I read somewhere that the Ecolink PIR may be the same manufacturer as the monoprice. Has anyone got the Ecolink to read temp or knows if that is possible? I tried on my Ecolink but only waited 10 minutes with 0 degrees.
One of the 2 sensors updated the temp. The other is still at 0F. Changed the space to a comma, saved the device and did a LUUP reload.
I’ll run a heal with stress test overnight to confirm the sensor is talking to Vera.
@sely: the circuit board on both is the same so chances are it also has the temp sensor. It took several hours for my first monoprice to come up with a temp. The other one is still at 0.
Update: After running a Heal with Stress Test overnight now all 3 temp sensors show a correct value.
I had a schlage on my front porch to turn on my front porch lights on when someone approached. It worked great! Unfortunately, it also caught cars driving by. I swapped it out for a Monoprice one (Same exact location( and because the sensor is beveled, I no longer get the lights turning on when a car drives by. I have yet to test where the cutoff is though, but when my daughter walks up at night after being dropped off, it seems to turn on when she approaches the walkway from the driveway. I would rather it trigger a little further back, but that is much better than the schlage ones.
Note that I am not putting down the Schlage sensors. I love them and I will be using them in my back yard where I actually want the longer throw of the sensor to pick things up.
I was gonna use PIR’s outside as well and hook up LED lights but then found below units at Costco. These rock! Great light output and good sensor pickup.
One is on my 90degree curved drive above the garage and lights up as soon as something hits the start of my drive. I liked it so much I bought 2 more for the back yard just outside my screened porch to light up the yard for the dogs when they go out. The main one picks up the dogs right when they approach the doggie door in the lanai and flips on immediately. The other is around the corner of the shed for the right side of the yard. My senior female GSD soon figured out the ideal path so the sensor picks her up quickly and lights her way. Energy consumption is only about 24W per twin LED unit.
I get plenty of power outages here in Fla and yes, it comes on after each but goes off after the set time and doesn’t stay on. I actually like that behaviour. Costco being what it is, if they do break within a few years, I’ll take them back. 
I am considering adding a PIR sensor in my screened porch to cover the entrance area for security and scene the porch lighting to it as that’s on a zwave switch. Waiting for another sale on them.
I also have Schlage and Ecolink ones. Both units are exactly the same. To make make the coverage go downward vertically on a wall, I mounted mine sideways on the corner of the ceiling/wall. They seem to detect well at 45 degree angles to the sides when mounted in a corner, so I just rotated it sideways where needed.
I’m having a problem where it takes my Monoprice motion sensor about 5-10 seconds to wake up and get tripped once I am walking by. I was looking at the settings and was thinking about changing the wake interval and/or the poll time. Will changing either of these settings help solve my problem?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I seem to get pretty good response from my monoprice motions. The one i notice the most has 1800 for the wakeup, and 10800 for the poll times. Probably not what you asked, but i sometimes take comfort in what other people are using.
When you first walk up the sensor, how long does it take before the red light goes on? Mine takes a good 4 seconds after I first walk in front of it before the sensor is tripped. I’m using it to turn on a hall way light and I’m halfway down the hallway before the light even turns on. I’ve ran with settings similar to yours and still get that delay. I’m not sure if all of the battery powered motion sensors are like that or if it’s a settings thing.
Can anyone recommend a battery powered motion sensor that has more of an instantaneous response when it detects motion?
Basically I’m looking for a battery powered motion sensor that responds more like a hardwired one.
Thanks
[quote=“kenray536, post:26, topic:180007”]I’m having a problem where it takes my Monoprice motion sensor about 5-10 seconds to wake up and get tripped once I am walking by. I was looking at the settings and was thinking about changing the wake interval and/or the poll time. Will changing either of these settings help solve my problem?
Thanks in advance for your help![/quote]As indicated by my testing in this recent post I see a tripped state in 1 to 2 seconds. There is a delay, but not anywhere near 5-10 seconds.
I’d suggest trying an exclude/include to see if it changes anything and, if the unit is not new, try a new battery.
As far as I understand the Ecolink is the same as the monoprice except the ecolink TEST jumper works. I leave it on Test to get a fast response. Over 6 months on test in a VERY active area and the battery is still 100%. I’ve not heard at all if these have a secret temp sensor in them, but that would be amazing news. Anyone able to shed some light here?
The monoprice motion sensors do, not sure of the Ecolink
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[quote=“kenray536, post:28, topic:180007”]When you first walk up the sensor, how long does it take before the red light goes on? Mine takes a good 4 seconds after I first walk in front of it before the sensor is tripped. I’m using it to turn on a hall way light and I’m halfway down the hallway before the light even turns on. I’ve ran with settings similar to yours and still get that delay. I’m not sure if all of the battery powered motion sensors are like that or if it’s a settings thing.
Can anyone recommend a battery powered motion sensor that has more of an instantaneous response when it detects motion?
Basically I’m looking for a battery powered motion sensor that responds more like a hardwired one.
Thanks[/quote]
Motion sensor quality is important for response time, but keep in mind latency is also affected by the quality of your zwave network mesh (are there ample neighbors nearby, are you getting good signal to your vera, etc).
I was pretty happy with the Schlages, but I recently tried the Enerwave’s (posted here: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,32735.0.html) and i feel they respond even faster. Worth checking out.
I picked up the GoControl kit (http://www.homedepot.com/p/GoControl-Premium-DIY-Home-Security-Kit-Z-Wave-and-Wink-Enabled-WNK01-311KIT/205785810) at Home Depot today. The motion sensor is marked as being model WAPIRZ-1. It appears inside and out to be identical to the Monoprice sensor.
It installed just fine in my VeraEdge (UI7, 1.7.1320). I was able to get the temp data as well with the iDoorContact plugin - took a couple hours for data to appear instead of showing 0 degrees in the dashboard, but it’s working fine.
The instructions do indicate one difference from what’s posted here for the monoprice sensor - it says that the reset time parameter is parameter 1, TWO bytes, and then how many minutes to reset. I had already done mine as indicated with the one byte setting and it seems to be working)
(I’m mostly posting this so if anyone searches for that model number, they’ll find out it works ;D)