Use the Hue app on your iPhone or iPad to configure the sensor and set the daylight and motion sensitivity Mount it on a flat wall, on the inner or outer corner of a wall, or on a post or rain pipe using different mounting components Approximately two years of battery life Requires Hue Bridge (sold separately) What’s in the Box. Sensitivity. Sensitivity max is fixed at 2. Tap LED blinking to confirm the orange LED is blinking and begin the pairing process. Philips Hue motion sensor: nice hardware, frustrating software As ... You can also set a daylight threshold–if that threshold is met, the actions won’t trigger. However, you can change the sensor’s sensitivity by navigating to Settings > Accessory setup > Sensor > Motion sensitivity in the Hue app. Persistent Variable. Mar 23, 2020 #1 Hi – I wonder if someone could please help. Philips Hue motion sensor: 2. The from door has three lights the patio has one. Customize your Hue Motion Sensor. I can't seem to find it anywhere. The Hue Motion Sensor even has an ambient light sensor, so it knows if it’s already bright enough in the room so it doesn’t needlessly turn lights on. Thanks! You can choose Low, Medium, or High. An uncomplicated design means you do not need an electrician -- or a lot of time -- to install this sensor. To avoid repeated false alarms, slide the slider towards the “L” on the device’s back to lower the sensitivity. Philips Hue Motion Sensor Uses. 4 Start a vacuum cleanup automatically while you're away. Place it where you want. So you don’t need an electrician to have it installed. The outdoor sensor is easy to mount and fully wireless. I will try a couple of different locations, and maybe some tape of the top of the sensor window. Requires a Philips Hue Bridge. The Philips Hue Motion Sensor also comes with a light sensor, so it won’t switch on the lights if it’s bright enough in the room (like if it’s morning in a space with lots of windows) even if it detects movement. In order to find the best placement, open the Hue app and navigate to Settings > Accessory setup > Select your sensor > Motion sensitivity. Hopefully, that works. Refresh. From the Philips Hue app, you would see the basic setup of the Philips Hue Motion Sensor : which room lights to control, when should the motion be detected, the daylight sensitivity, and also the motion sensitivity (in case you have pets that might trip the sensors). Will the outdoor sensor work in the dark? I may cover off some of this in a future post. Finally, you can choose to have the lights turn off after a certain amount of time if no motion is detected. Add Basic cluster to Hue motion sensor fingerprint, so attribute reporting for ledindication and usertest will be setup. If it's still too dark, adjust the light sensitivity of the sensor in the Philips Hue app to personalize when you'd like the motion sensor to activate. You can exit Test Mode by exiting the Motion sensitivity screen. This will restart the sensor in Test Mode, which gives you instant feedback on the sensor’s detection capabilities in its current placement. Recommended dApps. Hue motion sensor (for SmartThings integration, no Hue bridge) Inspired by [BETA] Hue Motion Sensor (beta) (no hue bridge) and the original smartthings motion sensor Motion: Very snappy, works better than original smartthings motion sensor (even if the DTH runs in the cloud) having no delay or sleep time for reporting the motion events. Perfect for your hallway, bathroom, basement or garage. Philips. Things to consider. Hue Labs rescues Philips’s Motion Sensor with sunlight as a switch A few months back, I picked up the Philips Hue motion sensor, thinking it would be a nice addition to my smart home setup. Hue Outdoor Sensor Add this wireless motion sensor to your system to take the hassle out of controlling your Philips Hue outdoor lights. While … Place it … Support. mikewoodld July 31, 2019, 2:25am #3. It can detect movement to turn lights on or off. I have an outside motion sensor for each of the zones. The SimpliSafe motion sensors have a physical sensitivity slider, an excellent option for those who have pets or small children. The Lightify sensor has no ambient light sensor and no way to set its motion sensitivity level. Follow the on-screen prompts to choose the room and lights that your sensor controls. The sensor works really well. Vacuum While I'm Away. mikewoodld July 31, 2019, 1:58am #1. You can link sensors together, add a third time slot, and more. Even at the lowest sensitivity, cars driving down the street are triggering the sensor. Once attribute reporting has been setup, config.ledindication and config.usertest are indeed updated in all three resources (as I hoped). R: usertest: Bool: Starts the sensor self-test mode. You can choose in the app which scene or light setting should be triggered when motion is detected. Device specific sensitivity, with following supported values. The outdoor sensor can be mounted on a flat wall or a corner. The outdoor sensor is designed for outdoor use and is waterproof, it is also black whereas the indoor sensor is in a white casing. In other words, it doesn't stop at detects motion, turns on light — it does much more than that. Philips Hue motion sensor: 0 = low; 1 = medium; 2 = high; Xiaomi vibration sensor: 21 = low; 11 = medium ; 1 = high; RW: sensitivitymax: Number: Device specific maximum sensitivity value. Configuring the sensor and setting the daylight and motion sensitivity is also done via the Philips Hue app. The best thing about the Hue Motion Sensor is its customization options. Even better, the Hue app allows you to customize the motion sensitivity to control what will and won't trigger the sensor. Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017. Verified Purchase. The Hue motion sensor's integrated daylight sensor detects when there is still enough daylight so that lights do not turn on until you need them. Unfortunately, you can’t simply just tell the motion sensor to turn on lights. Hmm, … 2 And you can adjust the sensitivity of the motion detection, from low to high. It's meant to have more functionality than, say, a floodlight. I have two hue zones set up – front door and patio. You can set the sensor to trigger the lights when it detects motion after dark. You can also mount it on a pole or rain pipe. The best thing about the Hue Motion Sensor is its customization options. Retrieve the last update from the sensor immediately. It’s the only Hue Motion Sensor DTH listed under My Device Handlers. This will allow the sensor to detect minor movements before triggering an alarm, preventing false notifications. Yes, it's on the driver details page. The sensor helps to add better technology for automation and it helps you to easily controlsome lights depending on motion. it's very fast and I really like being able to adjust the sensitivity to each of the dimensions... helps to cut down on false alarms. Yes. Customize your Hue Motion Sensor. The Hue outdoor motion sensor has a slider instead, which gives you finer control over the sensitivity option. Philips Hue Smart Motion Sensor (Installation-Free Exclusive for Philips Hue Lights), Hue Hub Required - - Amazon.com ... 4.0 out of 5 stars Hue Options and sensitivity a bit weird. The Philips Hue cannot be your best option if you have not included a Philips Motion Sensor. There are even more options available thanks to a variety of recipes on Hue Labs. Xiaomi vibration sensor: 21. Hue outdoor lights and outdoor sensors. Functionally the both work the same and have the same features, they both have light sensitivity and read the temperature. Again, even if the sensitivty option is at the lowest setting, it still triggers. It can also appear as a usable sensor in some of the various smart home platforms with which the Hue system integrates. Philips Hue Motion (Presence) Sensor. The Hue Outdoor Sensor worked reliably well in my tests, and the price feels right at $50, especially given the HomeKit connection and the strength of the in-app sensitivity settings. Hue Motion Sensor Sensitivity Settings. Installation. The verdict . Command. Casper Thomas. Connect the Philips Hue motion sensor to your Philips Hue bridge via the Philips Hue app, and it will automatically turn on your Philips Hue lights when you enter a room. Configuring the sensor and setting the daylight and motion sensitivity is also done via the Philips Hue app. Tap Hue motion sensor. Hue has come to the party with the Hue Outdoor Motion sensor which is both fast, and configurable. Because it is battery powered, this sensor can be placed virtually anywhere. It's the maximum value for sensitivity, which runs from 0 (low) to 2 (high). The system is customizable, which translates to the benefit whereyou can have different lights at different times. So... here is the best ever thing about this sensor - I disconnected it from the Hue bridge and connected directly to my Hubitat. Next up is getting my Z-wave Christmas presents (motion sensors 6 … mike.maxwell July 31, 2019, 2:13am #2. Thread starter therecipient; Start date Mar 23, 2020; Tags hue lights outdoor sensors; T. therecipient Novice Member. 1001238799. When looking for an outdoor motion sensor you’ll want to think about what devices you want to control, and therefore what integration you need. The Hue is a multipurpose sensor and it reads motion, light and temperature. And of course, you can also choose how long lights remain on after it begins detecting no more motion in a room. Just unpack the sensor, set it up through the app and install it wherever you like. RICHARDNIEVES21 (Richard Nieves) August 20, 2019, 12:49pm #15. To use the Hue Motion sensor, you need to have a Hue Bridge and one Hue light at a minimum. Screenshot_20190730-191249.png 1536×2048 147 KB. Whilst this looks as though the outdoor sensor will last 3x as long, you have to remember that the actual PIR sensor on the outdoor Hue sensor is much larger than the indoor one (which makes sense because a larger range of motion sensitivity and detection is usually required outside). Another thing to be aware of, is that while the ambient light and motion sensitivity can be set in the Hue app, there doesn’t currently seem to be a way of adjusting the length of time from a motion event and resetting to ‘no motion detected’, which seems to be set at round 15-20 seconds. Only works when the sensor has been Enabled. It works directly with any Hue lights you may have, but we'll be looking at its application in a HomeKit environment where it will also enable control of any HomeKit compatible lights via automation rules. Is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the Hue Motion Sensor paired to Hubitat? The issue is, no matter how low you set this option, the sensor appears to be still too sensitive. My house is about 10-15 feet from the sidewalk and 20-25 feet form the street. config.delay sets the time before the Motion sensor reports "no motion" to the gateway (which it translates to state.present becoming false) after it no longer detects motion. Thanks Alexander, Why does it have to be so obvious, once you have been pointed in the right direction . Motion sensitivity: Want to adjust motion sensitivity? At this point, I can only use the Motion sensor and have one major issue with this sensor. 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