Automated Lights Based on Motion

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

Glad you mentioned my name, I actually ran into problems with Lightning Director too. I am using @bravenel 's app now in the most sensitive places. The app is also mentioned above.

Here is a link to another app that may be more appropriate for a living room where people may not move as often to keep the motion going. This app has an option to temporary disable the motion to avoid embarrassing moments when you have guests and the lights go off

Best logic to automate bedroom lights

I use motion sensors in our bedroom, and bedside Minimotes. The motion-lighting app that I use (my own, see here: Motion Lighting) has a disable-motion function (using a virtual switch). When one of us goes in to read, we use the Minimote to set the lights to an appropriate setting, and disable motion on/off. Later, when it’s time to turn out the lights, the Minimote is the tool for that. I use a scheduled on to turn the disable switch off in the morning. This works well for us. The Minimote also has a “nap” button, that disables motion, and turns off the lights. I’m finding that motion-disable is a very useful feature. I used to use a special mode to do this, but found that gets too complicated, and doesn’t generalize at all. Hence, added the motion-disable function to my basic l…