Does anyone know how sensitive the HSM100 multi sensor's IR motion detection is?
For example,... would a large-ish cat set it off?
See below for smart home's page on the sensor I'm talking about:
http://www.smarthome.com/12677/HomeSeer-HSM100-Z-Wave-Multi-Sensor/p.aspx
afaict most of the PIRs support a sensitivity setting. Look at the manual, the HSM has one iirc.
Thanks,... I see that now,... 0-255 for IR motion detection sensitivity (255 = most sensitive). Does anyone have experience with a pet friendly setting? The only thing I saw was a pet "immune" setting of 10. But I don't want it Great Dane immune (and hence preschooler immune), just 15-20 lb cat immune. I'm guessing I'd be OK with a setting of 25-35,... but anyone know?
Worst case, spend a Sunday afternoon with your cat empirically finding the ideal sensitivity...
...and then report back because I have the same device and question ;D
My question is... How big's your pet?
Quote from: JaseP on June 04, 2012, 07:07:56 PM
My question is... How big's your pet?
/me removes mind from gutter. ;)
15-20lbs sounds about right.
Funny how the standard descriptor is weight. What if my animal was light as a feather but had jumbo-afro fur!
The fur doesn't set off the IR motion detector, it's the body underneath that does,... ;)
Quote from: JaseP on June 04, 2012, 08:44:34 PM
The fur doesn't set off the IR motion detector, it's the body underneath that does,... ;)
Ok, i'm being overly persistent here, but: what about two equal weight animals, one of which presents a much larger surface area in one dimension... like a flounder!
The sensor detects movement. If you're a 1200 lb draft animal but don't move an inch, you very well may not set it off,... But if you're a 200 lb man jumping up because of a touchdown, you will. I don't know the exact engineering behind it...
By the way,... I can't for the life of me figure out how to adjust the sensitivity (I use a MCV Vera1 running UI2). There's no setting that says "sensitivity," at least not in the Vera's interface,... and nothing like that in the LinuxMCE web admin screens either.
I'm at a loss,... and this is a secondary concern right now. I'm actually more interested in how to turn my Wowwee Rovio into a surveillance camera...
Quote from: JaseP on June 05, 2012, 03:46:18 PM
By the way,... I can't for the life of me figure out how to adjust the sensitivity (I use a MCV Vera1 running UI2). There's no setting that says "sensitivity," at least not in the Vera's interface,... and nothing like that in the LinuxMCE web admin screens either.
I'm at a loss,... and this is a secondary concern right now. I'm actually more interested in how to turn my Wowwee Rovio into a surveillance camera...
there should be a command that can be issued to the zwave interface which included the nodeid, parameter# and parameter data...
Parameter data is the sensitivity setting 0-255... Not sure what parameter# is correct tho.
There is a string of comma separated numbers in the one field under the advanced tab of the MCV Vera interface. I read something about it being the first variable. I don't want to break anything by monkeying around though. Besides, I think my HSM100 might be offline, though. I'm getting a red "gear" icon in the MCV screens,... The batteries may have died.
from http://www.expresscontrols.com/pdf/EZMotionOwnerManual.pdf
Configuration Settings:
Parameter Number 1, Sensitivity, Default 200, Valid values 0-255
Sensitivity sets the amount of motion required for EZMotion to detect motion. A higher value makes it more sensitive and a lower value makes it less sensitive. Note that values above 200 are not recommended when EZMotion is battery operated. Recommended values:
10 = Pet Immune
100 = Medium sensitivity for hallways
200 = Highly sensitive for rooms where people are sitting still
0-255
RTFM!
I found that,... But I use a MCV Vera as my primary controller,... It has no isolated "sensitivity" setting for the device,... And in the advanced tab, it just report a few fields,... one with a string of comma separated values... I don't want to go changing things willie-nillie... So, for the time being,... I'm S-O-L.
Quote from: JaseP on June 08, 2012, 04:14:33 PM
I found that,... But I use a MCV Vera as my primary controller,... It has no isolated "sensitivity" setting for the device,... And in the advanced tab, it just report a few fields,... one with a string of comma separated values... I don't want to go changing things willie-nillie... So, for the time being,... I'm S-O-L.
Chop the Vera out of the loop and let LinuxMCE do the job and you're all set ;-... or just do the PIR config on the device as there is usually a way to do that too.
Andrew
Vera gives me an external connection without a third party IP service,... So, I'm not cutting it out. Can't find any references for doing a PIR config for this device on a Vera, so I'll just have to experiment... So much for the feature lists for this device that say its sensitivity can easily be adjusted for pets... I guess that means for Z-wave developers...
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you could:
1) Control directly from LMCE temporarily
2) Configure the sensitivity
3) Return the device to the Vera
and the sensitivity setting would be maintained. I don't know if the memory on the device is volatile however.
No they won't work.
Yeah,... Andrew's right. Secondary controllers get their Z-wave network info from the primary controller. If you change the Z-wave network, you're supposed to copy from the primary to the secondary again,... unless I've forgotten how it's supposed to work.
But isn't the sensitivity parameter stored within the HMS100 device, separately from network settings?
you can send the set configuration command from any controller, also from linuxmce
Good to know,... I know it's the first variable,... I just have to confirm the syntax for issuing that command...