| 39 | | The D2Photo, light presence/absence monitor, provides the ability to monitor the state of fluorescent or incandescent lighting. It uses the DS2406 multidrop controller. This is quite a common chip and is used in a number of units. The OW-Sensor Plugin doesn't know if you have a D2Photo connected, or something else with the DS2406. It therefore lists a number of options for the DS2406 - it is recommended that you only use InputLevel_A (set InputLevel_B to Ignore), and select either Light Sensor, or Light Sensor + Energy. The only difference is that with the "+Energy" option, the plugin will set the energy monitoring variable so that you can use it to monitor power. In this way, if you are using the D2Photo to monitor a light status, you can also have the Vera energy monitoring system update correctly. |
| | 39 | The D2Photo, light presence/absence monitor, provides the ability to monitor the state of fluorescent or incandescent lighting. It uses the DS2406 multidrop controller - this is quite a common chip and is used in a number of one-wire interface units. The OW-Sensor Plugin doesn't know if you have a D2Photo connected, or something else with the DS2406 controller - it therefore lists a number of options for the DS2406. It is recommended that you only use InputLevel_A (set InputLevel_B to Ignore), and select either Light Sensor, or Light Sensor + Energy. The only difference is that with the "+Energy" option, the plugin will set the energy monitoring variable so that you can use it to monitor power. In this way, if you are using the D2Photo to monitor a light status, you can also have the Vera energy monitoring system update when light is indicated. |
