Automation/script from motion sensor

Configuration Frontend
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Hi,

With a motion sensor, if the status changes from “off” to “on”, I’d like to create an Automation/script to :

  • change a card value (ex : motion = ON). The “ON” value must remain until I click on a button on the card to reset it to “OFF”.
  • Show a picture card (previously hidden). The picture card must remain on the dashboard, until I click on it to hide it again.

I’m a beginner with HA configuration, any help or information on how to start would be appreciated !

Thanks in advance

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This can be done via the frontend gui or in the yaml files - I’ll give you pointers to doing it in the gui .

  • Create an input_boolean (configuration -> helpers)
  • Setup your automation (configuration -> automations) to turn the input_boolean on when there is motion detected.

In the GUI editor -

  • Add a card to display the input_boolean (entities, entity, glance, button are probably reasonable)
  • Depending on the card you use, you may get a toggle switch or a default tap_action to turn off the input_boolean when you want to. Otherwise, you might have to configure a toggle tap_action.
  • Create a conditional card based on the status of your input_boolean, put a picture card inside it.
  • When you turn off your input_boolean the picture will disappear and appear again when the input_boolean is turned on by the automation
  • You could also / instead set up a tap_action on the picture card, so that when you tap it the input_boolean is switched off and the picture disappears.

There’s many more ways to skin this particular cat, but the above should work and each area I’ve mentioned has reasonable documentation.

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Thank you eggman for your help and the redirection to the boolean input.
It works perfectly now with your recommendations !