ACT Homepro ZIR010

PIR (Binary Sensor) support

PIR (Passive Infra Red) sensor, a type of motion detector which uses invisible infra red light to detect movement in a room. PIR is sending "Sensor Tripped" events, so that you can use it in security scenarious.

All the tests were made using HomePro ZIR000 (RF Transmitter PIR) model.

HowTo install PIR

 1) Open the PIR box so that you have access to Z-Wave button, it is used to remove/add (reset) the PIR from/to Z-Wave network
 2) Use your Z-Wave Master Controller to add PIR
 3) Copy the new Z-Wave network configuration to your Z-Wave USB device (see command "Download Configuration")
 4) Reload Router
 5) You should see the PIR device available as a child device of ZWave (see LinuxMCE admin web pages), but the setup isn't ready yet.
 6) Power off PIR, then power on again (remove a battery for few seconds). Close the PIR box.
 This step is important because PIR is in awake state only for 10 min after it's powered up.
 7) After 2-3 min from step 6, PIR will send the wake up notification and PIR will be able to set its configuration.
 8) You should receive the events from PIR

Notes

 1) PIR needs 2 min of 'silence' to get to Trigger Off
 2) Z-Wave has some new commands to support PIR :
   - Assign Return Route
   - Set Association
   - Set Configuration Parameter
   - Set Wake Up
 The configuration commands are sent automatically by LinuxMCE's ZWave device.
 But if you are using a different PIR device and you need another setup parameters, you can use the new commands.
 3) The PIR wake up notification is important, no commands are sent to PIR if the notification wasn't received.
 We must be sure that PIR is able to communicate with Z-Wave network.