Battery state level from Hue motion sensor

Configuration
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I want to read battery state level from my Hue motion sensor (image attached).
The entity-id is ‘binary_sensor.vardagsrum_sensor_motion’
I dont get it working … here is my code:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      vardagsrum_sensor_battery:
        entity_id: binary_sensor.vardagsrum_sensor_motion
        friendly_name: 'Vardagsrum motion sensor batteri'
        value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.vardagsrum_sensor_motion", "battery")}}'
        unit_of_measurement: percent
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Battery State

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I change it to this … but still no battery value

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      vardagsrum_motion_battery:
        friendly_name: 'Vardagsrum sensor battery'
        value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.vardagsrum_sensor_motion", "battery")}}'
        unit_of_measurement: percent

Where is the error?

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Are you sure it is called battery?

In the image you posted, it refers to it as battery level.

Go to Developer Tools > States, find binary_sensor.vardagsrum_sensor_motion, look in its attributes and confirm if it is named battery level (or maybe battery_level). Change your template to match the correct name:

        value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.vardagsrum_sensor_motion", "battery level")}}'
5

Thanks … you solved my problem
Have a nice day!!!

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Glad to hear it solved the problem.

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OK … done

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I just moved my Hue Motion Sensor from Hue to ZHA. I see a battery entity, but no battery level is being reported. Maybe it takes a while for first report?

it’s defnitely not an attribute of the sensor anymore.

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does battery still work? i’m on 113.2

here is the battery sensor

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(21st November 2020).

Thanks for that.

I’ve just used it and had to use:
“battery_level” in place of “battery level”
and
‘%’ (including single quotes) in place of percent.

Example from my configuration.yaml …

# ... Outside
      hue_motion_sensor_outdoor_battery_level:
        friendly_name: "Hue Motion Sensor Temperature Outside Battery Level"
        value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.hue_motion_sensor_outdoor_motion", "battery_level")}}'
        unit_of_measurement: '%'
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Does that work for you with the Hue Motion sesnor with ZHA (not using the Hue integration)? It does not for me

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It work well with a Philips Hue motion sensor. I don’t know what ZHA is so I can’t answer. I’m new to this and I’m using Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3b.

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I am very new here. Have been looking a lot on the net for 2 days and am now trying something.
I think I have the same problem, but I really don’t know where my mistake is.
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I think your syntax is incorrect. Try commenting out line 32 (battery_levels) in your configuration file.

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battery_levels is an invalid domain name (sensor, light, switch, etc are all domain names).

In your configuration.yaml file, look for a domain name called sensor: because that’s where you should put all sensor definitions including the Template Sensor you just created.

If it doesn’t have an existing sensor: domain then rename battery_levels: to sensor: and that should eliminate the cause of the error.

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Thanks @All … very helpful for me …

Sensor Include in configuration.yaml to keep configuration.yaml as lean as possible

sensor: !include_dir_list sensors/

Create File for my Hue Motion Sensors with nice Battery Icons in sensors/battery/Battery Hue Motion Sensors.yaml

platform: template
sensors:
  motion_deko_usm_battery_level:
    friendly_name: 'Motion Deko USM battery level'
    value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_deko_usm_motion", "battery_level")}}'
    icon_template: '{%- if state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_deko_usm_motion", "battery_level") <= 5 %}mdi:battery-outline{%- elif state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_deko_usm_motion", "battery_level") >= 95 %}mdi:battery{% else %}mdi:battery-{{(state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_deko_usm_motion", "battery_level")|float / 10)|round*10}}{%- endif %}'
    unit_of_measurement: '%'
  motion_pia_buro_battery_level:
    friendly_name: 'Motion Pia Büro battery level'
    value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_pia_buro_motion", "battery_level")}}'
    icon_template: '{%- if state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_pia_buro_motion", "battery_level") <= 5 %}mdi:battery-outline{%- elif state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_pia_buro_motion", "battery_level") >= 95 %}mdi:battery{% else %}mdi:battery-{{(state_attr("binary_sensor.motion_pia_buro_motion", "battery_level")|float / 10)|round*10}}{%- endif %}'
    unit_of_measurement: '%'