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Fonction simulation de présence : mise en marche aléatoire

English translation: presence-simulation feature -- random switch-on


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08:14 Feb 4, 2011
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Furniture / Household Appliances / weekly programmable timer
French term or phrase: Fonction simulation de présence : mise en marche aléatoire
"Caractéristiques produits :
- Mise en route et arrêt automatiques des appareils électroniques, notamment pendant les heures creuses.
- Jusqu'à 98 programmes par semaine
- Fonction minuterie
- Fonction simulation de présence : mise en marche aléatoire
- Passage automatique de l'heure d'hiver à l'heure d'été
- Sauvegarde des programmes en cas de coupure de courant
- Equipé d'un interrupteur et de protections enfants
- Puissance : 3680W sous 230V~50Hz"

I'm honestly not sure about what this means. Something to do with motion detection and its random???? Sorry for my daftness just not something im familiar with thanks
walkerk
English translation:presence-simulation feature -- random switch-on
Explanation:
Fairly straightforward.
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Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 13:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2presence-simulation feature -- random switch-on
Conor McAuley
4vacation mode – random activationcc in nyc


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presence-simulation feature -- random switch-on


Explanation:
Fairly straightforward.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 13:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rkillings: or random start time. The randomness occurs in the time domain.
53 mins
  -> Thanks. Or activation maybe.
agree  David Goward: Although I prefer "occupancy" to "presence".
2 hrs
  -> Thanks David
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vacation mode – random activation


Explanation:
For the first part of the phrase: house sitter or vacation mode
For the second part of the phrase: random on/off operation

Or, more concisely: vacation mode – random activation.


    Reference: http://www.smarthome.com/25505/House-Sitter-Random-Light-Tim...
    Reference: http://www.amazon.com/50462-7-Day-Random-Vacation-Timer/dp/B...
cc in nyc
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
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