# Control Bulbs w/Motion Sensor **URL:** \ **Category:** Sensors\ **Tags:** not-platform-specific\ **Created:** [July 11, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936 "2019-07-11T13:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HDRock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/hdrock/32/11309_2.png) [@HDRock](https://forums.wyze.com/u/HDRock)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/21 "2019-07-15T04:27:49Z")
OK so after playing around with another bulb for awhile Not getting it to work right, Tested out The basement light That worked just fine The last 2 days, Does not work now, It won’t turn off Something is wrong , can’t set scenes now either @mike.s ---
**Author:** ![simpson.mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@simpson.mark](https://forums.wyze.com/u/simpson.mark)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/22 "2019-07-15T06:23:05Z")
I agree that something is not working correctly. My shortcuts for turning my lights off are no longer working. “Has been on for 3 minutes”. My other shortcut for a different group of lights “Lower brightness to 25% when “Has been on for 3 minutes” is also broken. When looking at the shortcut history they are not even being sent. It’s not failing…it’s not even showing up. Everything was working fine yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![HDRock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/hdrock/32/11309_2.png) [@HDRock](https://forums.wyze.com/u/HDRock)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/23 "2019-07-15T06:55:16Z")
Yes I see In Shortcut history One failed Others That I was testing Are not even there. The wyze team will probably Chime in tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![Omgitstony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/omgitstony/32/7449_2.png) [@Omgitstony](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Omgitstony)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/24 "2019-07-15T09:28:32Z")
I’ve been testing this too. In history everything shows up failed and timed out no matter what, even though several of the shortcuts work. I think I got the “clear for x” to turn off once but not the other times. I can get the bulb to turn on with motion fine, and shut off when motion clears fine, just not off for the “clear for x”. ---
**Author:** ![Loki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/loki/32/1595_2.png) [@Loki](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Loki)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/25 "2019-07-15T15:40:17Z")
All: I have not had a chance to test any of this myself. You might want to test the “has been clear for” trigger with an action other than the bulbs to isolate if it’s the trigger or the bulb that’s the problem. In any case, you should all submit support requests via the Help & Feedback in the app and include the logs. ---
**Author:** ![opiatesmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/71e660/32.png) [@opiatesmile](https://forums.wyze.com/u/opiatesmile)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/26 "2019-07-15T16:40:18Z")
The HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR automation worked great for a couple of days and as of yesterday, it just no longer works and the lights are just staying on. Any idea what I should do?` ---
**Author:** ![HDRock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/hdrock/32/11309_2.png) [@HDRock](https://forums.wyze.com/u/HDRock)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/27 "2019-07-15T16:59:20Z")
Yup, set ups I had worked , now they don’t . I’m just going to use alexa for now, it works good ---
**Author:** ![Whodat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/whodat/32/16311_2.png) [@Whodat](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Whodat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/28 "2019-07-15T23:10:23Z")
Same issue her. So set the motion sensor to turn off camera after two minutes of being clear to test if it was the sensor or bulb. Did not turn off camera. Also deleted and reinstalled motion sensor still didn’t work. Must be something with the sensor. ---
**Author:** ![victorvonspoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@victorvonspoon](https://forums.wyze.com/u/victorvonspoon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/29 "2019-07-16T00:49:04Z")
Adding in that I can’t get the motion sensor to work either. Using IFTTT, camera in living room with lights. I want the lights to turn on when I walk in the living room, but I tried several configurations and it never worked. The rule in IFTTT is pretty straightforward: If Motion is detected on Living Room Camera, then Turn on Living Room Light It just doesn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![simpson.mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@simpson.mark](https://forums.wyze.com/u/simpson.mark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/30 "2019-07-16T17:26:44Z")
Looks like the commands are being sent again. My shortcut history is full of them again. I’m at work now, so I’ll test it more when I get home, but as of now it appears to be fixed. ---
**Author:** ![opiatesmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/71e660/32.png) [@opiatesmile](https://forums.wyze.com/u/opiatesmile)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/31 "2019-07-16T18:27:27Z")
My most recent motion detected was 1:55PM this afternoon (approximately 30 min ago). So the trigger should have fired 15 minutes after that to shut down the bulks. There has been nothing since. Essentially, the motion sensor is not clearing if the log can be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![Noelbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Noelbow](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Noelbow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/32 "2019-07-16T20:14:12Z")
This bulb would move to the next level if it had its own internal motion detector and would react to it and report the motion detection! ---
**Author:** ![jrivera2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jrivera2002](https://forums.wyze.com/u/jrivera2002)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/33 "2019-09-18T16:57:23Z")
Do I need the Sense bridge for this setup? ---
**Author:** ![HDRock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/hdrock/32/11309_2.png) [@HDRock](https://forums.wyze.com/u/HDRock)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/34 "2019-09-18T17:41:35Z")
Yes if you want to control bulbs with motion sensor or contact sensors you need a bridge . The bridge is what the sensors connect to. you would need a starter kit Buy [https://www.wyze.com/product/wyze-sense/](https://www.wyze.com/product/wyze-sense/) Info [https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001610132-Wyze-Sense](https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001610132-Wyze-Sense) ---
**Author:** ![jrivera2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@jrivera2002](https://forums.wyze.com/u/jrivera2002)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/control-bulbs-w-motion-sensor/42936/35 "2019-10-10T21:19:32Z")
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