i have set up some flood lights, i have connected them to the panel outputs and have set them to only switch on when the alarm is in entry/exit mode and to mimic a zone the zone.

what i need to do is to only make the lights work when it get dark,

so i have set up a photocell and relay and connected them to a zone so that when the cell comes on the zone is active the lights will turn on

iam not sure what to set the zone type as.

but the only problem is that when the systems is set and the cell is active the alarm will be set off

can any one help with this

thanks

wayne

Put your outside lights on another area "D" for instance

just take the bell and you arming codes off that area

and you could use custom outputs for the switching, as you could have multiple triggers, ie, entry exit, alarm, open door, etc....

have a look in the manual and read up about custom outputs and how they could help you,

All the best

Put your outside lights on another area "D" for instance

just take the bell and you arming codes off that area

and you could use custom outputs for the switching, as you could have multiple triggers, ie, entry exit, alarm, open door, etc....

have a look in the manual and read up about custom outputs and how they could help you,

All the best

ok will try it thanks

If you are using an output progged as zone mimic, the zone doesn't have to be progged as anything, leave it as not used.

Forget the zone stuff just use curtasy output and connect relay after the photocell.

You can set the zone as custom but set no attributes (unless you want it to chime or something). That way you can choose your connection method - EOL, DP etc.

If you are using an output progged as zone mimic, the zone doesn't have to be progged as anything, leave it as not used.

tried what you said works fine so far

thanks for you help

Edited September 16, 200817 yr by whibbs