Hi guys. I've recently added a handful of Aeon Labs multi sensors to my network. I have created a scene which turns on a particular light after dark when motion is detected, and another scene to turn the light off when motion is no longer detected (the default 4 mins). This works fine. The problem I have though is sometimes I need manual control of the light. I.e., I want to physically switch the light on and leave it on for an extended period (say 30 mins), temporarily overriding the state of the sensor. When I'm done, I'd like control to return to the sensor. Is there an automatic way to achieve this kind of behaviour? Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Help with sensors
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Ralf
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03 March 2014
Ryan-Scott
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03 March 2014
Hi guys. I've recently added a handful of Aeon Labs multi sensors to my network. I have created a scene which turns on a particular light after dark when motion is detected, and another scene to turn the light off when motion is no longer detected (the default 4 mins). This works fine. The problem I have though is sometimes I need manual control of the light. I.e., I want to physically switch the light on and leave it on for an extended period (say 30 mins), temporarily overriding the state of the sensor. When I'm done, I'd like control to return to the sensor. Is there an automatic way to achieve this kind of behaviour? Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
I do something similar... In my off scene, my trigger is one that runs every minute. In my conditions, I check that my motion sensor has been off for 5 minutes. I also have another condition to check that my light has been on for 30 minutes. This way, if I walk into the room and turn on a light then sit in a corner, it won't get shut off until at least 30 minutes have past with the light being on.
Another thing you could do if the above doesn't work for you is that you could create a virtual device... maybe called "Motion override." To be safe, you could set that device to automatically toggle off after X minutes. Add that device as a condition to your off scene to require it be 'off' in order for the off scene to function properly.
Ralf
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06 March 2014
Thanks Ryan. Unfortunately though, the position of this particular sensor means it trips when you attempt to turn the light on manually. I can't move it coz it needs to be in this position. So I need to find a way to override the sensor to allow manual control of the light when needed. You've given me something to think about though. I think I should be able to track the state of the light, and whether it was triggered by the motion sensor or manually via a virtual device. If it was manually triggered, I should see the light state change from off to back on, whilst the sensor is still open. I should be good from there. I'll give this logic a go. It would be great if the light switch device itself knew how it was activated - i.e., programed or manual.
One other question. My "on" scene uses a time condition between sunset and sunrise to prevent the light coming on during the day but I'd like to extend the range to sunrise + 30 mins. I don't seem to be able to do this under conditions. I know you can define a + or - factor for sunset/sunrise under triggers but not a time range (as far as I can tell).
Thanks.
