Disarm z-wave motion sensor

[Oli (Oliver Stenzel)]

Then you’ve got two choices:

Fast and limited:
Create a Switch Item (e.g. SonoACasa) and turn it ON when home and OFF when you leave. In your rule check the state and do whatever only when OFF, maybe like so:

rule "motion alarm"
when
	Item TheSensor changed to ON
then
	if (SonoACase.state==OFF){
        //do stuff
        }
end

Advantage: easy and implemented in a few minutes
Downside: if you forget to push the Button…i won’t work right

Time consuming but lots of additional features:
Implement Presence detection
A very good example is here:

Generic Presence Detection

Edit: A rewrite to take advantage of the Debounce rule template on the marketplace. This is a tutorial to show a generic and sensor independent way to do presence detection with multiple sensors and implementing anti-flapping (i.e. all sensors must be OFF for a certain amount of time before the home goes to away). Requirements One or more Switches determines whether someone is present. If one or more of these Switches is ON then someone is presumed to be present (more complex algorithms are …

Advantage: Works automatically and you can do much more cool stuff. Like turn on lights automagically when you come home in the dark, have your house greet you…

Disadvantage: Initially, much more work. Could take a couple of hours until running smoothly. But totally worth the effort IMHO

HTH,
-OLI