Arlo Motion, Turn on LIFX/turn off LIFX Ifttt

[jason_el]

Hi all,

I am new & it seems that Apilio is a very powerful tool, with a multitude of ways of solving the home automation challenges.

What I have been trying to achieve (without any success) is a step by step guide to setting up the following without a smart hub or google So I thought I would reach out to the wider community to ask for help as has been trial and error without success so thank you in advance

I am using the free version of ifttt so have a limit of 3 applets

Hoping to create the following
Motion detected by Arlo Camera
Turn on LIFX Lights
No new motion detected
Turn off LIFX after x time

[Drivingforce]

Welcome @jason_el

To get you started read this on how Apilio has set up applets that do not go use up your 3 free applets

Working on Apilio templates and creating new applets for the Community

Hi everyone! We are currently working on a new way to help you setup your home automation logic even faster with templates that will tell you exactly which applets to enable and will create Conditions, Logicblocks and Action names for you automatically. Because of this, we are going to be creating many new applets in IFTTT, as we want to provide the direct link to the applet you need to enable. Applets created by Apilio do not count towards your 3 free applets with IFTTT Here is the …

I will put something together later if someone has not beaten me to it

[jason_el]

Thank you for taking the time to reply-any findings I will post in the Arlo community board as so many people asking the question

[pebneter]

There two types of how cameras report motion: Some just send a “motion detected” event, but others send two events: “motion detected” and “no more motion detected”. It looks like the Arlo cam is of the former type: https://ifttt.com/arlo/details

So you will need a Boolean variable (e.g. name it “motion_detected”), a condition with a timeout (How to setup time constraints for Conditions: delays and timeouts) and one Logicblock.
I will try to find an example in the community that is similar to your case to have more details.

One more hint: IFTTT has changed the plans, and the free plan includes now 5 applets of any kind (template based or custom): https://ifttt.com/plans

[pebneter]

I found a description in the community that fits our case quite well:

Timeout and presence sensors: turn on a light when someone is at the door

@jrmckins shared a very common home automation example in his blog last year: turning on a light for a while if someone is at the door. Presence sensors are tricky because they only ever send one event. With Apilio’s latest changes to our conditions, you’ll be able to “reset” what your presence sensor is telling you to make your routine really smart. The setup is as follows: If it’s between Sunset and Sunrise (it’s dark outside) and if motion is detected at the front door then turn on the po…

You can just ignore the additional condition used for only trigger during night time.
There is even a template that you can apply that build the described case into your account: https://app.apilio.com/quick-start/4

[jason_el]

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply-genuinely appreciative, will try this today