# Continuous motion detect **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** flow, homey-pro\ **Created:** [February 7, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940 "2025-02-07T01:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/1 "2025-02-07T01:31:54Z")
I want my home to switch to awake mode “enable awake mode flow that I created,” when my IR motion sensor in my room detects motion continuously for a minute or so. I know how to enable/disable flows, just a little stuck on the continuous motion part. Also when I say continuous motion, I mean motion every few seconds or so for at least 1 minute. ---
**Author:** ![Eko\_taas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eko_taas/32/74256_2.png) [@Eko\_taas](https://community.homey.app/u/Eko_taas)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/2 "2025-02-07T05:43:46Z")
Would this work for you? **Flow 1** 1. IR motion trickers 2. check if transition already running ![image|274x62](upload://agjtOx9S61OlpixYMOwfW3F7yR9.png 3. if False, Start transition with desired steps and time ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/d/6d7309b4e96297841c674358cb3a07c62d88dc42.png) **Flow 2:** 1. transision step trickers ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/8/28290ed82aa66c6a1219aa6582a4d2f8d0054847.png) 2. check if IR motion still active 3. if false, stop transision ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/d/0d049a1b234a6fe8e8d14cb5959d7fa297269996.png) **Flow 3:** 1. tricker when transion finnished ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/0/20acf4581bb658c2028b8487d9b9e756d8da52f6.png) 2. do what you want to do now when desired time has had cont IR detection 🙂 If you want to avoid Flow 1 &2 to run, when “do what you want to do”, add e.g. timer start to flow 3, which running status you check on Flow 1 & 2 ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/3 "2025-02-07T07:56:07Z")
The easiest way to start with is: ```auto WHEN zone Home is active for 1 minute THEN …………….. ``` And of course you need a sensor which is fast enough and sends motion alarms every 10 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/4 "2025-02-09T14:01:05Z")
This 1 works great and is the simplest, however, I also have a presence sensor in the same zone…so this won’t work for my purposes, I guess I should have mentioned that sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/5 "2025-02-09T14:02:34Z")
I’m trying to figure out what the 1st picture is, because looks like it got corrupted or something cause it’s not showing up ---
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/6 "2025-02-09T14:49:36Z")
OK I got the “Check if transition is running” bit, but I’m still a little fuzzy on what to put where, could you possibly provide an example, cause the whole “pick” and “name” and everything else to fill out is a little confusing still as I’m very new to this. ---
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/7 "2025-02-09T14:52:40Z")
I have this Good Morning flow that actually seems to work, but I’m not sure how it does as I don’t have anything in the “pick” section. This was my 1st attempt at using Chronograph ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/1/71100c2db504075adb5288f82263587ba701bf85.png) ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/8 "2025-02-09T20:36:12Z")
Then you just make a virtual/logic/subzone😁 ---
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/continuous-motion-detect/129940/9 "2025-02-09T21:06:06Z")
🤔 I think that’s actually not a bad idea lol, but I feel like there’s gotta be a simpler way.