Garge Door Sensor and Outside Lighting Issue

[UD2)17rrh]

I have a program that if my garage door sensor is "Off" (and between sunset and sunrise the next day) an outside light is turned on until the garage is closed (sensor = "on") when it goes off.  Lately, perhaps it was doing this all along, the outside light turns off even though the sensor is still "Off" i.e. the garage door is still open.  I have looked through my programming and cannot find anywhere that the light should be turning off.  My program is below.  Any thoughts?  Many thanks.

 

IF       

From    Sunset 
To      Sunrise (next day)

And Status 'Garage / 3D.E4.0D-Sensor' is Off

Then

Set Scene 'Garage Door State' On

Else

Set Scene 'Garage Door State' Off

 

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi @UD2)17rrh,

Please try using Control instead of Status.

With kind regards,
Michel

[oberkc]

I am not sure that "control" is the solution here.  

To be clear, you are saying that the light is turning off at times other than sunrise, correct?  Your program WILL turn the lights off at sunrise, regardless of sensor status.  

[UD2)17rrh]

12 hours ago, oberkc said:

I am not sure that "control" is the solution here.  

To be clear, you are saying that the light is turning off at times other than sunrise, correct?  Your program WILL turn the lights off at sunrise, regardless of sensor status.  

What I am doing....when it is dark outside, our outside lights turn on when the garage is opened and turn off when it is closed.  I have the Insteon garage sensor kit monitoring my door.

[oberkc]

47 minutes ago, UD2)17rrh said:

What I am doing....when it is dark outside, our outside lights turn on when the garage is opened and turn off when it is closed.  I have the Insteon garage sensor kit monitoring my door.

But this is not what is happening, correct?  The lights are turning off even if the door is still open, correct?

If so, my question stands...are the lights turning off at sunrise?  Or are they turning off at other times even when the door is open?

[UD2)17rrh]

8 minutes ago, oberkc said:

But this is not what is happening, correct?  The lights are turning off even if the door is still open, correct?

If so, my question stands...are the lights turning off at sunrise?  Or are they turning off at other times even when the door is open?

Correct, at night, the lights are turning off even when the garage is open.  They are not turning off or on during the day so the sunset to sunrise portion of the program is working fine.

But.....an experiment tonight.....I closed the garage and then turned the outside lights on manually.  Again, they went off by themselves after several minutes.

I can't find anywhere in other programming a cue to turn the outside lights off after x minutes. 

[larryllix]

2 hours ago, UD2)17rrh said:

Correct, at night, the lights are turning off even when the garage is open.  They are not turning off or on during the day so the sunset to sunrise portion of the program is working fine.

But.....an experiment tonight.....I closed the garage and then turned the outside lights on manually.  Again, they went off by themselves after several minutes.

I can't find anywhere in other programming a cue to turn the outside lights off after x minutes. 

In the admin console if you right click on any program in the program tree (tab), you should find a "Find/replace" menu / option. Using this you can enter any program name, variable name,  device, raw text etc... to search for parameters in your programs. This makes it easier to find some old program you experimented with but may have forgotten.

Also, did you ever create a direct link between the lights in question and another device, like an MS etc..?  Did you factory reset all your devices before linking them to ISY?

[oberkc]

In addition to the suggestion by Larryllix, one can also check which programs last run.  When you experience that light going off at unexpected times, check your program list to see which programs recently ran and could have turn it off.

If not a program, do make sure that the light is not part of any scene that includes motion sensors or other controllers that might be turning off for some reason.  

[larryllix]

2 hours ago, oberkc said:

In addition to the suggestion by Larryllix, one can also check which programs last run.  When you experience that light going off at unexpected times, check your program list to see which programs recently ran and could have turn it off.

If not a program, do make sure that the light is not part of any scene that includes motion sensors or other controllers that might be turning off for some reason.  

Along with what oberkc posted, the program summary page is sortable by any parameter field desired by clicking on the field title at the top.