Revision as of 20:39, 6 June 2010

My Setup

Home Automation

• Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller
• LSControl ES 861 Temperature sensor
• LSControl ES 861 Humidity Humidity sensor (eats battery's)
• Everspring ST814 Temp/hum sensor
• ACT Homepro ZDW230 Dimmer wall
• ACT Homepro ZDP200 Dimmer plugin
• ACT Homepro ZRP200 Appliance module plugin
• Merten 507501 Appliance module Flush-mounted
• Express Controls EZmotion Temp/Light/Motion sensor
• ACT Homepro ZTH200 Remote

Delayed event

To make a scenario for heating my care in the morning and by a climate scenario on the orbiter I have made the following setup.

This scenario turns on the wall outlet for the car and turns it off after 1,5 hours. If I execute this scenario form the orbiter it does not work it will just send all the commands at once and there will be no delay. So I hide this scenario by unchecking all the rooms.

I then made another scenario to execute this scenario:

I also added a Timed Event to execute this scenario every weekday morning.

Climate control

I have started my quest to control all heating in my house using LMCE. I am using Z-Wave as my primary control system. The temp sensors are LSControl ES 861 and the heaters are controlled by various Z-Wave modules.

The first room out is the bedroom. I only need to have this room warm when I go to bed and wake up. If I am not sleeping at home I don't need to turn the heat up at all (HouseMode = Extended-away). These two events control the heater. They are both Temperature Changed Events. The first event turns the heater on, the second turns it off.