Hello all.

A client is building a multi-Car Garage 18. I wanted to put a mono point light on the Front and back of each car, To highlight just that car.
Then I wanted to put a sensor of some sort car sensor that would turn on the highlight when the car pulled in or moved.
I found this
[Link: shop.sjf.com]

But its unclear if it has a contact output.

the lights will be controlled via LutronQS. I also have Control4 on the job.

Has anybody used something like this? That worked.

Thanks,
Flandon

I’ve used these Vaddio products in the past for a showroom. Presenter would walk to different areas which would trigger PTZ cameras presets and spot lighting.

Not sure if it’s rugged enough for your application, but certainly a little cheaper.

[Link: legrandav.com]

why would you not just use a generic pressure mat for each vehicle under say the left rear tire. mats run about 250 each... most garages like that will have some fancy flooring that the mat can go under so you never see it.

car rolls away the automation does its things with lights door etc. car comes back, automation does its programmed thing....

the LagrandAV Vaddio devices look good found their IR Sensor as well seems like they would link to a Contact input rather easily. They both say works with Vaddio system but would think it would work with any contact sensor.

ceied, what pressure mats have you used?

The clients other garages have epoxy floors.

The new Luma X20 camera system has AI driven human and vehicle detection events. You can do line crossing in either or both direction or regeion entrance. The AI filters out everything you don't want.

The generated events can trigger Control4 events. How that works is in control4 you have human, vehicle, and general motion contact sensor drivers linked to the different Luma X20 NVR channels (or standalone Luma X20 camera if no Luma X20 NVR). For example, when the camera system fires a vehicle event the vehicle contact sensor in Control4 opens and you can program anything you want from there.

I have a camera system set up on a clients driveway to turn on lights at night when the camera fires the human or vehicle event. I gotta say I'm very inpressed with the AI filtering. I have the Luma View app on my phone too and I've been monitoring the event types generated to the actual video and there has been no miscatorigized or false alerts. Finally reliable alerts, will be using this alot more for sure.

The only complaint with the system is the Luma View app itself could use a little work yet - have to restart it sometimes to regain video.

I went to the museum a few weeks ago and they had these exhibits where when you step in front of them a video starts playing and lights turn on and off on different artifacts in front of you as the video talked about them.

It looked like the way they were doing it was just using a photobeam mounted above where it tells you to stand and they glued the little mirror onto the floor. So when you stood on that spot you blocked the mirror and then they had something start up the video and control the lights. You could probably do something like that and then the homeowner won’t have to make sure he hits a pad to get the lights to work.

[Link: garageflooringinc.com]
[Link: alarmsystemstore.com]

I am with Taco on this. I would look into some type of photobeam option that breaks when the car is present. It would be easier to place the beam close to center of where a car will sit than have the client try and hit a pressure pad when parking (although with 18+ cars I am doubting they are moving very frequently).

that solution will look like ass... you will need conduit and boxes peeping up from the floor for every car... it wont look good.

you could do a photo beam from floor to ceiling nd used recessed boxes on floor under car and ceiling above car. but the ceiling acne will look bad.

no beam = car in spot beam= car out of spot

I am Planning on a Luma x20 camera system as well. this could work out perfectly.

1 Camera covers a 3 car bay, Maybe i can have multiple line crossings per camera.??

thanks all.

Flandon

Yes you can have multiple lines but they are tied to the same control event.

thank mans!

Ok thanks for the FYI.
Maybe I'll Just have the lights come on at the same time for each 3 car bay.