topic [PersonDetection] is off for this camera. in Home Automation

[PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:20:44 GMT

I scripted an automation that would turn on the porch lights when my Nest camera detected a person and it worked for one day.

- type: device.event.PersonDetection # A person has been detected by the camera.

Now I just get this warning in the script editor when I go look for issues in the script.

[PersonDetection] is off for this camera. Turn it on in camera settings in the Google Home app.

I have 3 Nest cameras that are still recording and sending notifications for events. But if I choose to use any of them they all say the same thing.

Help?

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

GBD — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:57:03 GMT

@Skyjetty I just attempted to create a script to do the same thing and have no problems with the script except for cameras that I do not have person detection turned on.

Check to see if "People" is turned on for your cameras in the Google Home app.

- Open each camera in your Home App and the select the tree dot menu in the upper right.

- Select Settings

- Select Events

- Select Seen events

(If you have zones setup you'll have to check each zone and "outside of zone" events for the following)

- Under Event history, make sure that the slider for "People" is on.

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:31:47 GMT

Do I have to have People turned in both inside the zone and outside the zone?

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

GBD — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:07:13 GMT

You only have to turn it on where you want the detection to turn on the lights. If you're only interested in having the lights turn on when detected in the zone, just turn in on there and leave it off in outside of zone. If you want it to turn on the lights anywhere the camera sees, you'll need to do inside and outside the zone.

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:07:39 GMT

I have "People", "Vehicles", "Animals" and just "Motion" all turned on and the script editor still says it's off.

device.event.MotionDetection

device.event.PersonDetection

device.event.MovingVehicleDetection

device.event.AnimalOtherDetection

All report:

[MotionDetection] is off for this camera.

[PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

[MovingVehicleDetection] is off for this camera.

[AnimalOtherDetection] is off for this camera.

But they are not off and the event notifications are working for each option...

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

GBD — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:43:45 GMT

I'm stumped now as well, it looks like everything is good on your end so it should work. About the only thing else I could suggest, and it's a stretch, would be to reboot your cameras and maybe try building your automation from scratch. Other than that maybe one of the community specialists could jump in with some suggestions or a link to support for the issue.

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:51:50 GMT

I just deleted all my automations and will try again...

Even the simple automation built in the app with a Starter and an Action doesn't work anymore...

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:15:56 GMT

Stumped. Rebooting camera didn't fix it... 😞

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Dannyboi5655 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:33:45 GMT

Do you have a zone set up? If so and you have event history turned off outside of the zone then you'll get this error. Nothing to worry about since it still works inside of the zone that you care about.

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:36:32 GMT

I gave up using Google for automations and got a Starling Hub. The hub put everything NEST into Apple Home and it's been working perfect ever since.

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Dannyboi5655 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:42:13 GMT

Not not familiar with starling hub but we'll check it out now. Thank you

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Skyjetty — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:39:48 GMT

Here is a link to what I got. Even the Nest Thermostat is in Home and works with Siri on my HomePods perfectly.
https://www.starlinghome.io/

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

Dannyboi5655 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:32:58 GMT

Thank you for the information. I'll definitely check it out.

Re: [PersonDetection] is off for this camera.

_Martin_ — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:49:54 GMT

I got the same error. I was able to fix it by enabling "person detection" outside the zone