I’ve been searching and trying different suggestions, but have not been able to figure out how to achieve the following.
I have a GE Dimmer switch and a z-wave motion sensor. Currently I have automation configured to activate the light / dimmer switch when motion is detected and to deactivate the switch once there is no motion. My issue is that this light is in the hallway of a bigger room so motion is only detected in a certain section (which is also what I wanted by design/placement of the motion sense). Having said this, there have been a couple of times I’ve been in another part of the room and wanted the light to stay on.
I’ve been trying to use input_booleans (following another example here by setting the Boolean when the motion automation took place) and then not triggering the “off” automation depending on the Boolean —- however I can’t get to the light switch w/o the motion automation kicking on to turn the light on.
Is there a state or event I can use to trigger when the dimmer button is physically pushed (up or down)? If so, I think I could key on that to get around automation. If not — suggestions?
Hope this makes sense. (It’s late…)