Recently I began adding motion sensors to rooms in my house. The first one I added was in the kitchen. The setup is basic. Walk in the room the light turns on. When the motion sensor goes off it begins a timer (2Min) that will turn the light off when it reaches zero. Unless the motion sensor turns on in which it will pause the timer. I added to only do this at night as well because there is enough light during the day in this room.
Over the weekend I moved on to the Media Room. My house is a Bi-Level and this room is on the lower level and right off the Garage. I have a motion sensor turning on a light for when you come in from the Garage. Exactly like the kitchen setup with the pause etc. The problem is when watching a movie if it sees motion the lights come up.....the lights go off....on....off the whole time. Is there a better way to control lights with motion sensors than what I am doing. I tried to set the timers longer than 2 min but if I go too long it just keeps them on longer than they need to be.
I was thinking about adding variables maybe "Movie" that might by pass the motion sensor and timers.
Has anyone done anything crafty with this concept already that you could suggest?