Automation 2 in 1 help

1

hello to all
is there anyway to transform the following automation in only one single automation?

thanks

- id: AmbilighOn      
  alias: Ligar Ambilight
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.tv_da_sala
    to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: time
    after: '20:00:00'
    #evoluir para estores fechados
  action:
    service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.yeelight_color2_04cf8c842ee1
      
- id: AmbilighOFF     
#evoluir para se estores abertos
  alias: Desligar Ambilight
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.tv_da_sala
    to: 'off'
  action:
    service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.yeelight_color2_04cf8c842ee1
2

Sure it’s possible but it would complicate things and possibly make them difficult to understand. One automation isn’t always better than two.

- id: AmbilightControle
  alias: "Ao Controle Ambilight" ## Apologies if Google Translate mangled that.
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.tv_da_sala
  condition:
    condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: time
        after: '20:00:00'
      - conditon: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state.state == 'off' }}"
  action:
    service_template: >
    {% if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' %}
      light.turn_on
    {% else %}
      light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.yeelight_color2_04cf8c842ee1
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3

thanks a lot
i will try it

4

well it gives me the following errror
missed comma between flow collection entries at line 262, column 6:
{% if trigger.to_state.state == ’ …
^

5

This is what I mean about complicating things. It was a fairly simple mistake but you were unable to spot it. Copying code from helpful people on the forum isn’t any good if you don’t understand it. Later on if something changes in your set up, are you going to be able to fix it?
You could have done if you kept the simpler two automation method of accomplishing this task.

 action:
    service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' }}
        light.turn_on
      {% else %}
        light.turn_off
      {% endif %}
    entity_id: light.yeelight_color2_04cf8c842ee1

One thing to note is that this will switch the light off if the media player becomes any state other than ‘on’ after 8pm. e.g. ‘unavailable’.

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