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JoRatcliffe
JoRatcliffe 11 months ago

Hi everybody, I've joined the team behind the element14 community and I just wanted to say a quick hello.

I have an important project right now which is helping make webinars, on-demand videos, challenges and the site as a whole be the best that they can be. I'm eager to to help this community continue to be an informative, enriching and entertaining(!) place to be.

Less importantly perhaps I am also experimenting at home with smart lightbulbs and motion sensors currently. A hallway where people are coming and going seems like a natural use case but I want to see if I can get one working in another area like the kitchen where I'm sometimes not spending a lot of time (eg. making a coffee) but I'm also not moving around a lot (eg. standing in front of the coffee machine). It's probably just a case of me looking at how long the lights stay on when movement is detected and how often movement is required for continuous light etc, but a fun lil project nonetheless.

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  • e14addy
    e14addy 11 months ago +5
    Welcome on Board!!!
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave 11 months ago +3
    "...Less importantly perhaps I am also experimenting at home with smart lightbulbs and motion sensors currently..." Have you met Natasha yet ? /challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts…
  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 11 months ago +3
    JoRatcliffe Welcome to the Community. Good luck on your project. We have something like what you describe in a couple of our warehouses and I despise them. The lights turn themselves off while I'm working…
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    e14addy 11 months ago

    Welcome on Board!!!

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  • javagoza
    javagoza 11 months ago

    Welcome! This community is a unique place with a wonderful atmosphere and a keen interest in helping and learning.

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  • JoRatcliffe
    JoRatcliffe 11 months ago in reply to javagoza

    Thank you I'm really happy to be chatting with everyone!

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  • cstanton
    cstanton 11 months ago

    Welcome to the team Slight smile

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  • dang74
    dang74 11 months ago

    Welcome Jorat and good luck with the motion sensor project.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave 11 months ago

    "...Less importantly perhaps I am also experimenting at home with smart lightbulbs and motion sensors currently..."

    Have you met Natasha yet ?

    /challenges-projects/element14-presents/b/blog/posts/hacking-philips-hue-lights-arduino-raspberry-pi-other

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    dougw 11 months ago

    Welcome JoRatcliffe . looking forward to your contributions.

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    dwinhold 11 months ago

    Welcome to the community!!

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  • phoenixcomm
    phoenixcomm 11 months ago

     JoRatcliffe Welcome to the Office, The problem with things that are 'Smart' is they cost way too much. In my project SmartHab I looked at it very differently. As I already have two fobs one is short-range and the other is long-range RFID, For your hallway I would use long-range RFID, depending on the length to the hall you might need two of them. or ie near the doors, so you can use two in a long hall one reader near each entrance or exit.  so basically when one of the sensors sees a tag it turns on the lights when the other sensor sees the tag the lights will go off!  so the problem arises when you have a hallway going to a few bedrooms,  again the same game is played with the sensors. easy-peasy lemon squeezy! ~~Cris. 

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    kmikemoo 11 months ago

    JoRatcliffe Welcome to the Community.  Good luck on your project.  We have something like what you describe in a couple of our warehouses and I despise them.  The lights turn themselves off while I'm working on a piece of equipment.  Very annoying. Laughing

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