motion detector not working propperly

jheling / freeathome

Free@Home component for Home Assistant

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motion detector not working propperly #171

Closed Astado closed 5 months ago

Astado commented 6 months ago

Hi all, first thanks for all the hard work on this project!!! I really would be devastated without it. It made my home so much smarter. :)

Now my issue. I would very much like to include my motion detectors into my alarm system. At the moment they are displayed in home assistant but always as "on". It doesn't matter if a motion is detected or not. Is there a way to fix this?

SimonKbg commented 6 months ago

Hi, I created an input_boolean helper in Home Assistant which was exposed to free@home using the emulated Hue Bridge. In free@home this helper was recognized as a switch. Then I connected the motionsensor with this „switch“ which was then triggered an recognized in HA. Hope that helps.

Off topic problem for me: the emulated hue bridge stopped working after updating SysAP to 3.2.3… Best, Simon

jheling commented 6 months ago

The integration can only intercept the messages of a motion detector if it is connected to another device.
The input boolean helper SimonKgb describes is a good option.

Astado commented 5 months ago

Hi,

sorry for the late answer. I tried out the embedded hue bridge in home assistant and it works perfect. Thanks to you guys!

For those who need to do the same. In the configuration.yaml I added the followingg lines: emulated_hue: host_ip: your_ip listen_port: 8300 expose_by_default: true exposed_domains:

input_boolean entities: input_boolean.motion_sensor_1: name: "motion sensor 1" input_boolean.motion_sensor_2: name: "motion sensor 2"

In f@h I then got a notification that a bridge was found. I connected with the bridge. The devices can be found in f@h and added to a room. I then connected the motion sensor to the device.