Timed Changes to Behavior of Motion Dectector

[rlebel]

I have motion detectors that I use both as occupancy sensors and to control lights. During certain hours they turn the lights on, at other times they do not affect the light setting. This is all easy enough to do with the lights completely controlled by programs. However, I know I can get a faster response if I have the motion sensors programmed to "On only" and have them be controllers to the lights. But how can I achieve the timed function? If I use Adjust Scene the only thing I can do is set the brightness that the motion sets, which is not what I want (I don't want to force the lights off with motion during the day). It seems what I need is a version of Adjust Scene that removes or adds a responder to a scene: then I can add the light when I want it to be controlled and remove it when I don't.

 

Any other thoughts?

[LeeG]

Besides the fact that such a function does not exist, it would not work for a Motion Sensor because they are asleep most of the time. It is not possible to remove a link in the motion sensor programattically without waking it up.

[rlebel]

Well, I guess nobody has any other ideas? You are right about the programming of the motion sensor, but does it matter? If the ISY removes the link in the target device, and leaves the motion sensor to be programmed later, doesn't that just mean that the motion sensor will send a command that gets ignored? Bad manners perhaps, but wouldn't it have the desired effect?

[LeeG]

Perhaps visually but the motion sensor will not get an ACK from the device(s) for which the link has been removed. This will cause the motion sensor to retry the Group Cleanup message multiple times for each responder that is missing the link. Unneeded Insteon traffic and a battery drain on the motion sensor.

[Sub-Routine]

Hi rlebel,

 

You could link the lights you always want to react to the MS and use programs to control the other lights as desired.

 

Rand