which version are you using?
Motion Based Light EXCEPT when Manually turned On
brenthaag
#245
Sorry, I thought this what Webcore told me when I did a green snapshot (it changes every time). Here is what I have (ssrju):
William_Engel
#246
No problem. Thanks for sending. I implemented and it works. However, the âwaitâ and âturn offâ commands do not seem to reset as intended. It takes several minutes for the piston to reset so that the motion detector works again. Also, I get a flashing and alternating â?â and â!â next to âwait/turnoffâ lines (see below) - the flashing â!/?â donât ever go awayâŚ
I tried deleting and re-entering these steps, but same result. I think it has to do with publishing the piston or something, but not sureâŚI hadnât done this on any other Webcore pistons Any ideas/suggestions?
William_Engel
#247
OK, published the Webcore SmartApps in IDE and flashing icons are gone. But it takes more than 15 seconds for lights to go off and motion detector reset is still lagging. I need to keep tweaking this somehow.
William_Engel
#248
Finally got it working consistently. The motion sensor is set for 3-minute intervals, so after I changed the 15 seconds to 3 minutes, all is working fine. Thanks for the advice/help.
brenthaag
#249
Good deal! I never had it set for anything less than 5 minutes, so I never ran into those problems. Glad you got it working good!
Fatboy
#250
@bangali , Thank you very much for your nc4jh piston. I am using it to turn on two lights in my living room area at the front door when my Ring doorbell senses motion after sunset. I have two versions of the piston running so that each light turns off at a different amount of time after the motion. I really want to use this to simulate a presence only when my wife and I are not at home. I am a noob and have searched all over and tried a few things myself, but I canât figure out how to add the presence sensor component to this piston. I apologize if itâs out there somewhere in this forum or in the Smartthings forum that I havenât seen or figured out.
J_B_1
#251
Add a condition or restriction at the beginning so that it only runs in âAwayâ mode, or add your presence sensors to the condition: if x & y presence sensors are ânot presentâ.
Fatboy
#252
@J_B_1 Thanks. Iâll try the presence sensor approach. My phones were not showing up as presence sensors and realized I needed to go back into WC in the ST app and add the devices, since I didnât have them setup as presence sensors when I first installed WC.
bangali
#253
was traveling without access to my home setup hence the delay ⌠sorry about that.
if what @J_B_1 recommended does not work please feel free to ping me.
jehu
#254
OK I tried your piston and itâs a hit and missâŚthis is the piston I currently use and it works great except for when I turn it on manually it goes off in 5 minutes. All I want is a piston that when I turn on manually it stays on and when I turn it off manually it goes back to motion without having to flick switch on/off on again to activate motion again. Is this possible?
pmjoen
#255
You willl have to have a DTH that recognizes manual switch interactions or use variable. Here is an example of mine with a variable. Although randomly I run into an issue that I believe is related to my motion detectorâŚ
Light Control â two questions (variable evaluates incorrectly; âswitch physicallyâ?
oibctl
#256
Hello, This example is what I am looking for. I see âTo import this piston import code below edsh2â. I canât seem to figure out how to do that, can somone help? Maybe send a link to the page I need to go to ? Thanks!
oibctl
#257
OK, I figured out how to import pistons based on the code given. I picked the devices from my system after importing. I am trying to keep a light on that does not have a physical switch, I turn it on or off with ST or Alexa. Can someone help me alter the code so that I can use either (or both preferably) to keep the motion sensor from turing off the light? Thanks!
oibctl
#258
I read through the other posts concerning this piston. I am finding that my situation may be different than the setup for the original. I Have a ST motion sensor working with a ST V3 Hub. The motion sensor controls a zwave switch which controlls the light. Again, my goal is to have some way to over ride the motion sensor timer when I turn the lights on with Alexa or the ST app. I suspect that the last part of the piston needs to be modified, but really donât know where to start. Any help would be great, thanks!
bandblue
#259
Great information here. I have spent time reviewing. Piston example I am looking for is I have zwave dimmer light switch to control flood lights. The light will turn on by motion sensor or door sensor. Between 9:45PM and 5:00am I would like to add the option to have lights stay on if light switch is physically turned on. Then when light switch is physically turned off revert back to motion or door sensor that will trigger the zwave light switch. Is there a piston I can reference?
djkosy
#260
Hi there, would there be a way not to use the ST app at all. And just say that when the âlutron casetaâ switch is press on do not consider the motion condition.
whatâs the boolean programmatic ?
thanks
WCmore
#261
Maybe something simple like this:
IF Sensor's motion changes to active <-- Trigger
Then
IF LutronCaseta is off <-- Condition
Then
Turn on lights
END IF
END IF