Making The Most Of The Light Bargraph; Making The Most Of The Motion Sensor Feature - AMX Modero NXD-500i Operation/Reference Manual

Sensor Settings (Cont.)
Motion Sensor:
Wake On Motion:
IR Receive Selection:
Motion:

Making the most of the Light bargraph

By setting a certain minimum or maximum amount of light to be received by the device, the Light bargraph
may be used to trigger particular commands in NetLinx. The red line on the Light Sensor bargraph is the
threshold level. It is used to determine the level of light at which to activate the Light Sensor Channel. The
channel is activated when the light level is below the threshold and deactivated when above the threshold. For
more information, refer to the Programming section on page 73.

Making the most of the Motion Sensor feature

The motion sensor works by detecting the heat of objects passing by the front of the touch panel. Because of
this, the sensor works best when detecting lateral movement, such as when a person walks in front of the touch
panel from left to right. This appears in the Motion Sensor bar based on the signal strength: a hand waved
directly in front of the motion sensor is going to produce a stronger signal than a person walking by at the outer
range of the sensor. The sensitivity may be modified by environmental conditions, such as increased body heat
or outside heat sources such as sunbeams or heater vents. To set the Motion Sensor to best effect:
1.
Ascertain the intended sensitivity of the Motion Sensor. For instance, check to see if commands are to be
initiated by someone walking past the touch panel, if someone enters the room at the edge of the touch
panel's range, or if someone specifically reaches for the panel's face.
2.
Open the Sensor Settings page (FIG. 57) from the Protected Setup menu section.
3.
Watch the movement of the Motion Sensor bar while holding perfectly still. This allows tracking of other
factors that might affect the Motion Sensor, such as air conditioner vents or moving curtains.
4.
Copy the movement intended to set off the Sensor while watching the Motion Sensor bar, such as walking
past the device. In particular, watch for the spikes in the bar where the sensor picked up the most
movement.
5.
Set the Motion Sensor bar to the desired sensitivity, making sure that it is located below the spikes
previously noted. If the bar is set above the level of the spikes, the Motion Sensor may never be set off by
that level of motion.
6.
Repeat the movement and check to see if the movement exceeds the bar setting. Adjust the bar as
necessary to set the desired sensitivity.
NXD-500i 5" Wall/Flush Mount Touch Panel with Intercom
Provides the following fields:
• The Motion Detection field displays a reactive button that changes color
(illuminates) when motion is detected by the Modero panel's front motion sensor.
• The Motion Sensor Port field indicates the port used to report the motion sensor
channel back to the NetLinx Master (set in TPD4) (read-only).
• The Motion Sensor Channel field indicates the channel used to report the motion
sensor channel back to the NetLinx Master (set in TPD4) (read-only).
The Wake Panel Sensitivity relates to the sensitivity of the motion sensor to detect
motion and wake the panel accordingly.
• Toggle the Enable/Enabled button to either active/inactive this feature:
- Enable - activates this feature. Activating this feature reactivates the panel from a
panel timeout (sleep) mode.
- Enabled - (illuminated when selected) deactivates this feature and makes the
panel use the specified Display Timeout value set on the Setup Page.
• Use the Wake Panel UP/DN buttons to alter the sensitivity value.
- Range = 0 - 100.
The horizontal WAKE PANEL SENSITIVITY bargraph indicates the current motion
sensitivity value associated with waking the panel from a timeout.
Press either of the two buttons to enable or disable 38 KHz or 455 KHz IR signals to
be received by the panel.
The Motion bargraph displays a vertical bargraph indicating the current value of the
motion detected by the on-board motion detector.
Setup Pages and Descriptions
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