topic Re: Automation routine start on motion detection from Nest Camera not working in Home Automation

Automation routine start on motion detection from Nest Camera not working

wadecb — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:29:12 GMT

I bought some nest cams and nest mini speakers to be alerted based on motion (ideally for people only).

The motion detection (without the routine) works because I get a notification on my phone.
The alert part of the routine works because I can test it from the Home app on my phone.
The motion detection to start the routine does not work. I have set up a starter based on "Detect motion". I have tried it with "people" only filter or any motion. Neither triggers the routine. Since I'm able to set it in the app, I'm assuming it's a supported routine starter.

Can someone please confirm what I need to do to get it working?

Re: Automation routine start on motion detection from Nest Camera not working

wadecb — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:31:08 GMT

For anyone facing the same issue, I found a solution. Use the script editor instead of doing it from you phone.

As a newcomer to home automation, I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered the script editor. It's very powerful! 👏👏 I hope & suspect this is the future of the platform - perhaps provide a UI on top of the script editor but give full control for those who want to go to the code. This is what I was hoping for and has restored my faith in Google Home 😀

Re: Automation routine start on motion detection from Nest Camera not working

shogo — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:54:05 GMT

Script Editor is sadly anything but powerful. It lacks basic conditionals, templating and the list of starters/actions available for most of the devices will more often than not put into into thinking 'why is this $obvious functionality not available'.

Re: Automation routine start on motion detection from Nest Camera not working

wadecb — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 22:50:57 GMT

Noted 😀

Re: Automation routine start on motion detection from Nest Camera not working

Tallica2020 — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:26:59 GMT

@shogo your response to my post a while back about not being able to record while viewing Nest cameras live was the best I’ve ever seen on this forum. I just wanted to say thank you for that. After your post, I became frustrated with Google and decided to stay away from everything related to it, especially since there were people commenting who don’t even use the system but act like they know what they’re talking about. I really appreciate your thoughtful response. Kudos to yo