Hey , Share a few cool tricks I’ve been messing around with while customizing Aqara scenes in my setup. I’m not a hardcore dev or anything—just an automation enthusiast who hates walking into a dark room, ya know?
So here’s what I did. I paired the Aqara Motion Sensor with both a smart light and a smart plug using Aqara Home and threw in some conditional logic with time ranges. The goal? Lights ONLY turn on if someone walks into the room between 6PM and midnight. No more lights turning on when I run for a late night snack at 2AM. Total win.
Then I added one more layer. If my Aqara Door Sensor detects the front door is open and it’s after sunset, it automatically triggers a “welcome” scene—lights go on, my HomePod plays lo-fi, and the hallway plug powers up a dim floor lamp. Feels like walking into a boutique hotel.
Pro tip: you can also tweak the delay in trigger and off time in the Aqara Home app to avoid the lights flickering too fast when motion stops for a second.
Would love to hear how y’all are customizing your scenes. Anyone using Aqara setups for more… creative things? Let’s swap ideas!