Remove PIR's as an alarm triggering event M1G

[aryder]

I have been reading posts looking for answers on this and have been playing with my RP programming software to see what’s feasible, but I am still not certain if my thoughts are right.

I have an Elk M1G and ever since we got our dog I have been unable to set the Alarm. Of course the dog the wife picked is a greyhound and there aren't any PIR's that will ignore him.

What I want to do is set the PIR so that it still works ( I am wanting to use it for my automation), but so that when the system is armed it won't set the alarm off. If the alarm is set I still want them to work since I will have rules that define when to shut the lights out if there isn't any motion.

Is this something I want to do thru the zone config for each PIR or would it be better to do it thru a rule? The rules are easy, but I am not sure what the bypass zone will do when I add it to my programming in my ISY

I have yet to buy the elk ISY integration module as I am still trying to confirm how well it will play with my hybrid x10 / insteon system.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or input.

 

[wuench]

Set the zone type to Non Alarm. They will still trigger rules on the Elk for lights or on the ISY.

 

[aryder]

Thanks for the quick reply wuench

Just to be certain because zone type is set to normally closed but zone definition can be set to #16 non-alarm

Nice HT setup.

 

[wuench]

Yeah, sorry I meant zone definition. I have a couple of motions setup that way and some door contacts for closets etc.

Thanks.