# Motion detection, but not for cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 30, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870 "2020-06-30T18:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Davy\_Vissers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/davy_vissers/32/1702_2.png) [@Davy\_Vissers](https://community.homey.app/u/Davy_Vissers)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/1 "2020-06-30T18:06:16Z")
I have LED strips under the bed and have a motion/luminosity sensor on each side of the bed to turn that side on when we get out of bed and it is still dark in the room. Now I would like them also to turn on when it is dark and I, or my wife, walk in to the room to get in to bed. I know how I can do this, but I would like a setup that won’t trigger when our cat walks passed the sensor. Does anyone have an idea on how I could do this? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/2 "2020-06-30T18:22:20Z")
Perhaps use a pressure sensor instead of a motion sensor? ---
**Author:** ![Davy\_Vissers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/davy_vissers/32/1702_2.png) [@Davy\_Vissers](https://community.homey.app/u/Davy_Vissers)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/3 "2020-06-30T22:38:42Z")
That is a possibility. But then I would have to lay sone kind of mat on the ground and I’m pretty sure it won’t pass the waf. ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/4 "2020-07-01T03:37:10Z")
You could use a 3rd motion detector that only covers the bed surface. If someone then gets up or moves, this motion detector is queried in the “and” condition as to whether a movement has been registered. The LED Sripe would only be switched on when both motion detectors registered a movement. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/5 "2020-07-01T04:41:55Z")
> [@Davy\_Vissers](#): > > But then I would have to lay sone kind of mat on the ground Or use it to determine if the bed got lighter because someone got up from it. ---
**Author:** ![Cory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cory/32/12997_2.png) [@Cory](https://community.homey.app/u/Cory)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/6 "2020-07-01T08:58:37Z")
Since you said you wanted it to activate when you or your wife walk into the room, could you perhaps use a separate motion sensor that’s positioned higher up and aimed at the door entrance? Or use a door sensor? ---
**Author:** ![Davy\_Vissers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/davy_vissers/32/1702_2.png) [@Davy\_Vissers](https://community.homey.app/u/Davy_Vissers)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/7 "2020-07-01T11:20:40Z")
@Cory I was thinking in the direction of a motion sensor only for the door, but than high enough that our cat wouldn’t trigger it. A door sensor wouldn’t work as the door is mostly open. @Undertaker A third motion sensor may be a good idea, I’ll have to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-detection-but-not-for-cat/31870/8 "2020-07-01T11:43:55Z")
Depending on which brand you have, you sometimes can change the sensitivity in the advanced settings, lower the sensitivity so it doesn’t trigger on the cat.