What happens to our XTension set-up if I were to die?

[Michel Angelo]

Hello Jerry. 

Le 20 févr. 2021 à 18:23, Jerry — MacSolutions <jerry at stlmacguy.com> a écrit :

> I’ve been thinking about what happens to our XTension set-up if I were to die or, if I have contracted Covid and am in the hospital for a long stay.  The house is “humming” along without much intervention right now.   If I disappeared, what would it take for my family to "keep things going?”
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> Most likely, the first thing to worry about is the battery operated Motion Sensors.  I have a script that detects if a motion sensor hasn’t been triggered in a few days.  But I just write that to the log and not really display it in some way that the family knows.
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> I started trying to establish a way that I might first, illuminate which sensor is not responding and then, find a way to display its address.  Describe where it’s located (as most of ours are tucked away under cabinets, etc.) and then give directions as to how to change the batteries and set the code on it.  I’m sure that a document that describes this process, would eventually get lost.
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> (On a side note and probably would be better discussed in a separate thread… Once I’m gone for a certain amount of time.. I’d like to send an individual email to my daughter and wife, with pertinent information in it. Passwords, etc.)
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> I’m curious if anyone has thought about this and have already devised a solution?

> My first thought was to create a “Notification Center” alert that would appear at the top of the screen of the XTension machine with the sensor name, location and sensor code (A14).  But then perhaps create a page where there’s more information once the family touches that notification?
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> Another thought would be to create a text document containing all of the information that would be printed each day until the sensor was “seen” again.  Kind of a "gentle nudge” to my family.  But what happens if the Printer is replaced, etc?
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> My wife might not be as savvy about fixing simple issues but my 13 year old daughter, I’m sure would "jump in” and take care of things for mom.
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> Too crazy to accomplish?  I’d love your thoughts!

This is a serious thought. It's reply may well be quite hard. I suggest a modification to the question. 

Instead of "how to keep on operating efficiently ?" What about: 
"How to revert to not-automated operations; or decide to give a try to keep on operating efficiently the home automation system ?"

Indeed in my case, which might not be unique,
My wife may see little value in her continuation of our home automation system
Our children,being on their own, are not a maintenance option.
A third party contractor may be hard to locate or not be seen by my wife to be worth the cost and effort

My thoughts, so far. 

-- 
Michelangelo

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