Hello everyone,
I use Home Assistant with the “Matter Hub” add-on to control various devices (heating, lights, etc.) or to check their status. In the bathroom, I have a motion sensor that turns off the light when no movement is detected after a certain period. After adjusting various parameters, this works very well.
BUT: When someone relaxes in the bathtub, the motion sensor doesn’t detect any movement, and the light turns off. To solve this problem, I can deactivate the timer by long-pressing the light switch. But you have to remember to do this BEFORE getting into the tub.
Of course, I can turn the light back on via Alexa (“Alexa, turn on the light”), but it then turns off again after the timeout without movement detection. That’s annoying.
I’m looking for a solution to deactivate the timer via Alexa, for example, by saying “Alexa, turn off the light timer.” I am currently trying to set a system variable with a virtual switch using Alexa, but I haven’t made progress yet.
I normally use the NodeRed add-on for automations but prefere configuration on most lowest level, eg. in order: HomeMatic (doe not direcly support Alexa → HomeAssistant → NodeRed-add-on.
Does anyone have an idea?
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