Ultimate guide to motion activated lights
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- I barely ever use a light switch in my smart home as most of my lights are motion activated, even my automated under bed night lights!
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For the bathroom i got a trick for you. If you combine the motion sensor in the bathroom with a door sensor you can check if someone is in the room. If motion is detected inside the room an the door is closed you know there is someone in the room. That can also be Used for other rooms. Motion only has to be detected once in a room when the door is closed.
There should be a blueprint for that stuff on ha
It is called "wasp in a box"
@@jarongebhardt I use this as well for the bathroom, but some people seem to keep the bathroom door closed even if nobody is using it, which makes wasp in a box a bit less good. I also use HASS.Agent to expose lastactive and sessionstate of my PC in my office to detect activity and keep the light on.
I have been doing the same thing for my room ahah. But awesome to know that theres is a blueprint for it
Brilliant. Motion is detected AND door is closed equals Occupied until door is Opened 🎉
For LED strips, I like the 12V WS2815 type with 60 leds/m controlled with an ESP32 flashed with WLED. Pros: Cheap, bright even over a long length, individually addressable (each light can be controlled independently for amazing effects), and fully controllable with Home Assistant. Cons: Requires some wiring and ESP32 flashing knowledge (but not much) and they drain some energy even while off. Also Muzata makes some amazing LED covers that diffuse the light so well as to make them nearly spotless in direct viewing. Basically lightsabers. Thanks for your content!
WLED implementations have a relay option to open one leg of the led to kill parasitixlc draw
For keeping motion live while sat at my desk, and to prevent my office plunging me into darkness, I find a pair of motion sensors works well. One in the corner of the room for general motion, and then one mounted under the desk. The one under the desk, because it's so close to my legs, picks up the slightest motion, so even when I'm sat still and the main room sensor doesn't pick me up, the one under the desk does.
have you tried millimeter wave sensors, these tend to be much better for situations where you are sitting still like at a desk or on a sofa
@@nial538 I've not. Can you give me the name of one you would recommend and I'll look into it.
@@markstev0 ld2410b, it connects directly to HA via bluetooth
Aqara PF1 and PF2 coming later this year.
For detecting me when I’m at my desk I have a cheap Sonoff motion sensor sticked in to the bottom of my monitor. I was afraid that this will not work but I have never had any time when the light turned off when I’m working. Typing and moving a mouse is enough.
Now I have an Everything Presence One and it is freaking awesome.
I'm assuming you don't have any pets...
I think he does.... There is the pic of it behind him😂
@@thiagur7121😂😂😂😂😂
Alan, have you tried using Reusable Nano Double Sided Adhesive Tape or Pads to mount your smartdevices?
I have used Scotch Restickable Tabs and find these can be easily removed without residue marks (unlike Blu-tac), washed and reused, which for battery powered devices is useful.
To stop my office lights turning off when I'm sitting still, I made a chair sensor using a cheap pressure sensor strip and a Zigbee contact sensor. There are few tutorials online on how to do this. My light automation has a condition to not turn the lights off if the chair is occupied, and it's been flawless so far. I had looked at a mmWave motion sensor instead, but the chair sensor worked out cheeper and easier to set up as it doesn't need wired power, and the parts were also readily available.
For the bathroom I also have an aqara door/window sensor, so when the door closes and motion is detected, the light doesn't turn off until the door opens again, and the motion goes to "cleared". My full bath doesn't have smart lights yet, but I will have to augment this with a humidity sensor as well, as we generally leave the door open for ventilation (old house, no vent fan) and to allow the cats access to their litter.
For all motion detected lighting, I create two input booleans for each automated light/group - "Do not disturb" and "Leave lights on" that will disable the "on" automation or disable the "off" automation, respectively. I also have two input number helpers that allow users to define their own low-light threshold for turning on lights, and brightness threshold for turning them off, as I've noticed my wife and I have... differing opinions as to when lights should be on.
