Philips Hue sml002 sensor occupancy?

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Hi,

I’m happy with the Phillips SML002 outdoor motion sensor, with temp, alarm, and lux. But when use an automation, I test the entity which shows up in Lovelace as “clear” (no motion) or “detected” (motion), what do I use for a trigger?

I try to use the following, it never triggers:
trigger:

  • entity_id: binary_sensor.philips_sml002_0656b03a_2_1030
    platform: state
    to: ‘on’

Should I be using the “clear” and “detected”, true or false, or what?

I know I can see the current state of a binary sensor, but can I see all states that any entity accepts?

Thanks,
Ambi

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Binary sensors are either on or off, but depending on the device class, what the frontend displays will differ (like in your case with a motion sensor, clear and detected). So in short, you’re correct using on.

Can you please format your code properly so we can take a look at it? Perhaps post the entire automation too.

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