Bypassing Motion Sensor Using Program

[born2dive]

Here is my situation:

 

I have a few lights on the ground floor control by a 6-key keypad: I press "On" all the lights come on, I press "Off" all the light go off.  Buttons A, B, C, D are unused so far

I have a motion sensor within range of above keypad (on the ground floor)

I have programmed the lights to come on when the sensor sense motion (usually as I come into the house through the front door)

At night, when I am ready to leave the ground floor and go up to the second floor, I hit the "Off" button on the keypad, the ground floor lights turn off, but then the sensor triggers the lights back on before I can head up the stairs and out of range of the sensor

 

I know the above is the "expected behavior" and the equipment is doing what it's supposed to do.

 

Is there a way to bypass the sensor, say for 2 minutes, when I hit the "Off" button to give me a chance to head up the stairs without triggering the lights back on?  I looked into all the programming options and could not find a way to accomplish that.

 

Thanks.

 

[jerlands]

Write a second program... if "keypad off" is off then disable program #1, wait 2 minutes, enable program #1

 

 

Jon...

[oberkc]

To expand upon jerlands suggestion, make sure you use CONTROL keypad is off. STATUS will not work here.

[born2dive]

Thank you both.