Motion sensor automation with additional features

xXkr13g3rXx · March 20, 2022, 7:28pm

Hello Community!

I would need your help. Namely, I want to create a single (if that is even possible) automation that will allow me to do everything of the following list. I would like to make the automation as efficient as possible. From what I’ve read in the various URIs, this will also require helpers.

when motion detected → light on
if no motion detected for a short time, light off (use the Aqara Motion Sensors without hardware hack)
light should be switched on only from a certain brightness (about 20 lx)
light should have less brightness in the night than in the evening (evening → 70 %, night → 1 %)
before the light goes out in the evening, dim it to 30 % (when motion is detected, dim it back to 70 %)

Now my question: Is this at all possible in an automation? Does anyone of you possibly already have one or the other automation that goes in this direction? Or would NodeRED be the better choice in this regard, since the Aqara sleep without hack for a minute.

123 · March 20, 2022, 10:30pm

Yes.

I have a single automation that performs all of the functions listed in this topic (the automation is also posted in that topic).

xXkr13g3rXx · March 21, 2022, 6:49am

Hello! OMG I‘ll try to understand that and report back if I fail completely xD Thank you for your INCREDIBLE work

xXkr13g3rXx · March 22, 2022, 7:53am

If I try to add it, i get the error: message malformed - expected dictionary. And I don´t have a switch, fan and occupancy sensor atm. Will it work if i change the occupancy sensor to the motion sensor but let the 2 minutes there?

xXkr13g3rXx · March 22, 2022, 11:33am

is it possible, that you make a blueprint of your version?

123 · March 22, 2022, 12:10pm

The automation serves as an example for anyone to modify for their own use. Feel free to change it to meet your requirements. If you get errors, review your modifications.

Currently, no. I’ve been running two instances of the automation for over a year.

xXkr13g3rXx · April 2, 2022, 5:50am

Can you help me to delete all the mentioned things I don‘t have in the code without destroying everything?

123 · April 2, 2022, 12:50pm

The automation references seven entities:

Light
Motion Sensor
Occupancy Sensor
Light Level Sensor
Input Boolean (tracks auto-off function)
Switch (ceiling fan)
Sun (if below_horizon)

List the names of the entities you have.

xXkr13g3rXx · April 2, 2022, 5:54pm

Light, Motion Sensor, Light Level Sensor. Input boolean ans sun are default available, or am I wrong? i would use a wall switch from philips hue (dim switch). and with switch you mean socket or a switch like my dim switch?

So if I get it right (switch is a switch, no socket and input boolean & sun are default availabe) only the occupancy sensor isn‘t needed in the code. Thank you in advance!

123 · April 2, 2022, 10:39pm

I’ll repeat my question one more time: List the names of the entities you have.

xXkr13g3rXx · April 3, 2022, 1:28pm

Light: light.badezimmer_deckenleuchte
Motion sensor: binary_sensor.badezimmer_bewegungsmelder_neu
not available
Light level sensor: sensor.badezimmer_beleuchtungsstaerke
input_boolean.badezimmer
if its a switch and no socket: Switch: switch.badezimmer_schalter, if its a socket: switch.badezimmer_steckdose

I hope i got it right

123 · April 5, 2022, 4:22pm

I’ve replaced the example’s entities with the ones you supplied. The example’s occupancy sensor is simply replaced by your existing motion sensor.

What I have not done is adapt it to meet your schedule-based brightness requirements (it simply sets the light to about 50% between sunset and 23:30 and 10% between 23:30 and sunrise). You will need to implement all other modifications to meet your requirements.

- alias: 'Automatic Bathroom Light'
  id: automatic_bathroom_light
  mode: queued
  trigger:
  - id: 'motion'
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.badezimmer_bewegungsmelder_neu
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'

  - id: 'unoccupied'
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.badezimmer_bewegungsmelder_neu
    to: 'off'
    for: '00:02:00'

  - id: 'brightness'
    platform: state
    entity_id: light.badezimmer_deckenleuchte
    attribute: brightness

  - id: 'timeout'
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.badezimmer
    to: 'off'
    for: '00:20:00'

  - id: 'light_off'
    platform: state
    entity_id: light.badezimmer_deckenleuchte
    from: 'on'
    to: 'off'

