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I have a cleaning lady too (once a week), but also some kids.
If you have kids run it every night like I do.
And every day I clean the Roomba and every time I'm astounded about the amount of dust etc the Roomba cleans!
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dust is indeed something it picks up in great amounts..

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hmm, i really have the impression that mine does not work that well.. "crumbs" and "rise" or any other small tidbits it doesn't pick up , only dust .. while the old one would pick this up.. if i throw a trail of crumbs down, it doesn't pick it up at all.. (maybe 20% at most)

what are your experiences? does it pick it all up, or at least looks better then my situation?

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Till now it picks up everything, even small toy parts. Like the shoes of the barbydolls etc.
So yes something is wrong with your Roomba!
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at least i still have a warranty :)

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Mine too picks up small parts. small pieces of wood, broad etc.
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Why didn't I think of that, for now the Roomba gets its own Plugwise controller.
Get back on it.
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You can follow the power usage of the IRoomba 560 vacuum cleaner on http://www.bwired.nl/plugwise.asp
In standby it is using 2.14 watt.
I love my driver made for plugwise, just add the new circle in the plugwise source software and minutes later it's automatic on Bwired :)
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@Pieter:

I'm wondering what a full loading-cycle of the Roomba 560 would cost in terms of energy use and what the standby use of the device is. Would it be possible to plug the docking station into a plugwise module for a day or so?

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P.S. also thanks for arranging the Smart Homes tickets; I had fun :-).
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Hi Pieter,

Thanks for putting the Roomba on a Plugwise adapter! It's been using about 1 kWh during the last week. Is this including one or more cleaning cycles?

Furthermore: did you succeed in controlling the 560 with IrTrans yet? I guess you are going the mini-DIN-connector + PIC + IR module way as I don't think the 560 has IR for control built in, or has it?

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Hi Lennart this is the energy consumption of the Iroomba
It's measured with plugwise
Interesting graph, do you agree
4.25 watt idle and when it's of the homebase it drops, so looks like its continues loading the cell?

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you clean the house at night time?

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IR Remote Control for Roomba With Home Command?
Is this really a IR remote, if so then we can control the roomba fully by means of IR
But I have the feeling that it's nor IR

Anybody more info on this, because when its really IR a lot Domoticans will be really glad :)
Thanks to Erik for pointing this out

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i bought the remote, this is what it comes back with in pronto edit pro 2..

the remote actually works, it goes back to the dock. (had to order a battery, though why not get the remote too and make some people happy) :-)
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