Reliable movement detection for a year

johnwasser:
What happens when the motion or presence detector is activated?

What makes you think that running for a year might be a problem?

Is it motion or presence you are trying to detect?

If it's motion, what kind of motion?

  • Lights will turn on for a period.

  • I have no experience in having something running for that long, so I just want to make sure I get reliable parts that will last for 1 year.

  • It's the presence of someone

PaulS:
And will the sensor know that there is someone near, if it is not active? I think you have that concept backwards. The sensor is always active, monitoring for motion/heat/whatever. It outputs a different value if there is something present than when there is not.

  • Yes it would run 24/7, which means they should be detect the presence of someone anytime.