Tell the wife it's better having the brightness set at what you prefer, then nothing.😊
I have used the same tricks, putting the motion sensor under the bedside table, etc. and you covered those nicely. I also use the aqara FP1 sesnors for small motion changes in the areas where me and my wife don't move a lot, those work great. Also found a cheaper version of these that now works well with the new version of HA and that's a Microwave Radar Sensor Module LD2410 , you can get them for around 6 dollars US and they work great. I've used wled and a D1 mini for my LED strips everywhere, behind TV, under the bed, under the kitchen cabinets, under the bathroom vanity, well you get the idea.
Bathroom lights also work well with a temp/humidity sensor. So the lights don't go off until while showering. I also use this for controlling the bathroom extractor fans. Really enjoying the house project of yours so far. Keep up the good work 💪🏻
This is what I'm trying to do; however, my humidity sensor doesn't refresh often enough. Did you run into this problem?.
@@cameronw99 I'm using the sonoff ZigBee temperature sensor and it only updates when humidity changes. If you search home assist forums, for "shower humidity fan" youll be in the right direction. I'm using a binary sensor that looks for humidity change against a humidty sensor I have in the bedroom, in the opposite room. It's been flawless for me so far. Kicks in withing 20 seconds of the shower running
A combination of motion and humidity could work well, or you can go for the mmWave sensors One thing I find with humidity sensors is if it is raining outside, the humidty tends to be higher. I don't mind the fan kicking in randomly, even if the bathroom is not occupied as that keeps the airflow when humidity is high, but I don't want my lights randomly staying on just because humidity is high. It can be half hour or more after a shower is completed for humidity to drop, so for me humidity would keep the lights on that long too. I'd rather use mmWave sensors if the motion sensor is not positioned correctly to pick up the movement in a shower. Not sure about your habits, but I tend to move a little when showering, which is enough to trigger the Aqara motion sensor with a delay of 5 minutes after no motion before the lights are off.
@@cameronw99 I have Aqara Temp/Humidity sensors and they respond quickly. I did have a Tuya one that was very slow, I found it useless in the bathroom as it also was very slow triggering the fan so I changed it out. You could try mmWave sensors, but in a bathroom, if you want your sensor to trigger your fan, it is likely better to get a humidity sensor that responds in a reasonable time.
@@EsotericArctos the way around this for when humidity is high in your house because of rain is to have 2 temperature sensors on the the same floor, but opposite rooms and base the humidity change compared to your base humidity in the other room. I created a binary sensor with the help of the HA forums that turns on when it's higher and use a state trigger to controll the fan automatically
It's not something you really *missed*, but it's something that I have to account for in almost all my automations. Pets (and/or robot vacuums). If I had a dollar for every time a cat or a dog set off a motion detector, I'd have, well, a lot of dollars. So, I have to use placement wisely, and also use some Third Reality motion sensors because if you turn them upside down, they don't see triggers on the floor. I've also had to use door contact sensors (for the bathroom, as an example) in addition to a doorway motion sensor. If the door is closed, lights and fan on. If the door is open, lights and fan off. Though Switchbot has a door contact sensor that also has a motion sensor, so I probably should have used that.
Plus, we have a cat that is obsessed with light strips. I guess he can hear something in the light strips, because he's made it his mission in life to find them and rip them down.
It's always the edge cases that get you.
Overall a great video. The changes I would make is to turn the light strips red at night to keep you night vision and way too many batteries to change after a year,
I more and more realize that you are developing exactly what I'm looking for. Great videos Alan! they are as good as the ones from Lewis.
Hi, I really found this video useful, especially the part for grouping motion sensors: I had a rather complex automation in a room with two motion sensors, but with a group it became a real simple automation. Despite the 'shitty remark' you've got a new subscriber :)
Glad it was helpful!
@@HomeAutomationGuy yup I didn’t realise it was straightforward to do this with motion sensors either. Going to use this in the hall where I currently only have “good enough” coverage.
You need to start adding affiliate links to your videos. If nothing else to stop your partner complaining about how much money your spending.
Great video, as always!
From a different perspective: I do everything in Node-red, and use HA just as a hardware abstraction layer and state/timer vehicle.
