topic Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines? in Home Automation

Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

whatuk — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:46:59 GMT

Hi, I was wondering is anyone knew what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

I bought a nest camera, only to find out that it can't trigger anything. Which isn't very helpful as a security device.

So now I was looking into motion sensors. It seems like the hue one would work, and maybe the eve as that works with matter. But then I can't find any definitive information on it, and it just seems super sketchy.

Does anyone know?
Thanks!

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

Kacperhq — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:44:53 GMT

hi @whatuk

i have hue motion sensor conected to google home. It can be use as a triger to start automation.

At one of my home i have it conneted using matter and in other as a google service, works in bouth cases

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

whatuk — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:48:08 GMT

Ah amazing, thank you Kacperhq. Out of interest, do you know if it works on its own without the bridge?

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

Kacperhq — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:27:30 GMT

@whatuk

Hue can use matter only when connected to hue bridge. Eve motion sensor should connect directly using matter as far as I know

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

whatuk — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:02:43 GMT

Ah I see. Thank you! Is there any actual info from google on this? They seem to say you can do it, but then there's no actual information on what's compatible.

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

whatuk — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:04:50 GMT

And also just to confirm, if I wanted a light and a song to play when the sensor detected motion, that would work?

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

Kacperhq — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:37:46 GMT

Yes it's possible.

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

whatuk — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:28:37 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

xtimex — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:13:39 GMT

I have TUYA sensors for door and motion, the application Google Home detects them, but cannot use them as a trigger under automation👎

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

whatuk — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:20:11 GMT

Ah really. Yeah maybe that's the "matter" thing. I think I'll wait until eve release the matter updated versions.

Re: Does anyone know what motion sensors are compatible with routines?

Mlabrador — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 22:16:23 GMT

Hi folks,

Thanks for posting in the community and apologies for the late response.

@Kacperhq, thanks for all the help. I appreciate it.

@whatuk, @xtimex, to learn more about matter, you can check this article. I'll consider this thread as complete and will close it after 24 hours. If you have other questions feel free to create a new thread.

What you need

A Google Account
A home Wi-Fi network
For devices that use Thread, you need a Thread Border Router to complete setup
A mobile phone or tablet with:
- Android 8.1 or later
- Google Play services version 22.48.14 or later
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.2 or higher
Latest version of the Google Home app
A Matter-enabled smart home device. Look for the Matter logo on the package.
A Matter-enabled Google hub

Best,

Nikki