusk. As it is now, I have it programmed to come
ON at what I think is dusk now and will be for several weeks. But then
I have to change it again as the seasons change. It's programmed to go
OFF at 10:15PM, which serves as the signal, "Go Away! We're Asleep!"
(works, too)
I have not dug into the innards of the timer. And here's my question.
Has anybody out there interfaced an LDR circuit with the timer to
trigger the ON signal to a particular channel? There may be a way to
close the circuit in the "on" section of the mechanical channel
switch. I'm casting about for ideas before I start soldering and
unsoldering...
Thanks in advance
Terry--WB4FXD
Edenton, NC
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