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blueprint: | |
name: Occupancy | |
description: | | |
This blueprint implements the 'Wasp in a Box' principle, a method for detecting room occupancy based on motion and door sensors. It was inspired by an AppDaemon app with a similar approach. | |
You can find more information about this blueprint on the Home Assistant Community: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/occupancy-blueprint/477772 | |
domain: automation | |
source_url: https://gist.github.com/AlexanderBabel/487f054b289b61f90afdc837d23cb85e | |
input: | |
door_sensor: | |
name: Single Door Sensor or Door Sensor Group | |
selector: | |
entity: | |
filter: | |
- domain: binary_sensor | |
- domain: input_boolean | |
motion_sensor: | |
name: Single Motion Sensor or Motion Sensor Group | |
selector: | |
entity: | |
filter: | |
- domain: binary_sensor | |
- domain: input_boolean | |
motion_sensor_turn_off_delay: | |
name: Motion Sensor turn off delay | |
description: "Time after the motion sensor no longer detects motion to set the occupancy to clear. (Default = 5s)" | |
default: 5 | |
selector: | |
number: | |
mode: box | |
min: 0 | |
max: 3600 | |
unit_of_measurement: seconds | |
step: 1.0 | |
door_sensor_turn_off_delay: | |
name: Door Sensor turn off delay | |
description: "In order to automatically set the occupancy to clear when the door was opened and left open. This only clears the occupancy when there was no motion detected between opening the door and the period of this turn off delay period. (Default = 15s)" | |
default: 15 | |
selector: | |
number: | |
mode: box | |
min: 0 | |
max: 3600 | |
unit_of_measurement: seconds | |
step: 1.0 | |
motion_sensor_delay: | |
name: Motion Sensor Delay | |
description: | | |
The time the motion sensor takes before clearing its detected state. (Default=-1 [Disabled]) | |
It is recommended to add a small buffer to prevent false positives. For example, if your motion sensor has a 10-second delay, set this to 12s. | |
default: -1 | |
selector: | |
number: | |
mode: box | |
min: -1 | |
max: 3600 | |
unit_of_measurement: seconds | |
step: 1.0 | |
occupancy_helper: | |
name: Occupancy Helper (Type input_boolean) | |
description: This helper tracks occupancy status and can be used as a trigger for automations, such as turning lights on or off. | |
selector: | |
entity: | |
domain: input_boolean | |
multiple: false | |
last_motion_helper: | |
name: Last Motion Helper (Type date and time) | |
description: This helper logs the last motion detection time to ensure occupancy clears correctly when the door is closed. | |
selector: | |
entity: | |
domain: input_datetime | |
multiple: false | |
variables: | |
door_sensor: !input door_sensor | |
motion_sensor: !input motion_sensor | |
last_motion_helper: !input last_motion_helper | |
motion_sensor_delay: !input motion_sensor_delay | |
trigger: | |
- platform: state | |
entity_id: !input motion_sensor | |
from: "off" | |
to: "on" | |
id: motion | |
- platform: state | |
entity_id: !input door_sensor | |
id: door_opened | |
from: "off" | |
to: "on" | |
- platform: state | |
entity_id: !input door_sensor | |
id: door_closed | |
from: "on" | |
to: "off" | |
- platform: state | |
entity_id: !input motion_sensor | |
from: "on" | |
to: "off" | |
for: !input motion_sensor_turn_off_delay | |
id: clear | |
- platform: state | |
entity_id: !input door_sensor | |
to: "on" | |
for: !input door_sensor_turn_off_delay | |
id: door_left_open | |
condition: [] | |
action: | |
- choose: | |
- conditions: | |
- condition: trigger | |
id: motion | |
sequence: | |
- service: input_datetime.set_datetime | |
data: | |
timestamp: "{{ as_timestamp(now()) }}" | |
target: | |
entity_id: !input last_motion_helper | |
- if: | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input occupancy_helper | |
state: "off" | |
then: | |
- service: input_boolean.turn_on | |
data: {} | |
target: | |
entity_id: !input occupancy_helper | |
- conditions: | |
- condition: trigger | |
id: door_opened | |
sequence: | |
- if: | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input occupancy_helper | |
state: "off" | |
then: | |
- service: input_boolean.turn_on | |
data: {} | |
target: | |
entity_id: !input occupancy_helper | |
- conditions: | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input occupancy_helper | |
state: "on" | |
- condition: or | |
conditions: | |
- condition: and | |
conditions: | |
- condition: trigger | |
id: clear | |
- condition: or | |
conditions: | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input door_sensor | |
state: "on" | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input door_sensor | |
state: "unavailable" | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input door_sensor | |
state: "unknown" | |
- condition: template | |
value_template: >- | |
{{ | |
is_state(door_sensor, 'off') | |
and ( | |
states[door_sensor].last_changed > as_local(as_datetime(states(last_motion_helper))) | |
and ( | |
motion_sensor_delay == -1 | |
or ( | |
motion_sensor_delay > -1 | |
and states[door_sensor].last_changed >= states[motion_sensor].last_changed - timedelta(seconds=motion_sensor_delay) | |
) | |
) | |
) | |
}} | |
alias: True, when the door is closed and last motion was detected before door was closed and no motion was detected in the timeout period | |
alias: Check if door is open or closed and no motion was detected afterwards | |
- condition: and | |
conditions: | |
- condition: trigger | |
id: door_closed | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input motion_sensor | |
state: "off" | |
- condition: template | |
value_template: >- | |
{{ | |
states[door_sensor].last_changed > as_local(as_datetime(states(last_motion_helper))) | |
}} | |
- condition: and | |
conditions: | |
- condition: trigger | |
id: door_left_open | |
- condition: state | |
entity_id: !input motion_sensor | |
state: "off" | |
- condition: template | |
value_template: >- | |
{{ | |
states[door_sensor].last_changed > as_local(as_datetime(states(last_motion_helper))) | |
}} | |
alias: True, when the door was opened and no motion was detected since opening the door for the turn off delay | |
alias: If the door was left open and no motion was detected between when the door was openened and the turn off delay | |
sequence: | |
- service: input_boolean.turn_off | |
data: {} | |
target: | |
entity_id: !input occupancy_helper | |
default: [] | |
mode: queued | |
max: 10 |
Hey @FrankTub,
Thank you for your patience. I will check out your blueprint and report back about the change. I recently moved and had to re-setup numerous automations.
Hi @FrankTub again,
I tested the script for a month and everything looks good to me. Thank you for the improvement! I adjusted the original script to your version.
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@AlexanderBabel I've used your code and adjusted some parts to match a situation where my required output would be that the occupancy is set immediately when the door was opened. In order to do so I added a new turn of delay:
door_sensor_turn_off_delay
. In order to keep things neat I changed the existing delay tomotion_sensor_turn_off_delay
. Also asked ChatGPT to enhance some parts of the descriptions and refactored the template code parts a bit so I could understand what was going on. I've played around for it for some time now and it seems to work perfect for my use case.Would you be open to updating your version to this? Probably best to test it in your house first before doing so 😄 .