Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor Sensitivity levels

Third party integrations Node-RED
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Is there anyway I can turn down the sensitivity for a Philips Hue Outdoor motion sensor in Node-RED?

Hello, I am trying to learn Node-Red and have successfully (well partially) setup a Philips Hue Outdoor Motion sensor on my front gate which announces over Google devices in the house when it detects movement.

My issue is that the sensor seems too sensitive. I only want it to alert me when a person or a vehicle enters the drive. At the moment if, for example, a small bird flys past or lands on a hedge 1.5m away, it triggers the alert.

I have searched but to no avail but to be honest, I don’t even know if I’m searching the right thing!

Thank you

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I don’t know this sensor.
What exactly do you get from the sensor?

  • only motion detected
  • motion detected → no motion anymore

How often does it send the message? (only once per motion or every x seconds)

Or could you even configure the sensor itself from an app?

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This seems to be quite common with hue outdoor motion sensors being too sensitive. I assume that the motion sensor itself is turned down to at most 25%? Other than that the only thing you can do is require multiple motion triggers before being alerted.

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Thanks for your reply. In the sensor history, I see two states: Detected and Clear. I don’t know how to check how often it sends the message but I’m using a state change node in the flow.

I was trying to avoid using individual apps as I want to have everything in one place - hence the need for Home Assistant.

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Again, thanks for the reply. I haven’t figured out how to change the sensitivity at all but under ‘Attributes’ in HA, the sensor shows:
Battery level 100
Sensitivity 2
Sensitivity max 4

So if my maths are correct that would be 50%! However these are default settings as I have no idea how to change this. If this is configured in the app, I was again hoping to have everything under one roof rather than relying on the dev app to change settings but if that’s the only way I will take a look.

Also - does the ‘Sensitivity max’ setting come into play at all?

Thanks again for your help.

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What integration are you using zha, z2m? If you are using ZHA you should be looking for cluster customization (whithin your device window in ZHA). I can’t help you any further because I’never needed it but I know sensitivy can be adjusted through them.

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Standard Philips Hue integration with HueMagic node, although not using HueMagic for this particular flow.

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I tried to find the cluster in ZHA and adjust sensitivity level but it still says 2 …