# Philips hue motion sensor interval question **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [December 22, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-motion-sensor-interval-question/5793 "2018-12-22T22:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Levanto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/levanto/32/3650_2.png) [@Levanto](https://community.homey.app/u/Levanto)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-motion-sensor-interval-question/5793/1 "2018-12-22T22:53:16Z")
Hello, Can any one tell me how to use the min and max report interval for motion as seen in the motion sensor “instellingen” /“settings” ? Does the min report interval mean : the min amount of seconds between two motions before a report is send to homey ? If so, what does the max report interval the do ? Anyway some clarification would be nice. Thanks ! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-motion-sensor-interval-question/5793/2 "2019-01-19T21:26:51Z")
I have posted the same question some time agoo, no answer yet. Have been playing with the settings but could not link it to a change in behaviour. The settings are in ms which is extremely short. So indeed please help… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/9/9f6a3b444c2c019876fc5b54ca3424f09faada9d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jurgen\_van\_de\_Wouw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jurgen_van_de_wouw/32/12540_2.png) [@Jurgen\_van\_de\_Wouw](https://community.homey.app/u/Jurgen_van_de_Wouw)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-motion-sensor-interval-question/5793/3 "2019-06-18T06:08:54Z")
same problem here. I use a Philips Hue motion sensor for the lights at the front door (inside). When there is no motion in 2 minutes, the lights switch should off. When there is continues motion, the lights should stay on. I made therefore 3 flows: the first switch on the lights, and turn the hourglass (Countdown app). The 2nd flow should turn the hourglas (i guess it resers the countdown) at a new motion detection. The 3th says: when the hourglas is empty, turn off the lights. Sounds good to me, but the Hue motion detector dousn’t send a command to Homey, until there was no detection for, i guess, about 1 minute at least. Can we solve this, or is there a other motion detector that works better? regards! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-motion-sensor-interval-question/5793/4 "2019-07-18T11:51:59Z")
1check out the settings of your hue motion detector. (Open devices in the app) You can change sveral settings (min time interval, max time interval, etc) 2 chekc out the [timer app](https://apps.athom.com/app/com.synplyworks.thenmore)! It has all functionality in one device: countdown, dimmer etc