Simple flow for turning lights on and off based on motion What to use Timer app. In this case i used the Countdown app Motion sensor. Used a Neo Coolcam pir v1 in this case. A light to switch on and off. Used a Fibaro Dimmer2 in this case to turn a “dumb bulb”. Start making the timer We click…

I agree with @Rocodamelshekima , for homey I don’t think it matters. You need to decide what works best for your use… For simple cases zone activity works the same as timers. But timers are much more configurable (and the app store hase many timer apps… (Search for timer in the app store ) Just sw…

[image] Caseda: The biggest difference is just that you have “infinite” possibilities for times you want your lights to go off with timers. With zone inactivity you only have a few set values with a minimum of 1 minute. Timers will even allow you to use a logic variable as a value. Bij chang…

[image] Paul_Scholte: I was wondering since you tried to minimize the running time of timers in one of your examples by starting a timer when “movement stops” Dont think this is to minimize the timers… Be aware: You switch on you lights when activity starts You start the timer when activit…

Zone activity based solution here: [image] [Tutorial] Simple movement-triggered automatic light with zone activity cards (just 2 flows!) Tutorials Hi everyone, It’s time to share back what I learned here. I have -in the past- tried several strategies to use lights that a…

This simple flow is to show peeps how to run some flows and get their lights on and off with motion detection. Linking to other solutions does not bring anything good to this specific topic.

Hi @Rocodamelshekima , Some of the posts here refer to zone-activity based light switching. I use the referred implementation to do just that, without any custom timers, only using zone activity. If it needs to be simple… this is simple. And of course there are pros and cons. But simple it is. R. …

Whatever suits u best m8. Lets get this complicated!

" Disclaimer These flow examples are just for helping other people to make some simple flows and have fun with Homey. Please don’t react with “i don’t like the countdown app” or something like that. Just trying to help peeps to enjoy their Home automation with Homey."

[Simple] Lights turning on/off based on motion

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Zone activity based solution here:

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[Simple] Lights turning on/off based on motion

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