1. Sonoff hardware does indeed send a 'no motion' signal after ~1 min of no-motion, and then it's ready to send a 'motion' signal again immediately. It's still nowhere near as good as a radar in detecting occupancy, but for places like kitchen where you're moving around and not sitting still, it's okay.
2. Aqara hardware doesn't send a 'no motion' signal, it's generated by the software. So even if you're moving around, Aqara will still 'report' no-motion after a software-defined timeout. That's why I (historically) ignore 'no motion' signals and monitor occupancy in software (or via a radar).
3. I discovered that if I clean the surface with methanol just prior to attaching my LED strips, it holds - rock-solid. Even on the back of my TV, which gets warm :)
4. Radars allow you to be really aggressive when turning the lights off, I love that!
5. In my experience, light meters inside Aqara motion sensors suck.
6. If you have drop-ceilings, it's very easy to put a 5V adatopr and a radar there.
Can you export your nodered flow?
What radar are you using?
@@wwolfram33 A couple of LD115H from aliexpress, attached to m5stack-atom-lite which also act as BT-proxies for HA.
I'm surprised no one uses door sensors together with motion sensors. Bathroom is the most obvious application but other rooms can work too depend on the layout. If you closed the door and then motion is detected inside the bathroom, you do not turn the light off at least till the moment the door is opened, and then you go back to motion sensor. Assuming you have only one door and you close the door when taking a dump. I have this set up in my home for a while and it works like a charm, never have to wave my hands sitting on the toilet or touch switches.
about the bathroom, I added a doorsensor to the bathroom door. And on HA I made a "wasp sensor".
Now when the door is closed and the motion sensor detects motion the wasp sensor is turned on untill the door is opend again. No moore lights turning off when doing your business.
What is a wasp sensor ?
@@jeancouture its described right after where I mentioned it... if you want a deeper explination google either "wasp sensor" or "wasp in a box"
Thanks for informative video! One suggestion though:
Imho in the automation it's better to have a separate trigger for turning off the lights. Your trigger would then be "No motion detected for 30s". This will have the automation not staying in running state while still waiting for the motion sensor to go inactive for 30s. 😊
You don't even need smart light strips if you aren't looking to change intensity/color - any cheap LED strip (or rope lights) can be plugged in to a Zigbee smart plug
12:20 - If you don't have a system that detects luminosity you can create a sensor for the sun elevation and set it to activate only when the sun is below is a certain value. This comes in handy, for me anyway, as some rooms with this might get too dark 90 minutes before sunset. You can also create a luminosity sensor that does a reasonable job based on time of day and weather for your lighting automations (again, only necessary if you don't have the Aqara model with the luminosity sensor built in, which will be far more accurate). For folks that are new to Home Assistant, the values for the sun elevation can be determined through the "History" button (and possibly plugging in a few other sensors to compare time of day with states).
Good video
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Hi Alan, great series of vids keep up the great work. I also have leds coming on the landing to guide me to bathroom of a night, going to build a floating bed with leds, and love the bath one you've done going to copy that, looks amazing. One thing I think you could be interested in is the led colour can affect your sleep. White light can wake you up, take you out of sleep mode, and affects your night vision. By making light red, you can see with your natural night vision, plus it doesn't interrupt your sleep rhythm so you will go back to sleep quicker and deeper. I have mine set to red after 10pm until 7am rest of day is white.
Great Explanation. I create a boolean helper for each zone. This boolean is used instead of the motion trigger. The boolean can be controlled based on additional requirements (like the TV playing something). This way I can make sure the lights stay on if the TV is playing but I'm sat still.
I was using single on and off automations, the wait command is great and has now halved my automated lights list. I have a seperate Aqara motion sensor in a window facing east and it is ideal to monitor for a certain light level before running any automations. I have reused my old PIR alarm sensors by use of Konnected and then added additional sonoff or aqara sensors. I have found the addition of a sonoff sensor in front of my computer is enough to keep my lights on. Also, it is worth turning lights off gradually so you have chance to move again!
Thank you for all the information. I am definingly going to do these automations. I love your sense of humor.
