Using Homeseer to start your car

electron

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Staff member
I finally did it, check some of the pics out:

http://www.marstracker.com/gallery/personal/?album=car

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electron

Administrator
Staff member
mousetrap? ouch lol, I know it looks strange, it's made from scrapwood, I want to do some daily testing (for now, the house starts the car at 6:45) before picking a good and nice looking design, this is still in beta ;) I just hope that X10 will be reliable enough, since if the appliance module isn't turned off within seconds, the solenoid will burn out, so far no problems.
 

AutomatedOutlet

Senior Member
Are you using a standard appliance module (made by x10)?

It should be OK, just make sure it has a nice clean and strong signal. Knowing you, you're probably also sending some duplicate signals just in case the first one doesn't take...
 

electron

Administrator
Staff member
damn I must be predictable lol, yes I setup an event to turn off the device when an ON is detected for that device (in case of stray signals), and that same event also resends the OFF signal 2 seconds later, and another one 5 seconds later. When HS turns the car on , it also triggers this event, so I am hoping I will be covered. Does Z-Wave have these reliability problems too or is it 100% reliable?
 
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