Using Unifi's AI detection to trigger floodlights

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Hey guys, so this is my basic automation that I’m having troubles with. It seems straightforward, but I’

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m sure I’m doing something wrong.

In short I just want this one floodlight to turn on when this one camera detects a person. Any help? Ideally it would also turn off after a set amount of seconds.

I can’t use the built in motion detection features because this isn’t a motion detection, it’s a human detection.

Thanks!

!id: ‘1733676523023’
alias: Floodlight G5 flex
description: ‘’
triggers:

  • trigger: state
    entity_id:
    • switch.g5_flex_detections_person_2
      conditions:
      actions:
  • action: light.toggle
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
    entity_id: light.floodlight_cars_outlet
  • delay:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 0
    seconds: 10
    milliseconds: 0
  • action: light.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
    entity_id: light.floodlight_cars_outlet
    mode: single

Here’s the image of the sensors exposed from the camera

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It would be more helpful to see the actual YAML rather than a screenshot of the GUI. I can’t remember off hand exactly what sensors the UniFi cameras expose, so it also might be helpful to list those (in that case, a screenshot of the device page with all the entities would probably be enough).

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I updated the post to include the YAML configuration as well as the sensors exposed from the camera, thanks so much for your time!

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The one labeled Person detected is the one you want to use. That will only be ON if an actual person is detected. If that isn’t changing to ON when a person is in the camera’s field of view, then there is something off with your setup.

One other request. Please format your YAML correctly so it’s more readable.