Hey guys, I’m thinking about setting up HA. A big positive would be if our bedroom lights (Feit brand) turned on when we enter the room.
Or similarly in my office, I have an LED light that plugs in to a power strip, so I could use a motion sensor + a Wemo power switch I already have to trigger my office light to turn on.
What motion sensor works and isn’t expensive?
Sidebar: also, is it possible to link a wifi connected light switch to operate our Feit bulbs? The lamp is plugged in to a socket that doesn’t connect to the only light switch in the room and it gets old having to tell Google home every time we enter or leave the room.
I can’t speak to the Feit brand so you’ll have to look how to control those, so the home assistant forums are your best bet for integrating those. Wemo brand does have an integration, so it should not be too hard to use those. As far as presence detection, these athom sensors have worked well for me, however I have not used them in bedroom where people are in bed sleeping.
Yes home assistant allows you to take actions based on the state of other smart devices. For example, when I turn on my foyer light, that also trigger my hallway lights to turn on.