#Light sensors/approach to support automatic brightness

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misty sphinx
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Oh, I have one of those IKEA sensors! I don't think I can read the light level directly from it though?

hushed salmon
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I just checked and you are right, it doesn't expose that information, even though it does track it.

misty sphinx
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I get an "Illuminance above threshold" entity, true or false

hushed salmon
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exactly

misty sphinx
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And only when the motion sensor is in night mode

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Right now my best solution is an IKEA shortcut button with a picture of a light on it. Pressing it overrides the automation and puts all the lights on at high brightness.

hushed salmon
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I do the same. I have a scene that I slowly transition into 30 minutes before sunset, but if it's dim outside, the button will just set the scene immediately.

misty sphinx
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I also had a vibration sensor with no other job to do, so thumping the table does the same 😀

hushed salmon
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haha 😄

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But these IKEA buttons are cheap, small and easy to just place where you need them. I even painted mine to make them fit with the color of (my wifes) choice 😉

misty sphinx
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But I also want a light sensor :/

hushed salmon
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I ended up on that forum thread as well a few minutes ago - without getting me much further

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And going full on custom ESP32 is maybe a bit too time-consuming for what I can invest in this right now ...

misty sphinx
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I don't see from the graph why the tuya was bad. Maybe just net sensitive indoors?