Hibernating lights by Dim light(s) to 5% (?) until event (motion)

[iaescwine (Ashwin)]

What do you guys think of the option: dimming the lights to (for example) 5% till the next event/motion in a time window of let’s say 20 minutes inactivity and let HA turn the lights off after 40 minutes of no event/motion.

If there’s activity in the time window of 20 restore dimming to previous level.

Kinda hibernate mode?

[ih8gates (Scott Reston)]

That’s doable with an automation. I do something similar on my front porch, shown here:

Brighten front porch lights, then return to recorded dim level

There have been a couple conversations about remembering the dim level & on-off state of a light so that you can return to it after changing it. Here’s something I cooked up that’s been working for a couple of days. Behavior: I generally keep my front porch lights at about 50% brightness. I set up some code so that when motion is sensed on my front porch, I brighten the lights to 100%, then return them to their previous dim level after 5 minutes. Or turn back off if they were off when the moti…