Turn on Smart Switch when motion detected

[home_automation_fan]

New to Home Assistant and ready to dump Smartthings! Admittedly I’m already over my head.

I can’t seem to get my GE Z-Wave Smart Switch to be turned on when motion is detected (Aeotec Multisensor 6).

I’ve seen a few similar topics but none that work for me.

alias: Turn on Hallway Light
description: Hallway Light ON
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.hallway_motion_detector_motion_detection
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.in_wall_motion_switch_500s
    state: "off"
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      device_id: 2eac44994bddb98bc954eceb3c79c344
mode: single

I’ve also tried to set the trigger to motion and have yet to go in and modify the device_id. Baby steps.

[sparkydave (🇦🇺 Dave)]

Try this:

alias: Turn on Hallway Light
description: Hallway Light ON
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.hallway_motion_detector_motion_detection
    to: 'on'
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      device_id: 2eac44994bddb98bc954eceb3c79c344
mode: single

Also, you are better off using the entity_id for the switch instead of the device_id.

[home_automation_fan]

Thank you. I’ve updated and posted the yaml below. It only worked one time so far and it has an issue with always being asleep. Where do I go to modify my paramaters like the screenshot below?

alias: Turn on Hallway Light
description: Hallway Light ON
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.hallway_motion_detector
    to: "on"
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.in_wall_motion_switch_500s
mode: single

[sparkydave (🇦🇺 Dave)]

Go to Settings, Devices, Z-Wave.

lick on the particular device in the list, then click on 'configure.

[home_automation_fan]

Thanks Dave for your help. After changing the PIR sensor to 10 seconds it is working!