Configuring a Motion Sensor ( ZN1IO-DETEC-P) connected to a TMD Plus 4 to actuate a light connected to MAXinBOX 16 Plus

In this example a motion sensor in a WIR will result in a light turning on and off dependent on the motion.

TMD Plus 4 Setup

The General Setup of the TMD Plus 4 is described in a previous page : Light On-Off and that could be used in this instance as well.

TMD Plus 4 Inputs Configuration

In this instance we have a single ‘Motion detector – P’ connected to Input 1 of the TMD Plus 4 being used - as shown here.

TMD Plus 4 Input 1 Configuration

In this instance we have only one Motion sensor connected to the input. We’ll also turn off luminosity as we have no reason to collect that data. We will enable only a single channel (i.e. Channel 1) and leave Presence Detector deselected. Note: the availability of Channels was somewhat confusing when I first looked at it, however they allow for a different set of Group Objects related to each of the Channels. We will only use a single Channel in this example. However, in a subsequent setup with a dimmer I will document how these Channels can be used to provide the ability for different night and day functions. Another way of thinking about it is that the channels are a logical construct at the level of the TMD that allows the TMD to respond as per the Channel Parameters. The motion sensor itself knows nothing of the channels - the Motion Sensor communicates the Luminosity and whether there is Motion and it's up to the TMD to make sense and process that input.

The settings we will use in this instance are as follows.

TMD Plus 4 Input 1 / Channel 1 Configuration

In this instance I will leave all of the Channel 1 Parameters as their default - as per the following.

TMD Plus 4 Group Objects related to Motion Detector

The previous settings result in a number of Group Objects becoming available. In this instance we are only require the ‘Detection State’ – which we will use to activate the Output for the MAXinBOX 16 Plus actuator. All of the Group Objects related to the Motion Detector are shown here and it can be see that the ‘Detection State’ has already been linked to the required Group Address. I'll explain this in more detail below.

MAXinBOX 16 Plus Setup

The general configuration of the MAXinBOX 16 Plus is largely the same as described in a previous document: Light On-Off. There are no changes which need to be made to any of the MAXinBOX 16 Plus parameters from that setup. However, we do need to link to the appropriate Group Object to allow for the actuator to be turned On and Off.

MAXinBOX 16 Plus Group Objects required

In this instance we only need to reference a single Group Object of the MAXinBOX 16 Plus to have the light switch On and Off. The following image shows all of the Group Objects related to “Output 7” of the MAXinBOX 16 Plus. However, it’s the 'On/Off' Group Object which can be seen below as already linked to Group Address 9/0/5 which is required in this instance. I've used a red rectangle to highlight the Group Address used in this instance.

Linking the Group Objects

In this instance it’s a very simple setup where all that is required is a single Group Object from the TMD Plus 4 be linked to a single Group Object from the MAXinBOX 16 Plus.

Note: the integrator who provided advice on setting up Motion sensors provided Group Address templates for Motion Sensors which initially seemed overkill. However, they make more sense in subsequent and more complex setups. As such I'll use them in this instance to be consistent and detour here slightly to explain something about these Group Addresses provided in his template

For each Motion Sensor a number of Group Addresses are created (in this instance (shown below) these are the group addresses 9/0/14 to 9/0/27) and these relate to a single Motion Sensor (they could relate to two Motion Sensors if the two Motion Sensors were wired together on a single input). The logic here is that the Group Addresses align with the 3 possible Channels a Motion Sensor can be configured for, and a single Luminosity Group Address. Now although we are only interested in a single one of these Group Addresses in this instance for a single Channel and we are also not interested in Luminosity I will still make use of the Group Address template as shown here.

Linking the Group Objects to the Group Address required

So after the previous explaination of why there is a bunch of Group Addresses I'm not going to use - here's the one Group Address with links shown that is required. This is Group Address 9/0/15 - which is also shown above. And that's it!