I am trying to set up an automation that turns on certain outdoor lights after sunset and before sunrise (only turning on for 5 minutes) when motion is detected through my Ring doorbell.
When I try to use IFTTT to Hubitat, I don't see the ability to run after sunset & before sunrise and turn off after 5 minutes. Is there another way to do it?
As much as I would suggest using a local automation, particularly for motion lighting, rather than a cloud-based solution, I can appreciate wanting to use an existing device you already have in place.
If your question relates to options available within the IFTTT interface, while there may be an option to do this, I would suggest setting up some kind of virtual device on your HE hub, perhaps a virtual switch, and simply turn that on within IFTTT, regardless of the time of day. Then within a rule of some kind in HE, triggered by the switch turning on, you can decide whether to then turn the lights on based on whatever conditions you want.
You could look at setting up a virtual motion sensor instead, but I'm not sure whether you would have the ability to activate it via IFTTT.
I do something similar with Homebridge/Apple Home. I have a virtual switch that gets turned on and activates lights in HE. You could have IFTT turn on a virtual switch and then put the other logic (after sunset, delay for 5 mins) in HE.
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