NEWS – Most of the bulbs in my house are Philips Hue bulbs or light strips.  I have a lot of Hue Tap switches scattered around to operate my lights, and they work well, but a couple of them require you to walk down a dark hallway to reach the switch.  I need to add a Hue Motion sensor at each end of the hall to automatically trigger the lights so I’m not wandering around in the dark.
The Motion sensor is battery-powered, so it can be installed anywhere. Â You can set it on a table or shelf, mount it to the wall or ceiling with a screw, or attach it to an appliance or other metal surface with the included magnet. Â Once mounted, you can adjust its viewing angle. Â When it detects motion, the sensor can trigger your selected Hue scene or light setting to turn the lights on. Â Lights will go off after it no longer senses motion. Â The sensor also has a daylight detector, so it can adjust the light for a dim nightlight when the room is dark or for bright white light during the daytime. Â Of course, the Hue Motion sensor requires a connection to the Hue bridge to operate your Hue lights.
The Hue Motion sensor is $39.99 at the Philips Hue website.
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Will this allow you to do something like this?
If triggered between 1200a and 500a, turn lights on to 20% for 5 minutes (for example).
With Hue being Homekit ‘friendly’, I assume it can trigger other Homekit light switches and not just Philips bulbs?
Yes I have it turning on a Lutron HomeKit switch for pot lights in kitchen when I walk in. Could add my under counter lights on two wemo smart plugs if I wished. Only thing I want is if I could trigger based on light it measures, so if it’s a dark rainy day and light is low, I’d want lights to come on. But Phillips needs to open that up.