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Samsung SmartThings Motion Sensor

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I’m really wondering why Smartthings would have mass market takeup when I have so many failures and also it is not plug and play. If there has been no motion in the living room AND I am home turn off the Living room lights UNLESS the lights were turned on with the wall switch (manual override of the automatic light turn off)

If you can wait a few months, once matter is fully deployed, aqara is going to offer some of their hubs as “matter bridges” and at that point you should be able to add the aqara sensors to their own hub and then bring that hub into the smartthings app. No custom code required. Just as people using Apple HomeKit can bring the aqara hub into the Apple home app today. (But adding to HomeKit doesn’t give you smartthings integration. I’m just mentioning it as an example of how the future matter integration should work.) use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity. https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002056383-Custom-Automations-in-the-SmartThings-app

Best For Indoors: Phillips Hue Motion Sensor

So in 2020, SmartThings introduced an official feature, “The Rules API,” which is similar to WebCore, although not as yet as fully developed or documented. But it is expected that in the future it will eventually provide full support for these kind of complex rules. Which is important, because when smartthings discontinues its free groovy cloud, Webcore will stop working. But the routines you can build in the smartthings app and the rules API will still work with the new architecture. Multisensor is working fine with the Energizer, but I put the same cell in the Motion and… nothing. Dead. “Bother” thought I, “I’ll have to buy a new sensor”.

It’s also your choice whether you want to just start with the official routines feature and play around with rules in that until you hit something that you can’t accomplish and then move on to SharpTools or the Rules API, or whether you want to jump right in with the more complex rules engines from the beginning and do even your simple rules with those. The one thing I would add for those who have larger properties or more devices is that when doing bench pairing (that’s what it’s called when you pair a device very close to the hub and then move it to its actual location) the device doesn’t know its true neighbors, in particular the devices closest to it that can repeat for it. Brands include Aisirer, Athom, BlitzWolf, BrilliantSmart, eWeLink, Girier, Globe, Gosund, Lohas, MagicHome, Moes, Shelly, Smart Life, Sonoff, Tuya, Zemismart and many other brands. Many Low cost home automation systems can do this, but not all. HomeKit can, but only for time of day and home/away unless you use the more complex Shortcuts feature. Alexa routines can do this for some conditions, but it can’t turn on one light switch because another one is turned on. The sensors can be placed anywhere you want to detect motion, or you can mount it to a wall using the provided screw. This does not interfere with your current schedules or Alexa integration. I have one in my hallway, living room, and bedroom, and it works great.Unfortunately it was bought by Comcast, and in April 2019 it was announced that Comcast was adding it to their own home automation system, and would stop supporting the free version. So any references you see to it in the forum refer to the time when it was available to anyone, but no longer apply. Where SmartThings still holds a significant advantage over some of the other low-cost home automation solutions is in the ability to really build really complex rules in a fairly simple manner. You won’t have to be a programmer, but you may need the help of other community members to get the logic constructed just right. So what do you think of my choices for the best Philips Hue compatible motion sensors and alternatives?

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