Adhan Automation (الأذان التلقائي للصلاة) using google speaker

msahar · November 29, 2019, 1:55pm

@Unixman Put this at the end of your 'automation.yaml' file. Save it and restart your Pi. This will restart your Pi automatically at 2 AM every night.

- alias: Restart HA
  trigger: 
    platform: time
    at: "02:00:00"  
  action:
    - service: homeassistant.restart

Unixman · November 30, 2019, 4:05am

Thank you for the clue i just added like you mentioned, so it seems like a bug?

msahar · November 30, 2019, 2:06pm

Actually it is difficult to comment on it. Some people have mentioned that they have this problem when their Pi was connected to the internet via WiFi and the problem is gone once they connected it to the internet via LAN cable whereas others reported quite opposite to it. Just monitor the behaviour of your Pi for one or two days to make sure everything is working as desired.

msahar · December 4, 2019, 10:20pm

General Announcement

If due to some reason, Islamic prayer sensors are not updating automatically, considering adding the following code to the end of automation.yaml file. This code is meant to restart your raspberry pi at 1 AM every night thereby forcing the sensors to update.

############### Restart HA ############### 
- alias: Restart HA
  trigger: 
    platform: time
    at: "01:00:00"
  action:
    - service: homeassistant.restart

imateen · December 10, 2019, 9:19pm

Salam Sahar, How do I add more speakers or devices(media_player.playroom_speaker) to this script? Also would it be any different for adding a google home hub?

Automation for 4 times Azan

action:
- alias: ‘Azan’
  data:
  entity_id: media_player.family_room_speaker
  media_content_id: ‘https://youtu.be/iLctLGheEuM’
  media_content_type: video/youtube
  service: media_extractor.play_media
- data:
  entity_id: media_player.family_room_speaker
  volume_level: ‘0.9’
  service: media_player.volume_set
  alias: Adhan
  condition: []
  id: ‘1517693010922’
  trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_dhuhr”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_asr”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_maghrib”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_isha”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’

Separate alarm for Fajar Azan

action:
- alias: ‘Azan_Fajr’
  data:
  entity_id: media_player.family_room_speaker
  media_content_id: ‘https://youtu.be/VHcRTIcRvN8’
  media_content_type: video/youtube
  service: media_extractor.play_media
- data:
  entity_id: media_player.family_room_speaker
  volume_level: ‘0.6’
  service: media_player.volume_set
  alias: Azan_Fajr
  condition: []
  id: ‘1517693034922’
  trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_fajr”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’

Iqbal

msahar · December 11, 2019, 12:21am

Have a look at this automation.yaml file. It uses multiple speakers.
automation.yaml

amtul_sara · December 20, 2019, 12:21am

Adhan is not playing on all the google devices. It’s playing only on one. Can someone please help.
Jazak Allah

msahar · December 20, 2019, 12:33am

Please share your configuration.yaml and automation.yaml files.

amtul_sara · December 20, 2019, 12:42am

Adhan is not playing on all the google devices. It’s playing only on one. Can someone please help.
Jazak Allah

msahar · December 20, 2019, 12:44am

you need to modify your automation.yaml file. How many google devices you have in total?

amtul_sara · December 20, 2019, 12:48am

3 in total. Here is my automation.yaml

Automation for 5 times Azan

action:
- alias: ‘’
  data:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen_display
  entity_id: media_player.yumnas_bedroom_speaker
  media_content_id: https://www.islamcan.com/audio/adhan/azan2.mp3
  media_content_type: audio/mp3
  service: media_extractor.play_media
- data:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen_display
  entity_id: media_player.yumnas_bedroom_speaker
  volume_level: ‘0.6’
  service: media_player.volume_set
  alias: Adhan
  condition: []
  id: ‘1517693010922’
  trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_dhuhr”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_asr”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_maghrib”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_isha”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’

Seperate Automation for Fajr Adhan

action:
- alias: ‘Fajr Adhan’
  data:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen_display
  entity_id: media_player.yumnas_bedroom_speaker
  media_content_id: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFaIHrol5ck
  media_content_type: audio/mp3
  service: media_extractor.play_media
- data:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen_display
  entity_id: media_player.yumnas_bedroom_speaker
  volume_level: ‘0.6’
  service: media_player.volume_set
  alias: Fajr Adhan
  condition: []
  id: ‘1517694139112’
  trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: ‘{{ as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.time_date”), “%H:%M, %Y-%m-%d”)) == as_timestamp(strptime(states(“sensor.islamic_prayer_time_fajr”), “%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S”)) }}’

Restart HA to force update Islamic Time Sensors at 1AM

alias: Restart HA
trigger:
platform: time
at: “20:00:00”
action:
- service: homeassistant.restart

yusefte · January 5, 2020, 7:34pm

Assalaamualaikum,
Thanks, Sahar, for all of your work on this project! I have been dreaming of implementing Adhan into my home ever since I got my first Google Home Mini about 3 years ago. I had head of Home Assistant, but never had the nerve to dive into it until now. I now have Adhan echoing throughout my house through my Google Home devices!

I wanted to mention that if you have multiple devices, just simply create a group within the Google Home app on your phone and then add your devices to it. Then use that group as your media device in automations.yaml. My group is called “zgroup”, so it’s entity_id: media_player.zgroup

Works perfectly for me!

msahar · January 6, 2020, 12:49pm

Wa Alaikum Salam. Glad you made it.
Thanks for the information on how to deal with multiple google speakers. I reckon it would be of great help if post a few screenshots showing steps on how to group devices in the google app and also the concerned portion of your autiomation.yaml file.
JazakAllah.

yusefte · January 11, 2020, 11:20pm

I have lost access to the sensors. They are all saying… Entity not available: sensor.islamic_prayer_time_fajr (and the same error for the rest of the prayers). I can’t think of any change I made that would be causing this. Is this happening to anyone else? I have tried restarting everything but same errors.

msahar · January 12, 2020, 8:39am

Try restarting your server or even look for an update if available under Hass.io -> dashboard.
My senors are up and running fine.

fast900 · January 13, 2020, 4:48am

I just had a quick question, would it be possible to do this using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, it has the required ports, my question is would the RAM be an issue at all ?

msahar · January 13, 2020, 5:18am

Welcome @fast900 to HassIO community. Yes, it is possible to install HassIO on a raspberry pi zero W. In fact my first installation was on Pi Zero W too. But Pi zero W is too slow because of having just 512 MB of RAM and it takes normally 20 to 30 minutes at its first boot.

fast900 · January 13, 2020, 2:08pm

what would be the recommended size of the ram otherwise, or should I just use the suggested Pi 3 or 4?

msahar · January 13, 2020, 7:19pm

I suggest you buying a Raspberry Pi 4 with 2GB or 4GB RAM. Go for a 4GB model if you are not on a tight budget, otherwise, a 2GB model would be more than enough.

yusefte · January 14, 2020, 5:52pm

I’m happy to say that I got the sensors working again! I cloned my Linux VirtualBox, and then restored an older snapshot and the sensors were there

Now the next things I’d like would be to have my hue lights blink a few times during adhan, and to have an adhan image display on my Google smart displays instead of a little icon. Both of these aren’t necessary, but they would be cool