Hi, great video. Btw lux is how intensely a given surface is illuminated by the light source (for those wondering)
I've had Bluetack and similar take the paint off the wall if it has been in place for several months, but I understand why you'd do it. It is a little better than double sided tape. With LED Strips, unless I specifically need/want colour, I will get strips that are warm white/cool white only. I tend to build my own using ESPHome as the controller and the BTF Lighting strips are really good. For colour, again I prefer not using Hue as I prefer to use addressable LED's. I find the double sided tape on BTF lighting strips to be amazingly good. I have LED strips in the kitchen that have been held up for over 5 years now with just the original adhesive strip. On DIY strips, WLED is also really good.
mmWave sensors are really great for the areas, like living rooms, where you may be too still for normal PIR's, but I do still use PIR's for the initial turn on as mmWave sensors are a bit slow.
I thought the Aqara FP1 was also a corded device, requiring a power supply? Not sure why you pointed that out with the Everything Presence 1 and not for the Aqara offering.
Bathroom's can be tricky but if you pair a motion sensor with a door sensor and a smart switch that controls the exhaust fan, you can add conditions to not turn off the lights if the door is closed or if the exhaust fan is running. Works great for me
Thanks for the video. I’m going to make a few changes to my setup to make it a little more like yours. Enjoy your poo!
I found using timers created as a helper work heaps better for turning off the lights than relying on the no motion of the sensors.I have been caught so many times standing in the dark and these timers have solved my lights turning off while im in the presence of a motion sensor.. Great vid this with good tips and great explanations of creating the HA routines.
What I've learned from DIYing different custom sensors is that the temperature sensors cannot be combined with nearly anything. If the are, they pick up heat from the ICs in around and you get +"something random" to their readings.
I do find the setting up of Automations rather more difficult in HASS than they are in HE so this video was very helpful. It looks as if there are a lot of options in HASS though automation wise and I am sure I will get used to it in time. I have a motion sensor under my office desk that senses small movements. Unless I nod off in the chair, that often happens after dinner, my office lights stay on. I have a 15 minute inactivity interval set on that for switching lights off, it works a treat.
Hi, hoping maybe you can help me with my setup that is not working for me. I am trying to setup an under bed light activated by the Aqara P1 motion sensor just as you have here, but with the Aqara M2 hub, and a Govee LED light strip and have added all devices in HA. I setup my automation exactly as you have here with trigger:state:P1 clear -> detected, condition:state:sun below horizon(it's currently 1:30am so definitely TRUE), and action:call service:turn on light.
I can see that the motion sensor is detecting me as the aqara app pushes a notification to me also, and in HA I can run the automation manually and the light turns on, but when I walk by the motion sensor and get the push notification it does not turn on my light strip. I cannot for the life of me figure out what is not working properly here and wonder if you ran into anything similar with the motion sensor not pushing through HA to trigger the event?
For WLED I can highly recommend the controllers by Athom. I have both versions of the individually addressable strip controllers - the standard one and the sound activated one. They are very well priced and simple to use. Cheers 😊
"If you look directly at an LED strip, you can clearly see the individual lights and it looks really fugly."
I'm not sure which is funnier - that quote, or the fact that TH-cam captioning actually captured that correctly. 😄
Great videos Alan! Thanks.
Govee LED strips are great. Definitely lower cost than Philips Hue. Adjustable white temp is great. 10% to 1% test would likely fail though
I'm still looking for LED strips with CRI of 90 or above and tunable white. I found one, but it cost 200€ just for a 5m stripe without power supply or controller.
I will replace all lights with tunable white with CRI90 because I find with CRI80 a room often looks pale or ugly, even with high price lights like Philips Hue
Question: does the P1 still have motion and occupancy? I thought I heard the removed the occupancy. Likewise, how are you plugging in your led strips under the bathtubs. Did you run more electrical?
