Lighting controller MT and TH flags

[Gast]

Hi,

What's the difference between the MT and TH flags of the lighting controller. I would love to understand that.
I have quite a few and I am yet to get them to turn off the lights after a predetermined amount of time independently of who or how the lights were turned on. I expected this to be what the MT is for but as it turns out it doesn't always work. From what I can see, it works if the lights were turned on by the motion sensor but not if they were turned on manually.

Can someone please explain how to get this the lighting controller to switch lights off after some time?

Thanks
Paulo Matos

[duncan]

MT is the time for the controller to turn out all the lights if there is no movement, assuming it was turned on with a switch - so your kid goes into their bedroom, turns on a light then leaves - after say 30 minutes of no movement it turns off the lights.

TH is the time that the lights are turned on for when triggered by the last movement - so you walk into the toilet, the lights are triggered, come on, and after there is no more movement they are turned off after TH seconds

[Gast]

MT is the time for the controller to turn out all the lights if there is no movement, assuming it was turned on with a switch - so your kid goes into their bedroom, turns on a light then leaves - after say 30 minutes of no movement it turns off the lights.

TH is the time that the lights are turned on for when triggered by the last movement - so you walk into the toilet, the lights are triggered, come on, and after there is no more movement they are turned off after TH seconds

Thanks for the explanation but I did an experiment and MT doesn't work unless there is a motion pulse after you turn the lights on manually.
Sometimes I turn the lights on manually but my presence sensor is in a weird position and doesn't notice I am there, meaning the lights will stay on forever.