Motion turn on light

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I created a rule to turn the light on 20% and then when motion stops for 20 minutes to turn off. this works.
if i manually raise the brightness to 100%, after the 20 minute pause, the light is set back to 20%

i ASSuMEd that the rule would not trigger again but does.

what am I missing?

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Every time there is motion active, this rule will be triggered. Use Room Lights instead.

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thanks. but i am not sure how this would change things???

the the RL is set to set the light at 20% and it triggers again will it not set the Bathroom Light back to 20% still?

i don't use RL a lot so ....

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Room Lights doesn't ordinarily set the lights if they are already on. It's got more logic about this than your rule.

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got it
thanks

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You could add a Simple Conditional action to solve this

IF (Master Bedroom Bathroom is off) Dim: Master Bedroom Bathroom: 20

That'll turn the light to 20 if off but won't change it on retrigger if it's already on.

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I like this idea best and have implemented it. this way I can see all one single page w/o having to flip to the RL page

thanks

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Could you show a copy of the full rule? Just to clearly understand how was the full rule written.

Thanks

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Trigger Events
MBDR Bath Motion 3rd motion active

Actions to Run
IF (Master Bedroom Bathroom is off) Dim: Master Bedroom Bathroom: 20
Wait for event: MBDR Bath Motion 3rd motion inactive and stays that way for 0:20:00
Off: Master Bedroom Bathroom

Note that the IF is a Simple Condition and doesn't have a THEN and doesn't require an END-IF.

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Thanks

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is there a way to stop this rule when another rule runs?

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Yes you can pause and resume rules from within another rule.

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thanks but just decided to wrap this if statement around what i didn't want to happen

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