Presence Sensor, not Motion

[Cobra]

@marktheknife
Many years ago I wrote something to run .exe as a windows service
I think I used srvany and a script, not sure as it was a long time ago

I’ll have a look to see if I still have it.
But anything that runs an exe as a service should work.

I’m glad it works well for you
Btw, did your av have any problems with it being a compiled script?

Andy

[marktheknife]

@Cobra

did your av have any problems with it being a compiled script?

Nope! I run windows defender only, but it didn’t complain at all.

[Cobra]

@marktheknife

I just tried setting it up as a service with NSSM
It didn't work so maybe not compatible as a service in Win10

I'll try a few things before I give up

[ogiewon]

Windows 10 has increased the security between Services and the interactive user session. It may not be possible for a service to ‘see’ activity of the interactive user.

[Cobra]

@marktheknife
Thank you very much for your donation
Very much appreciated

Andy

[sburke781]

I'm tempted to update my driver / application to kick off at startup, include a loop inside the code to handle a polling period and shift most of the config across to a HE device driver, rather than requiring manual updates to config files. The PC-based part could read in the config from a HE device each time it polls, including things like the polling period, thresholds and whether to turn the motion detection off.

The best I could find re having the PC part running regularly was to place it in the startup folder for the user. Like I mentioned above, I would then handle the scheduling of it with a loop inside the code and a polling period config setting in the HE device.

How do I set a program to launch at startup

Simon

[Akshay]

I really want to try and achieve reliable presence detection in my kitchen. I have two Aeotec Multisensor 6s running cSteele's drivers in the kitchen. They detect motion just fine and turn the lights on when I enter, but their "occupancy" detection is complete crap. If I am at the counter chopping veggies or at the hob cooking, they will lose track of me and turn everything off. It's such a pain and sometimes, even a bit risky.

This is how I have set the rule up. Anyone have any suggestions to improve this?