Xiaomi motion sensor automation problem

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hello everyone.

I own a couple of motion sensors from Xiaomi and created an automation to turn on a light when motion is detected and then turn it of after the “no motion” attribute is higher than 180 seconds.

Here it is:

- alias: Luzes da casa - Suíte
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  action:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: light.suite_tv
      state: 'off'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.suite_tv
    - wait_template: "{% if states.binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26.attributes['No motion since'] | int >= 180 and states.binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26.state == 'off' %}True{% else %}False{% endif %}"
    - condition: state
      entity_id: light.suite_tv
      state: 'on'
    - service: light.turn_off
      entity_id: light.suite_tv

The automation works ok but there is a problem: if I walk in the room and the automation starts, I exit the room quickly, after a minute, no motion is detected (state = off) and then after another minute “no motion” is 120 seconds (not 180 that triggers the turn_off command), if I walk on the room again (state of the sensor = on again), the light immediately turns off… I have no idea why.

My ideia is that the “no motion” should reset to zero and the “wait_template” should still result “false” (since if statement requires both the sensor state and “no motion” attributes to result “true”), then after a couple of minutes out of the room again, state should be off and after “no motion” reaches 180, light goes off.

Can someone help me here?

Thanks!!!

2

Create two separate automation for light.turn_on and light.turn_off.

3

I use this code to automate in a similar way lights during the night:

- alias: Gateway light on/off based on motion
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_id
      to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_id
      to: 'off'
      for:
        minutes: 1
        seconds: 30
  condition:
    condition: time
    after: '22:30'
    before: '06:25'
  action:
    service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" %}
      homeassistant.turn_on
      {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" %}
      homeassistant.turn_off
      {% endif %}
    entity_id: light.gateway_light_id
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Thanks! I will try. I have 6 rooms with that automation, now it is time to separate my automation files in to a directory :slight_smile:

EDIT: well, if I do that, there is still a big problem, described on my next post…

5

Hello @substa! Thanks for your reply.

I really like your approach, very simple and effective.

I was about to give it a try but there is something I really need to make it work for me: the way I wrote mine, If I turn on the light manually, since it has a condition on the very beginning, I can override this automation and keep my light on as long as I turn it off again. A very nice solution when I take a bath, for example, the sensor does not detect me on the shower and the lights turns of by the automation, very inconvenient hehe

Any ideas on how to overcome that?

I tought maybe this could work, but the light would still be turned off after one and a half minute:

- alias: Luzes da casa - Suíte
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26
      to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26
      to: 'off'
      for:
        minutes: 1
        seconds: 30
  action:
    service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" and states.light.suite_tv.state == "off" %}
      homeassistant.turn_on
      {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" and states.light.suite_tv.state == "on" %}
      homeassistant.turn_off
      {% endif %}
    entity_id: light.suite_tv

I took out your condition since I have a couple of automations that runs on sunset/sunrise to turn on and off these lights automations itself…

Thanks!

6

Hello,

I think you can try to use the state in the condition, to start the automation only if the light is off

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Hello! But how can I do that since the on and off automations are on the same trigger? Can I set a condition between the on and off triggers? Thanks.

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Hello guys!

Just a heads up: I found a solution by setting the first condition to the triggering data:

- alias: Luzes da casa - Suíte
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: light.suite_tv
    state: 'off'
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.suite_tv
    - wait_template: "{% if states.binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26.attributes['No motion since'] | int >= 180 and states.binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26.state == 'off' %}True{% else %}False{% endif %}"
    - condition: state
      entity_id: light.suite_tv
      state: 'on'
    - service: light.turn_off
      entity_id: light.suite_tv

It is working great! Now the automation does not start at all if the lights are on.

Thanks.

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9

Smart approach :slight_smile:

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10

Now I get it! It was your suggestion at first hahaha

Sorry mate! I have not understood your idea at first glance…

Thanks!

12

Hello,

new HA user here.

after some research, I have found your example which is what I was looking for.

I’m trying to write a simple modification but cannot find how to do it.
I’d like to turn on the light with a specific color/brightness.

I changed your code, but obviously it doesn’t work :frowning:

  action:
    service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" %}
      light.turn_on
      {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" %}
      light.turn_off
      {% endif %}
    data_template:
      entity_id: light.hallway
      brightness: 1
      rgb_color: 255,0,255

would you have any advice how to do it properly ?

Thank you

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I progressed a bit… now it turns on with the correct color/Brightness, but it doesn’t want to turn off anymore :frowning:

Apparently, the rgb_color needed some brackets… I don’t know if it is normal or not…
When I check the device state, I don’t see any brackets though, so how can you tell ?

  action:
    service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" %}
      light.turn_on
      {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" %}
      light.turn_off
      {% endif %}
    # entity_id: light.pilar
    data_template:
      entity_id: light.pilar
      brightness: 1
      rgb_color: [255,0,255]

The error I get is:
Invalid service data for light.turn_off: extra keys not allowed @ data[‘brightness’]. Got ‘1’
extra keys not allowed @ data[‘rgb_color’]. Got [‘255’, ‘0’, ‘255’]

what is the trick to keep it simple and have both On and Off action working ?

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I have a iris ZigBee motion sensor. It looks like the only attributes are on and off. I’m new so I could be wrong. This is my 1st attempt at a useful automation.

I just want the lights to turn off as soon as the sensor goes to off, but like the initial automation, I don’t want anything to happen if the lights were already on.

Does this look good?

  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.centralite_3326l_05989ed5_1_1280
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.office_lights
    state: 'off'
 - condition: state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    state: 'below_horizon'
  action:
  - service: homeassistant.turn_on
    entity_id: group.office_lights
  - wait_template: "{% if states.binary_sensor.motion_sensor_158d000120af26.state == 'off' %}True{% else %}False{% endif %}"
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.office_lights
    state: 'on'
  - service: homeassistant.turn_off
    entity_id: group.office_lights