PIR Motion Sensors

PIR motion sensors, albeit called sensors, are configured as switches in Tasmota since they basically report motion (1) or no motion (0) to the device.

Most PIR's are single wire and they require connecting to VCC, GND and one GPIO. In this guide we will use GPIO13 as the pin that the PIR output is connected to. See PIN Restrictions on which pins not to use

Tasmota Settings~

In Configuration -> Configure Module menu change GPIO13 to Switch1.

If there already is a Switch1 simply choose the next in line. Same applies if you're connecting more than 1 PIR on a single device.

A configured PIR will not appear in the web UI in any form. To make it report like a sensor we need a rule that will send movement triggers to an MQTT topic.

SwitchMode1 1
SwitchTopic 0
Rule1 on Switch1#state=1 do publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 ON endon on Switch1#state=0 do Publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 OFF endon
Rule1 1

Look in console for motion detection messages [20:24:03] stat/%topic%/PIR1 ON to verify everything is working

optional: Before using rules configure any GPIO that doesn't have anything connected to it as Relay1.
This creates a dummy relay which is triggered by the PIR so you can see the changes in the web UI. This method is not recommended for daily use and should only be used for testing.

A more advanced example of rules with PIRs.

AM312~

AM312 works even on 3.3v instead of 5v (like HC-SR501) which makes it perfect for ESP8266 devices without a 5V line (like Sonoff Basic). It is also less prone to false triggers due to Wi-Fi interference.

Pinout~

Pin marked VOUT is connected to a free GPIO pin on the device.

This PIR goes to off state after a few seconds so we need to use this rule instead of the one in the example.

Rule1 on Switch1#state=1 do Backlog Publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 ON; RuleTimer1 30 endon on Rules#Timer=1 do Publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 OFF endon

Another configuration option is to change Switchmode to 14 with Pulsetime of 130 (30 seconds on every time the AM312 is triggered)

Another use case as a hand wave switch.

HC-SR501~

Pinout~

Configuration with HC-SR501 is easiest with Switchmode 1, since this module has a built-in trigger/delay potentiometers and the state remains ON during the trigger period.

MH-SR602~

This is a very small version of a PIR that is able to modify the sensitivity and delay by soldering resistors.

With factory settings this PIR goes to off state after a few seconds so we need to use this rule instead of the one in the example.

Rule1 on Switch1#state=1 do Backlog Publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 ON; RuleTimer1 30 endon on Rules#Timer=1 do Publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 OFF endon

Pinout~

Panasonic EKMC1603111~

Set the data pin to Switch n for it to work.

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