farmhouse
October 3, 2016, 9:55pm
#1
Hello! I’m new to the community so apologies if I’m doing this incorrectly but I’ve done some searching and haven’t found a solution yet. I get a fair amount of motion false alarms. One every 2-3 days when I’m gone. I’m not convinced its the sensor’s fault… Could be a mouse in a farmhouse…or moth. Is there a smart app that only alerts me when a motion sensor gets tripped more than once in 3 or 5 minutes? That way I’d only get notified only when there is cause for concern as all my false alarms are one time alerts.
Thanks!
zcspencer
October 3, 2016, 10:01pm
#2
Are the sensors close to vents? Or in a drafty location in your home? I’ve heard rapid temperature changes can cause false triggers…
Hi @farmhouse . If you have more than 1 motion sensor you can use, give this SmartApp a shot.
I built this to solve a number of motion related issues.
–Reduction of false motion events in exterior applications (False Motion Reduction)
–Represent a group of detectors with a single virtual detector (Motion Aggregation)
–Enable a Motion Aggregation zone from various devices, switches, contacts ect (Triggered Activation)
This is a parent/child application (like Smart Lighting) where the motion zones are created and edited from the parent application.
When a new virtual zone is created, a virtual motion sensor is created for that zone. This virtual motion detector represents the states of the physical motion detectors that you configured for that zone.
You can then use that virtual zone device in any applications that accept motion devices.
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farmhouse
October 4, 2016, 12:25pm
#4
Thanks! Ill give it a try!
Aaron
October 4, 2016, 12:56pm
#5
sounds like this!
Arlo strikes again to elevate xAF. My wife came to me last night to complain that the lights were on in the back. And my response was, “yes honey the lights were on because we had a visitor”. Her face was priceless when I showed her this video.
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addition: i have seen moths large enough to trigger motion sensors. they are terrifying.
tpip
October 4, 2016, 2:41pm
#6
Are your Motion sensors adjustable for pets? If so, put it in pet mode and see if that stops the false alarms.
farmhouse
October 5, 2016, 12:11am
#7
Thanks! I just have the smartthings motion sensor and I don’t believe it
Correct, it doesn’t have any ability to adjust sensitivity for pets.