Lights turning off, even when motion detected

Other Devices & Integrations Lighting & Load Control
#1

I’ve got the Schlage rs200hc. I set the jumper on the test pin, so that it gives me 5 sec reset… not really sure the difference between 5 sec and 4 mins setting…

So I put it in my kitchen, and set it to go off with the following conditions.

TurnKitchenLightOff
(Not KitchenMotionTripped) and KitchenLightAutoOnDetected and (KitchenLightAutoOnDetected; Now > 10:00)

The thing is, that after 10 mins, the light turns off, almost no matter what. I would have thought that if it detected any kind of motion it would reset the clock to 10 mins… is my assumption incorrect?

#2

That depends on how your Condition KitchenLightAutoOnDetected is written. The ten minute timeout will only get restarted if this Condition gets a new timestamp whenever motion is detected even if the light is on.

You may find it easier to use a SelfReTrigger Schedule instead of Now. Send the StartTimer Action whenever the motion detector triggers. Turn the light off if it is on when the timer ends.

#3

So I have it set like this:

KitchenLightAutoOnDetected
TurnKitchenLightOn; KitchenLightOn < 1:00

TurnKitchenLightOff
(Not KitchenMotionTripped) and KitchenLightAutoOnDetected and (KitchenLightAutoOnDetected; Now > 10:00)

TurnKitchenLightOn
(Not KitchenLightOn) and KitchenMotionTripped

#4

[quote=“johnes, post:3, topic:182424”]So I have it set like this:

KitchenLightAutoOnDetected
TurnKitchenLightOn; KitchenLightOn < 1:00

TurnKitchenLightOff
(Not KitchenMotionTripped) and KitchenLightAutoOnDetected and (KitchenLightAutoOnDetected; Now > 10:00)

TurnKitchenLightOn
(Not KitchenLightOn) and KitchenMotionTripped[/quote]

So once the light is on, the motion detector is ignored and KitchenLightAutoOnDetected does not get a new timestamp. This is why the light does not stay on while there is continuing motion.

You may get better results using:

TurnKitchenLightOff (Not KitchenMotionTripped) and KitchenLightAutoOnDetected and (!KitchenMotionTripped; Now > 10:00)

This will turn off the light if it was turned on by the motion detector and it is ten minutes since the last time motion ceased.