Bedroom Floor Automated Night Light

I need to be able to see where I’m walking in the master bedroom at night without bothering my wife. My wife goes to bed before me; as a result, I’m finding myself navigating the steps to my bed at night much like navigating a dark cave. In addition to not being able to see, my kid and cats like leaving things on the ground for me to trip on. I can’t simply turn on a room light as that would bother the wife and using my phone for a flashlight is annoying. The solution? Of course, Home Assistant with a few gadgets and automations.

In this post, I’ll be detailing setup and operation of a motion sensor controlled smart bulb driven by HA.

Ingredients

• Motion Detector
• Smart Bulb
• Cord & Socket
• HA Components: binary_sensor

Equipment

Integration

Zooz Multisensor Integration

## configuration.yaml

binary_sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      masterbed_motion:
        friendly_name: "Master Bed Motion
        device_class: motion
        value_template: "{{ states('sensor.masterbed_zooz_alarm_level')|float > 0 }}"


## customize.yaml

sensor.masterbed_zooz_alarm_level:
  hidden: true
sensor.masterbed_zooz_alarm_type:
  hidden: true
sensor.masterbed_zooz_sourcenodeid:
  hidden: true
sensor.masterbed_zooz_burglar:
  hidden: true
sensor.masterbed_zooz_power_management:
  hidden: true
binary_sensor.masterbed_zooz_sensor:
  hidden: true
sensor.masterbed_zooz_emergency:
  hidden: true

Automation

Getting things automated correctly turned out to be the most difficult part of this project. Not because turning the bulb on and off with motion is hard, but instead because of all the considerations I wanted to incorporate into the logic. Essentially, the bulb turns on when motion is detected and there isn’t other light on in the room (natural or artificial). Then a loop checks every 10 seconds if there is no longer motion or another light turned on and will turn off, or keep the bulb on if the conditions haven’t been met.

There is a luminance sensor on the Zooz Multisensor, while this appears accurate, it doesn’t update as often as I need to use it reliably in automation.

I’ve put together the psuedo code below to help you map out your automation.

IF
 Motion detected in master bedroom
THEN
  IF
    Bedroom light isn't on
    Pseudo sun isn't on
    It is after sunset
  THEN
    Turn on floor bulb - Transition to 40% brightness over 3 seconds
  END IF

  LOOP
    Start 10 second timer
    IF
      Bedroom light is on
      Pseudo sun isn't on ## see my sunrise alarm clock post here
      It's during daylight
      No motion detected
    THEN
      Turn off the floor bulb with a 4 second transition
    END IF
  END LOOP
END IF