If I then go out they will switch off after the 5 minutes, but if I do not go out to trigger the sensor, they will burn all night – which defeats the purpose of having the motion sensors. Triggers Rule 2. Kind of a warning that the light(s) will turn off soon when no motion is detected for the defined time. You will be presented with a screen like this: Enter the Hue user at the yellow marked field and press GET (don’t use ENTER). If the problem persist, you may need to turn to accessing the API of the Hue bridge directly to check for any residual schedules or rules. Highlights. Turn on when motion starts. This will give you a JSON formatted response with all kinds of details about your Hue bridge. The wireless design of this Philips Hue motion sensor … Switch off your light(s). Rule 2 [Lights off] Condition. Works as desired except that additional motion in the first 2 minutes will not restart the timer as this seems to be the period that the motion sensor is “timed out” for. This works best for areas in the home where you pass through, or rooms where you are not perfectly still for a longer period of time. Then deleted the automation and set it up again and set the Iris sensor to turn off lights after 1 min. Philips Hue has a dedicated motion sensor for this job that lets you configure the scene a light should be set to during the day and night, allowing you have a softer light for the nighttime and brighter light … It's battery powered and completely wireless, so you can place the sensor anywhere. Setup doesn’t force you to h… Mem1 = 5. I have a motion lighting rule which will turn on the living room lights if the lux level is low enough and motion is detected. Turn down the light sensitivity so that it isn't triggered when the lights are already on. This all comes in a nice clean package. This is the screen where you can find touchlink. This doesn’t quite work out of the box because sunrise and sunset times subtly change every day. Could you post the log with only the relevant lines from when you turn on the light on the UI, please. How to Set a Timer for Your Philips Hue Lights Start off by opening up the Hue app on your smartphone and tapping the “Routines” tab down at the bottom of the screen. This keeps the lights on as long as something is happening with the motion sensor. I’ve also loged into my online hue account and removed all other apps that could control my hue lights to make sure there’s nothing on the hue side. It’s a string that looks like a bunch of randome letters and digits, like AvW8220ZezINkJpfelDisdXAvkP8HPgk4loHK1FM. Connect the Philips Hue motion sensor to your Philips Hue bridge via the Philips Hue app, and it will automatically turn on your Philips Hue lights when you enter a room. @noppes123 so Rileys lamp is hue_0210_00178829a0c5_26. Has anyone experienced this and discovered a workaround?? Connect the Philips Hue motion sensor to your Philips Hue bridge via the Philips Hue app, and it will automatically turn on your Philips Hue lights when you enter a room. No, there’s no rules involving Riley’s lamp or any of the groups associated with it. So, here is how I would go about. The Hue Motion sensor's integrated daylight sensor detects when there is still enough daylight so that lights do not turn on until you need them. The problem I'm having is that if these lights are already on and in use, for example people are in the living room, and someone walks into the bedroom then the sensor is activated and 10 minutes later the lights turn off. However, when the light is actually still powered and there's just a glitch in the ZigBee network, the light will turn off. Running the homepridge-hue Plugin on my Raspberry Pi the new Sensor was detected immediately with motion, light … With your browser of choice go to http://hue-bridge-ip//debug/clip.html. 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