Home Assistant BluePrint to turn on light, switch, scene or script based on motion and illuminance

motion_illuminance_activated_entity.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Turn on light, switch, scene, script or group based on motion and illuminance.
  description: >
    Turn on a light, switch, scene, script or group based on motion detection, and low light level.

    This blueprint uses helper entities you have to create yourself for some input values, to be able to dynamically set limits. 
    For instructions on creating the helper entities take a look in the Home Assistant Community forum topic:
    https://community.home-assistant.io/t/turn-on-light-switch-scene-or-script-based-on-motion-and-illuminance-more-conditions/257085


    Required entities:
      - Motion sensor (single sensor or group)
      - Target entity (light, switch, scene or script)

    
    Optional features:

    - You can set a cutoff entity of which the value determines whether the illuminance level is low and the automation needs to trigger.
    - You can define a blocking entity, which blocks the automation from running when this entity's state is on.
    - You van define a turn-off blocking entity, which blocks the entity from turning off after the set delay.
    - Time limits can also be defined to limit the time before and after the automation should trigger.
    - If you want the entity to turn off after a certain amount of seconds, you can use the Wait Time input.
    - If you want another entity than the target_entity to turn off after the delay, you can define a separate Turn-off entity.
    - If you do not enable the optional entities the automation will skip these conditions.



    Optional entities:

    - Illuminance sensor (sensor in illuminance class)

    - Illuminance cutoff value  (numeric)
    
    - Blocking entity (any entity with state on/off)

    - Time limit before (input_datetime)

    - Time limit after (input_datetime)

    - Turn off wait time [in seconds!] (numeric) - will not work with script or scene target entities.

    - Turn off entity (any entity_id)

  domain: automation
  input:
    motion_sensor:
      name: Motion Sensor
      description: This sensor will trigger the turning on of the target entity.
      selector:
        entity:
    target_entity:
      name: Target entity.
      description: The light, switch, scene to turn on (or script to run) when the automation is triggered.
      selector:
        entity:
    illuminance_sensor:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Illuminance sensor
      description: This sensor will be used to determine the illumination.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: sensor
          device_class: illuminance
    illuminance_cutoff:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Illuminance cutoff value
      description: This input_number will be used to compare to the current illumination to determine if it is low.
      default: none
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 600
    blocker_entity:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Blocking entity
      description: If this entity's state is on, it will prevent the automation from running. E.g. sleepmode or away mode.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:
    time_limit_after:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Only run after time.
      description: Automation will only run when time is later than this input_datetime value.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_datetime
    time_limit_before:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Only run before time.
      description: Automation will only run when time is earlier than this input_datetime value.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_datetime
    no_motion_wait:
      name: Wait time
      description: Time to leave the light on after last motion is detected.
      default: none
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 3600
          unit_of_measurement: seconds
    turn_off_blocker_entity:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Turn-off Blocking entity
      description: If this entity's state is on, it will prevent the target entity from turning off after the set delay.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:
    target_off_entity:
      name: (OPTIONAL) Turn-off entity
      description: If defined, this entity will be turned off instead of the default target entity. This can be helpful when using target entities of type scene or script.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:

mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent

variables:
  target_entity: !input target_entity
  illuminance_currently: !input illuminance_sensor
  illuminance_cutoff: !input illuminance_cutoff
  blocker_entity: !input blocker_entity
  time_limit_before: !input time_limit_before
  time_limit_after: !input time_limit_after
  no_motion_wait: !input no_motion_wait
  entity_domain: "{{ states[target_entity].domain }}"
  turn_off_blocker_entity: !input turn_off_blocker_entity
  target_off_entity: !input target_off_entity

trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_sensor
  to: 'on'

condition:
# First condition: When entity was already on because the automation ran recently, do not check illuminance because it could have increased above threshold because of a light that was just turned on.
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ (states[target_entity].state == 'on') or (illuminance_currently == none) or (illuminance_cutoff == none) or (states[illuminance_currently].state | int < illuminance_cutoff | int) }}"
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ (blocker_entity == none) or (states[blocker_entity].state == 'off') }}"
  - condition: template
    value_template: >
      {% set current_time = now().strftime("%H:%M")  %}

      {% if time_limit_before != none and time_limit_after == none %}
      {{ states[time_limit_before].state > current_time }}
      {% elif time_limit_before == none and time_limit_after != none %}
      {{ states[time_limit_after].state < current_time }}
      {% elif time_limit_before != none and time_limit_after != none %}
      {% set before_limit_is_on_next_day = time_limit_after > time_limit_before  %}
      {% if not before_limit_is_on_next_day %}
      {{ (states[time_limit_after].state < current_time) and (states[time_limit_before].state > current_time) }}
      {% elif before_limit_is_on_next_day %}
      {{ (states[time_limit_before].state > current_time) or (states[time_limit_after].state < current_time) }}
      {% endif %}
      {% else %}
      true
      {% endif %}

action:
  - service: homeassistant.turn_on
    entity_id: !input target_entity
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ no_motion_wait != none }}"
  - wait_for_trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: !input motion_sensor
      from: "on"
      to: "off"
  - delay: 
      seconds: '{{ no_motion_wait | int }}'
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ (turn_off_blocker_entity == none) or (states[turn_off_blocker_entity].state == 'off') }}"
  - choose:
    - conditions:
        - condition: template
          value_template: "{{ (target_off_entity != none) }}"
      sequence:
        - service: homeassistant.turn_off
          entity_id: !input target_off_entity
    default:
      - service: homeassistant.turn_off
        entity_id: !input target_entity

I can't tell you how helpful this was. I'm literally sitting on the floor weeping with joy. Many thanks.

This is nice! Thanks for sharing!

@thinkJD @memarkham303 I've improved some things over the last few months, I've updated the blueprint here to my latest local version. Thanks for your positive feedback!

What is the difference between this blueprint and the one from "freakshock"? Is it that this one is in seconds and his is in minutes?

Some diffs:

• Freakshock's now has Sun state (wasn't when I forked it)
• Freakshock's uses helpers for timers, this allows for more automation, but also more helpers/entities/complexity. I replaced them with sliders
• I think that when I forked it, Freakshock's only worked with lights, but that he has fixed

I've also created this one, which allows for some fields to use multiple entities. It also allows for retriggering:
https://gist.github.com/storeman/6aa0be47f705af6fc72a32e2e4dab269