I created a few rules to turn my lights on when motion in the rooms are detected then turn them off after a predefined period of no motion. So far it works pretty good and oddly enough there’s the problem. I still need to turn the sensitivity up on my detectors so that would help part of my proble…

I wrote a short blog post about the first part of your problem - http://www.smartthingsnz.co.nz/store/presence-detection-using-wasp-box-algorithm/ . I am using this technique and it is pretty good - but does of course mean you need sensors on all entry/exit points as well as motion sensors within the…

The wasp in a box concept is great. I have been doing something similar with respect to my motion activated garage lights for a while but reading your blog really put a face to the concept. Thanks! I will look to incorporate it more. One thought that comes to mind is depending on how much you ha…

Nice write up ben_jones12, Thanks for sharing. Conceptually I understand wasp in a box but practically i’m having trouble wrapping my head around this. Can one of you share your rules to shed some light on this? Here’s an example based on this concept from the blog where i’m confused. If I am u…

[image] sc1982: How do I assume the kitchen is occupied until told otherwise? There’s always the PIR but we’ve already proven that unreliable to detect a unoccupied room. At what point does the lights turn off, or the temperature set back, or the audio turns off, etc, if I am to assume the kit…

Forgive me, i’m not trying to be difficult here but does this work with an open floor plan? I guess that might be where i’m tripped up. I’m visualizing my space and i’m trying to figure out what kind of hardware i’d need to detect entry/exit. All of the actual rooms makes sense as there is a phys…

[image] sc1982: So back to an open floor plan or a room that is simply open to a hallway with no door, how would you address that scenario? I have this situation and have motion sensors in the hallway - when that is tripped I assume the living room has been exited (via the hall) and thus the w…

This is probably inefficient as writing code and such isn’t a strength of mine, so I welcome pointers. This is a sample of what i’m using, how far off am I from the wasp in a box concept? So there are several rules in this one file. Each room has it’s own rules file and the intent is that one fil…

[image] ben_jones12: [image] sc1982: So back to an open floor plan or a room that is simply open to a hallway with no door, how would you address that scenario? I have this situation and have motion sensors in the hallway - when that is tripped I assume the living room has been exited (vi…

Nah my lights turn on at sunset and then off when I go to bed - they are always on in the living room. Unless we are not home when they are off. The only time I use the presence detection stuff for lighting is after we go to bed - i.e. if someone wakes up and comes into the living room for a drink o…

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Motion controlled lights, Best practice?

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rlkoshak (Rich Koshak) January 8, 2016, 4:50pm 11

@bob_dickenson solved a very similar problem in this posting here using proxy items.