Suppress logging of motion sensor

Configuration
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A motion sensor in a central hallway is flooding the HA logs. Can anyone tell me the correct logger designation for this sensor so that it might be excluded?

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I’ve tried the following in configuration.yaml, but the sensor is still logging:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    homeassistant.components.binary_sensor.motion_sensor: warn

There doesn’t seem to be a parent integration or device for the sensor-- at least not one that displays in the Lovelace UI – I assume because the alarm system (of which the motion sensor is a part) is connected via USB?

I had searched the forum for an answer, but no joy.

Thanks.

2

I think you want to add an exclusion here, not logger:

Logger is the home assistant system log with warnings and errors.

Logbook is a list of state history.

3

Well thank you, I was completely unaware of the logging duo and the distinction between them.

Adding a logbook parameter to the configuration appears to have silenced the motion_sensor:

logbook:
  exclude:
    entities:
      binary_sensor.motion_sensor

Thanks much Tom for your quick assistance!

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