Rootdet Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 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.
DennisC Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 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.
Rootdet Posted October 14, 2019 Author Posted October 14, 2019 Thanks. I passed that one many times and kept missing the fact that it included relays! Exactly what i have been looking for.
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