This blueprint keeps getting better and better! I use it in a lot of locations in the house, but there is one scenario I would like to see supported. Because my motion sensors are not very sensitive they often time out in the rooms where we watch TV, so I use a different blueprint that keeps them on if the Harmony remote is on.
The Trigger Sensor By-pass Option (using If lights are ON, leave lights ON) works if I turn the TV on after the automation is triggered, but if the TV is already on then the automation will not trigger.
I understand this is by design, but would it be possible to have an additional option to enable the bypass and turn on the lights if they are not already on?
Many thanks!
Iâm having issue with the automation not triggering.
Iâm using v3.3.
I created an automation and added my door sensor to it and the lights in the room and i didnt change anything else.
when i open and close the door nothing happens and the automation doesnt trigger any ideas?
Hi @geox19
Perfect thanks for letting us know.
A lot of people have asked for this⌠it is nice way for someone to say thank you so I will set one up.
love it, thank you again for your kind words 
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Nice to hear from you again and thanks for your kind words.
Is there a way to include the Harmony remote into the trigger and group your triggers? This could be the solution for you.
This is very strange. Have a look at your door sensor and check if it is going ON and OFF in the developer tools / states / then in set states select you door sensor and then open and close it. You will need to hit the refresh to see the state change.
Yes, I tried this before and it did not work reliably. The Harmony remote sensor is either On or Off depending on the state of the TV and there is a separate sensor that shows what activity is active.
There are two scenarios - 1. The TV is off and someone enters the room and turns the TV on: this works fine with your Blueprint as it prevents the TV from turning off.
2. The TV is on and someone enters the room: this does not work as the TV being on blocks the automation from being triggered. Grouping the remote into the trigger wonât work, as the TV is already on.
The Blueprint I use in the TV rooms has a Turn-off Blocking Entity:
This does what I want in both scenarios, but it does not have all the additional features that yours does
Also, Iâd rather standardise on a single Blueprint.
Thanks.
I am not familiar with Harmony remote sensor. If your Harmony remote sensor turn ON when the TV is ON and stays ON then if you group it into the trigger, when you turn ON the TV is should turn ON the lights and they should stay ON until the Harmony remote sensor is OFF.
So if you walk into a room the light should turn on with motion. Then if you turn on the TV, and the Harmony remote sensor turns ON (that is grouped with motion sensor as the trigger, must be grouped not added individually) then lights should say ON until you turn OFF your TV, that then turns OFF your Harmony remote sensor and then your motion sensor doesnât detect motion⌠lights OFF.
See Grouped trigger Click Here
Edit: You then wouldnât put the Harmony remote sensor into the by-pass. Just in a group trigger.
I fixed my problem by using light entity rather than devices.
Maybe it needs to explain that in the description.
From what I can recall, I tried this some time ago and it worked, up to a point. I realised this when I went to create the group and it was already there.
Sadly, I canât remember what the problem was and given that the Blueprint and HA have changed a lot since then, Iâll give it another go.
Iâve just replaced my custom automation with this blueprint as a trial in our family bathroom. We have five GU10 Zigbee bulbs, a Aqara door contact and an Aqara presence sensor plus a generic lux sensor. I have put the door contact and motion sensor in a binary sensor group and use that in your blueprint.
The use case is opening the bathroom door should trigger the lights and the motion sensor keeps the lights on. However, my kids have a bad habit of leaving the door open so the door contact never clears. Short of them learning to be more tidy, is there anything I can do with your blueprint to keep the door sensor within the sensor group and also deal with the door being left open.
Iâve not had chance to monitor it as yet but does the blueprint turn off the lights after 10 minutes of no activity within the binary sensor group - so assuming no motion and the door doesnât send the closed signal, the binary sensor group will not change for X minutes, is that enough to trigger the timeout?
I was happy to find that I could use my existing helpers (for night start/end and timeout values) within your blueprint by simply enabling YAML mode and putting in the entity names.
Great work!
Not sure Iâm really qualified to answer this as all my automations are in their infancy butâŚ
I have my door sensor on a seperate automation. All it does is turn on the light when the contact/door sesnsor changes from closed to open and nothing else. The Sensor Light automation then takes over when to turn off the lights as the motion of the door opening will have triggered the motion sesnor, and hence this automation.
The only issue I could foresee with this is that with the window open, the wind opens the door ever so slightly, enough to trigger the door sensor, but not the motion sensor and hence the light doesnât switch off until the next person visits the bathroom.
