PIR in PAC logic?

Hi.

I am trying to get my PIR sensor to light my front exterior lights at 30% at sunset and then go to 100% for 3 minutes if motion is detected, then back down to 30%. Then on sunrise they will turn off.

I'm only starting out programming logic and the Wizard doesn't seem to let me do what I need.

Is it possible to do this in logic somehow that I can program in PICED then transfer to my PAC?

Thanks

 

if you want to use the logic in the pac something like this is rough n ready

Code:

{sunset logic}
once (Time = Sunset) then
begin
  isDark := true;
  SetLightingLevel("Garage", 30%, "4s");
end;

once (Time = Sunrise) then
begin
  isDark := false;
  SetLightingLevel("Garage", 0%, "4s");
end;

{ PIR Logic}
once (GetLightingState("garage pir?") = ON) and (isDark = true) then
begin
  PulseCBusLevel("local", "Lighting", "Garage", 100%, "4s", "0:03:00", 30%);
end;

in global variables declare "isdark" as boolean, change garage address to your cbus tag address, make the pir a group address only triggering this code not directly linked to the dimmer example here "garage pir" you could do this otherways and in the wizard aswell.

 

That's brilliant, thank you for that. Is there a way to do it without making the dummy group?

 

You can actually do this in the pir without any logic.
Open the pir and in the ss (sunset to sunrise) box select the light ga.
On the functions tab for short press ss select Recall 1 and OK the warning
On the blocks tab on the row for your group change the recall 1 value to 30%
That's the all night bit done.
Under motion in light click the plus and create a new group called say "garage movement"
OK the sensor dialog to close it
Open the dimmer controlling the light and go to the logic tab
On the first line select the "garage movement" ga you just created.
Click the channel box number the light is connected to and under that column select the max option.

Now between sunset the sunrise the light will be at 30%
If during that time the sensor is triggered, the "garage movement" ga will go to 100% and the logic in the dimmer selects the max of the 2 ga's which will set the light to 100% until the timer expires when it will go back to 30%.

 

Yes but more convoluted - make sure you set the trigger time in sensor to less then the logic time in the pac.
I think the above is better, lbut you could leave everything on the sensor setup 1 group on for 3 mins then off as normal then try this clunky style less elegant operation - use the once rather than if for less potential looping also this will turn on light at sunset to 30% sensor will operate to 100% like normal and expiry set to ramp recall and leave the block at 0% at this point the light will have a sort of jump from sensor going off or below 30% to get set back to 30% by PAC there is no disable enable in the sensor you can use sensor internal logic it just means that at some points the sensor will go 100-0 outside of sunset-sunrise

Code:

  {sunset logic}
once (Time = Sunset) then
begin
  isDark := true;
  SetLightingLevel("your outside light", 30%, "4s");
end;

once (Time = Sunrise) then
begin
  isDark := false;
  SetLightingLevel("your outside light", 0%, "4s");
end;

{ PIR Logic}
once (GetLightingLevel("your outside light") < 30%) and (isDark = true) then
begin
  SetLightingLevel("your outside light", 30%, "4s");
end;

 

yeah thats what i would probably do but he said he wanted in logic engine just assumed he was just wanting to play with the pac.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

Is there a way to make the lights ramp up and down gradually when movement is detected using the internal PIR settings, or do I need logic for that

 

Just change the Recall 1 to Ramp Recall 1 and the Off the ramp Off.