So far so good but I did notice that the little red light on the sensors does not turn on anymore when motion is detected. I kind of like seeing the light, as I know its working properly.
Interesting, there were no changes to the driver...
Well I seem to have the same issue, but not just with two of my Hue Motion Sensors but also a Smartthings motion sensor paired directly into HE.
When I noticed this issue this evening I thought I would carry out an update to 2.0.8 to see if this would resolve the issue. I am still yet to see if I still have this problem. I will monitor over the next few days to see if it reoccurs, however it seems that it is not just an issue with the Hue Motion sensors.
These devices have never exhibited the issue affecting the hue motion sensors.
Since I've updated to 2.0.8 the little red light on the Hue Motion Sensors don't turn on anymore. Not an issue but thought I should note as Mike has pointed out that there has been no change to the drivers.
I believe that's actually (now) correct behavior.
The RED LED indicated "no reply received" because previously HE didn't reply to the Hue Motions Sensors as they were expecting. Under 2.0.8 this has been fixed and the sensors should now behave the same as they would do under a Hue Bridge.
Thanks for clearing that up Martyn. Like Raidflex, it was a bit of reassurance to see the red light on initial detection, but I understand now that we don't want this red light, as its not correct behaviour.
Interesting did not know that is correct behavior. I still had to fresh them after the initial update to 2.0.8 but they seem to be working ok so far, but need to give it more time.
I'm afraid i've had another lockup with the active status on my Front Room Hue Motion Sensor since the 2.0.8 update, so it would seem we still have a problem.
When the sensor is in this state, does the led blink when it goes active?
No it doesn't have any light indications. I have tried to refresh it to set it back to inactive and its not responding. Looks like its dropped off the network.
i'll have another look in the morning as its way past my bedtime here in the UK!
The lack of the light flashing red indicates it got a response from the hub, that or the battery is dead.
This morning, when entering the Front Room, I got the red LED flash. It can't be a flat battery as the motion sensor is only 1 week old. It would seem that it has dropped off the network.
I have the similar log as you showed above. After test, I guess it caused by the algorithm of the driver.
When it is in "Active" mode (motion detected), with high sensitivity (usually Hue motion has High, medium and low sensitivity three settings), it will report lux every 5 secs even lux value not changed until it is turning to "inactive" mode in 10 seconds by default before the next motion detected/triggered. However, if there is motion detected during the waiting period, it will restart the counting for 10 seconds. For example, motion detect at 1st sec, then it should be inactive at 11th sec, but another motion detected at 5th sec, then it will be inactive at 15th sec. But it won't log as motion again. That's why it seems keep staying active
When it is in "inactive" mode. If there is no motion, it will report lux in 5 minutes or more, which is normal.
You could set/change re-trigger time from Ver 2.0.9. It is 10 seconds by default, you could set for 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, etc. Long waiting period means more lux events could be generated when motion detected. You have to balance it by yourself.
BTW, anyone knows what's the "T" button used for in the sensor (you could see it with the back panel opened)?
Mike,
I am having an issue with my Smartthings Motion Sensors locking to active, just like this thread: SmartThings motion detector frequently needs reset
I was researching replacements and found this thread on Hue Motion Sensors... now I am unsure which motion sensor to go with.
Shane.
I had a hue outdoor sensor go active yesterday and it never went inactive . It is a new sensor ( 2 weeks old) .
I tried removing and reinserting batteries... no difference. Battery level was last reported at 100%. I tried playing with sensitivity... no help.
My wife was near the detector when it locked up so it was triggering a lot just before it stopped working.
It is only about 10 feet away from a functioning Zigbee wired switch so it should have a solid connection to my Zigbee network.
Is there any way to “ ping” a Zigbee device to see if it is still there?
Right now my gut feeling is that it is simply “ broke” but I will try changing the batteries before I toss it.
Any other thoughts ?
More likely a mesh problem. My Hue sensors and switches are pretty touchy regarding repeaters. They repeat well through Samsung outlets. Bring it inside and see if it starts working. Also, there was a firmware update for it, but you would need a Hue hub to update it.
The plot thickens... last night (2AM) , an Iris motion detector went active and never went inactive. It is quite a ways from the house and nearest repeater but has been reliable since I installed it two weeks ago.
The problem with the Iris motion detector has been figured out. It was “ something stupid “.
Back to just the Hue detector. Busy day, haven’t had too much time to mess with it yet.
I swapped the hue detector that was an issue with a new one, which is currently working.
I deleted the “bad one” from Hubitat, repeated it, and it seems to work once again, although right now it is sitting in a box. I will probably put it up someplace this week and see what happens.
