Excellent step by step guide. 🍻

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

Great video, thank you very much for uploading it, but I have a question, what should I do if the motion detector is only online when the phone is in the Wi-Fi range, and when I leave home it already goes offline. Thanks for the answer.

@stevendigitalbutler

2 ай бұрын

Sorry, I don't quite understand. If you have notification set to ON, you should get an in-App notification, even if you are not at home. If that is not what you meant, please explain more.

@gaborvarga2647

2 ай бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler Thank you very much for your effort. I have since reinstalled it in the Smart Life app, with Bluetooth turned off, and so it now sends a message when it detects motion.

Good video and a great step by step guide! I couldn't hear what you were saying - the background music was too loud which overshadowed your voice. Can it directly connect to the alexa app without smarthings/Tuya?

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I will reduce the background music for my future videos. As for directly connecting with Alexa, I personally have not tried it but I suspect this model does not and you will have to connect it via the Toya App. That being said, there should be some PIR sensor out there that should let you directly connect to Alexa. Unfortunately, most model just tells you that you can use Alexa or Google Homes but does not state if you can directly connect them the voice assistant. If you find a model that can directly connect to Alexa or Google Homes, do share it with me. Love to know which brand does that. Good Luck

Thanks for the tutorial. Very good. Can I ask some questions, with the 'Motion Alarm' function. If ticked, does the alarm sound goes off when motion detected? how loud is the alarm sound? and can it be set to alarm sound only at particular time for example night time only from 1am to 6am? Thanks.

@stevendigitalbutler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. For 'Motion Alarm' - this is assuming that you do not have an alarm in your setup and you are just using the App: the model I tested does not give an audible alarm from the phone. Just a push notification and vibrate when motion is detected. I am not sure if another manufacturer has an audible alarm coming from the App. As for schedule to turn the alarm on or off, I have not been able to send any smart scene to do that. sorry couldn't be more helpful. If you do get it to work, please let me know.

Mobile alerts are not free, there is a cost, although there is a trial version that works. the APP is Smart Life.

How you make it stop sending notification every time it feel motion. It’s kind of disturbing

@stevendigitalbutler

4 ай бұрын

go to your motion sensor setting in the App and turn off Motion Alarm

how to set dont starting any activity at time between 8.00 am to 6.00 Pm?

@stevenwpo

2 жыл бұрын

On your automation scene, you can specify when the automation should be active. You can access this setting by clicking on the 3 dots next to the automation name. Hope this helps

Can you program the motion sensor to detect motion, turn on lights and turn off lights after 1-2 mins or however long I want to set? Thanks

@stevendigitalbutler

8 ай бұрын

Hi @mattshih5653, Usually turning ON lights after "x" minutes after motion is detected is possible, just add a delay timer befroe switching the lights. But switch OFF, I have not find away to do date from the App. We are using the device status change setting to turn ON or OFF but there is no way of saying turn OFF light after "x" minutes, only if no motion is detect. The delay function wouldn't work because there is no looping function that say after "x" if there is still motion, don't switch off light and wait for another "x" minutes to test for no motion. My motion detection runs on a 30 seconds cycle, which means it will check for motion every 30 seconds after the light is switched ON. If no want is in the room after 30 seconds, it will automatically switch OFF the light. But if you are still in the room, it will still switch OFF the light but immediately switch it back ON. If you are there for a long time, this can my annoying.

Nice video! Is it possible to make the motion sensor turn on a light switch instead of a smart bulb itself? It's cheaper for me to switch the light switch than to swap the whole light.

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can. As you mentioned, you need to change to a smart switch, which will involve some wiring work. Make sure that both the sensor and switch can be control by the same App. Then the logic will be the same as per my video. Good luck and do let me know how it goes

@Gene.-

Жыл бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler thanks for your reply! Alright, I'm asking because I had smart buttons not being able to control lights from the same ecosystem and I didn't want to swap electronics and everything just for it to not work. I've ordered a switch and motion sensor 2 days ago, hoping it's gonna work and will tell you then!

I would like to implement this scenario but I'm not so practical: if the presence of a customer is not detected for 5 minutes then turn off the air conditioner through the relative smart PIR.

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

1st you need to have a Tuya competible Universal IR Blaster to make that work. If you have, then the logic would be similar to my video. Let me know ho wit goes.

@enricolazzerini9993

Жыл бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler I'll try to explain the question better: I need help because I can't understand the "PIR status" and "Nobody has passed" functions of the motion sensor to implement the following scenarios Platform consisting of 1 Tuya zigbee wired gateway + 1 zigbee motion sensor + Smart IR Wifi both acquired from the Tuya App platform Object1: check for the presence of guests in a room. If a guest goes out, the absence check begins for 15 minutes, but if he returns within that period of time, the count must start from zero. After 15 minutes without detecting any presence, a smart IR must be activated to turn off the air conditioner. Object2: set a magnetic contact on the window which, if it remains closed, allows activation of the air conditioner with its remote control, otherwise not. (obviously implementing a smart socket) Update: I understood that: pir status means it has detected a movement. After a period of time which is usually 30 seconds but can also be different depending on the detector, this goes back to waiting for detection and "no one has passed" appears until the next passage is detected If pir state means it detected human presence and after 30/60/120 seconds change to none passed until next pir state change, I could try like this: If PIR Status = no one has passed (therefore it is in this condition after 30/60/90 sec from when it detected the last presence...) i will delay 15 minute action which will switch off the air conditioner as long as the scope of validity is still no one has passed (condition which remains valid if PIR status is not activated again...) But it doesn't seem to work because the scope of validity serves simultaneously and only for the trigger and not to condition the execution of the action.

mine did not work, my bulb can be controlled on using only my mobile phone using smartlife app. but when I integrate with PIR it is not working. What seems to be the problem? hope you can help me. Thanks

@stevendigitalbutler

4 ай бұрын

Can you see your PIR in the Smartlife App? Note that it does not happen instantiously, usually it need 3-10 seconds as the instruction needs to come from Smartlife's server.

