Reset timer when further movement detected

Eldudemeister · March 27, 2020, 7:45pm

Hi, hoping someone can help, I have this flow set up largely working

but I’d like to set it so that if the light is on and more movement is detected, the timer resets. Also at the moment the light turns off after 10 minutes but then if someone walks by straight after this the flow does not trigger and the light doesnt come on?

brahmafear · March 27, 2020, 11:44pm

Possibly just use entity-controller from HACS.

kbweathe · March 28, 2020, 12:37am

This is what I use. Not perfect but works most of the time. The State Node sends the payload message back into the loop if the motion sensor is ON other wise the State Node passes the payload to the switch and turns off the light. I have a door sensor that will block the payload if the bathroom door is closed so the light wont turn off if I am in the shower.

Eldudemeister · March 28, 2020, 5:58am

Thanks so much for this, I’ve tweaked my flow and am giving it a go.

eggman · March 28, 2020, 8:41am

A trigger node is a neat way to do this.

When motion is detected the trigger state node sends a message through the third output and turns on the light.

Every state change from the motion sensor is sent to the trigger node, that hold the message for 10 minutes, and resets the timer every time motion is detected.

I suppose this could fail if there was continual motion for 10 minutes, so an extra check of the motion detector status could be added before the switch off. In practice I’ve not needed that as even when we’re moving round the room there are sufficient pauses to trigger the sensor again.

Eldudemeister · March 28, 2020, 4:51pm

Thanks so much, will give this a go later.

Richdem · April 13, 2020, 2:09pm

Would you mind sharing the flow so I can play around with this

Thanks

eggman · April 13, 2020, 2:55pm

I’m not at a PC but tbh, it’s 4 nodes, it would quicker for you to set it up then edit all my entity ids

Richdem · April 13, 2020, 3:09pm

I don’t know how you configured the trigger state to have 3 outputs, the rest I figured out

Thanks for replying

eggman · April 13, 2020, 4:35pm

I’ve tried a screenshot on my tablet, not very good on devices with no keyboard.

Hope it helps.

Richdem · April 13, 2020, 4:47pm

Got it,

Perfect thank you so much for helping