AWAY/VACATION modes

[cornutt]

As far as the security functions go, is there any difference between AWAY and VACATION modes? Or is the only purpose of VACATION mode to provide information to other things that sense the occupancy mode?

 

[sic0048]

As far as security goes, the two modes are identical. Same with armed stay and armed night. They are designed to provide opportunities to write rules based on those modes. But the security works the same.

 

[cornutt]

As far as security goes, the two modes are identical. Same with armed stay and armed night. They are designed to provide opportunities to write rules based on those modes. But the security works the same.

Thanks. That's what I figured, but I thought it was worth asking.

 

[nexus99]

As far as security goes, the two modes are identical. Same with armed stay and armed night. They are designed to provide opportunities to write rules based on those modes. But the security works the same.

Thanks. That's what I figured, but I thought it was worth asking.

Does anyone have a large sample of vacation mode code? I eventually want to set up a vacation mode light system to turn things on and off every so often.

 

[cornutt]

Does anyone have a large sample of vacation mode code? I eventually want to set up a vacation mode light system to turn things on and off every so often.

I plan to do something like that eventually, but I haven't written anything yet. One thing I can't figure out is that there doesn't seem to be a way to "randomize" on and off times, so to someone casing the house, the lights aren't obviously being turned on and off at the same time every day. I'm thinking I may have to get a PC involved; I was thinking of setting up something like Homeseer linked to the OPII and either setting flags to control on-off times, or just controlling certain lights directly via unit commands to the OPII.

 

[sic0048]

I use CQC to handle these types of events. I also am currently just setting the HVAC temps back a few degrees on AWAY mode and even further during NIGHT mode.

So my code wouldn't really help very much I'm afraid.

 

[HAI_fjh]

For basic energy conservation, assuming that you have a controllable thermostat and a load control module on you hot water heater...

150.	WHEN OFF
		WHEN DAY
		WHEN DAY INSTANT
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) COOL SETPOINT 75
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) HEAT SETPOINT 70
						THEN Water Heater ON
151.	WHEN ARM NIGHT
		WHEN NIGHT DELAY
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) COOL SETPOINT 73
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) HEAT SETPOINT 68
						THEN Water Heater ON
152.	WHEN ARM AWAY
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) COOL SETPOINT 80
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) HEAT SETPOINT 65
						THEN Water Heater ON
153.	WHEN ARM VACATION
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) COOL SETPOINT 85
						THEN AutoHeatCool (RC-2000) HEAT SETPOINT 60
						THEN Water Heater OFF

Just a quick and dirty example.