How can I differentiate a mechanical/manual change to a light switch vs when a scene triggers the same light switch’s state to change off or on?
I have a wall light switch used to power ceiling lights. I also am using a motion detector to trigger a scene that turns on or off the lights. Simple. However there are times when I want to turn on the lights without the motion detector turning them off (eg. I am in a part of the garage where the sensor can not see me).
What I would like to do is have the sensor detect when I enter and leave the room to manage the light. This is currently working. But I would like to detect if I manually turn on the switch. Doing that would trigger a scene to disarm the sensor (and, of course, turn on the light). physically turning the switch off should turn off the light AND arm the sensor.
What happens is when I enter the garage the sensor turns on the light. THe light turning on triggers the scene which disarms the sensor. Kinda of silly but this is not what I wanted. I want to monitor the action of the switch, not the state of the switch.
Is there any way to do this? Other than adding another scene switch?