Motion Sensor explanations

[Vini 0]

Hey all,

 

I'm using a couple of Fibaro FGMS-001 Motion Sensors to control lighting in my hallway. I'm using them with OpenHAB and have a rule that acknowledges motion, turns the light on, then after 5 minutes turns the light off. This works well, regardless of whether the motion sensor turns the light on, or the manual switch.

 

The problem I have, is that, when the light goes off after 5 minutes, I am unable to immediately trigger motion again. I suspect this is due to the parameters I currently have set, and my lack of understanding about what they do.

 

Ideally, I want to 'disable' the PIR/motion sensing for the duration of the illumination, however, there doesn't seem to be any kind of parameter that will allow me to do this.

 

I've played with options 2 and options 6. Option 2 sounds most like what I want, but I can't define that as any higher than 15... Option 6, I have recently changed from 120, to 20, and this doesn't seem to have made any difference whatsoever.

 

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Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

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[hTiger1 50]

 

Hey all,

 

I'm using a couple of Fibaro FGMS-001 Motion Sensors to control lighting in my hallway. I'm using them with OpenHAB and have a rule that acknowledges motion, turns the light on, then after 5 minutes turns the light off. This works well, regardless of whether the motion sensor turns the light on, or the manual switch.

 

The problem I have, is that, when the light goes off after 5 minutes, I am unable to immediately trigger motion again. I suspect this is due to the parameters I currently have set, and my lack of understanding about what they do.

 

Ideally, I want to 'disable' the PIR/motion sensing for the duration of the illumination, however, there doesn't seem to be any kind of parameter that will allow me to do this.

 

I've played with options 2 and options 6. Option 2 sounds most like what I want, but I can't define that as any higher than 15... Option 6, I have recently changed from 120, to 20, and this doesn't seem to have made any difference whatsoever.

 

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Any ideas?

 

 

 

 

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Have you tried the parameter 2: down to 1 or 2

 

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[Vini 0]

I haven't, but I shall 

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[Vini 0]

Dropping option 2 to "3" and updating my rules to;

 

rule "Turn Downstairs Hallway Light off after 5"
when
    Item Toggle_2 received command
then
    if(receivedCommand==ON) {
        if(tDownstairsLights==null) {
            // first ON command, so create a timer to turn the light off again
            tDownstairsLights = createTimer(now.plusSeconds(300)) [|
                sendCommand(Toggle_2, OFF)
            ]
        } else {
            // subsequent ON command, so reschedule the existing timer
            tDownstairsLights.reschedule(now.plusSeconds(1))
        }
    } else if(receivedCommand==OFF) {
        // remove any previously scheduled timer
        if(tDownstairsLights!=null) {
            tDownstairsLights.cancel
            tDownstairsLights = null
        }    
    }
end

 

 

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