Pir sensor help using gary guide

Configuration
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Hi all, i’m following this guide guide added" the code:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Drive Beam Break"
    state_topic: "stat/drive-beam-break/POWER"
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    qos: 0
    device_class: motion

to my sensors.yaml
geting next message when checking my configuration:
Invalid config for [sensor.mqtt]: [payload_on] is an invalid option for [sensor.mqtt]. Check: sensor.mqtt->payload_on. (See ?, line ?).

any idea?

2

My initial guess is that you are creating an MQTT sensor (which does not have payload_on nor payload_off) instead of an MQTT binary sensor

3

ok, so what should I change in my configuration? (sensors.yaml)

4

We don’t see your configuration.yaml file but I suspect you have this:

sensor: !include sensors.yaml

while you should have this:

binary_sensor: !include binary_sensors.yaml

and rename your file move your binary sensors information from sensors.yaml to binary_sensors.yaml

(sorry, check edit)

5

Thank you!

6

I need some more help if possible…
it’s my first time to use ESPhome, I’m trying to follow the above guide, I don’t understand what are the steps for configuring the Wemos D1 Mini ESP8266 chip
thank you

7

I have a Wemos D1 mini with a PIR (among other things) and this is the configuration file I have in ESPhome:

esphome:
  name: wemossensor01
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m

wifi:
  ssid: "redacted"
  password: "redacted"
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 192.168.88.102
    gateway: 192.168.88.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0  
  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Wemos Sensor 01 Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "redacted"

captive_portal:

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:

ota:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: GPIO14
    name: "Motion WS01"
    device_class: motion

I hope this helps. If not, please try to specify a bit more where the problem is, what steps you have made, where you are stuck, logs, …

8

thank you so much I really appreciate!
my problem is not yet with the configuration
but with flashing the ESPhome
I don’t understand what are the steps needed for
A. flashing itself
B. configure the D1 Mini as shown in the guide
C. connecting to HA

9

Have you installed ESPhome in HomeAssistant?

10

Yes I did, ok, I understand how to flash the basic bin file on the Wemos D1
but after that how do I configure it as shown at the guide
and how do I add it to HA without erasing that configuration
sorry trying to explain:
A. I installed ESPHOME
B. I can see the Wemos D1
C. I changed his wifi to my home wifi
D. how do I change the configuration of the “pin1 and the other pin”
E. how do i change the Mqtt for the Wemos D1

11

Hi, I don’t understand the “pin1 and the other pin” but I’ll assume that:

  • You have connected (in the Wemos) 5V and ground to 5V and G (red and black cables from the guide you are referring to)
  • In that guide, data (yellow cable coming from the PIR) is connected to D1, which is GPIO05, and this is what you have to put in the configuration file

So:

esphome:
  name: wemossensor01
  platform: ESP8266
  board: esp01_1m

wifi:
  ssid: "redacted"
  password: "redacted"
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 192.168.88.102 # change this
    gateway: 192.168.88.1 # change this
    subnet: 255.255.255.0  
  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Wemos Sensor 01 Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "redacted"

captive_portal:

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:

ota:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: GPIO05
    name: "Motion WS01"
    device_class: motion

Then flash it to the Wemos.
Concerning MQTT, I think you shouldn’t do anything if you have it already enabled in HomeAssistant; it will autodiscovery the node.

12

thanks
did it. at the the device screen in HA I have two problems:
A. “the device is disabled by Config entry”
B. all the sensors are disabled

13

Sorry. What is the “device screen”? Any screenshot you could share?

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15

Sorry. I haven’t had this issue in the past. Not sure how to guide you through this. Probably it is a good idea to open a new post in the ESPhome subforum with that error message in the title and provide as much information as possible: HA instalation method, system info, device yaml file in ESPhome, logs from the device in ESPhome, logs from HA.
Good luck!

16

Thank you for all your help!