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Motion detection within set timeframe

jeroen2205jeroen2205 Member
in Questions & Help
Hi fellow Homey's,

I have a KAKU motion detector and i want to use it to turn on 2 HUE lightbulbs when motion is detected. That of course is no rocket science and works just fine when set with these flow instructions. I do however want this to be the case during a certain timeframe at night. I have tried akk variables i can think off but it does not seem to work out. It keeps interrupting any ongoing flows that are running and does not seem to ' understand'  the time. 

The total flow is

IF
Motiondetector goes on

AND
- The time is later then 23:45
- The time is earlier then 06:45
- Motion is detected

THEN
Turn on HUE scene

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    Adjust ur time settings.
    Later then 23.45 AND earlier then 06.45 dont match.
    Try later then 00.01 and earlier then 06.45
  • bvdbosbvdbos Member
    It's never later then 23.45 and at the same time earlier then 6.45  :D

    Also, you can delete the "Motion is detected" from the "and" condition. You trigger on "motion detected" which implies before that there was no motion. Thus the condition will not be met unless there's motion detected twice in a very short timeframe (but the sensor doesn't send a second "motion detected").
  • jeroen2205jeroen2205 Member
    BasVanDenBosch said:
    It's never later then 23.45 and at the same time earlier then 6.45  :D

    Also, you can delete the "Motion is detected" from the "and" condition. You trigger on "motion detected" which implies before that there was no motion. Thus the condition will not be met unless there's motion detected twice in a very short timeframe (but the sensor doesn't send a second "motion detected").
    So on and off is sufficient?
  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    Yep

  • jeroen2205jeroen2205 Member
    Thanks for the quick replies!

  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    Anytime
  • bvdbosbvdbos Member
    Rocodamelshe said:
    Adjust ur time settings.
    Later then 23.45 AND earlier then 06.45 dont match.
    Try later then 00.01 and earlier then 06.45
    You can ommit the later then otherwise there's two minutes (0:00 en 0:01) where this flow won't work...
    If you also want the timeframe from 23:45 to 0:00 you should make a second flow or, what I did, create a variable night (true/false through flows) and test for "and night = true".
  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    True that.
  • ThijsDeJongThijsDeJong Member
    BasVanDenBosch said:
    Rocodamelshe said:
    Adjust ur time settings.
    Later then 23.45 AND earlier then 06.45 dont match.
    Try later then 00.01 and earlier then 06.45
    You can ommit the later then otherwise there's two minutes (0:00 en 0:01) where this flow won't work...
    If you also want the timeframe from 23:45 to 0:00 you should make a second flow or, what I did, create a variable night (true/false through flows) and test for "and night = true".


    How did you create that BL "night variable"?

    Should not be needed, but could be very usefull for all the stuff that goes on during te night.


  • bvdbosbvdbos Member
    If time = 23.00 set night to true
    if time = 6.30 set night to false
    :)
  • ThijsDeJongThijsDeJong Member

      :( how simple .... that I didn't think ....

    THNX! <3

  • jordenjorden Member
    I bought a Hue motion sensor which arrived today. In just seconds I made it work so if it detects motion, it turns on the lights in the hallway. After 60 seconds of no movement it turns it off again.
    If after 23:00, it uses a dimmed version.

    All without Homey, but it works well!
  • RocodamelsheRocodamelshe Member
    And if there is still motion it will keep the lights on?

  • jordenjorden Member
    Yep! Works as expected. It was cheaper than a Fibaro Motion Sensor and I'd have to place a powered wall socket in between to make it work on z-wave all the way to Homey, so this was kinda a good choice.
  • phil_sphil_s Member
    i will have a look to this hue sensor too!
  • jeroen2205jeroen2205 Member
    I have set up the KAKU motion detector with 2 flows, works awesome;
    ========================================================
    IF
    Motion sensor goes on

    AND
    Time is after 00:00

    THEN
    Turn on scene (dim purple night light)

    When the motion sensor gives the off signal and detects no motion the lights will go out after 5 min.
    =======================================================
    and
    =======================================================
    IF
    Motion sensor goes on

    AND
    Time is after 6.45
    Time is before 08.00

    THEN
    Turn on scene (morning light)

    Will only turn on till 08:00 and when we leave the house we use a all devices off flow
    ======================================================

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