Motion Sensor Light Switch With Manual Override

The only thing this that you d need to turn the spst switch off and hit the manual override button on the motion sensor to turn the lights off immediately if you d previously had them held on.

Motion sensor light switch with manual override.

Set it to any position aside from the test position and flip off the switch that the light is connected to. In principle a simple light switch has two contacts which interrupt the current flow in the off state and pass it through in the on state. Posted by supercres at 6 47 pm on march 24 2019 1 favorite the acuity wsx series has manual on off control. The output of a motion detector is also a simple switch with the same functionality.

Using this wiring set up you can override the sensor to be off all the time on all the time or controlled by the motion sensor. A switch on the fixture should read on time usually found directly under the motion sensor. This is a pretty common use case now many people have a motion sensor set to automatically turn the lights off after inactivity but they want the manual wall switch to override that rule. I think the most common way to do this is with webcore which is a very sophisticated rules engine developed by the community.

Yes most sensors will have the ability to override the sensor function altogether and operate the light manually as necessary. If you are unsure find the switch by testing all the available switches before you fiddle with the on time button. This is a wiring diagram for a motion sensor controlled shop light led using a single pole double throw 3 position switch.