Is there a limitation in how often updates can be shared between HUE and Homey?
I have a motion sensor to detect (duuh) motion and needs to trigger a light. This works. BUT, that ligyt will turn on for 15 seconds, then it turns off. If there is new motion detected within that 15 seconds, the timer will be extended before turning off.
When the new motion is detected, the whole flow triggers again.
BUT; if motion is detected within approx. 1 min after the first detection, nothing is triggered in HOMEY. So, could it be that the motion trigger/polling if a new motion is detected is 60 seconds or more? Which feels odd for a motion sensor.
It’s common that motion sensors have a “blind time”, in which they won’t act on motion, and 60 seconds isn’t an uncommon duration either. For some sensors this duration can be configured,
but usually it’s either fixed or the Homey app doesn’t support changing it.
I also have Hue lights all over my house (bulbs + motion sensors) and I configured it in the Hue app instead of Homey. It works way better and setup is easier. You can even set different timers for different time of day. For example at the day, light will turn off after 5 minutes. On the evening will use dimmed light and turn off after 2 minutes.
If you want to do the same functionality in Homey, setup will be much more complicated. You need to use for example CountDown app to measure time after motion sensor stopped reporting movement, and reset timer when again motion was detected.
I recommend you to use Hue features and what you cannot do in Hue app (i.e. turn of A/C when no movement in 30 minutes), then do it in Homey.
