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In Comfigurator 3.13.1, (requires Comfort Firmware 7.174 and above) a useful feature has been introduced - Occupancy Status
This allows Comfigurator to display the Occupancy Status is active, ie if there has been any movement in the selected zones in the premises



In the above screenshot, the occupancy status is Inactive. If there were movement detected in selected zones, the occupancy Status would be Active

This is programmed as follows;


Select the zones which will detect occupancy. These are normally Motion detectors (PIRS)

Create a Response called eg Occupancy






In the Zone On and Off Response, assign to the  Response which was created  (Occupancy in this example)






In Alarms  Misc Settings> Occupancy Time, enter the time to detect occupancy eg 30 minutes. This means that the occupancy will be inactive if the zone does not detect movement for 30 mnutes
Assign the same Response to all the  zones which will take art in Occupancy Detection





for example if 4 zones are assigned to Occupancy detection, and the occupancy time is 30 minutes, the Occupancy Status will be Inactive if zone of the zones detect occupancy within that time. If any zone detects movement in that time interval, then Occupancy is Active

That\'s a really interesting feature. I was thinking about something in a similar line for night mode intruder detection.

Let\'s say, your house has 1 occupant, and is amred to night mode. Obviously, some sensors would be set to night mode and won\'t normally trigger an alarm, but let\'s say you have 2 sensors that are set to night mode, and both are activated within a short time frame ( one that would not be feasible for a single person to trigger).

I know the logic could be programmed in to comfort, but it would be a great feature to build in automatically.

For example the ability to group sensors into a trigger zone (a corridorr and bedroom sensor for example ) where you would/ could expect to trigger both zones at the same time or within a very short timferent set of sensors would be anotigger zone (say kitchen and living room). If both these trigger zones were activated at the same time, or within a set time period, then there is more than 1 person in the house....set off the alarm.
It\'s an interesting feature for example for lone elderly people, even to the point that it could just trigger a silent alarm. It could be expanded to low for houses with more than 1 occupant also.

This seems to be for a very specific requirement, so using Responses seems to be the best way and allows you to handle many different conditions

I suggest in night node, a zone can trigger response for zone name announcement if the bedroom (or other) zone is active

Many years ago, I setup occupancy for rooms, floors and whole house with timers which is in use today to turn off lights and appliances. I\'ll see if I can retire all that logic, thanks

This is an example of an application of the occupancy feature in an unattended warehouse where staff come in only sometimes, and the management would like to know when they do without having the staff to arm and disarm the system.
The PIRE should be set to Zone Type Switch Normally Open so that it does not cause an intruder alarm.

The Zone Response and Zone Off Responses are assigned to the Response named Occupancy:
If Occupancy = 0 Then
    Send SMS PhoneNo01 1
End If
Assign Occupancy Zone
END
How it works:
If the PIR detects movement - if occupancy = 0 ie previously it was unoccupied, a custnmised SMS message #1 will be sent  to Phone No 1. This SMS can be programmed eg
\"Warehouse Occupied\".

If the PIR subsequently detects movement before the occupancy Time out, it will not send more SMS. The occupancy time out can be set to 30 minutes for example depending on how long the staff are expected to remain in the facility

It may also be useful for those who rent out their property, or small hotel operators. It tells them when the guests have arrived, and if they have left