Glad you like it!
Blacky 
Hi Blacky,
Big fan of your work ā I use several of your blueprints. I wanted to propose an improvement to this one:
Thereās a use case for āvirtual doors,ā where surrounding motion sensors act as a boundary for an area. These sensors help keep the light on until motion is detected on the motion sensors surrounding the area.
To support this, it would be helpful if the door-opening behavior were optional. That way, if thereās a real door, the light turns on when it opens. But if youāre using a virtual door, the light waits until the areaās motion sensor triggers.
Thanks again for the great work.
Glad you like my blueprints and I hope they have helped you.
Could you use a motion sensor in the surrounding area for the Door Sensor input? It will act as a door sensor. If you have multiple surrounding sensors, consider grouping them first and then selecting that group in the Door Sensor input.
Blacky
Hi Blacky, yes, thatās exactly my setup. It works well whether I use a single motion sensor or multiple sensors as a āvirtual door.ā
My proposal is that it would be helpful to have this behavior configurable at the blueprint level. For virtual doors, you want the light to wait until motion is detected inside the room. But for real doors, you want the light to turn on as soon as the door opens. What do you think? Is this a worthy addition? Thanks again for the great work!
Hey,
Iād like to use your blueprint. But I need to take control over it . Reason:
In the action are wrong variables.
Like door_sensor. Itās in the condition at the and. See screenshot. I had to add there my binary sensors, so the blueprint need to be updated
It works, could you please provide us your YAML of the automation? This YAML code are the settings you have selected in the automation so I can help. To do this go into your automation, top right 3 dots, Edit in YAML, copy all the code, come back to the forum and in your reply at the top tool bar click on ā</>ā and paste code in there.
Blacky
Hey blacky,
Just checked it 
itās correct there
But unfortunately itās doesnāt really work correct. The bathroom stays most days as occcupied.
Iāve had to add another sensor for the toilet (if itās busy .
Iāll Attach the yaml code later with the added sensor.
But even with not adding it hasnāt worked well 
Maybe iam to stupid for this things 
Il
type or paste code here
All good! It can be a bit confusing at first, but you donāt need to add any extra sensors, just the ones included in the blueprint.
Youāll need to set things up correctly, and Iād suggest increasing your Door Time Delay. Check out this FAQ for help: click here.
The key is to observe your motion sensor in Home Assistant to see when it detects motion and when it clears. Use a stopwatch:
- Open the door to trigger motion.
- Close the door and start the stopwatch.
- Time how long it takes for the motion sensor to go clear.
If it takes 69 seconds, set your Door Time Delay to something like 79 seconds. Then test it again. The FAQ gives a full step-by-step if needed.
Blacky
Hey Blacky,
Iāve double checked the time for clearance of my presence sensor. And also tested a bit with the time. But it makes no difference:/
I wouldnāt need My extra sensor, but itās maybe a good choice to implement 
You can imagine, the light should stay on , as the toilet is busy itās a helper thatās triggered in another automation . As you sit on the toilet, you wonāt move so much ( normally 
)
alias: Bad Belegung
description: ""
triggers:
- trigger: state
id: t0
entity_id: binary_sensor.prasenz_bad_presence
to: "on"
- trigger: state
id: t1
entity_id: binary_sensor.tur_bad_contact
to: "on"
- trigger: state
id: t2
entity_id:
- binary_sensor.tur_bad_contact
to: "off"
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 15
- trigger: state
entity_id:
- input_boolean.klo_besetzt
from: "off"
to: "on"
id: t3
- trigger: state
entity_id:
- input_boolean.klo_besetzt
from: "on"
to: "off"
id: t3
conditions:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: t0
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.tur_bad_contact
state: "off"
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.bad_belegung
state: "off"
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: t1
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.bad_belegung
state: "on"
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: t2
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.prasenz_bad_presence
state: "on"
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: trigger
id:
- t3
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.klo_besetzt
state: "on"
enabled: false
actions:
- choose:
- alias: Check if the room is occupied
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
{{is_state('input_boolean.klo_besetzt', 'on') or
is_state('binary_sensor.tur_bad_contact', 'off') and
is_state('binary_sensor.prasenz_bad_presence', 'on') }}
sequence:
- alias: Turn on the toggle helper
action: input_boolean.turn_on
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.bad_belegung
default:
- alias: Room is unoccupied
action: input_boolean.turn_off
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.bad_belegung
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent
variables:
motion_sensor: binary_sensor.prasenz_bad_presence
door_sensor: binary_sensor.tur_bad_contact
door_time_delay: 69
toggle_helper: input_boolean.bad_belegung
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Hi @Blacky !
Regarding this blueprint, there must be something Iām doing wrong.
I use a binary sensor grouped with the motion sensor to trigger the smart lights, the binary sensor is controled by this blueprint.
I enter the room (motion detected), close the door (door sensor closed), then I sit still, the cooldown of the motion is 60s, so I set the door delay to 70s. After 60s, as thereās no motion, and iām standing still the lights go out. This is the last test case you say and I understand, but under normal use, I sit in the dark in the toilet after those 60 seconds.
Can you help?
Thanks!
If the automation is triggered and you enter the room but sit still for 70 seconds with no motion detected, the lights will turn OFF. This is treated the same as if no one is in the room.
However, if you move around, the Bee In The Hive Sensor will detect you and recognize that someone is still present, so the lights will remain ON.
Hope this helps you.
Blacky
Hi Blacky, I think this is the reason I thought I can not set up Bee in the hive correctly. Iām trying to set up this Sensor for a few days now.
My Motion Sensor has an timeout of 30 seconds. In this time Iām already behind the shower curtain and no further motion is detected. So the sensor turns not detected but stays clear?
Do you have any suggestions to solve this, cause it does not work for the toilet, too.
Persons will come in, Motion is detected. Door is closed, Sensor stays free.
But then there is a gap of 30 seconds. If the person is sitting still before the 30 seconds ends the light will turn OFFā¦
Am I the only on with these problemsā¦?
Thanks
Matthias
This can be a problem, you may need to work out another way. I not sure what automations you using for you lights and exhaust fan.
For the shower I use my Sensor Light blueprint with the Bathroom Humidity Exhaust Fan blueprint using the Automation Link with bypass options. Then when I am behind the glass were the motion sensor cant see it keeps my light ON.
In the toilet I donāt use a motion sensor but use the light switch (yes we manually turn ON a light in the toilet) this gives us the options we would like for the exhaust fan using my Toilet Exhaust Fan with time delay blueprint.
Blacky
@Blacky I had Bee in the Hive working last year and then recently redid my setup from scratch and now I canāt figure out how to get Bee in the Hive to work. Can you take a look and let me know what Iām missing? The lights come on ok, but the BitH isnāt keeping them on when the door is closed.
Timeout for the door contact sensor and the motion sensors is 30 seconds
bathroom door is a contact sensor on the door
bathroom wall and bathroom floor are motion sensors
Iām tried several different things, and just canāt figure out what Iām doing wrong.
Thanks!
It all looks good. Remember if you edit the code then you have to
- Go to
Developer Tools>YAMLand click Template Entities. - Restart Home Assistant.
Also make sure that you have the correct bee in the hive in your group trigger.
You may have already resolve this as it's been a wile since I been on the forum.
Blacky 