NightLight Sensor Problems

hey
i have a installation with a single PIR in a hallway the customer would like this to ONLY work at night between the hours of 2200 and 0600
And to switch on only for a minute then off AND To be dimmed at 40%

My issue
i cannot get these things to ALL work
i ran a schedule for PIR disable
the PIR triggers A lighting group used as a scene trigger to have lights at 40%
and put in logic for lights to switch off after a minute

This Seemed to work While i was in the home with time changed to suit

However it doesnt work in reality

let me know if i have messed something up here not a veteran at this and its doing my head in ha.


cheers

 

What logic controller are you using?

My solution to this situation is to have the PIR enable a "PIR Trigger 1" Group for 3 seconds, at all times. Then in logic, When this "PIR Trigger 1" group is on AND ( time < 6:00AM OR time > 10:00PM ) pulse those lights to 40% for 1 minute.

Does this help?

 

The most likely cause for it not working in practice is incorrectly handling the time in logic. In your case the logical test needs to be:

Code:

  if ((time >=  "22:00") or (time <= "06:00"))

You should be able to do this without having to use logic at all. Scenes in PICED-programmed devices can have their components set to pulse on for a minute, for example.

 

Cheers for the info

I have today gone to remove all logic related to this
It now has
schedule to enable/disable PIR
Pulse group for 1 minute
scene to dim halway lights

NEW problem
i ran this over and over and it ran twice then stopped and PIR stopped working completely
even reset PIR to default and had it run as basic PIR no additional programming
just 1 group address and Nothing
Is there a hard reset i could use to get this working again?

install has BW touch screen and a far amount of key switches no DLT's

 

The most likely cause for the PIR not responding is that the light level is above the threshold set by the adjustment screw on the unit. In your case, you're enabling and disabling the sensor remotely, so you can just set the light level threshold so that the unit always thinks it's "Dark", i.e. always working.