Tutorial adding HUE Motion sensor (Lux,Temp and Motion)

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I did figure out that the scan_interval should go in the Rest Sensor config. Not sure if it’s a big deal but you did expose your API Key in that link.

My sensor looks like this:

  - platform: rest
    resource: http://[Hue bridge IP]/api/[API-KEY]/sensors/[Sensor ID]
    value_template: '{{ value_json.state.status }}'
    scan_interval: 2
    name: 'Kitchen Motion'

I also grabbed the daylight and dark binaries. These may be more useful than a Lux reading. Looks like you can adjust the sensitivity of the daylight sensor in the Hue App to match your use/location of sensor.

If I match up using the above values and compare to my Aeotec sensor I’m in the ball park. Philips is a bit higher in lux than the Aeotec but that’s at low light levels. Will be interesting to see how close they are at higher values.

Although I’ve seen varying reports the temp sensor seems to be within about .5 to 1° C of my thermostats.

Thanks for your help. Hope this helps someone too.