michaelheffernan Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I have used the contact side of my controller for a motion sensor.Now i would like to put in a dry contact for my door.the contact is no. can i use this on the relay side of the controller?1 wire no, 1 wire common?how can i make it work?when i go into controller after i have put in the relay, and i can click the relay and you hear it doing stuff, but when i pass a mag under it does nothing?Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Are you trying to use a relay or a contact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Think of the contact port as an INPUT to the controller from a device either powered or volt-free. The relay is an OUTPUT kind of port used to trigger some external device. In your case, wrong application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelheffernan Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 i am using the contact for a motion sensor, i want to use the relay side for a dry door contact switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 i am using the contact for a motion sensor, i want to use the relay side for a dry door contact switch.How do you plan to use a relay for a contact switch? You need a CONTACT, not a relay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelheffernan Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 i was hoping that i could just plug and play. use the controller to sense nc, and when that sense is opened by way of relay switch. turn on light...no go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 You can do that- using the HC contact. The relay is for outbound control from programming. Get another HC or a security system if you really need to make this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelheffernan Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Drat I was hoping it could be done. it is a goal later to get a security system, but not at the moment. drat i was hoping i could make use of everything on the back of controller. contact and relay.shiat!thanks for all your advise though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Well, you could do a Card Access device attached to the door sensor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Drat I was hoping it could be done. it is a goal later to get a security system, but not at the moment. drat i was hoping i could make use of everything on the back of controller. contact and relay.shiat!thanks for all your advise though.You can make use of everything, it just needs to be in the correct application =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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