CommScope Redwood version 3.1 - Manual (Page 23)

Commissioning and Administration User Guide 22
Motion Groups
You can use the Motion Groups Feature in Redwood manager for when, in the course of defining
your Events and Policies, it becomes necessary to trigger an Event to occur in a given Location
(or specific Fixture in a Location) based upon motion (occupancy) seen by a Sensor not
associated with that Location (or Fixture). With this technique a single motion signal can be
“shared” with multiple Locations, in effect allowing them to share a single Sensor.
The key point to remember when implementing this feature is that you are going to configure a
given Sensor (Donor Location or Donor Fixture) to “share” with other Locations that it sees
motion. When the Recipient Location receives this “shared” motion signal then it will behave
as if it received a motion signal from one of its “native” Sensors, triggering whatever Event it
would normally trigger. This means that a single motion signal can trigger different Events in
different Locations that have different results, since each Location’s Events/Policies are unique to
that Location. The Events/Policies for each Location are respected no matter where the motion
signal originates.
Note: You can only donate motion signals to Locations and not specific Fixtures, because Events
/ Policies are triggered for an entire Location, not specific Fixtures. If you want to “share” a
motion signal with a specific Fixture and only that Fixture, not the rest of the Location, then that
Fixture will need to be alone in a child Location that receives the motion signal.
Sharing a Motion Signal from a Location
Select the Location that has the Sensor you want to “share” motion from using the 1.
Maintenance tab.
Select Configuration on the pull-down directly below the Maintenance tab. You will see a 2.
listing of the current Locations that are Recipients of motion signals from this Donor Location.
Click the 3. button.
A dialog box will be presented that allows you to pick which Location(s) you want to receive 4.
motion signals from the Donor Location.
Select Finish when you are done adding Recipient Locations. 5.
Sharing a Motion Signal from a Fixture
Select the Location that has the Fixture you want to “share” motion from using the 1.
Maintenance tab.
Select the specific Fixture you wish to “share” motion from in the Fixture list in the center of 2.
the screen.
Select Configuration on the pull-down directly below the Maintenance tab. You will see a 3.
listing of the current Locations that are Recipients of motion signals from this Donor Location.
Click the 4. button.
A dialog box will be presented that allows you to pick which Location(s) you want to receive 5.
motion signals from the Donor Location.
Select Finish when you are done adding Recipient Locations. 6.