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I am about to buy the wired floodlight camera. I am curious as to why there isn't the option to have the floodlights triggered by the camera's motion sensor rather than the PIR sensor. One of the major annoyances with PIR lights is having them light up every time a cat walks by. The 'Human Only' option for motion alerts suggests that the software has the ability NOT to do something (send a notification) if it isn't a human that has triggered it. Why can't this be applied to whether the light comes on or not?

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15-08-2021 07:17:19

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    Good question, @AndrewD! While there is a setting to allow lights to trigger with your normal motion events, it does not dedicate lights to only that detection, at this time. In your Ring app, visit your Floodlight Camera device settings > light settings. There you can toggle on the motion turns on lights feature, and adjust your PIR light motion settings to be less sensitive, if desired. As we always value our neighbors' feedback, feel free to add this request on our [Feature Request Board](https://community.ring.com/c/products/feature-request-board/24). This way other neighbors can share their interest in one place, that we can organize and share with our teams here. :)

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    16-08-2021 06:27:54

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      Thank you for the reply . If I have Human Only mode switched on and the lights set to trigger with a motion event, will the lights still trigger if a cat triggers the motion sensor?

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      17-08-2021 10:39:54

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