Lights That Come On When You Enter Room

In our basement laundry room i replaced the light with a motion sensor fixture like you see on garages or houses.

Lights that come on when you enter room.

The one shown at left senses movement in a 900 square foot area. Not as good an idea for say the bedroom where you might want to leave the lights off as you enter to prevent waking up the baby or spouse. With a manual on switch you turn on the lights when entering a room and then when you leave the area the switch shuts off the lights after a preset period. Lights that come on as soon as you enter the geofenced area around your home.

Where s the link to the arduino sketch. When a sensor detects motion it would change the status of lights but that would be both too complicated to program and not work correct 100 since when you are in the room and lights are on when someone walks in the room lights will turn off and vice versa. By mike prospero 07 january 2015 motion and light sensors embedded in the stack alba will automatically turn on this smart led bulb when you enter the room. Raymond wong mashable by raymond wong 2016 08 29 06 30 00 utc.

The philips hue motion sensor turns on your hue smart lights when it detects motion in the room. If you re sick of having to find and fumble with the light switch every time you enter a dark room you can use smartthings to automate that process and have the lights turn on automatically when you enter. It s just right for utility rooms basements closets garages and similar rooms. Enlarge image apple s home app can trigger light as you come and go and it comes with a couple of nice extra features.