Support for a rule based on motion

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Question How Do I get this rule to work
Motion detected in front yard at sunset porch light on

what I am getting is motion detected in front yard OR sunset porch light on
I don't want the word OR

any way around this

i tried change but light comes on at sunset it only needs to come on if there is motion after sunset

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That’s your trigger

So leave motion sensor as trigger and in the conditions do

If time is sunset and sunrise and motion is detected
Turn on light and off with a delay of whatever
End if

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thank you

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Alternatively, you might consider using Hubitat Simple Lighting or Motion Lighting for this automation instead. Both can handle it with ease; with Simple Lighting, I'd recommend two instances, one to turn it on if after sunset and one to turn it off any time (it's so simple a restriction based on time won't turn it off if it happens to be after sunrise or whatever your end time is). Motion Lighting has a lot of options for almost anything people have requested.

Rule Machine is cool, but if you're not trying to learn it, these are a lot less work to set up (and as a bonus might execute a bit faster).

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