INSTEON Motion Sensor

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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

Thanks for the follow-up. I'm glad to hear the jumper technique helped reduce the sensitivity.

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Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:45 am
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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

Can't seem to prevent my motion sensor(2844-222) from sending commands during the daytime. I tried setting the day/night sensitivity to "1" and even "0", but the sensor is still responding during the daytime. Also tried "254" and "255" settings just in case I had my logic reversed, but to no avail. Is there another command I must send the sensor to enable it to "night mode"?

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I don't believe that's possible (though I admit I'm not an expert on the MSII).

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Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:53 pm
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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

"night mode" is a settable parameter, as are the other holdovers from MS1 including darkness threshold, on-only mode, and LED on/off, and of course the motion timeout.

i have no direct hands-on experience with MSII (thus I am also definitely not an expert), however you can see from the published docs (p. 14) that these functions are supported by the Insteon hub.

...or of course the manuals could just be wrong.

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Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:29 pm
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I was able to get the "day/night sensitivity" setting to work in Indigo by first enabling night mode via the iOS Insteon App. It would be great if Indigo can add a "Set Motion Sensor to Night Mode" command to its "Interfaces" menu.

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Seems likely that it's possible somehow given it's in the Insteon App docs. I'll add this to the feature request list to investigate for future versions.

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Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:31 pm
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jay (support) wrote:
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You use the Interfaces->INSTEON/X10 Power Line->Set Motion Sensor Timeout... menu item to adjust it.

Note, however, that the new motion sensor seems to use a slightly different scale (I'm trying to get the specifics from Insteon now). Setting it to 0 does appear to set it to 30 (default). However, setting it to 1 sets it to about 10 seconds, 2 to 20ish, etc. So you may have to play around a bit to get it set to the duration you want.


Just to follow up - the setting is now in 10 second increments (0 still defaulting to 30). So 1=10 seconds, 10=100 seconds, etc.


Is 100 secs the longest delay available?

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Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:09 pm
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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

Has anyone had any luck turning off the LED on an MS II 2844-222? I tried the "Set Motion Sensor LED Brightness..." menu item and if I power the motion sensor by USB then the command is acknowledged, but it still flashes the LED whenever motion is detected.

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gabbas wrote:
Has anyone had any luck turning off the LED on an MS II 2844-222? I tried the "Set Motion Sensor LED Brightness..." menu item and if I power the motion sensor by USB then the command is acknowledged, but it still flashes the LED whenever motion is detected.


The new motion sensor doesn't support setting the brightness, only turning it on/off. We haven't added it to the UI yet, but you can set it using the Interfaces->Insteon/X10 Power Line->Execute Raw Insteon Command using the following values:

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To turn it back on, change Command 2 Byte to 0x03 and D14 Byte to 0xDD.

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Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:20 pm
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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

Thanks Jay!! I tried it out... had to hook the motion sensor up to USB power so that it would receive the command, and then it worked:

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   Sent INSTEON                    "motion sensor" raw insteon command (20 02   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE; ack: 02)

... but the LED is still flashing. Do I have an old revision maybe? I got mine back in May 2017... it reports "Firmware: 46 (i2CS engine)".

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gabbas wrote:
Thanks Jay!! I tried it out... had to hook the motion sensor up to USB power so that it would receive the command, and then it worked:

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   Sent INSTEON                    "motion sensor" raw insteon command (20 02   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE; ack: 02)

... but the LED is still flashing. Do I have an old revision maybe? I got mine back in May 2017... it reports "Firmware: 46 (i2CS engine)".


Hmmm - mine has the same firmware version and it works correctly (the 02 ack from the motion sensor is a confirmation of success). Not sure why it's not working.

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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

I had the same issue. This solved the problem very nicely.

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Choose the Interfaces->Insteon->Execute Raw INSTEON Command... menu item, then fill it in so it matches the image below exactly, except choose your motion sensor device from the popup.

Note I just added the 0x (zero and x) character to the front of every 2 hex digits. You have to enable the Send extended message checkbox, then expand the height of the window downward to see the D1 to D14 edit fields. You'll need to wake up the module (probably just put it into linking mode) so that it can see the command. Watch the Event Log window when you press the Execute button. If it doesn't work then copy/paste the contents of the Event Log window into a reply.

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Re: INSTEON Motion Sensor

Same firmware 46 on the one I'm testing with. I've "successfully" sent the command twice, but the light still flashes.

I haven't unboxed any of the sensors I got on the black friday sale yet, so i don't know if those have newer firmware revisions or not.

The first time I sent the command I'd used the "motion" button to activate the detector (and it made the front flash red instead of green for a minute), the second time I sent the command I'd used the "set" button to make it buzz for a minute.

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   Received INSTEON                "motion - office new" off (button 13)
   Sent INSTEON                    "motion - office new" raw insteon command (20 02   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE; ack: 02)
Dec 11, 2018 at 9:02:42 PM
   Received INSTEON                "motion - office new" off (button 16)
   Received INSTEON                "motion - office new" on (button 16)
   Received INSTEON                "motion - office new" off (button 1)
   Received INSTEON                "motion - office new" on (button 1)
   Sent INSTEON                    "motion - office new" raw insteon command (20 02   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE; ack: 02)


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DPattee wrote:
Same firmware 46 on the one I'm testing with. I've "successfully" sent the command twice, but the light still flashes.


Strange. I just tried mine again (which, BTW, is plugged into a USB source, not sure that makes any difference):

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   Sent INSTEON                    "New Motion Sensor" raw insteon command (20 02   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 DE; ack: 02)


and it worked. Firmware 46. Unfortunately, Insteon firmware can sometimes be buggy. Try it plugged in via USB and see if it works - there might be a firmware bug along those lines.

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Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:25 am
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OK, located one of those silly little batteries and just tried turning the LED back on then off again using the above commands and they still worked as long as I woke it up (hold the set button until it beeps and the green LED flashes slowly).

So, again, I'm stumped why it's not working for some of you. Maybe try a factory reset (though, honestly, I don't know what the procedure is so you'll have to check the docs).

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