Another sunrise/sunset topic

Configuration
1

Hello! Its me again…

After finally getting z-stick to work, i’ve been moving on to main goal; turning outside lights on and off according to sunrise/sunset.

I’ve tried the example docs and many other automations found on google and the community with no luck…

please help :smiley:

  - alias: 'Utelys AV'
trigger:
  platform: sun
  event: sunrise
action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    entity_id: switch.qubino_zmnhadx_flush_1_relay_switch
  
  
  

  - alias: 'Utelys PÅ'
trigger:
  platform: sun
  event: sunset
  offset: '00:00:00'
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.qubino_zmnhadx_flush_1_relay_switch
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.qubino_zmnhadx_flush_1_relay_switch
2

The formatting is quite off, which might be the problem. I’d expect the following to work:

- alias: 'Utelys AV'
  trigger:
    - platform: sun
      event: sunrise
  action:
    - service: switch.turn_off
      entity_id: switch.qubino_zmnhadx_flush_1_relay_switch
  
- alias: 'Utelys PÅ'
  trigger:
    - platform: sun
      event: sunset
  action:
    - service: switch.turn_on
      entity_id: switch.qubino_zmnhadx_flush_1_relay_switch

I use these automations to turn an outside light on at dusk, on in the morning, and off at either midnight or sunrise.

3

Thank you for your response.

I’ve tried this now with offsets and still no luck. nothing happens!(the light turns on and off if i push trigger)

But, if i go to states and “sun.sun” it reads 16:04, but its actually setting 18:08 here in oslo. The timezone is correct in the config…

automations using time is working fine… Im really confused right now!

4

the SUN component should not have a time as its state.
Make sure your latitude and longitude are right in configuration.yaml.
Make sure your timezone is right in configuration.yaml.
Make sure you have a line in configuration.yaml that says
sun:

Then when this is all set up, go to the developer tools, states page and you should see something like this in the sun.sun attributes.

next_dawn: 2017-10-15T12:00:02+00:00
next_dusk: 2017-10-16T00:06:58+00:00
next_midnight: 2017-10-16T06:03:07+00:00
next_noon: 2017-10-15T18:03:30+00:00
next_rising: 2017-10-15T12:26:53+00:00
next_setting: 2017-10-15T23:40:07+00:00
elevation: -10.13
azimuth: 93.23
friendly_name: Sun
5

I use the solar angle for my automations istead of sunrise and sun set

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      solar_angle:
        value_template: '{{ "%+.1f"|format(states.sun.sun.attributes.elevation) }}'
        friendly_name: 'Sun Angle'
        unit_of_measurement: '°'

- alias: 'Switch on lights when we are out'
  hide_entity: False
  trigger:
    platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.solar_angle
    below: 1.0
  condition:
    condition: state
    entity_id: group.family
    state: 'not_home'
  action:
     - service: light.turn_on
       entity_id: light.living_room_colour,light.landing
       data:
         rgb_color: [255, 255, 255]
         brightness: 190