I simply want to create a motion sensor helper which displays like a regula motion sensor created by integrations (e.g. z-wave). This should be set externally via REST later.
However, I can only create a toggle which I cannot customize to be a motion sensor from the UI.
I also tried various things within the configuration.yaml like the following, whereas the input_boolean is already in place via the UI:
I have looked into this and have some questions.
I am pretty new to HA - so please be patient with me
Do I need to define both the restful binary sensor’s resource in configurations.yaml like
binary_sensor:
- platform: rest
resource: http://192.168.68.70/bewegung_wohnzimmer
method: POST
Do I need to create the Helper for the Motion sensor entity as well? (and later mapping both).
Or is the motion sensor entity created automatically through the definition in 1?
if 2 is true, what kind of Helper do I need to create to get a binary_sensor?
Using a toggle creates a input_boolean
Quite a while ago…
I finally managed to get the state of my motion sensor into HA (using webhooks).
However, I cannot display the input_boolean as motion like all the other motion sensors.
On the other hand I cannot create a binary_sensor as a helper and even if so, I cannot turn it on, because there is no service to turn on a binary sensor.
So what kind of helper would be the best to use for the integration of an external motion sensor?