How do I?

[Traditore]

Hi guys,

Pretty simple setup. I have a motion sensor in the laundry room. It is part of a scene with the ceiling light (SwitchLinc Relay). When the sensor is triggered, the light turns on and after 30 seconds it turns off.

How do I write a program to bypass the motion sensor if I Fast On the switch and re-enable the sensor if I Fast Off the switch? I tried something with Adjust Scene but got nowhere.

Patrick

[Goose66]

1. Remove Scene.

2. Create first program: 

Laundry Room Motion (enabled):
If
        'Motion Detector' is switched On
   And 'Motion Detector' is not switched Off (assuming you want the motion detector to handle on and off timing)
Then
        Set 'Laundry Room Light' On
Else
        Set 'Laundry Room Light' Off

3. Create a second program:

Laundry Room Switch (enabled):
If
        'Laundry Room Light' is switched Fast On
   And 'Laundry Room Light' is not switched Fast Off
Then
        Disable Program 'Laundry Room Motion'
Else
        Enable Program 'Laundry Room Motion'

This will give you slower response time from motion to initial On of the light however. Another, less efficient way to do this is (keeping your existing scene):

1. Configure motion sensor to send Ons only.

2. Change first program above to: 

Laundry Room Motion (enabled):
If
        'Motion Detector' is switched On
Then
        Wait 3 minutes
        Set 'Laundry Room Light' Off
Else
        - No Actions -

3. Add second program as above

This will give you the more instantaneous On of the scene with the same functionality, and will shut the Laundry Room Light off 3 minutes after the last motion. I haven't tested this, but according to Larry, disabling the first program in the second program will stop the first program sitting in the wait statement so that the light will not turn off.

EDIT: I would make the second program:

If
        'Laundry Room Light' is switched Fast On
   And 'Laundry Room Light' is not switched Fast Off
   And 'Laundry Room Light' is not switched Off
Then
        Disable Program 'Laundry Room Motion'
Else
        Wait 1 Minute
        Enable Program 'Laundry Room Motion'

[shovelhead]

Thanks Goose66. This was a very good description. It helped me to add the "override" piece my little logic puzzle. The tutorials are nice, but seeing an application related to my intent helps to make sense of it all.  In my case, I wanted the door lock or either garage door being unsecured to trigger the front lights. When all doors and locks secure, wait 5 minutes then shut off the light. But, I wasn't sure how to keep the light on if I need it. Using the switch status to disable the program seems a cool way to do it.

Folder (Sunset to Sunrise)

 

FrontLightsOn
 IF
  Status  'Great Room / Front Door Lock- Sensor' is Off
  Or Status  'Garage / Garage 1-Sensor' is Off
  Or Status  'Garage / Garage 2-Sensor' is Off

 Then
  Set 'Outside / Front Lights' On

 Else
  No Action

 

FrontLightsOff
 IF
     Status  'Outside / Front Lights' is On
  And Status  'Great Room / Front Door Lock- Sensor' is On
  And Status  'Garage / Garage 1-Sensor' is On
  And Status  'Garage / Garage 2-Sensor' is On

 Then
  Wait 5 minutes
  Set 'Outside / Front Lights' Off

 Else
  No Action

 

FrontLightsOverride
 IF
     Control 'Outside / Driveway Lights' is switched Fast On
     And Control 'Outside / Driveway Lights' is not switched Fast Off

 Then
  Disable Program 'FrontLightsOff'

 Else
  Enable Program 'FrontLightsOff'

 

[shovelhead]

On ‎3‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 7:26 PM, shovelhead said:

Thanks Goose66. This was a very good description. It helped me to add the "override" piece my little logic puzzle. The tutorials are nice, but seeing an application related to my intent helps to make sense of it all.  In my case, I wanted the door lock or either garage door being unsecured to trigger the front lights. When all doors and locks secure, wait 5 minutes then shut off the light. But, I wasn't sure how to keep the light on if I need it. Using the switch status to disable the program seems a cool way to do it.

 

 

Though my "Thanks" to Goose66 still stands, my logic does not. What I wrote up worked to a point but had some issues. Once I better understood the variables the logic fell into place. Now my lights and doors are in sync and have an easy override.

[larryllix]

1 hour ago, shovelhead said:

Though my "Thanks" to Goose66 still stands, my logic does not. What I wrote up worked to a point but had some issues. Once I better understood the variables the logic fell into place. Now my lights and doors are in sync and have an easy override.

You have just been Goosed!