Occupancy-Based Lighting

Automatic, zone-aware lighting driven by mmWave presence sensors and Inovelli smart switches.

Overview

Every room in the house has occupancy-based lighting controlled by a combination of:

• Inovelli Blue Series 2-in-1 switches — smart dimmers with built-in mmWave presence detection
• Zooz ZEN32 scene controllers — 5-button scene controllers for manual overrides
• Zooz ZEN37 remotes — wall-mounted remotes for secondary control points

When presence is detected, lights turn on automatically. When the room is vacated, lights turn off after a configurable delay. The system supports interference zones, hold states, and per-room tuning.

Dashboard controls

Each zone has a popup card for monitoring and tuning:

Quick controls

The home view shows sensor status, current lighting state, and quick toggles for hold and interference modes.

Advanced settings

The advanced view exposes per-zone timing, sensitivity, and sensor configuration — useful for dialing in a new zone.

How it works

This feature is implemented entirely in HA YAML — no AppDaemon needed. The core components:

• Blueprints — reusable templates for switch behavior (Inovelli, ZEN32, ZEN37)
• Automations — per-zone occupancy logic, button mappings, hold/interference handling
• Scripts — Inovelli LED notification scripts, zone preset scripts
• Helpers — input_boolean for hold states, input_select for zone presets

Home Assistant YAML

Area	Path
Occupancy automations	home-assistant/automations/occupancy-based-lighting/
Button mappings	home-assistant/automations/switch-buttons/
Inovelli scripts	home-assistant/scripts/inovelli/
Zone presets	home-assistant/scripts/zone-presets/
Blueprints	home-assistant/blueprints/
Dashboard cards	home-assistant/cards/ (per-floor subdirectories)

Zones

The system covers rooms across all floors:

• Basement — rumpus room, movie room, hallway, staircase, bathroom, concessions, server room
• Downstairs — entrance, mudroom, bathroom
• Upstairs — primary bedroom, primary bathroom, primary closet, primary hall, laundry, kids bathroom
• Garage — interior mudroom, doors

Devices

Device	Role	Rooms
Inovelli Blue 2-in-1	Dimmer + mmWave presence	Most rooms
Zooz ZEN32	5-button scene controller	Select rooms for multi-zone control
Zooz ZEN37	4-button wall remote	Secondary control points