PIR sensor connected directly to raspberry

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Hey guys I bought an AM312 pir sensor that Im planning to use with some lights in the kitchen, if I connect it to gpio pins on the raspberry, how should I set it up to control the lights?
I have the raspberry in the kitchen…

I appreciate any help :slight_smile:

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  1. Get the sensor up and running
  1. What kind of lights do you have? How can they be controlled through HA?
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Thank you… I’m using Milight hub which works via Mqtt.

I was planning to use a nodemcu with the sensor, but I think that it would be easier to connect it straight to the PI.

I’m also using homebridge with HA.

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In order for the sensor to be shown in Homebridge, it should have a device_class set, something like this:

`binary_sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "bruh/sensornode1"
    name: "SN1 PIR"
    payload_on: "motion detected"
    payload_off: "standby"
    value_template: '{{ value_json.motion }}'
    device_class: motion`

How can I make it work with directly with GPIO instead of getting a new nodemcu?

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Use customize to set the device class.

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I actually tried to set a device class with gpio binary sensor, but the icon won’t change. Any advice?

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Im not sure the icon will change based on the device class. That should just be changing the state output. From on/off to two new options based on the device class you chose.

As far as Im aware you can only change the icon with a template sensor.

That may be an option for you. Template the change in name output and the icon.

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Would you share a code example please? I already tried to do it but it doesn’t work.

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What is the existing name of your binary sensor? What are it’s states?

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Binary_sensor.kitchen and it’s state is on or off… thank you very much for your help…!