topic Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths? in Home Automation

How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

nathanperkins — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:54:49 GMT

I'm trying to use the script editor to make an automation that is conditional on the light level reading from my Eve Motion sensor.

For device.state.SensorState, the state field must be a field path like "currentSensorStateData.SmokeLevel.rawValue", but there's no auto-completion and no listing of the possible values. I have no idea what to put here and it's not clear how to figure it out.

How can you see the possible sensor state fields for a given device?

The examples look like:

starters:
- type: device.state.SensorState
  device: My Device - Room Name
  state: currentSensorStateData.SmokeLevel.currentSensorState
  is: high

Ref: https://developers.home.google.com/automations/schema/reference/entity/sht_device/sensor_state_state

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

DWB1973 — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 03:56:04 GMT

I'm not a coder but I was scanning through the scripted automation examples at https://developers.home.google.com/automations/example-scripts and saw a possible (shot in the dark) solution.

currentSensorStateData.BrightnessLevel.currentSensorState

If that doesn't work, then my next guess is that since Google Home is cloud-based, it may prevent the automation from functioning as you intend because (if I understand correctly) luminance level measurements may not be a cloud-to-cloud supported sensor trait, yet.

Reference: https://developers.home.google.com/cloud-to-cloud/traits/sensorstate

For a definitive answer, I recommend that you contact Google Home technical support.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

domwhewell — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:23:35 GMT

@nathanperkinsdid you find an answer? I too am looking to utilize my Light Sensors but seems they are just useless at the moment

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

sammers — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:54:03 GMT

Following

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

domwhewell — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:28:08 GMT

Specifically for Eve motion sensor V2 I opened a ticket with Eve Home support saying I am unable to access the light sensor for automations using the script editor and they replied saying this is a feature Google must implement?! I would have thaught it would be the other way round but ok then...

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

VictorAdriel — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:25:45 GMT

I have the same problem. With the new script editor, I can finally use the motion data as a starter for my automation. However, even if I can see the device, I cannot use "currentSensorStateData" to read the light level readings. Any idea of when will that be possible?

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

FreemanAMG — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 01:54:11 GMT

Same issue with the Eve Motion Sensor. I can maybe get away with a time condtion, but the brightness level would be ideal.
By the way, I tried BrightnessLevel.currentSensorState and is not supported

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Chiggyeuh — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 02:03:52 GMT

Also following, hoping to extract some more sensor state data from Hue motion sensors.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

deezid — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:56:48 GMT

Same here with the Eve motion sensor. No clue how to use the brightness data provided from the sensor for automations. Feels kinda useless right now.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Chiggyeuh — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:08:48 GMT

I found some info on another thread, and this (for hue motion sensors) is working! I

’temperatureAmbient’ is what I was looking for. Now to find humidity and lux…

starters:
- type: device.state.TemperatureControl
state: temperatureAmbient
greaterThan: 25C
device: Garage Motion Sensor - Garage

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Crayuk — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:24:25 GMT

I'm interested in this as well.

No problem in setting up the motion sensor in a script and that is working well.

It would be good to use the light level too in a script. It's strange as I can see the light level in the Google Home app for the sensor, but I don't know what starter type I need to use in the script to use this data in an automation.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

nylonee — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:22:57 GMT

I've been struggling with this as well, it looks like when you go to set up an automation (not via script) there's only Occupancy setting, so it does sound like either Eve is not correctly advertising the Lux setting, or Google is not correctly receiving it (but it shows up in the google app when you click on device settings, so I'm leaning towards it being a Google problem)

Hoping that a Google dev out there sees this and can take a look at why these devices are not working...

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Crayuk — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:30:13 GMT

Yes I agree. The fact it's in the Google Home App shows the Eve device is sending the data out. It would be good to know how to use this lux data in the script editor.

Hopefully someone in the Google Home team will be able to help...?

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

HaroldBien — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 02:38:06 GMT

I see officially at https://www.evehome.com/en-us/eve-motion at the bottom of the page light level is shown as not available for Google home. However, I do agree that I can see it on Google Home device data. I believe now the issue is that Eve has to implement a specific feature for us to use this in automation, and then I guess Google would have to approve it. Hopefully this won't end up being a chicken and egg problem.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Crayuk — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:04:06 GMT

It's a shame there's been no update on this as being able to use the lux data in the script editor would be really useful.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

deezid — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:11:02 GMT

We can see the light level inside the Google Home app but still cannot use the sensor data for automations.

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Chiggyeuh — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:37:42 GMT

As we search for the solution - what is everybody planning to use the light level for?

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Enitharmon — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:39:26 GMT

I'd like to auto-adjust my roller-shutters, based on the amount of light that comes from the windows

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

Adow — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:18:54 GMT

lightLevel.currenSensorState seems working, but I couldn't find right state, I tried everything (dark, bright, direct sunlight...), no success... rawValue doesn't work, so no chance to use number of lux (Philips Hue outdoor sensor)

Re: How to find currentSensorStateData field paths?

deezid — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:22:57 GMT

I just gave up and added an aeotec hub with matter.

Automations using both light and motion are working flawlessly and everything runs locally and finally absolutely reliably.

Matter sensors on Google home have been a huge mess since the Fuchsia 16 update on my and my parents nest hubs.