My Top issues with v2 - READ because missing features, you are going backwards

[JDRoberts]

@geko

@SBDOBRESCU

If you just want to use the app to turn off when motion stops, you don’t get the delay option.

I don’t think there was an option to do that in V1 either, so it’s not a “missing” feature comparing to V1.

Yes, there was.

There were two types of timed turn offs that are missing from the new Smart Lights.

1. turn off after x minutes without requiring a sensor

2. turn off after x minutes of inactivity after turning on with something other than motion. (This has all the right fields, but they don’t all appear when you need them for this use case)

@bravenel has already written two little smart apps to replace this missing functionality with the understanding that it will probably be added back in to smart lights sometime soon. So nothing fancy, but they should get people through for now.

Turn off after some minutes

EDITED: ST has fixed the omission in Smart Lights, and this function is now there. When creating an automation to do this, select your light, turn off, and then scroll to the very bottom of the list of how to trigger it to Power Allowance Exceeded (which is a ridiculous name, but oh well). Smart Lights is missing the function that was available in Lights & Switches V1, to turn off some switches x minutes after they were turned on. I’m sure ST will fix this omission soon. In the meantime, this app will do that function:

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Turn off after motion stops

Smart Lights has a functionality missing that many people use, a function that was available in Lights & Switches V1. The missing function is to specify how many minutes after motion stops to turn something off. This functionality is there if you use Smart Lights to turn on a light with motion, and then turn it off when motion stops. But if you only want to turn something off some number of minutes after motion stops, where it was turned on by some other means, that functionality is missing. I’m sure that SmartThings will fix this omission soon. EDITED: ST has fixed this omission in mobile app V2.0.4. Smart Lighting can now do this function. As of 10/24/15. However, this is only true for hub V1 users. It is still not available for hub V2 In the meantime, this app provides that f…

@bravenel is a master of mixing motion sensors with override switches, so I expect these jumped out at him more than they would for most people until they went to try to set up that specific use case. (One example was his famous “don’t wake the baby” smartapp where a light that was normally triggered by a motion sensor could be set to NOT come on from motion if the parent tapped the wall switch. )