How to listen events of all motion and door sensors?

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Hi

I’m trying to do an automation / blueprint that controls the occupancy status of the house. For this, I want to listen to all the events related to the motion or door sensors so that once the door of the house is closed, I can know if there is someone at home.

I have this code but it is not working well for me, it never enters. And i dont know how to fix it.

trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: less_push_buttons
    event_data:
      target_entity_id: !input "area_state"
  - platform: event
    event_type: state_changed
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ trigger.event.event_type == 'less_push_buttons' 
      or (trigger.event.event_type == 'state_changed' 
          and (trigger.to_state.attributes.device_class == 'occupancy' 
              or trigger.to_state.attributes.device_class == 'motion'
              or trigger.to_state.attributes.device_class == 'opening')) }}"

Thanks

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Create a group containing all your security-related binary_sensors. Use the group’s state to trigger your automation.

The group’s state is ideal for monitoring whole-home occupancy:

  • When any member of the group changes to on the group’s state will be on.
  • When all members of the group are off the group’s state will be off.
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Hello

Thanks, I had already thought about that solution, the problem is that there are sensors like Aqara’s that are up to two minutes indicating movement, and it wouldn’t help me. What I need is to know when any sensor has changed from state to on, to indicate that there has been movement.

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Your first post suggests you are interested in detecting occupancy.

Your latest post suggest you’re interested in movement.

Are you trying to detect occupancy or movement? There’s a subtle but important distinction between the two.

5

Yes, the Philips sensor only has occupancy, this is why i has used occupancy, but i want movement

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I would simply use a State Trigger and list all security-related binary_sensors with a to: 'on' option. It is efficient because it triggers only when a desired entity changes state to on.

In contrast, this Event Trigger will trigger when any entity in your system changes state:

  - platform: event
    event_type: state_changed
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Yes, it can help

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You can create a helper input boolean and an automation that toggles this boolean whenever any of the motion sensors triggers. Then use this boolean as a trigger.

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What kind of trigger would do that other than the State Trigger I have proposed?