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Wired Floodlight delays in re-trigger
I've just bought a wired floodlight and a bridge. During day time when I tested the light motion detection, it worked perfectly. I turned off the light sensor function from the ios Ring app so the light can be turned on during daytime. The light was turned on immedietly when it detected my motion and the app showed a motion was detected. After 30 sec which is the time that I set, the light was turned off. If I moved again, the light was turned on again immedietly. There is no delay between each trigger for the light to be turned on. At night, the light could detect the first motion and turn on the light immedietly. After 30 second, the light was turned off and it couldn't be turned on again after 5 to 10 seconds later eventhough I kept moving around in front of the light before it was even turned off. I expect the light will be turned off after 30 second from the time it doesn't detect any motion but that's not the case. The app showed a motion was detected during that 5 to 10 seconds but the light was not turned on. If the light was turned off for more than 10 seconds, it will be turned on immedietly if a motion is detected again. This happend at night time but not at day time. I played around with the app settings but it didn't help. I don't know if this is how the light was designed. Do you think this could be caused by the bridge? Both of them are new so I'm not sure which one can be bad. I'll try to hard reset the light and the bridge and set them up again. This issue really botherred me since when I worked outside, the light kept turning off after 30 seconds and I had to wait in dark for 5 to 10 seconds before it can be turned on again. Yes, I can set to longer time when I work outside but that's not the point here.
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29-11-2020 07:30:35
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- JI
Ok... I figured it out without having to turn off the Light Sensor, with these two steps:1) I put the Light Sensor Threshold all the way up to “10”.2) And the Motion Sensitivity on HIGH (under Motion Settings).That way, the Light Sensor can still stay on, so motion won’t turn the light on during the day.I hope that helps some people out.
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28-12-2021 02:57:15
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Jay-in-StPete-FL
I also am surprised that no one else has reported this issue. In any case, I’m thankful that you found the solution (disabling the light sensor). Later tonight I will see if I can play with the settings and/or the schedule, to see if I can effect the light sensor to be off at night, and on during the day. Ring engineers should add a setting just for that purpose, and make a new Firmware update available to add that setting to existing lights.
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27-12-2021 23:22:16
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