Has anyone been able to successfully setup an MQTT motion sensor icon?
I am using lovelace. I have tried icon_template (which is not available for sensor.mqtt) as well as device_class. Device_class worked, but there is not a motion sensor device class for MQTT sensors…as far as I can tell. I am able to get it working for other sensors, but sensor.mqtt does not support icon_template.
I would like to have an icon that changes from mdi:eye (when no motion) to mdi:walk when motion is detected.
For an on/off only motion sensor wouldn’t it be better to create a binary_sensor instead of a sensor?
Then you should be able to use the motion device class for it.
I thought about that, but was curious if there was another option.
Here is my test sensor:
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "my/sensor"
payload_on: "motion"
payload_off: "no motion"
value_template: "{{ value_json.motion_status }}"
device_class: motion
This shows the mdi:walk icon and highlights mdi:walk with yellow when motion found.
Am I able to set the icon to mdi:eye when no motion, and mdi:walk when motion detected? Also, the value returns “clear” and “detected”. How do I change the value to be “motion” and “no motion”.
then the next step is to create a mqtt template sensor. I think you can set all that in the templates.
For future reference, I ended up using a template sensor. Here is my example. There is some clean up to do…but you get the point. Thanks all.
- platform: mqtt
state_topic: "my/sensor"
name: "PIR MQTT"
value_template: '{{ value_json.motion }}'
- platform: template
sensors:
pir:
friendly_name: "PIR"
entity_id: sensor.pir_mqtt
value_template: "{%if states.sensor.pir_mqtt.state == 'motion detected' %} motion {% else %} {{ states.sensor.pir_mqtt.state }} {% endif %}"
icon_template: "{%if states.sensor.pir_mqtt.state == 'standby' %} mdi:eye {% else %} mdi:walk {% endif %}"