  - id: 'fan'
    platform: state
    entity_id: switch.badezimmer_schalter
    from:
    - 'on'
    - 'off'
    to:
    - 'on'
    - 'off'

  condition: "{{ is_state('sun.sun', 'below_horizon') }}"

  action:
  - variables:
      light: light.badezimmer_deckenleuchte
      fan: switch.badezimmer_schalter
      auto_off: input_boolean.badezimmer
      occupancy: binary_sensor.badezimmer_bewegungsmelder_neu
      luminance: sensor.badezimmer_beleuchtungsstaerke
      lo: 26
      mid: 125
      brightness: >
        {{ lo if now() > today_at('23:30') or
            now().time() < (state_attr('sun.sun', 'next_rising') | as_datetime | as_local).time() else mid }}
  - choose:
    - conditions:
      - "{{ trigger.id == 'motion' }}"
      - "{{ is_state(light, 'off') }}"
      - "{{ states(luminance) | int(0) < 15 or is_state(fan, 'on') }}"
      sequence:
      - service: light.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ light }}'
        data:
          brightness: '{{ brightness }}'

    - conditions:
      - "{{ trigger.id == 'unoccupied' }}"
      - "{{ is_state(light, 'on') }}"
      - "{{ is_state(auto_off, 'on') }}"
      sequence:
      - service: light.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ light }}'
        data:
          transition: 5

    - conditions:
      - "{{ trigger.id == 'brightness' }}"
      - "{{ is_state(auto_off, 'on') }}"
      - "{{ trigger.from_state.state == trigger.to_state.state }}"
      - "{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.brightness > brightness + 2 or trigger.to_state.attributes.brightness < brightness - 2 }}"
      sequence:
      - service: input_boolean.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ auto_off }}'

    - conditions:
      - "{{ trigger.id == 'timeout' or (trigger.id == 'light_off' and is_state(auto_off, 'off')) }}"
      sequence:
      - service: input_boolean.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ auto_off }}'
      - condition: "{{ is_state(occupancy, 'off') and is_state(light, 'on') }}"
      - service: light.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ light }}'

    - conditions:
      - "{{ trigger.id == 'light_off' }}"
      sequence: []

    - conditions:
      - "{{ trigger.id == 'fan' }}"
      sequence:
      - service: "input_boolean.turn_{{ 'off' if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' else 'on' }}"
        target:
          entity_id: '{{ auto_off }}'

    default: []

madface · April 6, 2022, 6:06pm

Cool automation, thank you very much. I have a question to the part with the variables:

  - variables:
      light: light.badezimmer_deckenleuchte
      fan: switch.badezimmer_schalter
      auto_off: input_boolean.badezimmer
      occupancy: binary_sensor.badezimmer_bewegungsmelder_neu
      luminance: sensor.badezimmer_beleuchtungsstaerke
      lo: 26
      mid: 125
      brightness: >
        {{ lo if now() > today_at('23:30') or
            now().time() < (state_attr('sun.sun', 'next_rising') | as_datetime | as_local).time() else mid }}

Is it possible to use an elseif or elif in the template of brightness? I need a third value (lo for early morning, med for later morning and high for the noon for example). It’s more a general question, but i’m struggelin every time i try to adapt your/such a template with a second condition…

123 · April 6, 2022, 6:10pm

The example uses an inline if but you can change it to use whatever style of if you want.

madface · April 6, 2022, 6:17pm

Could you please give me an example how it should look like, templating is not one of my strength

123 · April 6, 2022, 6:23pm

Refer to the first example in the Templating documentation. It contains an if-else-endif.

madface · April 6, 2022, 6:28pm

Sorry to bother you, just a last question. With this shorthanded notation (i think it is called {{value if condition else another value}} ) if - elif - else is not possible, right?

123 · April 6, 2022, 6:33pm

It’s possible:

{{ 'cat' if x == 'fur' else 'bird' if x == 'feathers' else 'fish' if x == 'scales' else 'unknown' }}

madface · April 6, 2022, 6:58pm

Thank you so much, you gave me the missing piece of the puzzle, i now understand the syntax of the shorthanded template (with more than one if in it).
Your answer is really appreciated.

Thanks Mike

xXkr13g3rXx · April 26, 2022, 5:52am

Hi! Big thank you

A last question:

If I want to use the automation without a light switch:

What do I have to delete without destroying everything?