# Working around motion activated flows

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/working-around-motion-activated-flows/132653>\
**Category:** Flows\
**Created:** [March 13, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/working-around-motion-activated-flows/132653 "2025-03-13T12:03:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Melton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ryan_melton/32/120839_2.png) [@Ryan\_Melton](https://community.homey.app/u/Ryan_Melton)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/working-around-motion-activated-flows/132653/1 "2025-03-13T12:03:24Z")

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Obviously a bit new to Homey and trying to get a feel for setting up motion most efficiently. I have an mmwave in my Living Room/Kitchen. I have flows created that do certain things with certain lights depending on the time of day. I also have a “chill” flow that is on when I’m watching tv. If this flow is on I don’t want the mmwave to trigger the other flows. Am I overlooking something simple here?

It seems there should be an easy way to create a hierarchy of flows.

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**Author:** ![Wim\_Post](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wim_post/32/56793_2.png) [@Wim\_Post](https://community.homey.app/u/Wim_Post)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/working-around-motion-activated-flows/132653/2 "2025-03-13T12:24:47Z")

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Create a YES/NO variable ‘The TV is on’ and set this to YES when you are watching TV.

Then your motion flow need an extra AND condition:

WHEN  
There is motion  
AND  
logic-card ‘The TV is on’ is NO  
THEN  
………

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**Author:** ![dsdevries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dsdevries/32/80220_2.png) [@dsdevries](https://community.homey.app/u/dsdevries)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/working-around-motion-activated-flows/132653/3 "2025-03-13T13:57:34Z")

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This is the way I did it. Rather than introducing an extra variable to keep track of moods or enabled/disabled flows. I just tied into homey’s native functionality. Whenever my “movie watching” mood is triggered, I disable the autonomous dimming flows. En whenever the “autonomous dimming” mood is triggered, I enable them again and trigger them once. Simple, Efficient, and everyone in the house understands it as Homey has created a nice ui for it.

 ![Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 14.53.21](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/f/df65e282e95f931664ba5f223d39ddcbf7aea635.png)

(edit: note that I added a 1 second delay before I actually trigger the flow. This is because activating the mood also sets the dim level of all the lights to what you have configured in the mood. The dimmers first have to receive this signal and process it before they can accept a new signal)

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**Author:** ![dsdevries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dsdevries/32/80220_2.png) [@dsdevries](https://community.homey.app/u/dsdevries)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/working-around-motion-activated-flows/132653/4 "2025-03-13T14:14:14Z")

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These are the other flows I enable and disable:  
Motion:

 ![Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 15.12.29](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/f/bfdfd63f65fb9c20a3529367a67fdd5d381fa254.jpeg)  
Dim Dining Area Lights Based on Luminance:  
 ![Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 15.12.52](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/3/f3a243c4695a4f8eba1c782ed95fb726f3066148.jpeg)  
Dim Home Cinema Lights Based on Luminance:  
 ![Screenshot 2025-03-13 at 15.13.03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/6/76b3f8b5130940becf2bee96caf972c0ab0e8c2a.jpeg)