I have a number of Hue Motion sensors that also sense luminance. However, the luminance level is only reported when the motion sensor is triggered manually.
I there any way I can force the device to report the luminance level by somehow ‘faking’ the motion sensor (binary sensor) being triggered?
The Philips Hue motion sensor I have reports illuminance whenever it detects motion and at 5-minute intervals.
Here’s a graph of its recent activity in a location where there has been no movement for at least a half-hour. Notice that it’s reporting illuminance every 5 minutes.
In case you were wondering if the homeassistant.update_entity service call can be used to poll the sensor for the latest illuminance value, I tried it and there’s no change in the value.
Short answer, no - that’s a limitation of the (I’m guessing Xiaomi) sensor.
