‎[Ring Floodlight] Turn on floodlights at night when motion is detected by camera (not by PIR)

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candr

[Ring Floodlight] Turn on floodlights at night when motion is detected by camera (not by PIR)

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Hi, I purchased the [Ring Floodlight](https://shop.ring.com/products/floodlight-cam). Feature Request: I would like to be able to have the lights turn on **at night** and when motion is detected **by the camera** (_not by the PIR sensor_). This does not seem to be possible, currently. Current, Similar, Features: I can use the 'Linked Devices' feature to turn my Ring Floodlight's lights on when the doorbell rings. Moreover, I can have my smart lights turn on when the Ring Floodlight detects motion. Therefore, there is some level of software that allows for this type of process to work, but is not currently implemented. Please let me know if I can provide any additional clarification. Thank you.

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08-06-2020 18:04:49

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BrummyGit

I agree. In bad weather I get many false detections with the PIR so that my floodlights are on almost constantly. I would like to use the camera motion detection instead which doesn’t suffer so many false alerts. Using linked devices I can turn on my floodlights when my spotlight cam detects motion, and vice versa, but not when the floodlight cam detects. So the software is virtually done, it just needs to act on the camera’s own lights.

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29-01-2021 00:46:34

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VictorHugo

Please allow to activate the floodlight lights when motion is detected by the camera, not only by the PIR

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11-03-2022 01:59:35

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didr

I second this!! I recently got a floodlight camera installed and it is totally worthless because of the lack of control over the light activation. I've had no choice but to turn the light setting off completely.

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14-03-2022 18:21:15

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TRS

I agree. My lights are worthless because they never come on at night, but the camera motion detection comes on all the time. I do not understand any logic in having the camera not enabling lights when motion is detected at night.

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09-06-2022 16:37:33

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Shanswld

I agree!!! My lights turn on and off all night because of bugs flying around but my camera doesn't record anything when that is happening.

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02-09-2022 19:19:55

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