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Motion Sensor Programming help

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I am not very familiar with creating programs within ISY, but able to follow along if pointed in the right direction.

 

I am trying to figure out a few scenarios using a motion detector:

 

  1.  I can do this: If motion is detected then turn on the light
  2. I don't know how do to this: If no motion is detected for 5 minutes, then turn off the light. The idea is that when someone leaves the room, the lights will turn off in 5 minutes. I am assuming I would need to do something like If Motion goes from On to Off, wait 5 minutes, turn off Light. I just don't know the buttons to hit in the programming
  3.  I don't know how to do this:  If Motion is detected & then door is open, then turn on a light.  The idea is if someone walks into my mudroom, then opens the door within 3 minutes, the garage light will turn on.  I am unsure if I place a motion detector in the garage, it will turn on the light quick enough. I wanted to avoid someone having to start taking a few steps into the garage before the lights turn on. If the motion sensor senses someone in the mudroom and then garage door opens, then the light will be on before they even take a step into the garage.  I am unsure how to do a sequence of events or the timing feature.

 

I appreciate the help!

Zach

19 minutes ago, zg825 said:

I am not very familiar with creating programs within ISY, but able to follow along if pointed in the right direction.

 

I am trying to figure out a few scenarios using a motion detector:

 

  1.  
  2. I don't know how do to this: If no motion is detected for 5 minutes, then turn off the light. The idea is that when someone leaves the room, the lights will turn off in 5 minutes. I am assuming I would need to do something like If Motion goes from On to Off, wait 5 minutes, turn off Light. I just don't know the buttons to hit in the programming
  3.  

 

I appreciate the help!

Zach

I separate my on and off actions. That way I can have different things happen for different scenarios without worrying about conflicts or other things.

Outside of that, you would program the light the way you just wrote it out. 

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Thanks Lilyoyo1, you are all over this message board!  That makes sense. 

 

So i created a program to say "if motion sensor is on, then turn on this light" , and then a 2nd program that says if motion sensor is off & last run time for Program 1 was 1 minute ago, then turn off lights.   The idea being that if the motion sensor does not detect motion and the last time it detected motion was 1 minute ago, then the lights should turn off. Is that the basic gist of it?

IF motion is switched off and not switched on, THEN wait 1 minute, turn light off.

When motion sends off command, the isy will wait 1 minute before telling the light to turn off. If you move in that minute, the program will stop and lights stay on

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