I’m trying to use the automations wizard through the UI to create an automation linking a motion sensor to some lights (I’ve already created the automation using YAML in my automations.yaml file, but I was trying to see how I can improve on it and curious what the wizard would create).
Here is what I get after telling the wizard (“powered by almond”) that I want to “Turn the light on when motion is detected”:
(Note the message “add binary sensor of type motion device”)
Here are the details from the motion sensor I’d want to use, it seems to be correctly configured (the device class is “motion” and it is a binary sensor):
Still haven’t figured out how to use the “wizard” but I think it’s because my motion sensors (Wyze through the custom component) don’t show as ‘devices’ but rather just as entities.
Still finding my way through Home Assistant though, so maybe one of the more experienced users can confirm my hypothesis.
Yes, thank you – that is what I did. It seems that the wizard only works for devices (by design?). That said, it seems like all it’s doing is auto-completing the template for me.