I’ve been using an Aqara motion sensor to turn on the lights in the stairwell going to my finished basement. The basement has my office and our home theater in it. Lights come on, stay on for 90 seconds, then turn off. Works for most of my needs unless I (or, more importantly, my spouse) decide to stay in the basement to watch a movie. The stairwell sensor comes on when we walk by the stairs but it’s in the best place for when we descend. I know this is a common problem, lights on when you don’t want and lights off and you’re waving your hands like a crazy person. So…
I just received an Aqara FP1 and would like to set up an automation following this workflow:
- Stairwell motion sensor detects motions, lights on for 90 seconds
- I’m in the office so no presence detected
- We’re in the theater, presence detected for 60 seconds so disable motion sensor for 2 hours
- Re-enable motion sensor unless FP1 detects motion
Or something like that… The idea is that I like to have the basement light come on when I go to my office but don’t want it activated if were downstairs watching a movie. Can’t really come up with the process but recall seeing a video or two with similar requirements.