RE: Re: Dawn till dusk control

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Aren't these solutions a bit overkill Andy?

The Powerflash by the way will only allow closure contacts so you can't
just
hook a photocell across the inputs. LDRs onto HVs inputs ... well, wouldn't
you then need the expansion board for analogue inputs too?

I would suggest that Steve's reply sounds sensible ... use the Dusk/Dawn
controller to set an X10 on/off and then use HS to do whatever you want
dependent upon that.

Have you tried Sunrise and Sunset ... does ActiveHome support that (I can't
remember).

Cheers

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Powell [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 September 2001 11:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Dawn till dusk control
>
>
>
> > Can anyone suggest the best way to control lighting with a dawn
to
> > dusk photocell for my X10 lighting with CM12U PC controller?
>
> It really depends on what software you run on your PC but a
> Powerflash module may we the answer,
>
> The powerflash module will allow most things to send an X10 signal so
> just connect the photocell to it.
>
> The other option is a MS13 (motion detector) I use one (turned to
> face the wall so that movement is not detected) to tell me if it's
> dark..
>
> If you are using ActiveHome as your software then I'm afraid you'll
> probably end up having to get a dusk/dawn controller
>
> More expensive is Homevision, to which you could attach a photocell
> via the inputs...
>
> Andy
>
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