Hello everyone, I have what I think should be a fairly simple application question for any of you automation gurus...
The application I need is to be able to turn off a device (for example a TV) after everyone in the room has left (and forgot to turn the TV off!). In order to do that I was thinking about using the existing motion detector in the room to integrate it with some sort of device which could control sending an RF command to turn the TV off after a certain amount of time has passed. What I am hoping is that I could use the existing alarm system motion detector to reset the timer as long as there is movement in the room.
Any ideas how and if this type of "integration" can be achieved, and what other HW/SW would I need to put all this together?
I gave it some thought, and approached it from a "local solution" by wiring directly at the IR sensor in the room, or a more elegant "cetralized" solution and to integrate at the DSC832 alarm panel box as input, for example, to an Ocelot to control the sending of the on-off command (via IR, X10 or ??)....
Thank you in advance,
Frank
The application I need is to be able to turn off a device (for example a TV) after everyone in the room has left (and forgot to turn the TV off!). In order to do that I was thinking about using the existing motion detector in the room to integrate it with some sort of device which could control sending an RF command to turn the TV off after a certain amount of time has passed. What I am hoping is that I could use the existing alarm system motion detector to reset the timer as long as there is movement in the room.
Any ideas how and if this type of "integration" can be achieved, and what other HW/SW would I need to put all this together?
I gave it some thought, and approached it from a "local solution" by wiring directly at the IR sensor in the room, or a more elegant "cetralized" solution and to integrate at the DSC832 alarm panel box as input, for example, to an Ocelot to control the sending of the on-off command (via IR, X10 or ??)....
Thank you in advance,
Frank