Assist problems with switching AC off

Configuration Voice Assistant
1

I want to use Assist locally, to make sure that its not a problem with STT I’m testing with the assist in writing.

I have an AC that i gave an alias to call it AC, i can set the temperature perfectly fine but trying to switching it off is where I have problems.
Hope somebody can help me to make it possible and probably tell my what I’m doing wrong

Here is a screenshot of the conversation:

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And the settings for the assist:

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2

What does the debug show?

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3

what might be more interesting is which entity-type you are “calling” (and the name of that entity)
Try with a simple “turn off ac”, that is if ac is that name of the device/entity
And ofcause make sure that entity/device is “exposed” to the assist

Basically follow the “pattern” below
Talking to Assist - Sentences starter pack - Home Assistant .

4

Yeah… based on the “Ac is cool” response it seems like it is exposed and is a climate entity. Looking at the HassTurnOff - name_only intents, climate entities aren’t included specifically, so OP will probably be best off using a custom sentence.

5

LOL, i disregarded/ignored that as i saw it as a “Wrong” answer to his Question :laughing:

6

And yes, it’s somehow only possible to get &set temp, when i try to turn on/off it says “Dont know that Device” :upside_down_face:

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… On the other hand, It’s always on anyways :slight_smile:

7

You aren’t doing anything wrong, you’ve just bumped up against one of the quirks of the built-in voice intents… The easiest solution is to set up an automation with a Sentence trigger.

8

Thanks that works, i was not aware that it is only possible get/set the temperature “out of the box”

Still learning, despite using HA for years I only start with assist

9

You could also create a helper “template switch” and turn that on/off with reference to conditions for the the respective states for on/off ( Off/Heat , or what ever states it has )
I.e State

choose:
  - conditions:
      - condition: climate.is_hvac_mode
        target:
          entity_id: climate.your_hvac
        options:
          behavior: any
          for: "00:00:00"
          hvac_mode:
            - off
    sequence:
      - action: climate.set_hvac_mode
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id: climate.your_hvac
        data:
          hvac_mode: "heat"

*** Actions on Turn Off ***

action: climate.set_hvac_mode
metadata: {}
target:
  entity_id: climate.your_hvac
data:
  hvac_mode: off