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Synthiam
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A PIR you can use - but it's an outdated and boring technology. I'd recommend using the camera instead. The camera has motion detection. So simply add a script for the tracking script to send a notification when it sees movement with the camera.

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Belgium
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dj

ub selling old stuff then.ok something to learn.thanks

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Synthiam
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Yeah - pir is what's used in old alarm systems that have been around since the 80's. Ub Tech doesn't use much new technology - their robots are pretty terrible and filled with cheap components. But, they have quite the marketing budget!

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Belgium
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i bouth one robot from them the alpha2,worked a few months then they disconneted my robot from there server.there forum dissepeared, no contact. many on indiego didn get a refund or a robot.they lie about averything. a big shame,but we have ez robot.:D

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Synthiam
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I'm sorry to hear that, nomad. It is indeed a good thing we have ezrobot:)

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@Nomad... all a PIR sensor is, (you can google it to find out exactly what it does)... is a $5 switch that's all it is. It measures infrared (IR) light radiating from objects... When it reads a change in IR light like from a human or animal that walks by it activates. When plugged into an EZB4 it will cause a digital port to "go high"... You read the digital port and write a script of what you want to do when it activates... It doesn't send emails or pictures or anything else... it's just a switch... As @DJ mentioned use the camera so you can use more advanced features...

I use one in my inMoov to detect if people are around... If no people are around I programmed inMoov to go to sleep. When people come in the room the PIR detector is activated and I have inMoov wake up...

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Belgium
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hi RR

you have a great inmoove.thats sounds like a cool script you have.

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Belgium
#8  

is this a good pir sensor ?

pir

another with movement detectection

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