@bringitlite8065

4 ай бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler You are still replying even though the video is from year ago, it is so rare to see these day. Thank you for being kind.

@stevendigitalbutler

4 ай бұрын

@@bringitlite8065 Thanks for the encouragement. I started this channel to share and help if I can. Although I have not been posting new videos due to other projects, the objective remains. Glad to help, whenever possible

Can i know if i can set a time for the motion sensor to start? example i only want it to activate when its after 10pm? Before 10pm the motion sensor will not be doing the scene.

@stevendigitalbutler

9 ай бұрын

Hi @joseph-ci3hl You should be able to create an automatic scene when your motion sensor detects motion then Send notification and select Message Center > ON then NEXT. Then select the Validity Scope and select Effective Period and you should be able to set the time where you want the motion sensor to send you a message. I personally have not try this but that seems to be workable. Do give it a go and let me know if it works for you.

It takes around 5 seconds since motion is detected until light is on. Is there any way to cut this time in half with another smart sensor?

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

I think it is a Wifi inherent issue. I have tried moving my device closer to the router but the timing is still similar. It must be the time needed to communicate with the server. So to get quicker response time, I would say you need to process the request locally with things like Home Assistance but I have no experience with it to command

Works for me just fine but it only turns on in white color :(

@stevendigitalbutler

6 ай бұрын

Hi, there are some lights that is only white to warm white, which means you do not have the 16 millions colours option. Check to see if yours is one of those. You can also check the App and see what options was included by the manufacturer.

Hi, mine PIR state have 4 selection, (motion detector / No one / "motion detector" Duration and "No one" Duration. Do you know what the another two selection for?

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gary, Unfortunately, i have not seen those last 2 before. Could it be, you can set a time if it detect or not detect motion before it that action? Do let me know if you find out what it does plus will appreciate if you can share a screenshot of the setting for us to investigate.

Can this motion sensor be connected to another alarm device so when motion is detected the alarm will go off?

@stevendigitalbutler

10 ай бұрын

Hi, as long as your alarm system is Tuya completible, than Yes, you should be able to set off the alarm.

power still flows through mine even if it is off or on.

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, what is the question?

I upgraded my home network to Deco M4, ssid name is the same the motion sensor also the wifi temp and humidity sensor doesn't connect to my router anymore, I tried to reconnect the sensor to my wifi but it doesn't connect, I tried everything, can someone help?

@stevendigitalbutler

10 ай бұрын

Is your new router Wifi 6? I have not tried it, but devices seem to have problems connecting via Wifi 6 router. Some say that disabling the AX function in the router might work. Again, I have no experience with this. The only thing I suggest is to go through Tuya and or device manufacture documents and see if they mentioned anything on this. Here is a site where, hopefully, you can find an answer. Please let me know if you find a solution. Good luck

Is it possible to instead of turning on a light, turn on an alarm sound on the mobile phone? And can we set that alarm to only turn off if the user press a screen button?

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Kind of yes and no. In the setting pages, you can turn on the alarm but only hear the alarm if your Tuya App is active on screen and the alarm will only sound for about 30 seconds. It will not give you a notice if your Tuya App is running in the background or is not running. In this case, you only get a notification from your phone

@joserosado1842

Жыл бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler Thanks for your answer. I'm considering another option, that is activate the smart wi-fi alarm buzzer. This way there's a guarantee that some sound will be played.

how can I define what hours I want it to be activated the pir sensor?

@stevendigitalbutler

7 ай бұрын

Hi, I don't think there is a function to activate the PIR sensor but you can set timing on any automation you want to run. In my example, when the PIR senses motion it switches ON the light. You can set the time range where that automation is active, fro example: on runt he automation from 6 pm to 6 am the next day. Hope this help

@grivasd

7 ай бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler Thanks a lot

Hi what about connecting to alexa

@stevendigitalbutler

2 жыл бұрын

You can link your Smart Life account to Alexa. Here is some additional info, developer.tuya.com/en/docs/iot/amazonechoguide?id=K9j6yq88a3msw Hope this helps

can i adjust the sensor distance?

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the version shown in this video, you cannot adjust the distance of the sensor range. I heard the Aqara FP2 can set distance but I have not try it before. You might want to check it out. If you do get it, please let me know what you think of it

mine after some time start blinks red and dont do the automation, just keep the light blinking red… anyone knows how to solve that?

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

Has your automation been running successfully before?

@Bonmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@stevendigitalbutler Yes.

@stevendigitalbutler

Жыл бұрын

You can try to look at the following: 1) Check battery level. Mine seems to act up when battery is low even if it is slightly above 20% 2) There maybe some corruption on the scene, most likely server side. Try deleting the automation and reset it. Hope this help