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Motion Sensor II False Positives


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Have a MS2 that is located in my garage. I have a program that states if no motion after 15 minutes then turn off lights. It runs great if I have it set to 1 minute. The issue is the sensor sends false positives enough the lights might never shut off. If they do it might be 5-10 minutes before they turn on the light. Motion Setting in Image.

Garage Motion.png

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There are still lots of questions about the "Sensitivity" setting as to which is more/less sensitive but I'm guessing you might have it too sensitive?

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You would think that such information was available, but that is not always the case.

Smarthome at times does not provide all the information to the public or a firmware update changes things and we get no added information on such changes. Sometimes trial and error is the only choice.

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7 minutes ago, larryllix said:

Can you post your programs? The light sensitivity shouldn't turn on/off lights.

What light sensitivity?  Look at the screenshot in the 'Motion' section.  That's the sensitivity setting I referred to.

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Garage Motion Lights On - [ID 000D][Parent 0001][Not Enabled]

If
        'Motion Sensors / Motion (Garage)' Status is On
 
Then
        Set 'Garage Lights' On
        Set 'Living Room Lamp' On
 
Else
        Wait  1 minute 
        Set 'Garage Lights' Off
        Set 'Living Room Lamp' Off
 

The one minute would be 15. At 1 minute for testing.

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Admittedly I am not the most accomplished at programming, but the way I set MS's are "On Only" under motion settings and using CONTROL in IF statement instead of STATUS.  From some of the posts I have read seems using status will cause problems if it does not update on ISY.  I also set the timeout on MS to the lowest setting and use the ISY for timing.

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Can the MS II not send just On signals? Most of us let ISY do the Off timing to save batteries and use higher logic if wanted.
The screenshot appears to show an option for that.

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On 8/16/2019 at 7:43 AM, TomL said:

Admittedly I am not the most accomplished at programming, but the way I set MS's are "On Only" under motion settings and using CONTROL in IF statement instead of STATUS.  From some of the posts I have read seems using status will cause problems if it does not update on ISY.  I also set the timeout on MS to the lowest setting and use the ISY for timing.

I will give this a shot, Thanks

 

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