The light I’m controlling with these events is the color LED of the EZMultipli itself and you can set the color to any of eight different colors. Note that I also turn the light off at sunrise just to be sure its off during the daytime. When the sensor has not detected motion for several minutes it will change state to No Motion and the light will be turned off. The light will come on when motion is detected but only if it is after sunset and before sunrise. These two events are the most basic ways to control a light with motion. Now that we have a sensor in an outlet that will detect motion, what do we do with that information? Naturally the most common thing is to turn lights on and off and to send a text when motion is detected and the house is in Away mode (security is enabled). Only the EZMultipli in the office and the one in the garage will send us a text when the home is in Away mode. In my case we always close off our home office from the pets during the day when we are not home. You have to either put the sensor up on a higher outlet or in a room that pets are not allowed in when you need to detect if a burglar is in your home. If you put the sensor down low in a typical wall outlet, virtually any pet from a cat to a small dog will trigger the motion sensor. Some locations like hallways will have to use a battery-powered motion sensor because the sensor has to be in just the right place and there are no outlets in that place.Īnother placement problem involve pets. Obviously it isn’t much good behind a couch or other solid furniture. You can also put it in unused outlets under a table or chair. It is ideal for kitchens, bathrooms and garages which often have unused outlets in handy locations. So it doesn’t have to be placed in the perfect location to be able to detect motion where you need it. EZMultipli was specifically designed with a wide-angle lens to capture motion in any direction out to about 12 feet. But what if you don’t have an outlet in the right spot for detecting motion? Ah… that is a problem and not every device can solve every problem. This makes EZMultipli ideal for apartments, offices or other short-term uses where you’ll want to take it with you when you leave. No screws, no tape, no mending of the wall when you move. The sensors are just a bonus in that case!īecause EZMultipli is simply plugged into an outlet, there is no mounting required. If your Z-Wave network is a little flakey and you have some nodes that are having trouble reporting in reliably, adding an EZMultipli or two will provide additional routes for every Z-Wave node to talk to every other node. What sets the EZMultipli apart from the typical battery-powered motion sensors is that it is wall powered so you never need to change the batteries! Because EZMultipli is wall powered it is a Z-Wave range extender and adds another routing node in the Z-Wave mesh network.
#Z wave homeseer manual#
Refer to the User Manual for more details on EZMultipli/HSM200.
#Z wave homeseer how to#
For this post I’m going to show you how to get the most out of Express Controls EZMultipli Z-Wave MultiSensor and specifically how to use it with HomeSeer. HomeSeer sells the EZMultipli under their own brand name as the HSM200. HomeSeer has a very active user community on their forums and if you have a question on how to do something, just ask and someone will respond quickly.
#Z wave homeseer Pc#
Compared to having running on a PC 24/7/365 at typically 60+ watts, the RPi is a green and low-cost alternative. The RPi has plenty of horsepower to serve the web pages and run the events that control my home automatically and it does it all with a mere 6 Watts of power. The part I like the most about HomeSeer is that the processing runs locally on the RPi which makes the response time very snappy compared to the cloud based systems. The Zee S2 is a Raspberry Pi (RPi) with a built-in Z-Wave interface that runs the HomeSeer HS3 software. I use the HomeSeer HomeTroller Zee S2 to run my home. HomeSeer HS3 is my favorite smart home software.
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