I have an existing eave-mounted floodlight device box for which the only power feed is from a remote conventional exterior light switch. I have just added a Homeseer HS-FLS100+ Floodlight Motion Sensor to that device box and configured it in my Hubitat C-7. The "PIR Trigger Off period" time to remain on when motion is not re-activated was not configurable / working properly with the built-in driver. So I switched over to Djdizzyd's Github custom HS-FLS100-Floodlight-Sensor which resolved that problem.
Now I have one remaining issue. It's a walk from the physical light switch to the field of view for the motion detector which we need to be pointed in the opposite direction. And there's a narrow spot where a misstep in the dark could cause someone to fall. For convenience I'd like to write an RM rule such that whenever that remote physical switch is turned on powering up the Homeseer, the HS-FLS100+ will always turn on the light at that power-up and leave it on for a specified number of minutes regardless of current ambient light lux level and motion state.
When I Iook at the event list for that device in the Hubitat's UI using Djdizzyd's driver, I'm seeing 5 different event descriptions relating to the motion sensor "switch" turning on. Some look like they're duplicates and I'm not sure how to differentiate between them. But - based only on name - none seem to be identifiable as a "sensor just powered on" / "power-on-initialize" -type event which I could use to trigger this rule.
Any suggestions as to how to trigger my intended rule? Is there a generic way to trigger an event upon an device first powering up / becoming available in Hubitat land? (Such an event would be helpful even for hard-wired devices after a circuit breaker trip that kills power to the Z-Wave device but not to the hub itself).
Not sure of such a command. In my experience it is not generally good to leave a Z-Wave (or ZigBee) device unpowered for extended periods of time and then power it up and expect it to join in readily. The can take a bit to "readjust" to the network at the very least.
I have 3 of these mounted on the same "security light" switch. We just always leave the switch on. With the newer G2 model it can also handle smart bulbs so it just leaves the light portion powered and when motion is detected the Hubitat can trigger the bulbs via a Rule. With the older model I just hard wired the smart bulbs so they were always powered and the Homeseer was just acting as motion and lux detection.
You could add the Initialize capability to the driver and have that create an event or update an attribute, but that would also get triggered on hub reboot.
I like the idea of adding an Initialize event. That sounds like the best workaround for me for the time being. I've never written Groovy but have written a bit of traditional Java so that is probably doable.
I did think of replacing the existing exterior toggle switch with a Z-Wave unit and trying to move the motion sensor itself to somewhere else to remotely control that Z-Wave toggle. But the existing light switch is part of a single-gang combo "toggle light switch / single 120v outlet" device with both halves under a weather protected cover plate with two spring-loaded covers. I haven't been able to find a Z-Wave single-gang combo.
Thanks to both folks that replied for their help and ideas!
-Bob
@rwriddle as @snell said, physically turning off the senor especially a repeating unit like that can wreak havoc with your mesh. You should get an inovelli or zooz switch which has a smart mode. Essentially it keeps constant power to it but the light can be turned on and off by the switch regardless (think of it as a scene controller) This would also allow you to add the light itself to a rule (and disable the motion during the day)
As I said previously, though, I do have a problem preventing me from doing that, though. The current toggle switch is the top half of a single-gang combo toggle switch and outlet. It's the only outlet anywhere near my pool pump and filter installation and is frequently needed when servicing the pump installation. I can't afford to lose it by swapping to a Z-Wave switch that's not also part of a similar single-gang combo configuration.