Hey there Home automation guy. thanks for the video and advice, but here is what I found in my situation. I'm net to home automation... I have a HA setup with Zigbee usb dongle... I have some Motion sensors and 3gang light switched I bought of AliExpress, I found following your guide caused the motion sensors to activate the lights and it goes off after the set time yes, but the problem is, probably to do with the cool down period or something on the motion sensors I guess, the sensors will not activate the lights again unless there was NO MOTION detected for that period set, so if you keep moving around in the room longer than the set "State" wait period, then the light goes off... but since the motion detectors keep seeing motion, the lights stay off.. .so only when NO MOTION was detected for a longer period, then only of I walk in again, the lights will go on again... my workaround for this was in stead of using the "State" function and the "Call on service" function like you did, I did a "If then" function, so I set up a Trigger for device "Light 1 Motion sensor start detecting motion" and gave it an "action" on "Device" light on to turn on when "Triggered by" "Motion sensor start detecting motion", with a "Condition" that the light is off. then I added another trigger for "Stop detecting motion" on motion sensor for 30sec, with "Action" to turn the light off. and this seems to work much better as the lights now stay on when there is motion. I think its to do with the different manufactures on the motions sensors maybe... as I did everything like you did... but that did not work of my devices in my situation. I would like to hear your input on this. also I would like to know if and how one can adjust the cool down period on the sensors.... or is it only certain manufacturer products that can be adjusted as I don't see the function anywhere.
It can definitely be fun to fiddle and logic it all up, but If I were to argue something. You don't need to complicate things more than needed.
-A dumb lightstrip with built in sensor under the bed would do the job for most people.
-Instead of fine tuning motion and time, just increase the on time when motion is detected. I find it intriguing the urge to turn lights off as fast, even at work(I make electrical plans). Maybe some forget how little power LEDs use?
Hi Alan
I am new to this whole world of automation.
I am looking to setup motion sensor lights for my kitchen, bathroom and hallway .
With the light bulb, If It can be the normal LED light bulb ? Or it has to be smart light bulb ? How does the pairing works between the motion sensor and the light bulb ? Sorry if this sounds a stupid question to you
Thanks in advance
I use a Phillips outdoor motion sensor for lux readings for automations in the house .. usually 1000 lux outside for lights .. 500 lux for my landscape lights
Thanks for sharing! I've not tackled the outside yet as it's been winter. These will be my "summer" automation projects.
@@HomeAutomationGuy you’re welcome .. I used to use light sensor on individual aqora sensors to control my inovelli switches per room but like you my upper and lower stairs gets different light so that’s why I just use the outdoor sensor lux for every room .. I mean if it’s dark outside it’s dark outside 😂
Grouping snesors into group was a nice information! thanks! Also sun bellow horizont..i only saw sunset and sunrise..never seen it have other options too :)
Glad it was helpful! 😊
This kind of motion automation doesn't work for me. I don't know why, but the light turns on and immediately turns off. I copied your automation 1:1, but it doesn't work. If I have "Continue on timeout" on, it continues immediately, if I turn it off it waits forever
I've written a daemon that runs on my desktop machine that detects mouse and keyboard activity then sends it to HA or MQTT. This ensures my light does not go off when I'm working
Using a smart plug that measures power usage works really well for keeping the lights on whilst sitting still at a computer or watching TV. Set a condition that if the computer monitor or TV are switched on, don't turn off the lights! Thanks for the video, very thorough.
Excellent presence hack! Thanks for sharing
I've been doing the bed lights for 5 years now. both sides of bed. Bathroom certain hours 9p to dawn
Wondering what the simplest way to install a led strip to the underside of a wooden staircase hand rail. I want to hide the wiring as much as possible so I'd want to drill a small hole right where the railing is attached to the wall. Is there a recommended strip that has a low profile and/or flexible connection so that it could be easily installed flush with the bottom of the railing with minimal chisel work/modification to railing to make it clean? I'd probably be mounting the light strip in a flat channel so you couldn't directly touch it.
i find it very annoying that Apple changed the timer function in automations. Before the new architecture, the timer of an automation would restart with every new movement. What made lights not go off as long as people were moving in the room. Now the light goes out even though there is constant movement. Also a automation with a timer does not work if that specific lamp is already on. The light will never go out even if the automation asks to turn off after 2 minutes. For me this is a huge bug in the new architecture!
