I have a Securifi Branded Motion Sensor installed in a small room that has two light switches. I have not been able to create a rule or rules that satisfy my wife (primary) or I in how they work! I am on R080 at the moment.
With anything I have implemented, there are two major issues:
- The lights turn off, and do not turn on again until the Motion Detector is tripped again! From me, this means that once a rule begins to process it can not be stopped, and since we can not set a timer on the IF, I don't know if this can be fixed with the current software?
- Rules are processed linearly, with no option to process on separate threads (simultaneously). From me, this means that if the rule says THEN set A@0, B@0. There is a noticeable delay of seconds before the second item is processed. I also tried making two rules with the same trigger, but I had the same effect. If I could put these devices into a scene or group, I would presume this problem would go away.
I have attached the way these rules are configured now, as inspired by a post on the blog about rules. I have previously configured rules to turn on at Motion Detected, and off at no motion. which worked worse. Regardless of what time I set on the motion detector itself 5 seconds or 3 minutes, it seems to trigger that no motion is detected immediately after motion is detected. The timer dial on the device itself seems to be a re-trigger blocker, meaning it will only report motion detected every 'x' interval.
If we walk through the area such as when we enter, or when we leave, we want the lights on for shoes, jacket, etc for ~5 minutes unless we are taking longer, it should stay on. When someone is folding or hanging laundry in this area (typically longer than 5 or even 10 minutes) we want the light to stay on until we leave or even 5 minutes longer than when we exited. I confirmed that in any point in the room that matters, the motion detector will trigger motion detected on its defined interval, but the lights still turn off because it appears the initial rule is not interrupted.