Goodday, I am new at this forum, just installed my Homey and busy finding out the possibilities. I have one question: I have made a flow in where the hue sensor light value is below 100 the lights have to switch on. ( and a flow for the opposite ). This works but… Its takes around 2-3 minutes befor…

The Xiaomi polls much often than 1 minute. It seems like as it polls life. I’m not sure if the statement from @robertklep is in generally correct, because the polling from a Fibaro (see screenshot from @apps ) or NEO Coolcam is significantly faster, although they are primarily motion sensors. The po…

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Thanks for sharing all the (new) insights. Since I cannot change the behavior of the Hue (motion) light sensor, I think its best to buy a dedicated light sensor! It would have been nice if the Hue sensor actually accepted changes in the setting ( to make it faster polling ). Great help! Jack.

@johan_bendz , is there a possibility to increase the polling interval of the Hue Motion Sensor? The settings „Min./Max report interval for lux“ seems not to work correctly. With settings „Min. = 1 s“ and „Max. = 60 s“ seems to have no influence of the polling interval. The polling interval seems to…

Hmm, looks like the motion sensor does indeed report to Homey according to the value set but the sensor itself does not update the value more often then ever 5 minutes. I’ll have a look at it. May I suggest changing to the occupancy driver instead. It works flawless for me.

You have to delete and add the sensor again and choose “Occupancy Sensor”. [IMG_1999]

This works great. One thing, the battery status is no longer available in this setup

IF sensor does not update anymore THEN change battery Sorry, sometimes I can’t help myself :wink:

The sensor is new Met vriendelijke groet, Jack Wijnands -------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------

Measuring lux from a Hue motion sensor

Questions & Help

Jack_Wijnands March 29, 2021, 10:55am 22

Hello Johan, Could you tell me, how to "change to the occupancy driver? Or is this another sensor

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