Automation based on who is home

Configuration
1

I am trying to create an automation to trigger a night scene when both persons gone to bed. I do this based on the the phones are being charged using sensor provides Mobile App.

I also want to trigger the night scene if only one person is at home and going to bed, but I cant really figure out how to configure the trigger.

Thanks for input

2

Multiple triggers work like an or - condition. So you just have to add both phones:


trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.first_phone_battery_state
    to: charging

  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.second_phone_battery_state
    to: charging

condition: 
  …
action:
  - scene: scene.YOURSCENE
3

That’s how I done it today, and it works fine when both are home. What I want to do is to trigger the action based on phones that are home.

If one of the phones are not home, I want to trigger the action based on the remaining phone at home.

4

Just replace the state in the example above:


trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.first_phone_battery_state
    to: charging

  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.second_phone_battery_state
    to: charging

  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.first_phone_battery_state
    to: home

  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.second_phone_battery_state
    to: home

condition: 
  …
action:
  - scene: scene.YOURSCENE
6

I have not tried the suggested automation, but I understand that would trigger the action/scene when both phones are home and charging.
What I am trying to acheive is if one one person is home and going to bed (charging the phone) , the night-scene should be trigged. If we are both home, both phone must be in charging state in order for the action to happen.

7

As I said above, triggers are or - conditions. First trigger comes and serves.

8

I’d do it like this:

Create a group with the all: option set to true, this way the group will show home only if all persons in the group are home.

group:
  everyone:
    all: true
    name: Everyone Home
    entities:
      - person.husband
      - person.wife

And the automation part:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: 
      - sensor.first_phone_battery_state
      - sensor.second_phone_battery_state
    to: charging
action:
  - choose:
      # Both persons home and both phones charging
      - conditions: 
          - "{{ states('group.everyone') == 'home' }}"
          - "{{ states('sensor.first_phone_battery_state') == 'charging' }}"
          - "{{ states('sensor.second_phone_battery_state') == 'charging' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: scene.night_scene
      # Only one person home
      - conditions:
          - "{{ states('group.everyone') == 'not_home' }}"
        sequence:
          - service: scene.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: scene.night_scene

I’d probably also add some conditions to only do it between certain times to not trigger it when you charge the phone during the day.

9

Good point!

10

Great! Thanks for that, just what I wanted.