Domoticz Dummy Motion Sensor

Motionpie cam in domoticz with motion detection.

Domoticz dummy motion sensor. If you create a dummy switch in domoticz. Don t forget to edit the switch so it s a motion sensor and set a custom off delay. I create a dummy sensor on domoticz and selector swith on that. However the information will not be passed to the node without explicitly requesting it from the node.

In most cases the motion detection is not integrated in domoticz afaik but there are guides on how to do this. Human body sensor motion sensor. Wemos domoticz dummy device allow to recover measures temperature probe detector of presence or to send orders to a diy connected object for example a relay. Everything here is tested and is compatible with domoticz.

Domoticz is a very light weight home automation system that lets you monitor and configure miscellaneous devices including lights switches various sensors meters like temperature rainfall wind ultraviolet uv radiation electricity usage production gas consumption water consumption and many more. The condition is that we are in alarm state motion triggered and that the delay time of 45 seconds has passed. Enter the name sound siren dummy and select switch in the sensor type drop down list. Xiaomi zigbee z wave 433mhz all those protocols and standard are compatible with domoticz.

Now find one of your ip cams you want to communicate with the dummy motion sensor and add the following two lines and change the bold parts to suit your needs. After that i define a v text sensor on the node. All those products are linked to the right gearbest page so you can add them to your shopping cart easily. The idea is simple.

Posted on september 7 2015 december 6. It s not difficult to add a supported camera to domoticz setup more options camera add camera and then to add the camera to a dummy switch. We will use this dummy switch to decide if we should start the siren. 10 that s it your dummy sensor should now turn on when it detects motion handling power outages while this worked well for me i had an issue with power outages i live in india where unplanned outages are relatively common and while the domoticz server runs off a ups the motion sensor doesn t.

Again google is your friend. Virtual devices can also be used to display information retrieved from an online service weather air quality road traffic. Add a dummy motion sensor and find the id in setup devices in domoticz you ll need that to switch the virtual motion sensor through the api commands. By giving a device real or dummy in domoticz a name constructed by adding a pre determined prefix to an existing device group name lua is used to detect when any device with that prefix changes state and to carry out a specific action on an existing physical device group defined already in domoticz and named without using the helper prefix.