I’ll try to keep this from being a wall of words. I’m new to the home automation thing and am slowly getting deeper into what you can and cannot do. I’m beyond the ability to setup wemo switches/outlets and Hue lights. The next step was to automate some lighting in sporadically used locations. T…

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@poseidon7902 From personal experience, I would mount it facing the door, slightly oblique so it doesn’t see its own reflection from the door/wall. Constant on usually comes from the clod. Smartthings has been very flaky this year.

What motion sensor? And why did you choose motion for such a small space. For motion to work correctly, a body should pass the sensor completely. Personally, I would use a contact sensor for that door. It appears to be a door that is mostly closed? With contacts, you get instant open and close sta…

I would guess it’s a mesh dead spot? Total from the hip shot gun blast. I agree with the previous post. If you close the door when not in use then use a contact sensor.

Necro post in a way. I finally went out and got contact sensors for these two doors. One so far is working fine. The other, the sensor continually shows open and the light never turns off. Starting to lose faith in the ability of having reliable automation

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