Oakland Jeff Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hi All, I’m looking for an Insteon-based solar-powered outdoor motion-light solution. I can’t seem to find any ready-made solutions, so I’m wondering if someone has been able to hack any of the off the shelf solar motion-lights with any of the In-LineLinc or Micro Dimmers or the guts of Insteon Motion Detector. Requirements for such a solution include: 1. Sending wireless Insteon on and off signals that I could catch and use to trigger other lights or programs 2. Wireless Insteon manual control of light 3. Standard motion activated on and user controllable off-delay While I’m at it, I should say I’m also looking for a solar-powered motion detector for outdoor use. Does anyone have any experience with sort of hacking? Thanks, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian H Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The InLincLinc and Micro Dimmers. Need a 120 volt power line feed. If you want battery power they will not work. The Motion Sensor goes into a power saving mode and unless woken up will not receive any Insteon RF commands and I believe it is only outgoing RF messages. Hope someone has done a similar thing and can assist you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arw01 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Start with a trigger linc or a leak detector. They are also only one way, but they both will transmit on or off on demand for you. Power a 2420M from a solar recharged battery pack and you are most of the way there. I'm looking for an inexpensive solar spot myself to put way out in the yard on a copper wind mill sort of artwork. Should be striking at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xathros Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Alan- Not sure how you define inexpensive but I saw some solar powered LED spots at HomeDepot this weekend. I think they were $30-$40. They were in the landscape lighting section. -Xathros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryantBrewer Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Hi All, I’m looking for an Insteon-based solar-powered outdoor motion-light solution. I can’t seem to find any ready-made solutions, so I’m wondering if someone has been able to hack any of the off the shelf solar panels motion-lights with any of the In-LineLinc or Micro Dimmers or the guts of Insteon Motion Detector. Requirements for such a solution include: 1. Sending wireless Insteon on and off signals that I could catch and use to trigger other lights or programs 2. Wireless Insteon manual control of light 3. Standard motion activated on and user controllable off-delay While I’m at it, I should say I’m also looking for a solar-powered motion detector for outdoor use. Does anyone have any experience with sort of hacking? Thanks, Jeff Hello friend were you able to find right Insteon-based solar-powered outdoor motion-light solution? Even I am searching for it so please share some useful information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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