<div dir="ltr">Dusk-to-dawn sensor should work well enough for me. But my wife hates to have the outdoor light on all night... So there is a 'click' of the switch when it's turned on in the evening when we're coming back. I don't know if it has somehow trained my cat a bit since he is always waiting for us at our garage door when we are back. ^_^<div><br></div><div>Those sensors are cool. Some guys who live in farms set it up in the entrance so they know there is car coming in or out. Or get notification if the mailman drops something off. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Chris Craig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kwlug.org@ciotog.net" target="_blank">kwlug.org@ciotog.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does that mean your outdoor lights are on the entire time you're home<br>
at night, but off otherwise? That seems like a bad idea, to me...<br>
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We have a dusk-to-dawn motion sensor for our outdoor light, which is<br>
less sexy but more practical, IMO.<br>
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Some day I'd like to set up a system that has a motion sensor<br>
activated camera for the yard / driveway / pantry (I have 2 kids ;)<br>
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On 2 February 2016 at 08:23, Raymond Chen <<a href="mailto:raymondchen625@gmail.com">raymondchen625@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I use Wink as my home automation hub, which connects to a switch for my<br>
> outdoor lamps. And I connect it with IFTTT and my a web service written with<br>
> node.js on my Raspberry Pi. So when my phone enters the area of my house, a<br>
> web request will be sent to my raspberry pi, it checks to see the daylight<br>
> status. If it's after sunset, another request will be sent to IFTTT and<br>
> trigger my Wink hub to turn on my outdoor lamps.<br>
> Those connected device are pricey, which is why I haven't set up home<br>
> security system yet. Alarm, tripper and motion detector are on my watch<br>
> list.<br>
><br>
> Raymond<br>
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