Controlling a device with a push button and a digital potential-free sensor module

Use case

Your customer has a staircase with several floors and corresponding lighting with push buttons and teleruptors.

For some reason, you, as an installer, are unable to install push-button interfaces to easily implement a Niko Home Control solution.

To provide your customer with a solution, you can keep the push buttons in the staircase and use a digital potential-free sensor module in the cabinet.

Procedure

Creating the controls and devices

Create a digital sensor (SENS1).
Create a virtual device (VIRT1).
Create the lighting (LAMP1).

Creating the routine

Create a custom routine (ROUT1) to activate VIRT1 with the digital sensor (SENS1). VIRT1 is deactivated after 0.1 s. Use the following behaviour:

Control that initiates the routine: digital sensor (SENS1).
Devices that are part of the routine: VIRT1
- Start behaviour: VIRT1: Value = true, Delay = 0 s
- Stop behaviour: VIRT1: Value = false, Delay = 0.1 s

Creating the conditions

Create a condition (COND1) that activates LAMP1 when the push button is pressed. Use the following logic:
- IF (LAMP1: Value = off) and (SENS1: Value = true) and (VIRT1: Value = false)
- THEN (LAMP1: Value = on, Delay = 0 s)
- ELSE leave empty
Create a condition (COND2) that deactivates LAMP1 when the push button is pressed again. Use the following logic:
- IF (LAMP1: Value = on) and (SENS1: Value = true) and (VIRT1: Value = false)
- THEN (LAMP1: Value = off, Delay = 0 s)
- ELSE leave empty

Filling the cabinet and addressing the device

Fill the cabinet with ...	and address the following device ...
a digital sensor module 2U (MOD1)	digital sensor SENS1.
a switching module (3X) 2U (MOD2)	lighting LAMP1.

Example

Click here to download the programming example (nhc2 file).