In addition to movement, I would like to use the dusk/dawn sensitivity value for in indoor 2420M motion sensor to control whether on not lamps located in the same room as the motion sensor turn on.

 

My program would be:

If sensor-dusk/dawn = on and 
      sensor is switched on
   then
      turn lamp on
      wait 5 minutes
      turn lamp off
   else

 

The if statement for a program that controls a lamp returns "true" if the dusk/dawn state of the internal motion sensor (in the same rooms as the lamp) is "on" and if movement is detected. I believe that after the lamp is on for a period of time (up to 3.5 minutes or less while the sensor adjusts to the new light level), the dusk/dawn state of an indoor 2420M motion sensor changes to "off" due to the light from the lamp. The if statement will return "false" and the lamp will turn off after the 5 minute wait. After the motion sensor dusk/dawn state changes back to "on" (because of the lack of light), the if statement returns "true" and the sequence above repeats itself.

 

My solution would be to use the dusk/dawn sensitivity value from a separate outdoor 2420M Motion Sensor to control whether or not indoor motion sensors should trigger a program to turn on lamps. My questions are:

• 1. Does this make sense?
  2. Is there a better/easier solution?
  3. Is there a way to obtain the specific value (0 to 255) of the
  sensitivity rather than just an "on" or "off" state?

 

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

Steve

You can use If Control Dusk/Dawn On rather than If Status Dusk/Dawn On which will stop the cycling. Only when the lamp is turned Off and after a 3.5 minute delay for the motion sensor to adjust to a different ambient light level will the next motion On turn the lamp on again.

 

Or you can use the Dusk/Dawn node of another motion sensor that is not affected by the lamp turning On.

 

You cannot access the Dusk/Dawn level in a Program.