Monition sensors and lights issue

[bravenel (Bruce)]

@kraegd

Is there no way for ST to keep resetting the 10 minute timer every time it detections motion. Rather than counting down to 0 then waiting for motion again? Its a bit annoying but if there is a way I could turn the timer down to just a couple of minutes so that the lamp goes off sooner after we leave the room.

There has been a bug in Smart Lighting that may be causing this. You could use Rule Machine to do this automation, and it doesn’t have that bug.

The Condition would be motion-active; the Actions for True would be turn-on-outlet; the Actions for False would be turn-off-outlet after x minute delay, cancellable.

Typically, you shouldn’t need more than about 5 minutes to keep the lights on from motion, in many rooms only 2 minutes does it. Sort of depends on the room and the position of the motion sensor.