Configuration

All configuration must be done through the UI. YAML configuration is deprecated

Area configuration parameters

• Features: Select features to enable
• Presence Sensor Device Class: Device classes of sensors to be considered presence sensors (default: presence, occupancy, motion)
• Icon: Icon for the area's presence binary sensor.
• Update Interval: Interval for checking missed events (default: 60)
• Clear Timeout: How long since last presence event should it wait before clearing the area (default: 60)
• Type: Area type (interior/exterior)

Including / Excluding entities

• Include Entities: Extra entities to consider for this area (for when they can't be tied to an area in Home Assistant)
• Exclude Entities: Entities to ignore throughout Magic Areas for this area

Secondary-state configuration

• Dark Entity: Entity used to track when area is dark
• Dark State: State of dark entity which represents on/dark (default: on)
• Sleep Entity: Entity used to track area sleep state
• Sleep State: State of sleep entity which represents on/sleeping (default: on)
• Sleep Timeout: How long since last presence event should it wait before clearing the area when on sleep mode (default: 60)
• Accented Entity: Entity used to track when area is accented
• Accented State: State of dark entity which represents on/accented (default: on)
• Extended Time: How long after being occupied this area will be marked as extended
• Extended Timeout: How long since last presence event should it wait before clearing the area when on extended mode (default: 300)

Feature-specific configuration

See each feature wiki page for their configuration options.