Premise How to prevent occupancy trigger for children under the same home object?

[etc6849]

How does one prevent the occupancy module from triggering occupancy for all children under the a given home object?

In my current setup, I have a home object named "Closet" under each room with a closet (Master, 2nd Bedroom etc...). I've noticed when the parent's occupancy trigger is set, the occupancy for Closet also sets! This is a big issue since I use occupancy to turn lights on/off. I know you can move the closet objects out from under each room, but that clutters the web based GUI too much... Is there another way?

PS: I'm using the built in Occupancy module that comes with Premise...

Some ideas I have so far:
1. Move all the closet objects to the home level, giving them each names. Make the objects hidden. Try to figure out how to make a short cut (placed under a room like "2nd Bedroom") to point to the closet object; this may fool SYS into not triggering the occupancy.

2. Make a new occupancy module specific to children where I want this particular behavoir...

 

[chucklyons]

I gave it a try and see what you're talking about. I don't use the occupancy module, yet, so this will be a good heads up...

I don't have many child objects that are displayed; meaning most of them are hidden, replaced by custom folders. For me, I like that arrangement as it lets me use the folder as the action, so I dont have to drill down. That method may work for you, as I assume you only control lights in the closet?

Or you could add a script that tells the children to ignore the parents annoying habits...you know, just like in life!

 

[etc6849]

Thanks for the info! I also think a custom folder is the only solution to this issue and will follow your suggestion.

I'm curious about what script would prevent SYS from triggering the occupancy of the children... I was thinking that I'd have to manually add a special flag into the XDO file, but I wouldn't know what flag or if it's a good idea. There are plenty of times you want the occupancy module to act as it does; for example, if setting occupancy to false for the home, you'd want the change to be carried down for all rooms in the home.