Greetings,
I have a scenario that I'm trying to build with Insteon devices and my ISY99. I've almost got it working the way I'd like but not quite 100%. Any assistance would be appreciated.
The area in question is my stairwell into my basment laundry room. You access this area from either the stairwell or an apartment that is downstairs past the laundry room. There is no easy line of sight that covers both the stairwell and the laundry room effectively with only one PIR so I've purchased and installed 2 Wireless PIR 2842-222 sensors. I have 3 separate lighting circuits, both of which are controlled by independent SwitchLinc 2477S switches (one in the stairwell and two in the laundry room).
So the scenario is that I have 2 motion sensor controllers that I want to have jointly control a scene that contains 3 switches (or I could configure it to manage the devices directly).
This works pretty well for the most part using a simple ISY Program that detects motion on either PIR and then turns on both switches, waits 10 minutes and then turns them both off. The problem I have is if I happen to be in the laundry room for (gasp) more than 10 minutes. In this case the lights shut off and sometimes won't turn back on for 30 seconds or more despite lots of movement. What I'd like to see is a shorter timer (30 seconds) but if EITHER motion sensor detects motion during that time then the counter basically would reset. This means when I'm just passing through the lights are only on for 30 seconds, but if I happen to be in the room for 20 minutes the lights won't shut off. Does anybody have any suggestions how I could make this work a bit better than how I currently have it?
The problem seems to be that I'm trying to use 2 sensors to manage the responders. I've enabled jumper 5 on both motion sensors so that I can manage them using the ISY GUI.
Thanks.
I have a scenario that I'm trying to build with Insteon devices and my ISY99. I've almost got it working the way I'd like but not quite 100%. Any assistance would be appreciated.
The area in question is my stairwell into my basment laundry room. You access this area from either the stairwell or an apartment that is downstairs past the laundry room. There is no easy line of sight that covers both the stairwell and the laundry room effectively with only one PIR so I've purchased and installed 2 Wireless PIR 2842-222 sensors. I have 3 separate lighting circuits, both of which are controlled by independent SwitchLinc 2477S switches (one in the stairwell and two in the laundry room).
So the scenario is that I have 2 motion sensor controllers that I want to have jointly control a scene that contains 3 switches (or I could configure it to manage the devices directly).
This works pretty well for the most part using a simple ISY Program that detects motion on either PIR and then turns on both switches, waits 10 minutes and then turns them both off. The problem I have is if I happen to be in the laundry room for (gasp) more than 10 minutes. In this case the lights shut off and sometimes won't turn back on for 30 seconds or more despite lots of movement. What I'd like to see is a shorter timer (30 seconds) but if EITHER motion sensor detects motion during that time then the counter basically would reset. This means when I'm just passing through the lights are only on for 30 seconds, but if I happen to be in the room for 20 minutes the lights won't shut off. Does anybody have any suggestions how I could make this work a bit better than how I currently have it?
The problem seems to be that I'm trying to use 2 sensors to manage the responders. I've enabled jumper 5 on both motion sensors so that I can manage them using the ISY GUI.
Thanks.