A Home Assistant automation blueprint that provides advanced motion-activated lighting control with multiple conditions and customization options.
Features
- Control lights and switches based on motion detection from one or more sensors
- Optional custom brightness and color settings of lights
- Conditional activation based on the state of another entity
- Sun position awareness with configurable offset (day/night conditions)
- Blocking functionality to prevent activation in certain scenarios
- Configurable wait time after motion stops
blueprint:
name: Motion-activated Light with Conditions, Exceptions, Optional Settings, and Sun Offset
description: Turn on lights when motion is detected, with optional brightness and color settings, conditional entity state check, and sun position check with offset.
domain: automation
input:
motion_sensors:
name: Motion and Occupancy Sensors
description: Select one or more motion or occupancy sensors.
selector:
entity:
domain: binary_sensor
device_class:
- motion
- occupancy
multiple: true
entity_target:
name: Lights and Switches
description: Select one or more lights or switches to control.
selector:
target:
entity:
domain:
- light
- switch
no_motion_wait:
name: Wait Time
description: Time to leave the light on after last motion is detected.
default: 120
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 3600
unit_of_measurement: seconds
use_custom_settings:
name: Use Custom Brightness and Color
description: Enable to use custom brightness and color settings.
default: false
selector:
boolean:
brightness:
name: Brightness
description: Set the brightness level (0-255).
default: 255
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 255
color:
name: Color
description: Set the color (in RGB format).
default: [255, 255, 255]
selector:
color_rgb:
condition_entity:
name: Condition Entity (Optional)
description: Select an entity to check its state (optional). If no entity is defined, this condition is not evaluated.
default:
selector:
entity:
condition_states:
name: Allowed States for Condition Entity
description: Enter the states that the condition entity should be in (comma-separated). If a Condition Entity is not defined these values are ignored.
default:
selector:
text:
sun_condition:
name: Sun Condition (Optional)
description: Select the sun condition to check.
default: none
selector:
select:
options:
- none
- day
- night
sun_offset:
name: Sun Offset (Optional)
description: Offset from sunrise/sunset in format 'HH:MM' (e.g., '01:00' or '-01:00')
default: "00:00"
selector:
text:
blocking_entity:
name: Blocking Entity (Optional)
description: Select an entity that will prevent the automation from running when in specified states.
default:
selector:
entity:
blocking_states:
name: Blocking States
description: Enter the states that will prevent the automation from running (comma-separated).
default:
selector:
text:
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: !input motion_sensors
to: "on"
variables:
use_custom_settings: !input use_custom_settings
condition_entity: !input condition_entity
condition_states: !input condition_states
sun_condition: !input sun_condition
sun_offset: !input sun_offset
blocking_entity: !input blocking_entity
blocking_states: !input blocking_states
entity_target: !input entity_target
condition:
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ blocking_entity == None or blocking_entity == '' }}"
- condition: template
value_template: >
{% set blocking_states_list = blocking_states.split(',') | map('trim') | list %}
{{ states(blocking_entity) not in blocking_states_list }}
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ condition_entity == None or condition_entity == '' }}"
- condition: template
value_template: >
{% set states_list = condition_states.split(',') | map('trim') | list %}
{{ condition_entity != None and condition_entity != '' and states_list | length > 0 and states(condition_entity) in states_list }}
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ sun_condition == 'none' }}"
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ sun_condition == 'day' }}"
- condition: sun
after: sunrise
after_offset: !input sun_offset
before: sunset
before_offset: !input sun_offset
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ sun_condition == 'night' }}"
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
after: sunset
after_offset: !input sun_offset
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
before_offset: !input sun_offset
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ use_custom_settings }}"
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'light.' in entity_target.entity_id|string }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
target: !input entity_target
data:
brightness: !input brightness
rgb_color: !input color
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'switch.' in entity_target.entity_id|string }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
target: !input entity_target
default:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'light.' in entity_target.entity_id|string }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
target: !input entity_target
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'switch.' in entity_target.entity_id|string }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
target: !input entity_target
- wait_for_trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input motion_sensors
to: "off"
- delay: !input no_motion_wait
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'light.' in entity_target.entity_id|string }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_off
target: !input entity_target
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'switch.' in entity_target.entity_id|string }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
target: !input entity_target
