Blink Hue motion sensor LED when motion is detected

Devices
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Is it possible to blink the (built in led) on the hue motion sensor while detecting movement within the app ?

config.ledindication to true

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No this cannot be done in Hue Essentials at this time. The LED is only used when you are configuring the motion sensitivity in Hue Essentials.

I added your feature request to the wish list for future development.

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Maybe slightly different to what you’re trying to achieve, but you can set the value of ledindication with the following POST & BODY
Post:

http://{bridge ip address}/api/{your user id}/sensors/{id number of motion device}/config

Body:
{"ledindication":true} or {"ledindication":false}

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Thanks for sharing, @JohnT!

By the way, you can also use the API debugger in Hue Essentials for this. Find it under your bridge on the devices tab. In that case, you can change the URL to:

/sensors/{id number of motion device}/config

I have not tested this ledindication for longer periods of time, so I do not know what side effects it may cause. Think of battery usage, or just reverting the value, etc.