Suggestion for motion sensor to control Hue bulbs

[JDRoberts]

@pcgirl65

Have these Hue sensors come on the market yet?

Yes, we have four of them and like them very much. It’s true they are Limited to two time periods per day, but they also have the built-in light meter which in a sense takes care of a third condition ( daytime, but dark). They are very fast, very easy to set up. Very reliable. but they only work with devices attached to the hue bridge, smartthings doesn’t see them.

Details in the following thread.

Hue Motion Sensors FCC-approved; coming October 2, 2016 (US), October 4, 2016 (UK)

First reviews coming in. My housemate got his yesterday and we found it to be pretty similar to the following review: Almost Plug and Play for a Simple Use Case It’s super easy to set up. Out of the box, it’s ready to go as soon as you assign it to a room. At that point without your doing anything else detected motion will turn on any lights in that room attached to the hue bridge (including GE links or other brands). It will turn on to full brightness between eight in the morning and 11 at night, but there’s also a lux sensor so it won’t turn them on at all if The light level is above the lux threshold. From 11 at night until eight in the morning, it will turn them on at a dim “nightlight” level. And after 15 minutes of inactivity, it will turn them off again. Those are all the pre…