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Nice, I will have to remember to ask that question if someone else has the same question as you did. Thanks for letting us know as it will help me help others 
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Already there, see below. 
Glad you got it up and running 
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No 
Aqara presence sensor ( I think your also calling this you motion sensor) are good for detecting if someone is in the room (better than a PIR sensor) but they can be slow to react. I assume this is why you would like to use the door sensor (if only we could get the kids to close the door). Most people find that when using a presence sensor they also need to have a PIR motion sensor as they react fast or faster than a presence sensor allowing the light to come on fast as you enter the room. Then the presence sensor takes over and keeps the light on as they are very good for detection.
Doing what @fleming164 suggested can work but again it will rely on the door being closed to turn the light on fast as you open it.
I would suggest that maybe consider getting a PIR motion sensor and disregard the door contact sensor. Then group your presence sensor and a PIR motion sensor as the trigger. Your LUX sensor can still be used as a condition if the light should come on or not. Maybe consider getting a PIR motion sensor with a LUX sensors as one unit if that is what your looking for.
If there is no activity and the sensors go to an OFF state, it will then move to the time delay and turn the lights OFF⌠if there is activity again before the lights turn OFF it will start all over again. If the sensors stay in a ON state the light will remain ON until the sensor goes to a OFF state.
Hay that is good news, nice one
As I had forgotten what steps I had tried previously to get your Blueprint working with my setup, I started from scratch again. The Harmony remote entities are in the form remote.<room_name> and itâs state is either On or Off. The presence sensor is a binary sensor and itâs state is either Away or Home.
Because of this, I could not create a group sensor combining the two. I tried creating a template so I would end up with two binary sensors and that is where I ran into issues with the Blueprint not triggering correctly on occasion.
Given that Blueprints are supposed to simplify automations and I was just adding complexity, I decided to stick with the current limited but functional one for those three rooms 
Perhaps at some stage in the future you will consider adding this feature, but itâs still a great Blueprint! Thanks for your help.
Hi Pat, before we give up letâs try this.
In you â/config/configuration.yamlâ file add the code below. Always good to do a backup first before you start changing files and store it on another computer 
You can change this to what you would like.
- harmony_remote_room1⌠it could be âharmony_remote_kitchenâ or any name you like
- friendly_name: âHarmony Remote Room 1â⌠it could be friendly_name: âHarmony Remote Kitchenâ or any name you like.
You will also need to put your correct entity id in for your Harmony remote replacing âremote.your_entity_id_hereâ
If you already have the heading âbinary_sensor:â in your â/config/configuration.yamlâ file then just put the rest of it under that heading starting from â- platform: templateâ
Once you have done this and your happy then restart HA.
binary_sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
harmony_remote_room1:
friendly_name: "Harmony Remote Room 1"
icon_template: mdi:remote-tv
value_template: "{{ states('remote.your_entity_id_here') }}"
This will now add a binary_sensor entity for your remote and just mimic it (same - same with a different domain).
The presence sensor being Away or Home will be
- Away = OFF
- Home = ON
So that is all good.
Now create a group an put your presence sensor and your new binary sensor âHarmony Remote Room 1â into it. Now add this group only to your trigger sensor. Please follow these steps Click Here
Let us know if this works for you.
PS: You can check the state of your new binary sensor in developer tools / states, select the new binary sensor entity and turn your Harmony remote on and off. It should follow it, remember to click the refresh when you turn it on and off.
Blacky 
@Blacky This is a really great blue print and i use it in different rooms.
But now i have aszenario or option that is not covered. There are many way to controll the light sun elevation, ambient sensor, time schedule but i did not find a simple boolean option. i have a simple boolean sensor that indicates if it is dark or not but i see no possebility to use it in he blue print.
Did i miss something? if not ih woud be really great if this option will be included in an further version.
Thanks
Thomas
You could add your boolean option to the âTrigger Sensor By-passâ and set the automation to run at all times, regardless of Sun elevation and Lux level. It would depend on whether you boolean is âonâ when the sun is up, or âonâ when the sun is down I think.
Iâm sure @Blacky will be along shortly to confirm whether the above is the best option.
Hi Thomas
Love it, thanks for your kind words.
Currently there is no option for this.
Could I ask if you would provide more information as it helps me to understand what you are trying to do. How is the boolean sensor know if it is dark or not?
@fleming164 Thanks for the advice. i will check that today and see if it fits my needs. Typically i skiped this option.