The sensor distinguishes two external conditions – ‘day’ and ‘night’, based on the level of ambient light. If it detects ‘day’, it will not
activate the load even if it detects movement. You have to program the level of ambient light below which the sensor activates the
load. Using the controller, you can program the ambient light level below which the sensor detects ‘night’ and above which it detects
‘day’. You can choose the following light levels: 10LUX, 50LUX, 150LUX and 2000LUX. 2000LUX level equals ambient light when you
point a very strong light source directly at the sensor. If you choose 2000LUX level, the sensor will activate the load as programmed
for all light conditions, day and night.
If you choose too low a light level, the sensor will not switch the load (lights) even if you may consider the location being in the dark.
If you choose too high a light level, the sensor will operate and activate light while it is still enough of day light.
The LUX light level number is meaningless to most end users. To pick the right level, the sensor supports an ‘eye’ function,
activated by the ‘eye’ button on the controller:
Use the ‘eye’ function when the ambient light is on a boundary between ‘day’ and ‘night’. Make sure that the
load is off, press the ‘eye’ button and check that the sensor responds by flashing
its red LED. NOTE: To use the ‘eye’ function, the load must be OFF.
Programming sensor parameters
Sensor parameters determine conditions under which the sensor switches the load on and off. These parameters affect sensor
operation only while it is in AUTO mode. If the load is ON while you change any parameter, the new value will take effect only after the
load goes OFF. If the load is OFF, the new value takes effect immediately.
You can program three parameters:
- detection range – 100%, 75%, 50%. (It is unclear from available documentation what this parameter actually means. Unclear meaning
precludes any testing.)
daylight threshold - the level of ambient light below which the sensor detects movement and controls the load, as
described earlier. - hold time - the length of time the load stays ON after the sensor detects movement, in the range 10
seconds to 30 minutes. If the
sensor detects movement while the load is ON, it restarts the load timer. As an example, if the ON time is set to 10 sec
and during these 10 seconds the sensor detects movement, it will start the timer again. The sensor will only go OFF if
there is no movement detected over the hold time, in this case over a 10 seconds period.
This product complies with Australian standards and is RCM approved
- TEST. This button puts the sensor into a test state. It is intended for factory testing and should not be used by the installer or the end
user. If you press this button, operation of the sensor will be unpredictable to you. To recover, press the RESET button. (It would
take a lot of time to crack sensor operation while in test mode and I do not believe that it is worth doing. At the first glance this operation
is at least strange if not outright bizarre.)
RESET. This button restores factory settings and allows for recovery from the test state. Factory settings for JP-02 are: hold time 10
seconds, daylight threshold 2000LUX.
-While 10 seconds hold time may be reasonable, in most cases 2000LUX is not a good choice. Either program one of the three levels
10LUX, 50LUX and 150LUX or use the ‘eye’ function.
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