Automate light with Sonoff 433MHz PIR

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Hello,

Please help.

I can’t find, what I’m missing.

I have a Sonoff 433MHz PIR connected with Sonoff433MHZ RF bridge without any modifications.
I want to use it in a room to switch the light on and switch off after 10 minutes of no movement.
The light is switched on by a Sonoff Mini Switch also connected to HA.
Both Sonoff devices are using the eWelink app and the HA integration.

The automation i allready made:

alias: Badkamer lamp aan pir
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: remote.sonoff_1000cdcc13
    attribute: ts
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: remote.sonoff_1000cdcc13
    attribute: name
    state: Movesens badkamer
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data: {}
    entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000e53157
mode: single

This works fine.

The second automation, that follows the first one is what happens after the switch is on.

alias: Badkamer lamp aan
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000e53157
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.badkamer_lamp
  - scene: scene.badkamer_normaal_licht
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 10
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: light.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.badkamer_lamp
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 1
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000e53157
mode: single

This also works fine.

But now the light goes off after 10 minutes, even when I’m in the room. I can’t figure out, how to restart the 10 minute timer, when a new state change from the PIR occurs.
As far as i know, the PIR does not have on/off. It only fires one message by movement.

I will really apreciate any help.

Thanks in advance,

Mischa

2

Do you have any other PIR working with the same sonoff rf switch?

3

Not now, but planned. This is the first one to learn it, when i get this working, more will be added.
I do have three door sensors on that same Sonoff RFbridge, they behave the same, being a remote in HA.

4

There is an option to create sensors with respect to each sensors. Please look at this url and make a sensor for your PIR.

After making the sensor, copy this to your second automation.

alias: Badkamer lamp aan
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000e53157
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.badkamer_lamp
  - scene: scene.badkamer_normaal_licht
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: sensor.<sonoff_pir_entity_id>
        to: 'off'
        for: '00:10:00'
    continue_on_timeout: false
  - service: light.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.badkamer_lamp
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 1
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000e53157
mode: single

In the code above please replace sensor.<sonoff_pir_entity_id> with the entity_id of the sensor you created for PIR. And try

5

Thank you very much. I followed all the instructions, but still, it does not work. There are some strange things.

The manual from AlexxIT says i have to put this in:

sonoff:
  rfbridge:
    PIR Sensor 1: Movesens badkamer
      device_class: motion
      timeout: 60

When i do it that way, i just cant enter the eWelink device name directly behind the PIR sensor line. It results in syntax errror in the file editor.
Putting it like this makes a new sensor, but i think, that this sensor is not associated then:

sonoff:
  username: ******
  password: *****
  reload: always
  rfbridge:
    Door Sensor 1:
      name: Deur Woning
      device_class: door
      timeout: 5
    Door Sensor 2:
      name: Deur Terras
      device_class: door
      timeout: 5
    Door Sensor 3:
      name: Deur Schuur
      device_class: door
      timeout: 5
    PIR Sensor 1:
      name: Movesens badkamer
      device_class: motion
      timeout: 1

so using your suggested code:

alias: Badkamer lamp aan pir
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: remote.sonoff_1000cdcc13
    attribute: ts
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: remote.sonoff_1000cdcc13
    attribute: name
    state: Movesens badkamer
action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.badkamer_lamp
  - scene: scene.badkamer_normaal_licht
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.movesens_badkamer
        to: 'off'
        for: '00:03:00'
    continue_on_timeout: false
  - service: light.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: light.badkamer_lamp
mode: single

now results in light going on, but no more off. (Yes, i removed the switch in software to make this debugging easier, and get rid of the second automatisation)

I can’t understand, why the file editor does not accept the AlexxIT way of writing it.

Someone does?

6

Please try it like this

sonoff:
  rfbridge:
    Movesens badkamer:
      device_class: motion
      timeout: 60
7

Got rid off the Sonoff PIR’s, changed everyone for Fibaro Z-wave PIR’s. Should have done that sooner… :slight_smile: , they are way, way better and easier…