# Motion: lights on for 3 minutes, if there is motion again within 3 minutes: set the timer again for 3 minutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Flows\ **Created:** [May 27, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-lights-on-for-3-minutes-if-there-is-motion-again-within-3-minutes-set-the-timer-again-for-3-minutes/30500 "2020-05-27T15:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon61197305](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anon61197305](https://community.homey.app/u/anon61197305)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-lights-on-for-3-minutes-if-there-is-motion-again-within-3-minutes-set-the-timer-again-for-3-minutes/30500/1 "2020-05-27T15:06:33Z")
This seems very simple, when there is motion turn on the lights and turn them off when there is no motion for 3 minutes. But somehow I don’t seem to get it. I have this (there is a else for day vs night). But now the timer is counting down, and not resetting when there is motion again. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-lights-on-for-3-minutes-if-there-is-motion-again-within-3-minutes-set-the-timer-again-for-3-minutes/30500/2 "2020-05-27T15:27:11Z")
Here are few hints… > [@Auto lights on and off when in or out of room tips](https://community.homey.app/t/auto-lights-on-and-off-when-in-or-out-of-room-tips/30154/14): > > Hmhm. Yeah. I now use day and night time for that (not lux). But yeah, timer is something I guess would be best. Hm > [@Tutorial - Advanced automatic light control with flows](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-advanced-automatic-light-control-with-flows/21877): > > Hi guys, I thought it was finally time to share my flows that I use to automatically control my lights. The setup I have is a bit more advanced than the suggestions I have seen on this forum, which is the reason for this tutorial. Some features of my setup: Automatically turn on and off lights based on motion (doh!) Only turn lights on when it’s dark Configuration of various scenes (e.g. Normal scene, Movie scene, Dinner scene, Romantic scene etc) Memory ability that will remember the brightn… ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-lights-on-for-3-minutes-if-there-is-motion-again-within-3-minutes-set-the-timer-again-for-3-minutes/30500/3 "2020-05-27T15:40:14Z")
[Hint](https://community.homey.app/t/simple-lights-turning-on-off-based-on-motion/10889) 3 ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-lights-on-for-3-minutes-if-there-is-motion-again-within-3-minutes-set-the-timer-again-for-3-minutes/30500/5 "2020-05-27T20:36:42Z")
Check out the [timer app.](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/com.synplyworks.thenmore/Timer/) For simple motion switching it has everything in one card No need to det up timers on anything ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/motion-lights-on-for-3-minutes-if-there-is-motion-again-within-3-minutes-set-the-timer-again-for-3-minutes/30500/6 "2020-05-28T09:34:07Z")
I tried the timer app today. Actually a good idea, but unfortunately my Fibaro Walli Switch is not supported. Maybe it is because it is a double switch. I reported the problem in GitHub, but it seems that the app hasn’t been updated for a while, which would be a shame. **Edit** : The developer has already replied on GitHub and will look into the problem if he has time.