Automation EZMultiPli

I have a EZMultiPli, which is a outlet-based motion, temp, light, etc. z-wave sensor.

I’m tying to build an automation that detects motion and turns on a light bulb. Right now it looks like this:

- id: '1530920975474'
  alias: BurglerLight
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: Burglar event
    entity_id: binary_sensor.homeseer_hsm200_wireless_multisensor_sensor
  action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: light.hue_white_lamp_1

My problem is I must have the trigger wrong. I can call the service in the developer tools and the light turns on. But, I can’t get the trigger from motion to work. Not sure if its my yaml or do I have to “enable” the automation?

However, if I put my hand in front I do think it’s doing something from looking at the log.

2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Info, Node002, Received Alarm report: type=0, level=0, sensorSrcID=0, type:Burglar event:7, status=255
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Refreshed Value: old value=0, new value=0, type=byte
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Changes to this value are not verified
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Refreshed Value: old value=0, new value=0, type=byte
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Changes to this value are not verified
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Refreshed Value: old value=0, new value=0, type=byte
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Changes to this value are not verified
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Refreshed Value: old value=7, new value=7, type=byte
2018-07-07 01:09:02.886 Detail, Node002, Changes to this value are not verified
2018-07-07 01:09:02.887 Detail, Node002, Notification: ValueChanged
2018-07-07 01:09:02.895 Detail, Node002, Notification: ValueChanged
2018-07-07 01:09:02.902 Detail, Node002, Notification: ValueChanged
2018-07-07 01:09:02.910 Detail, Node002, Notification: ValueChanged

You need to determine which HA entity changes state when motion is detected. Is there a binary_sensor whose state changes when motion is detected? Look on the states page.

thanks. Turns out it was sensor.homeseer_hsm200_alarm_type that was need. Not sure what’s going on but even though the binary_sensor is listed it doesn’t respond. The logs in the more recent versions of HA are more descriptive it seems as they told me what actually triggered

In case it helps, I’m using the HSM200 motion sensor successfully in Automations. It’s the “burglar” entity that changes with motion.

Entity ID: sensor.homeseer_express_controls_hsm200_wireless_multi_sensor_burglar
Values:

  • Motion Detected = 7
  • Motion Not Detected = 0