Hello All,

Looking for opinions from the public. 

What I Need

- Outdoor motion sensor, or some sort of Car sensor to turn exterior driveway lights when cars come in.

- Sensor should be able to live through all four seasons, including winter in Northern Vermont. 

 

What I got

- About 5 lamp posts going down the driveway. Each lampost has an outlet which is always powered on, even when the lights are off.  Constant year round power is not a problem

- Lamp Post lights are on an insteon controller and ISY can turn them on just find 

- Many Insteon Devices, so I have quite the mesh already. 

- The Driveway is about 150 feet long.

- Wifi is available to the road (Lot's of AP's around too  )

- I do have the ISY994iZW+/IR-PRO. Running the latest firmware (5.0.16)

 

Options?

I have not found an outdoors sensor that would work. Most sensors are based on delta temperature of area, but i am not sure how well that will work when it is -20F. I have found some non-traditional, plant a magnetic detector in the ground with a home-base unit. Of course these units do not have an output, but i thought about maybe modifying it to cut the speaker wire redirect the sound to a IOLinc as an open/close relay. It might work.

 

Any thoughts? I cannot be the only person in the world wanting outdoor sensors. 

This is what I use

https://www.guardlinesecurity.com/collections/guardline-outdoor-motion-alerts-wireless-driveway-alarms/products/guardline-500-ft-wireless-driveway-alarm

The device works well and a set of batteries last 9 - 12 months. Mine connects to ISY through my Elk alarm, but you could use an IO Link. Rock solid.

Thanks. I passed that one many times and kept missing the fact that it included relays! Exactly what i have been looking for.