Once you have the binary sensor setup you would then use an automation to get the state of the sensor and perform an action based on that state and potentially any conditions.
Edit 2:
Just noticed this [quote=“hagensieker, post:1, topic:13956”]
I have added the following to configuration.yaml under sensor and binary sensor.
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Let me know what specifically you’re not sure about I’ll see if I can provide a better answer.
Many Thanks, I’ve been looking at that for a bit but what I don’t understand is the topics are called inTopic and outTopic. Not sure how to determine the MQTT command for that.
Are you using the sketch you linked in your original post? If so, it doesn’t seem to send a ‘no motion detected anymore’ type of message. It only publishes when motion is initially detected.
You need to load a different sketch to your ESP8266. All my PIRs are on arduinos using MySensors protocol, not MQTT so I cannot provide an example. Look at some of the other MQTT examples linked above or search the forum.
The sketch needs to publish the state of PIR to the MQTT server, generally a 0 or a 1 to indicate state.
/*
Basic ESP8266 MQTT PIR sketch
*/
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include "Adafruit_MQTT.h"
#include "Adafruit_MQTT_Client.h"
// Update these with values suitable for your network.
/************************* WiFi Access Point *********************************/
#define WLAN_SSID "my router" // Wi-Fi network name
#define WLAN_PASS "password" // Wi-Fi password
/**************************** MQTT Broker ************************************/
#define AIO_SERVER "192.168.XX.X" // MQTT broker IP
#define AIO_SERVERPORT 1883 // MQTT broker port
#define AIO_USERNAME "user" // MQTT username
#define AIO_KEY "pass" // MQTT password
#define AIO_CID "ESP-PIR-01" // MQTT client ID
// Start a counter for serial logging and set the initial value to no motion
int counter = 0;
int previousReading = LOW;
WiFiClient client;
// Setup the MQTT client class by passing in the WiFi client and MQTT server and login details.
Adafruit_MQTT_Client mqtt(&client, AIO_SERVER, AIO_SERVERPORT, AIO_USERNAME, AIO_KEY, AIO_CID);
// Setup publish feeds - define topic name in parenthesis
Adafruit_MQTT_Publish status = Adafruit_MQTT_Publish(&mqtt, AIO_CID "/feeds/motion");
Adafruit_MQTT_Publish motion_topic = Adafruit_MQTT_Publish(&mqtt, AIO_CID "/feeds/motion");
long lastMsg = 0;
char msg[50];
int value = 0;
/////////////////////////////
//VARS
//the time we give the sensor to calibrate (10-60 secs according to the datasheet)
int calibrationTime = 15;
//the time when the sensor outputs a low impulse
long unsigned int lowIn;
//the amount of milliseconds the sensor has to be low
//before we assume all motion has stopped
long unsigned int pause = 5000;
boolean lockLow = true;
boolean takeLowTime;
int pirPin = 12; // the digital pin connected to the PIR sensor's output
int ledPin = 16; // the digital pin connected to built-in LED
void MQTT_connect();
void setup_wifi() {
delay(10);
// We start by connecting to a WiFi network
Serial.println();
Serial.print("Connecting to ");
Serial.println(WLAN_SSID);
WiFi.begin(WLAN_SSID, WLAN_PASS);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.println("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
// Setup a MQTT subscription
void callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length) {
Serial.print("Message arrived [");
Serial.print(topic);
Serial.print("] ");
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
Serial.print((char)payload[i]);
}
Serial.println();
// Switch on the LED if an 1 was received as first character
if ((char)payload[0] == '1') {
digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED, HIGH); // Turn the LED on (Note that LOW is the voltage level
// but actually the LED is on; this is because
// it is active low on the ESP-01)
} else {
digitalWrite(BUILTIN_LED, LOW); // Turn the LED off by making the voltage HIGH
}
}
void MQTT_connect() {
int8_t ret;
// Stop if already connected.
if (mqtt.connected()) {
return;
}
Serial.print("Connecting to MQTT... ");
uint8_t retries = 3;
while ((ret = mqtt.connect()) != 0) { // connect will return 0 for connected
Serial.println(mqtt.connectErrorString(ret));
Serial.println("Retrying MQTT connection in 5 seconds...");
mqtt.disconnect();
delay(5000); // wait 5 seconds
retries--;
if (retries == 0) {
// basically die and wait for WDT to reset me
while (1);
}
}
Serial.println("MQTT Connected!");
status.publish("online");
}
void setup() {
pinMode(BUILTIN_LED, OUTPUT); // Initialize the BUILTIN_LED pin as an output
Serial.begin(115200);
setup_wifi();
pinMode(pirPin, INPUT);
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(pirPin, HIGH);
//give the sensor some time to calibrate
Serial.print("calibrating sensor ");
for(int i = 0; i < calibrationTime; i++){
Serial.print(".");
delay(500);
}
Serial.println(" done");
Serial.println("SENSOR ACTIVE");
delay(50);
}
void loop() {
// Ensure the connection to the MQTT server is alive (this will make the first
// connection and automatically reconnect when disconnected). See the MQTT_connect
// function definition further below.
MQTT_connect();
if(digitalRead(pirPin) == HIGH){
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); //the led visualizes the sensors output pin state
if(lockLow){
motion_topic.publish("ON");
//makes sure we wait for a transition to LOW before any further output is made:
lockLow = false;
Serial.println("---");
Serial.print("motion detected at ");
Serial.print(millis()/1000);
Serial.println(" sec");
delay(50);
}
takeLowTime = true;
}
if(digitalRead(pirPin) == LOW){
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); //the led visualizes the sensors output pin state
if(takeLowTime){
lowIn = millis(); //save the time of the transition from high to LOW
takeLowTime = false; //make sure this is only done at the start of a LOW phase
}
//if the sensor is low for more than the given pause,
//we assume that no more motion is going to happen
if(!lockLow && millis() - lowIn > pause){
motion_topic.publish("OFF");
//makes sure this block of code is only executed again after
//a new motion sequence has been detected
lockLow = true;
Serial.print("motion ended at "); //output
Serial.print((millis() - pause)/1000);
Serial.println(" sec");
delay(50);
}
}
}
You can delete the condition, its a light sensor and a second input slider for density.
I think mqtt payload is case sensitiv, please check the payload that is sent in your arduino sketch.
Edit:
Sorry, you can delete the whole condition, so
hi, will you help me with this condition, what I want it to do is when motion detected. IF night light is off AND Boolean if off trigger ACTION OR IF night light is on AND Boolean if on trigger ACTION so far I tried to this, if night light and boolean is OFF then it triggers action but when night light and boolean is ON it does not trigger.
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: light.night_light
state: 'off'
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.nightlightonmotion
state: 'off'
- condition: time
after: '18:00:00'
before: '15:00:00'
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: light.night_light
state: 'on'
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.nightlightonmotion
state: 'on'
- condition: time
after: '18:00:00'
before: '15:00:00'
WiFiClient client;
// Setup the MQTT client class by passing in the WiFi client and MQTT server and login details.
Adafruit_MQTT_Client mqtt(&client, AIO_SERVER, AIO_SERVERPORT, AIO_USERNAME, AIO_KEY, AIO_CID);
I removed the AIO_CID i was getting a error unkown client on broker side and unauthorized on arduino side
