Got some strange daylight sensor behavior. I hid it in all opaque blocks to invert it to a skylight/nighttime sensor. What I thought odd, was just before dawn, and just after dusk, instead of activating the redstone lamp on/off constant, it would blink for a bit and THEN stay constantly on/off. Video in spoiler.
Video demonstrating problem with Daylight Sensor when inverted.
So upon further research on the wiki, I discovered that when lit the RS-Lamp has partial transparency. I assume that because of this, when the lamp lights it becomes transparent enough to let the sensor dectect daylight, instead of skylight/nighttime. Causing it to blink off, now opaque, and back making a clock of sorts. I put dirt blocks in the area surroundinlg the lamp - where you can see out to the sky/villiage in the background of my video - with room for me to monitor the lamp. It worked as intended. It turned on and stayed constantly on instead of blinking before its next on/off state. Likely because opaque blocks encased the sensor and lamp.
What I need help with is I want to create an automatic light in the ceiling of my house that turns on at night. But if the lamp is visible on the ceiling, and i have windows in my room, won't the lamp assist in detecting daylight because of its transparency when lit?? It would blink! What could I do about this to make a properly functioning night-light?
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How thick is your roof? can you put the daylight sensor on top of the roof, then a block with a redstone torch under it and then the redstone lamp under that? It requires a thicker roof, but that is how I've built all of my inverted daylight sensors (the smarter folk talked me through this in the regular Q&A thread last week).
How thick is your roof? can you put the daylight sensor on top of the roof, then a block with a redstone torch under it and then the redstone lamp under that? It requires a thicker roof, but that is how I've built all of my inverted daylight sensors (the smarter folk talked me through this in the regular Q&A thread last week).
Ok, I'll give that a shot. I also thought about encasing the daylight sensor with all opaque blocks, leaving room w/in the encasement for a repeater to run out into a block, and run redstone out the other side to a lamp. I mention that because I dont know if your option will have the same timing as an actually inverted sensor. I still appreciate your response though and I'll do some toying around with the possibilities.
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I've got a lighthouse that uses the method I described above. It is a simple 4 Redstone lamp set up with a single block above the lamp wiring with a redstone torch on it's side and the sensor on top. Timing is pretty good, but since it's high up I think it messes with how soon the lamps come on.
Give it a shot. But also know my brain doesn't always think in redstone ways, so there is likely someone out there with a better model.
Lol, I dont always think in redstone either, but I'm still a bit of a redstone newbie! But as time moves on and xbox catches up with all the latest redstone, I try to experiment and see what I can do! Crap
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Retired StaffVideo demonstrating problem with Daylight Sensor when inverted.
So upon further research on the wiki, I discovered that when lit the RS-Lamp has partial transparency. I assume that because of this, when the lamp lights it becomes transparent enough to let the sensor dectect daylight, instead of skylight/nighttime. Causing it to blink off, now opaque, and back making a clock of sorts. I put dirt blocks in the area surroundinlg the lamp - where you can see out to the sky/villiage in the background of my video - with room for me to monitor the lamp. It worked as intended. It turned on and stayed constantly on instead of blinking before its next on/off state. Likely because opaque blocks encased the sensor and lamp.
What I need help with is I want to create an automatic light in the ceiling of my house that turns on at night. But if the lamp is visible on the ceiling, and i have windows in my room, won't the lamp assist in detecting daylight because of its transparency when lit?? It would blink! What could I do about this to make a properly functioning night-light?
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Retired StaffOk, I'll give that a shot. I also thought about encasing the daylight sensor with all opaque blocks, leaving room w/in the encasement for a repeater to run out into a block, and run redstone out the other side to a lamp. I mention that because I dont know if your option will have the same timing as an actually inverted sensor. I still appreciate your response though and I'll do some toying around with the possibilities.
Give it a shot. But also know my brain doesn't always think in redstone ways, so there is likely someone out there with a better model.
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Retired StaffLol, I dont always think in redstone either, but I'm still a bit of a redstone newbie!
But as time moves on and xbox catches up with all the latest redstone, I try to experiment and see what I can do! Crap