oilmoney Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm trying to hook up my motion sensor to my 1602, I can only occasionally get the red LED lit on the motion sensor. I've triple checked that it's wired properly. Only thing left to question is do I have too large of wire? 16AWG. I've tried multiple inputs on different 1602's with the same results and am now stumped.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmoney Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Or another question, if the standalone sequence is loaded improperly will the 1602 still send power to the motion sensor.And another question,,,is there such a thing as too small a sequence? Mines only 44kb, pretty small. Grasping at straws here...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a31ford Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Page 19 of the 1602 users manual ( http://www1.lightorama.com/PDF/LOR160xW_Man_Web.pdf ) shows how to hook-up the switch side of the motion sensor, AS FAR as power most sensors I know ( example the ones LOR sells) require 9 to 16 VDC for correct operation, HOWEVER the J0 header only supplies +5 or +9. (9 might be a bit shy for "Fort Mac" (BTW, is the cherry blossom festival still going there during the summer ?????)) If you are using the header for voltage to drive the electronics of the motion sensor, this COULD be your problem...... LOR's sensor ( http://store.lightorama.com/motiondetector.html ) Diagram of hooking it up.... (use the BOTTOM photo....)http://www.lightorama.com/Documents/UseMotionDetector.pdf Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmoney Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have it wired the same as the bottom with no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayburn Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Have you followed the mounting and range instructions for the detector? Is the cover properly closed? You may try changing the setting to 1 pulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilmoney Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 thanks rayburn, I'll try that, just out of curiosity will something not work if the covers open? I see that there's some type of contact switch there but I had it working with cover off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayburn Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The detector's lens is in the cover. To get proper dispersal of the detector's array, the detector needs to be oriented correctly and the cover needs to be in place. The contact switch is just a tamper switch and should have no effect on the operation of the detector. The detector may also have a "warm-up" time before it starts to sense movement (a minute or two maybe). It is PIR detector. This means it needs to see a difference in temperature. It will not see movement of something that is the same temperature as its surroundings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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