ok. that is exactly right. yes, it does.
since you are using a smart switch with dumb bulb everything should work from the switch itself and you dont need to use the ST app to turn off anything. i just posted this last part to distinguish it from the scenario that is posted in the example piston in the first post.
i know of sengled bulbs that i use, support this. so, i use the lightify bulbs where its constant power and sengled where the bulb is behind a dumb switch.
I gave the piston code (iuxsc) a try again and I still canât get it to turn off the motion-based piston once I turn the switch off and back onâŚit reverts right backâŚI did see that ST is taking a while to show the new status of the z-wave dimmer, so I am not sure if that is causing issuesâŚbut to make sure, I kept the switch in the off position until I could see ST update the light to off, then turned it back on and that didnât stop the motion-based countdown to off.
unfortunately, its not designed to turn off the motion based countdown once thatâs already started.
i have a ge dimmer switch hooked by to a dumb bulb somewhere, let me see what can be done.
didnt realize you were using iuxsc. have you tried edsh2? thats in the first post in this thread.
i tried edsh2 with a dimmer switch. except for the delay needed in between turning if off and turning it on, it worked for me.
remember, once you hit the off button the motion should not get activated before you hit the on button. stay very still in between. 
I think I tried both codes. I can try again. Also, I was likely moving while I pressed off and back on, so the motion could have re-activated. Is there any way to program it so that wonât be a problem? Maybe if thereâs some virtual switch or something that I can tell Alexa to activate a virtual switch to turn off the piston temporarily. There has to be some solution other than staying still.
yeah, if you use alexa then its much easier.
set programmatic = true
programmatic is true
third if
when virtual switch is off
and you are all set.
add the switches or lights you want to control in the lightDevices and the motion sensor or sensors that control them in the motionDevices.
switch 21 is the virtual switch you would have to create in ST and control with alexa. when that is on, the piston does nothing otherwise the light is controlled by motion.
Here is what I have been using. Works pretty well.
I have 2 switches that I want to work together. 1 motion detector that controls the two switches. If motion is detected it resets the timer to a new 10 minutes. If the switches turn the lights on manually, it will override the motion until you turn the lights off manually.
Oh and only works between sunset and sunrise with 30 minute offsets
That one looks interestingâŚI adjusted a bit, but I am not getting motion to activate the lightâŚWhat am I doing wrong? 
Also, how do you address the motion detecting you before you physically turn on the light switch and/or turn it off (for purposes of disabling motion?)
In order for it to start working I had to physically turn on a switch so that the variables would populate. Then should work fine. If motion picks you up before you turn on switch, I have to turn lights off/On physically and it should put in the override mode. Hope that is what you were looking for
If you canât get the switch on the first time without the motion picking you up, try using the smartthings app to tun on the switch. That should detect as a physical turn on. At least it does for me. That should get it â in syncâ
I am adding my own rendition of a âMotion based lightâ because I was able to complete it by using your examples (so thank you). The lightbulb that I am using is a Sylvania Lightify bulb which may be different from yours in the sense that when the bulb is turned on it resets itself to 100% brightness instead of sending an âonâ command (so make changes if needed for yourself)
Use case: This bulb is installed in the stairwell and attached to what is defined in this thread to a 3-way âdumbâ switch. When either dumb switch is turned on the bulb automatically turns on at 100% and then within seconds is changed by the piston to the âultraâ setting (which I have set to 70%). It stays there for 4 minutes and then turns down to the âlowerâ setting (15%). Every time there is motion on the 2nd floor, it will dim up to the âupperâ setting (55%) then dim back down.
I have added some additional things in there to alert me when my kids are walking around after bedtime, but you can remove those.
Iâm not getting consistent results here, so maybe for my setup I need to modify it a bit? Iâll post a snapshot of my pistonâŚItâs not activating the light based on motion unless I change the 'if" for motion sensing activate as never cancelâŚotherwise, it doesnât seem to work (I modified it back to the original piston without this in the below screenshot.) I tried to override the motion by having no motion, then turning on the physical switch, which seemed to work as long as I waited (around 6 seconds) for ST to show the switch on, then motion didnât seem to matter (which is what I want.) However, once in this mode, even when I turned the physical switch off, motion will subsequently turn the light on, but after 10 seconds, the light wonât go back offâŚlol! Help 
@smartie give this a shot. because its dimmer there is a delay in sending the off event, so you will have to let the light turn off fully and then turn it on. i am trying to do this without introducing any artificial blind windows like introducing a wait for motion based light activation.
