I use the wasp in a box method to control the lights, tv and basically everything. Read the link to understand how it works but basically, if I’m home, everything stays on. It’s easier for me to make this work because I live alone in a third floor flat. There is only one door in or out (unless you are spiderman) In the morning, the lights roll thru a circadian cycle. At 6:30 am, they come on very low dimmer and red. As the timer runs, they slowly turn from red to golden yellow. Then they get progressively brighter. It mimics the natural light of the sunrise, but timed to make me on time for work. After 9 am, the lights are tied to a light sensor which is pointed out a window. When the outside light is bright, the interior lights dim down (or off). When its cloudy, the interior lights become brighter. This mode also has a slower circadian cycle which starts with a very cool bright white color in the morning and over the day, fades to a warm yellowish color by about 4 pm. Then astro binding kicks in and rolls thru another cycle of turning the lights to their evening settings as the sun sets.
I do use motion sensors in the bathrooms and closets and other places where they are appropreate, automatically adjusting the light level depending on the time of the day so you don’t blind yourself if you get out of bed in the middle of the night. You are not going to be in these rooms long enough to not be able to use a timer to turn the lights off. It is mostly lazyness, knowing you can walk out of the room and a few minutes later the light will shut itself off.
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