Block Motion detector

This control element sets up a motion detector: when it detects motion, it switches the light on and off again after an adjustable time – on request only when it is dark enough. In addition the light can be switched on or off permanently, for instance for a party or during the night.

Operation

1. Sun: it is dark enough, the detector may switch the light on. Only appears when a brightness value is available.
2. Lamp: yellow as long as the detector has the light switched on – that is until the delay after the last motion has run out.
3. Figure: running while the detector currently detects motion; standing when there is no motion.
4. Cross: the operating mode is set to Always off.

A tap on the element opens the dialog. As a circle (basic screen) the yellow ring shows the current value of the light, the cross then appears at the bottom right.

The dialog

At first the dialog only shows the operating mode; the gear shows and hides the settings below it.

1. Symbols of the title bar: clock, presence and gear, see below.
2. Operating mode: every tap moves on and takes effect immediately, without saving.
   • Automatic: the detector switches the light.
   • Always on: the light stays on with the set point on, motion is ignored.
   • Always off: the light stays off.
3. Delay: the light stays on for this many seconds after the last motion – as long as somebody moves, the time does not run out. At 0, 10 seconds apply.
4. Set point on / Set point off: the brightness in percent on motion and after the delay has run out. With a set point off above 0, a dimmed base light stays on, for example.
5. Brightness: only present when a brightness value is available; the measured value is shown in brackets. With Active the detector only switches the light on when it is darker than Active below – in daylight it stays off.

Save applies the settings.

Switching times and presence

Behind the clock are switching times that change the operating mode – for example to always on in the evening and back to automatic at night. Except for always off a brightness is given as well, which then applies as the set point on. Everything else about switching times is described under Presence.

Behind the house it is set what happens when the presence changes. A tap on a symbol selects whether switching takes place at all for this state; next to it are the operating mode that is then set (a tap changes it) and the brightness for automatic and always on. In the example the detector works with 100 % when coming home, when leaving the house the light stays off.

Setup

This section is meant for the installer of the system.

The control element is linked to the function block Block motion detector: first create the function block and its variables, then right click on the control element and select the function block. See also Presence.

• The operating mode can only be changed when the variable Operating mode is linked at the function block. Otherwise the detector always works in automatic mode, also with switching times and presence.
• The sun symbol and the brightness settings only appear when the Brightness is linked there.
• Whether a further motion checks the brightness again while the light is already on is set by the parameter Retrigger at the function block. With Ignore brightness the light does not go off just because its own light raises the room above the threshold; this is the default.

Parameters

Variable links

All variables sit at the function block.

See also General properties of all control elements.