Anyone wanna help Basic

Hey all ive got a pretty simple situation but with all the reading and examples ive been through I still cant figure out how to do it so ill swallow my pride and ask away

I have a group address " Front Lights" i have a sensor and a light switch that controls them indivually BUT the bloody sensor keeps turing the front light off after 15mins if something crosses its path ??????? So im hoping someone can tell how i can have the lights to remain ON if there turned on by the switch and the lights at night to be motion sensored only.... Thats the easy one i think

I have a touch screen that has some basic programming in it BUT is there away that i can set a logic function that only allows the sensor to activate the front light say between 6pm and midnight ONLY !!!

Cheers in advance Mick

 

If all you're looking to do is to stop the sensor taking over control of the light during daylight hours you can make the Motion in Light events idle. You do this by going to the Key Functions tab in the sensor UI and setting the short press Retrigger Timer function in the ML column to Idle. The sensor will only take over control of the light when the ambient light level is below the setting as defined by the light level adjustment screw on the unit.

If you want it so that whenever the light is turned on by the switch on the wall, the sensor does not try to control the light, there are a few different ways of doing it. Just bear in mind that when you do this the light will stay on forever, until you turn it off manually.

1. You can assign the Front Lights group address to the Sensor Enable/Disable group. This won't be compatible with your "between 6pm and midnight" requirement however.
2. You can create a second group address for use on the switch in place of the 'Front Lights' group. Then, combine this new group address with the "Front Light" group address using the Logic OR function in the output unit (assuming it's on a Relay). If either the switch or the sensor are on, the light will be on. The indicator on the switch won't turn itself on if the sensor turns the front light on however.
3. Use a separate group address for the Sensor Enable/Disable feature. Put this group address on an unused block in the switch UI (blocks tab). Then, tick the box in the 'Keys Using Block' column to link your key that is controlling the 'Front Light' to the new Enable/Disable group you've created. Whenever you press the key it will turn on and off both these groups together. In this way, whenever the user presses the button, the front light will come on and the sensor enable/disable group will come on, disabling the sensor. When you turn the 'Front Light' group off the sensor enable/disable group will also be turned off, re-enabling the sensor.

The sensors have a configurable Enable/Disable Group Address. You can schedule the sensor to only work during certain hours by creating this Group Address and then creating a Schedule in the touchscreen that turns this group address On and Off at certain times of the day.

 

The following Technical Support Application Note explains how to set up the functions that you want. I use it on my house and it works perfectly.

http://www.cbusforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2016

 

Thanks guys great replies..

Cheers Again Mick