Ive got two battery passive lights from lidl that are the best smart home products ive ever bought. Theyre instantaneous, not too bright and portable.
Very usefull information.
Regarding motion sensors, I switched to presence detection sensors for rooms where this is necessary, like office or toilet. Motion detection for areas where you only pass, like hallways.
@Wolfgang Which presence detection sensor are you using ?
@@Tech_Verse TuYa TS0601_smart_human_presence_sensor
try making a +15 min elt blanket snooze button
3am in morning wack the button it turns on elt blank for 15min for extra hit of warmth
So many bulbs remember the last state they were in when power removed / restored ? Seems it’s not a standard question option in features list 😮
1:01 My office at work is like this. There’s no way for me to force the lights to stay on, and sitting at my desk doesn’t generate enough motion to keep them on. So every five minutes I have to flail my hands in the air in the international signal for distress. There’s also no windows in my office, so when the lights fade out it goes pitch black. It’s maddening. But hey, I’m saving the government a few pennies in electrical bills…
I go for 30 min intervals and I actually like it as it’s a reminder that I should stand up and walk around every once in a while…
Hi, another great video with lots of good tips.This subject is the basis we all need and use and I must admit that I learned some new things, which improved my current motion sensor automations. Thanks and keep up the good work 👍
Glad it was helpful!
I use those sticky magnetic phone holders to try out the sensor, i think ill try the blu tac next
Have you tried the hue motion sensors? I think they look better and mine lasted 4 years on the default AAA batteries
So the sensors Lewis makes that you talked about at tbe end. I wonder if there is any thought to putting a wired rj45 port to accept poe. you need a wire for a plug anyway...
Yes! He is making a POE version soon I believe
I use light level to decide if my motion controlled lights should turn on irrelevant of the time of day. By using a delay time for the "off" command I have it all done in a single automation. With this I added a condition that the automation will still act of the lights are already on so that the delay for off is restarted. This way the lights won't turn off if we are in and out of the area a lot despite the lights creating a light level value that would normally prevent the lights turning on. I works perfectly.
For areas of minimal motion I too use the mmWave devices, but a different one to you.
Nice one! That's a great solution
very cool i have many qustion i have smart switch that turn on the lights when i set timers , can i use a smart motion sensor to set it to turn on the lights when i walk into a barth room or kitchen please give the best guild
"far better than mine" lol. That's not true actually.
It’s called modesty mate and being civil. I happen to like both channels for different reasons.
@@lawrencemanning I think that was my point
Great job Alan. Great overview of strategies and ideas for lighting, along with a perfect level of detail to walk someone less experienced with Home Assistant to do it themselves, without so much focus on the technical that it might turn off someone who is not using Home Assistant. One of my favorite videos you have produced to date!! Looking forward to more of these.
Please put links to the products in comments
Have you a preference for HA automations over Node -red for occupancy / presence automations? Will you be doing any Node-red videos?
I've never actually used Node-red, so I don't have any opinions on it. A lot of people love it, and it looks pretty
No links in the description for anything mentioned? Atleast get some affiliate revenue while making the viewers life easier lol
I don't want to push any particular vendor, and it's also super hard to link to a product in a way that makes sense for my global audience
Why do you need the off condition ? Does the countdown of the time after the sensor doesnt see you anymore reset when it notices you again ? Does HA run the actions if there are multiple like in your case from the top to bottom ? If yes, HA is really bad in telling this. Comming from node red, you always connect things which makes Home Assistant Automations pretty hard to understand
Which off condition?
