Ambient/motion light

[Rightsideup]

Is there a way to have the spot light turn on with a lower power light setting to use as a yard light and have the spot light go to full bright when motion is detected?

[jguerdat]

You can manually do this by live viewing and turning the floodlight on, followed by setting the light level that pops up. Otherwise, it only triggers on motion and follows the settings in Default Mode Settings in the camera settings. You don't have to record so you could set up a mode with such a rule but you'd need to switch modes as desired.

[JamesC]

There are actually a few different ways you can go about doing this.

For temporarily turning the floodlight on, you can use the above suggestion by jguerdat or simply tap the light toggle on the floodlight widget on your dashboard screen or device card. This way you wouldn't need to live stream the camera. Both options will allow the floodlight brightness to be adjusted as desired.

If you're looking for a more automated approach, this can also be done through setting up a schedule in routines to tell the light to turn on for a scheduled time at the default brightness. You can then set your floodlight triggers for motion within modes to turn the floodlight on at a different brightness. To do this, navigate to routines > modes > Arm Away and/or Arm Home > select your Wired Floodlight > Add an action > Customize device > select the wired floodlight > modify settings > toggle light settings > adjust the brightness as desired.

This path is a little more complex but it would allow the light to always be on during the schedule at the default brightness (adjust as needed within your camera settings) and then when the light is triggered the brightness would go up or down depending on what you've set that setting to within the modes.

JamesC