BSR, the MR26 was working great here for motion sensors, and about the same range with the antenna modification. I wanted the W800 for the wireless window/door sensors communication.
The speed and accuracy of these sensors if far better than the motion sensors. I originally got the W800 so I could monitor my garage door status with a single door sensor. Putting one in the open and closed position, I know if the door is fully open, closed or somewhere in between.
That started it all, now I have the sensors on all the doors in the house! For example I put one on my bathroom door, within a half a second of opening the door, the light is on. This starts an event that the bathroom is occupied. When the door is opened again, and closed the light goes off one minute later if occupied was set to true, and then changes the status to unoccupied. Durring that 1 minute, the motion sensors are checked (One in main area of bathroom and one in the shower), if motion IS sensed, then the 1 minute delay to turn off is canceled, and the bathroom status is then again returned to occupied.
This stops "false exits" if someone cracks the bathroom door to say there is a phone call ect. It also stops the motion sensors from dirrectly turning off the lights, which is ALWAYS a problem when you are still in a room as we all know! (which can happen at certain times in a bathroom :blink: ) This also saves electricity, as I dont have to use a 5-10 minute "failsafe" for the motion sensors just to ensure there has been no motion. Using the door sensor, to "assist" in occupancy detection, once in the bathroom, the light will not turn off no matter how still you are, or for how long. And, no mattter what, the longest the light can remain on when leaving the bathroom is one minute.
My old way of having the lights come on in the walk in closet, was by using a motion sensor. Turning off the light was always done by the motion sensor after a long enough delay to ensure that it wouldnt turn off while you were in there. I now have replaced that with a door sensor, and when the door is opened the light comes on immediately, and it goes off when the door is closed.
Welll this response, has almost turned into a "how to"
There is a lot of power available via scripting events ect, when using motion sensors in combination with the door/window sensors. As we all know, motion sensors are NOT perfect, and can really kill the WAF when a room goes dark, just because there wasn't enough motion to be detected. (ANYONE using motion detectors has had this happen!) In combination with the door sensors, occupancy can actually be made rock solid and reliable, at least where a closet and bathroom are involved. Mabe this will give someone some new ideas.