6:00 insert Paul Hibbert "IT JUST WOOOOOORKS" clip
And it's all done with the power of Zigbee! OOOOHHHHH THE ZIGBEEEEEEE
I only use LED stripes that are powered by 12 or 24V drivers (I'm a learned electrician), and as those come is 5M versions, I always go for those. I then control them with a Shelly RGBW2 and connect them via wifi to HA. I have some Hue strips in the apartment (not our house), but that was because my girlfriend already had them.... I just think they're not worth the cost for what you get in comparisation to the flexibility that I have now by installing my preferred LED stripe, paired with my driver of choice. But granted, that's not for everyone and it's more work then the Hue ones, what is basically a plug and forget type of device, as where I need to think about power delivery, distance (from the driver to the strip), lenght of the LED Stripe, placement, profiles, etc. But again, it's worth the work, as the light is generally better and as said, more flexibility and more bang for your buck (I'm in AT, so it's actually EUR)
Keep up the good videos! you're doing an awesome job!
do the blankets trigger the motion sensor? (me and my GF both have our own and often 1/3 of it falls next to the bed :p )
Challenge Idee...
Change all automations to a different hub... like Hubitat Elevations, Homey,... and compare the hubs...
Easy to use, easy to pair, easy to learn, easy to change automatisation...
Greetings from Belgium
Hi, You can also configure your lights with condition, about the state of your/partner's phone, if is charging and you wake uk first the light won't be on, or with bed presure sensor, if someone still sleeping after x time even after sunrise, light won't turn on 100% brightness :)
I currently have 2 motion sensors in my office. One under my desk and one on my desk. I've combined them in Home-Assistant as a group. If my PC in my office is on, the interval is 15 minutes, and if my PC is off, the interval is 20 seconds. This way, while I'm sitting still for a couple of minutes behind my desk, the lights don't turn off.
Yujiled sells some very high CRI rgbw strips in 12v and 24v that go great with a Shelly rgbw2 controller. Initial configuration of shelly is occasionally annoying in my experience, and I recommend a separate vlan, but those are the only drawback. They are rock solid in homeassistant once installed and configured.
If you want the ultimate colour effects you can pair an rgb strip next to one of yujileds violet strips for eye piercingly deep purples. Since the shelly can only control 4 channels you’re giving up high CRI white, but for effects nothing else comes anywhere close.
From the I have learnt that you are using the „Wait for trigger” to turn off the lights, while I am using the „Choose” option and I define both triggers at the start.
Fantastic!
Is there any chance I can formally contract with you to support me in my nascent journey into Home Assistant?
I'm afraid not. I do this as a hobby alongside my day job and being with my family, so it's hard to find time to help out on a 1-1 basis.
I'd suggest asking in the Home Assistant forums or on their discord server. There are hundreds of people there who love to help out - they help me all the time!
Hi Alan, This 2 minute detection interval periode you talk about. Is there any way to adjust this in home assistant for any motion sensor? My situation is i have 2 old P hue motion sensors. One has a cooldown of about a minute while the other (exactly the same but in a different room) retriggers instantly. I can't find out why, please help.
thev only suggestin I have is....simplify. My stairs cotroller is a 24 channel from Aliexpress and does individual steps as well as 2 side strips .Does a whole lot of different effects and programmable for your needs. For under the bed I use 2 PIR motion relays from Amazon ,one under each side table ,connected in parallel with 2 diodes .Advantage ,no zigbee motion batteries to worry about. Each powered by a Sonoff S31 lite based on the sun sensor in HA : Sunset / Sunrise .I also use the Sonoff motion and they have proven flawless. I also integrated the alarm (Ennvisalink integration) so I can use the zone sensors and arm automatically. Also those sensors exist already so why duplicate with battery power ? I also use the Sonoff touch light switches (3 buttons) as they can be used as smart buttons for scene control (group of lights) . Presence detection is definitely the next step though I am debating if the FP1 way (basically radar) is the best .
This is super helpful thanks Alan, I'm currently planning some custom bathroom cabinets and was going to add LED strip to them. Would love to make these automated on a sensor so that if somebody goes. to the loo during the night they're a dimmed version. would you recommend the Phillips LED light strip for this and would I also need a motion sensor to setup the scenario? I would love to hide the motion sensor if possible.
you should use aqara fp2
Could also use a smart plug to track when your using something like the TV or computer and want to keep lights on just as long as it has energy monitoring this is what I do
Very true! Great solution
Thanks for this video.
I have something similar for my home but I did find the sonoff not reliable at all with z2m and eventually replaced with Aqara ( much better ). Have you had this issue any suggestion. Otherwise I’ll keep them in the drawer 😂
have you had any luck working with presence detectors?
