Outdoor PIR on Home Assistant for less than $10. Replace RING motion sensor.

In this video I take an outdoor PIR sensor that I bought at a rummage sale for $3, and connect it to a Tasmotized Sonoff SV that I had already set up as a garage door button In Home Assistant and Google Home.

Included is the wiring, mounting, assembly, and set-up of the Tasmota software and the Home Assistant software to make this work in my system to replace my RING doorbell motion sensor that fails more than it works.

If you want to skip ahead to programming, here are some time syncs:
20:34 – Start of Tasmota configuration of the Sonoff SV
26:53 – Start of Home Assistant programming

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Video related links:
Tasmotizer:
https://github.com/tasmota/tasmotizer
WIKI for Sonoff SV:
https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/wiki/sonoff-SV
Amazon Link to buy Sonoff SV:
https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Control-Support-Secondary-Development/dp/B07MNH9XS6

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Home Assistant YAML Code:
binary_sensor:

  • platform: mqtt
    name: “Yard Light PIR”
    device_class: motion
    state_topic: garage_door/stat/POWER2
    payload_on: ‘ON’
    payload_off: ‘OFF’
    force_update: false
    availability_topic: garage_door/tele/LWT
    payload_available: Online
    payload_not_available: Offline

automations:

  • id: yard_light_pir alias: Yard Light PIR initial_state: ‘on’ trigger:
    • entity_id: binary_sensor.yard_light_pir
      platform: state
      from: ‘off’
      to: ‘on’
    • entity_id: binary_sensor.back_door_motion
      platform: state
      from: ‘off’
      to: ‘on’
      condition:
      condition: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.dark_outside
      state: ‘on’
      action:
    • service: script.turn_on
      entity_id: script.garage_lights_on
    • service: script.turn_on
      entity_id: script.garage_lights_start_timeout

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I retired from a large mid-western medical equipment manufacturer on December 31 (2019) and decided to try to let everyone in on my life and my transition into retirement. I have a varied set of interests. I live in a 90 year old cape cod in the middle of a small city of 70,000 people. I have a small lot across the street from the city seat of government, but despite that I have a 1952 Allis Chalmers farm tractor that I drive around the city from time to time. My wife has a business that has me fixing and creating cool home decor out of broken windows and drywall screws. I have been known to buy things on 'for sale' lists, fix it up, clean it up, generally add value and sell it off. Oh, yes, I'm getting chickens! But first I have to build the chicken coop and run. It will be like no other you have ever seen. Also will give me something to do. I am into home automation, have a Home Assistant enabled home and so will the chickens! I'll have to give them a password...
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