I’m using two Aeotec 4-in-1 Multisensors with a Vera 2. One – “the Master Multisensor” – is USB powered, mounted under an eave outside, and all sensors are employed (parm #101=224, parm #111=600). The other is solely used as a motion sensor.
I created two scenes (see below): one arms both motion sensors at nightfall, the other scene is supposed to disarm them at sunrise but fails to yield any results.
Given the two scenes below, can anyone suggest why the “Detect Night” scene works but the “Detect Daylight” scene does not?
"Detect Night" (WORKING SCENE) scene:
Both Motion Sensors on the network have the "Arm" button enabled
Trigger device is Light Sensor (Master Multisensor).
Type of Event is "Brightness reached"
Comparison is <
Level is 5"Detect Daylight" (NON-WORKING) scene:
Both Motion Sensors on the network have the "Bypass" button enabled
Trigger device is Light Sensor (Master Multisensor).
Type of Event is "Brightness reached"
Comparison is >
Level is 5
Most nights the light sensor reaches 0 before it’s totally dark outside. If I check the Vera GUI after dark I can see that both motion sensors are armed.
When I check the Vera GUI in the morning, well after it’s full daylight outside, I’ll see that the motion sensors are still armed. At that point if I manually “Run” the “Detect Daylight” scene it will disarm both motion sensors.
BONUS QUESTION: when scenes like these exist, does each scene run only once when the comparison level changes from false to true? So, for example, does the “Detect Daylight” scene run only once when the light level is detected equal to 6 or greater (with parm# 111 = 600, that leaves 10 minutes between light level reports)? For the remainder of daylight is this scene dormant even though the light level is > 5?