I have, and I made a whole video about them! Check it out on my channel page
Sounds great idea but you don't show how to connect these systems up it would be nice to do this around my house but not knowing how to connect it up or understand what system you use to do the suitable setting in and can it be all set up initially from your phone which could be left down somewhere in the house and you won't need to touch the phone once it is all set up thanks and great idea😊
Take a look at the rest of the videos on my channel, they show you how to connect it up and what system I use l. Thanks for watching!
I have learned so much in this video, i am happy that i found this video and saved it for future reference, and i subbed!
Hi there, I was wondering wich program you use on PC. 14:45
He uses Home Assistant, so what you're seeing is the Home Assistant Automation Editor in his web browser.
How did you get power to the bathroom lights
They came like that when I moved in 😬🤷🏻♂️. I believe they're 12v transformers running off the bathroom lighting circuit.
Wonderful informative video. I don't think I have ever seen anyone install a LED defused cover like that. We just hold them on top and lightly tap it in.
Honestly I bought a set of dumb strips with two motion sensors that are held on feet of the bed. It costs about 20 usd. You just plug it in, dial the timing on the sensor and you are set. The length of the strips is already enough for a bed.
I have no need for an automated bedroom night light. I have a large TV at the foot of my bed that stays on literally 24/7
One thing important i always add is to stop the automation if any user input is received.
If the dim light automatically turn on, and i change anything or turn any other light on, that mean i don't want it to turn off.
Vibration sensor under desk to sense if sitting at computer and one on side of bath. Power monitoring to know if shower is turned on. Things get a little more difficult with Great Danes
Blutack, why have I never considered that! Wall saver!
Thank you.
Now get a cat and watch your whole house break.
I have a dog. It seems to work really well for him
build a load cell bed weight sensor so only the side of the bed where the person getting up lights up based on bed weight. I also use mine to control the ceiling fan and bedside lamps
for the roller shades i use zemismart roller shades motors and for horizontal blinds i use sunsa wands
Your night lights should be red or red tinted to prevent you awaking more than necessary. I’ve set mine to “coral” as a color and have it only light to the minimum setting.
I don't really like the red lights, it makes me feel like I'm living in a brothel. "Coral" could be a great alternative though, thanks for the tip!
@@HomeAutomationGuy You say that like living in a brothel is a bad thing.
Wait....what?
Hey I didn't pay attention to the final part of the video where you mentioned the human presence aqara sensor. In my other comment I linked an article for the Tuya version which actually works much better than the aqara version, at more than half the price! I tested it today and it works really well, and there's no need to actually group it with a motion sensor! The article does a comparison between the tuya version and the aqara one and found the tuya to be the absolute winner! I hope you could test it and do a video about it.
I only learned about those Tuya devices recently, and have a couple on order. I'll be testing them out very soon!
you the man
Have you tried switchbot light strip?
Great Video! As mmWave radar i really do recommend the Tyua ZY-M100-S: ZigBee based, wall-mounted version
and ZY-M100-L: ZigBee based, ceiling-mounted version.
Quick detect (no need for PIR) and has also light detection.
Super quick installation into HA Zigbee2mqtt.
Have both for a few weeks and works just fine so far.
Well I've definitely just gone and ordered a couple of these! Thanks!
Unless you own cats this can’t be an ultimate guide. Dealing with humans is beginning level motion detection. Get a couple cats and come back and make this video again.
I have a dog. Why are cats different?
@@HomeAutomationGuy I’m surprised the bed lights work with a dog around. It would be good to mention in your videos and how you handle the dog triggering them. Or how you avoid it.
Cats will tend to be more active at night than dogs. They can also be a lot more vertical. It makes setting up motion sensors that don’t trigger more difficult.
@@Charles0002Oh! The dog sleeps in the kitchen at night, in a sectioned off area, and I don't use the sensors in that area to trigger any lights to be turned on.
The rest of the time the lights do get triggered by him, but I think that's fine. He needs to see where he is going as well!