Sixburg Posted August 14, 2012 Posted August 14, 2012 Im having trouble working with MS when it's included in a scene with a dimmer (sl). To achieve an immediate response upon motion I put both the ms and sl in the same scene. The ms is set to on only. A program controls the time until the light goes off. The light comes on to full power upon motion sense. What I can't figure out is how to "get between" the ms-sl link so that I get both an immediate response to motion AND have the ability to set various on levels or conditions. With a program that says "if control ms is on and dusk to dawn the next day, then adjust scene to 20% ..." all I get is instant on. It seems that the ma and sl in the same scene as I have it results in an instant on and no amount of programming can alter the scene before the light turns on. Is the trade off to take the ms out of the scene and live with the slow (1-2 sec) response time?
LeeG Posted August 14, 2012 Posted August 14, 2012 Two things that could be affecting the Scene change. First the Set Scene has to specify the Motion Sensor - Sensor node name as the "In Scene" parameter. That will change what the SwitchLinc does in response to the Motion Sensor as Controller. To change the affect of using the Scene in a Program then the Scene name is used in the "In Scene" parameter. To affect both two Set Scene statements are needed. Second, the Motion Sensor still honors the Timeout value in On Only mode so in testing it may look like nothing is changing because the Motion Sensor is not sending commands during the Timeout interval. The Motion Sensor option "Sensing Mode" should be checked so the Motion Sensor sends an On for every motion detected.
Sixburg Posted August 15, 2012 Author Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks again LeeG. Works like a charm. I didn't know that using IN SCENE in a program would control lighting levels AND preserve the speed given by linking the ms to sl in a scene. I've since seen other posts that address this, but none were as clear.
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