How to link arrival sensor to light switch

[petercarp]

I am trying to find out how to link a Samsung arrival sensor, which my hub sees, to a wave dimmer switch, which my hub sees.

Sorry for the dumb question but the Samsung web site is useless.

[ritchierich (Michael)]

If you haven’t installed Smart Lighting yet, you should as this will allow you to connect the two. Go to the Marketplace, SmartThings recommends and you will see it there. Once installed, setup a rule based on presence.

[JDRoberts]

As @ritchierich says, the official recommended method is Smart Lights. Here’s the official instructions:

https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/205380404-Smart-Lights

The scheduler FAQ in the community might also be of interest:

A Short Intro to Scheduling/Device Control/Rules in SmartThings

You’ve got your hub. You’ve got some devices. Now how do you schedule what happens when? SmartThings doesn’t have a rules engine/scheduler, so there’s no one tutorial for how to do this. But it’s an open platform, and there are about 12 different ways to set up various kinds of schedules. Some require custom code, some don’t. A “scheduler” in this context is anything that causes a networked device to perform an action, even if it’s just to toggle on or off immediately. (Network engineering definition, forgive me. :blush:) (Note: as of April 2017, the original author of this FAQ lost the ability to add updated screenshots as VoiceOver capability was broken in the official SmartThings mobile app and has not yet been fixed. Anyone who wants to update the screenshots or any out of date i…

[petercarp]

Wow - thank everyone for your help. Smart Lights did it.