Pac help with multi sensor

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  1. unmack

    unmack

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    im new to cbus and my first job is my own house, in my bedroom i have a multi sensor which im going to use to turn on one light as you enter. then use a 5088tx remote to turn off the sensor at night, then what i would like to happen is for the multi sensor to reset itself every morning at say 10 oclock i have a pac in the system but an unsure where to start. please any help would be great.
     
    unmack, Jun 6, 2007
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    I think you might find a movement sensor inside your bedroom a real pain in the backside. From your description is sounds like you are going to use a remote to disable the unit. This will become a pain if you can't find the remote, forget to disable, come home with a skin full etc etc.

    Consider having the movment sensor send a message on C-Bus that does nothing other than trigger some code in your pac. ie the sensor should not directly control a group of lights. The message from the sensor can be acted upon by the PAC in different ways. eg between sunset and 10pm bring lights on @ 35%, after 10 pm bring the lights on @ 20%. Have a button next to the bed which acts as a goodnight switch. (trigger a scene in the PAC) include an enable/disable group in the goodnight scene to kill the multi sensor. Use a schedule to enable the sensor again at sunset.

    Movement sensors in bedrooms are not a real good idea from a practical point. Movement sensors in bedroom hallways and ensuites are really handy.

    PS if you are using the PAC for time based ops you should have a unit capable of setting the time and keeping the PAC accurate time wise eg DLT or C-Touch.
     
    Phil.H, Jun 6, 2007
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