Motion Sensor Light Switch With Manual Override

If both switches are now connected in parallel the closed switch will always override the open switch.

Motion sensor light switch with manual override.

I think the most common way to do this is with webcore which is a very sophisticated rules engine developed by the community. 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. A switch on the fixture should read on time usually found directly under the motion sensor. The light will then remain on and will not go off until you manually turn it off at the switch.

This is a wiring diagram for a motion sensor controlled shop light led using a single pole double throw 3 position switch. Yes most sensors will have the ability to override the sensor function altogether and operate the light manually as necessary. 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. 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.

Set it to any position aside from the test position and flip off the switch that the light is connected to. 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.