Motion Detection Sensor in Home Assistant - Help needed #22079
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I have just installed a Reolink doorbell and have enabled RTSP and have added this camera into Frigate. I have configured to detection and record parameters for my needs, and the required motion events are being recorded. However, when I look at the sensor for Motion in Home Assistant, it bares no resemblance to when recordings were done. Motíon is recorded as being almost constant. So I guess the motion is the pre-filtered movement detection events. Is there any way to have a Motion event only based on when recordings were triggered ? |
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You're correct - the motion sensor in Home Assistant reflects raw motion detection, not filtered recording events. The motion sensor shows when Frigate detects pixel changes in the frame, which happens before object detection runs. This is why it appears almost constant compared to your recordings(1). For automations based on actual recordings, you should use MQTT sensors on the If you want to reduce the motion sensor sensitivity itself, you can adjust motion detection parameters in your config:
You can also adjust For recording-based automations, consider using the binary sensors for specific object types (like person) or MQTT events instead of the motion sensor(1). 📚 Sources: Have another question? Just tag @inkeep. |
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Generally speaking, in Home Assistant, you don't want Frigate's "motion" entities. You want the "person occupancy" entities. Those are what will tell you when a person appears. |
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Generally speaking, in Home Assistant, you don't want Frigate's "motion" entities. You want the "person occupancy" entities. Those are what will tell you when a person appears.