HVAC connection to occupancy [Room Presence] to be forced occupancy?

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  • marcuslee
    Automated Home Ninja
    • Dec 2009
    • 279

    HVAC connection to occupancy [Room Presence] to be forced occupancy?

    Hi Guys,

    Setup:
    Lights use presence for operation.
    But HVAC we want to run 24/7.

    Any suggestion on what the best thing to use for HVAC object's Room Presence connection?


    [I had considered leaving unconnected, but then the dynamic HVAC menu doesn't make sense when people are changing the "Occupied" set point]

    Thanks in advance,

    Marcus
  • chris_j_hunter
    Automated Home Legend
    • Dec 2007
    • 1713

    #2
    we use various of the House connections for such things - sometimes via a General Logic NOT gate ...

    Chris
    Our self-build - going further with HA...

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    • JonS
      Automated Home Guru
      • Dec 2007
      • 202

      #3
      I'd use the standard room presence connection and just set the occupied=unoccupied profiles to be the same.
      JonS

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      • marcuslee
        Automated Home Ninja
        • Dec 2009
        • 279

        #4
        Originally posted by JonS View Post
        I'd use the standard room presence connection and just set the occupied=unoccupied profiles to be the same.
        Thanks for reply Chris. Definitely sounds like the way to go. Not sure if I can just have a no input NOT logic gate to achieve the 1 output I need (ie a floating logic input being ok with Cortex operation)?

        Jon FYI, indeed that's what I've been doing up till now as it happens, but it doesn't make sense to the users when I ask them to have to set the temp twice when cycling through the DFP menu. Also it's a bit tedious to be honest!

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        • chris_j_hunter
          Automated Home Legend
          • Dec 2007
          • 1713

          #5
          not floating - eg: we've used Vacant => NOT => HVAC

          Chris
          Our self-build - going further with HA...

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          • marcuslee
            Automated Home Ninja
            • Dec 2009
            • 279

            #6
            Originally posted by chris_j_hunter View Post
            not floating - eg: we've used Vacant => NOT => HVAC

            Chris
            Ta Chris, and you know what? Sometimes I should put brain into gear before typing, because of course there's a boatload of unused digital inputs from all the QLDs QRIs virtual every module has some digital switch inputs which can be used.

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            • Karam
              Automated Home Legend
              • Mar 2005
              • 863

              #7
              You could use the Test On-Off Source logic gate.

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              • marcuslee
                Automated Home Ninja
                • Dec 2009
                • 279

                #8
                Originally posted by Karam View Post
                You could use the Test On-Off Source logic gate.
                Thanks Karam.

                A hidden gem that one for stuff like this.

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                • marcuslee
                  Automated Home Ninja
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 279

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Karam View Post
                  You could use the Test On-Off Source logic gate.
                  Hi Karam,

                  Any idea if this can be linked to Event Scheduler or even to a menu option for Object action (can't seem to do either, not listed in Event Scheduler as an object, and Menu lists the object but no action).

                  Such that one can manually flick set 0/1 this logic gate?

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                  • Karam
                    Automated Home Legend
                    • Mar 2005
                    • 863

                    #10
                    If you mean that you'd like a toggle signal then I'd suggest you use a T type Flip Flop. The output of this can be toggled by pulsing the CLK input (leaving the T input unconnected). Slight snag is that it needs a pulse (0-1-0) to do the toggle, whereas the output of the scheduler and menu appear as 'steady' state changes when applied to the CLK input. So the way round this is to feed the CLK input from a monostable gate with say a 0.5s time and connct the S input of the monostable to the scheduler/menu item. There might well be other ways..

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