Ability to turn off lights after x minutes of no motion is missing

[bravenel (Bruce)]

@ffingers

The turn off after x minutes is noted as being in Beta and not working for local execution so it is still dependent on the cloud which I find very curious.

Because for it to run on a V2 hub, the firmware has to be updated. Smart Lighting is in firmware on hub V2, but in the cloud for hub V1. They added the feature, but have not updated the firmware yet. In the meantime, if you need this functionality, you can find it here:

Turn off after motion stops

Smart Lights has a functionality missing that many people use, a function that was available in Lights & Switches V1. The missing function is to specify how many minutes after motion stops to turn something off. This functionality is there if you use Smart Lights to turn on a light with motion, and then turn it off when motion stops. But if you only want to turn something off some number of minutes after motion stops, where it was turned on by some other means, that functionality is missing. I’m sure that SmartThings will fix this omission soon. EDITED: ST has fixed this omission in mobile app V2.0.4. Smart Lighting can now do this function. As of 10/24/15. However, this is only true for hub V1 users. It is still not available for hub V2 In the meantime, this app provides that f…