LED NOTIFICATIONS
An OR Sensor Node 3 like its predecessor has two LED notification that can serve as visual indication for users in understanding the operation and status of a Sensor Node. These two LEDs have different colors and are referred to as below;
Red Dome – sits in or is visible as red LED emitting out of PIR sensor dome
Green (Status) LED – sits beside the red dome coming out of a small hole
The figure below explains the two LEDs;
The two LEDs can indicate different scenarios of operation independently or in conjunction with one another depending on the operational commands issued and current state of operation. The two LEDs can take the one of the patterns as explained below;
Green (Status) LED
Sr # | Pattern | Operation |
1 | Flash in response to occupancy | Flashes green in response to a motion event. Noticeable as person moves under a sensor node and settles after 3 seconds if no motion is generated and flash again if it detects motion again. This pattern is responsive to occupancy events and happens all the time in normal automatic operation mode |
2 | Flashes regularly at 2 Hz | This operation is visible when there is any scene activated on a sensor node whether it is through a wall switch, an app, the Portal or even BACnet. The nodes will resume to automatic operation of flashing in response to a motion event when the scene expires or when manually set to On/Auto |
3 | Flashes regularly at 2 Hz | In addition to above, this behavior is evident when the lights are configured to absence detection mode. Once absence has been detected for time equivalent to dwell and lowlight time combined it will turn off with “off scene” activated. In order to resume normal operations a manual “On/Auto” is required. |
4 | Retaining previous LED state | This would mean that the LED will remain in its previous state whether it was lit or off at the time when an external dim command is sent. As an example, if a dim command is sent exactly at the same time as when the LED was flashing it would retain its last status.
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Red Dome
In certain special scenarios both LEDs would light up which are explained as below;
Sr # | Pattern | Operation |
1 | Solid red combined with Green LED always lit* | If a sensor node remain solid red at all time, then it means that it could mean that its PIR has been disabled. This would happen on any or all such nodes within a zone which haven’t seen any break in occupancy for the past 24 hours. This feature is built to address the following cases;
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2 | Combined sequence when “Automated Self-Test Sequence” is running |
Note: The same LED sequence will run regardless if it is a DT6 or DT8 driver. |
3 | Combined sequence when Automated Self-test sequence is disabled | Simultaneously, the dome LED red will flash red again once and the green LED will flash steadily 20 times |
*A known bug has also caused this behavior as well which is almost always accompanied by luminaire staying at a lowlight output. This only happens in specific older firmware versions 172, 175 & 177 and only when luminaires are power cycled a lot of times and is known to happen randomly on some luminaires. This bug has been fixed with later releases 178 onwards. Consult release notes for more details. At any stage if unsure of behavior contact OR Tech or your supplier with details on firmware version for any queries.