Automation condition time and sun

Configuration
1

I tried every combination, but it won’t work…
I want if the light’s are off, but only at night, to turn on the lights if the motion sensor detects.

Here is my automations.yaml

- id: tuinlichtPIR
  alias: Tuinlicht aan bij beweging in poort
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_poort_1
      to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: time
        after: '19:00:00'
      - condition: sun  
        before: sunrise
  action:
    service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.rfx_tuinlicht

When I change the condition to:

  condition: time
  after: '19:00:00'

then it works, but when I try to make the combination with the sun, nothing.

Any ideas to help me into the light.

2

In what part of the world does the sun rise after 7pm?

3

The Netherlands? :wink: No, but I want the lights to switch on, after 19:00. And before sunrise.
How should I do that??

4

I changed the

before: sunrise

to

after: sunrise

Then the lights will turn on at motion. Should I see the time window only from 0:00 till 23:59? Or what am I doing wrong?

5

Change the and to or.

(and put it back to before sunrise)

6

That works! Thanks.

But I not sure if I understand how it works. I just read that the time can be: after 19:00 untill before 5:00. (So during the night)
Is: “before sunrise” the same as: 00:00 untill sunrise?

7

Exactly that :+1:

8

Thanks!

Starting to understand the system. :grinning:

1 Like
9

so, when:
Next Sun Rise 6:39
Next Sun Set 18:35

condition:
condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
after: sunset
after_offset: “-01:00:00”
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
after_offset: “01:00:00”

its works from 17:35 to 7:39am ?

i thinking about turn on lights in the night on motion:

  • id: led on
    alias: led on
    trigger:
    • entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor_1xxxx
      from: ‘off’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition:
      condition: or
      conditions:
      - condition: sun
      after: sunset
      after_offset: “-01:00:00”
      - condition: sun
      before: sunrise
      after_offset: “01:00:00”
      action:
    • data: {}
      entity_id: switch.espurna_9xxx
      service: homeassistant.turn_on
10 
- id: tuinlichtPIR
  alias: Tuinlicht aan bij beweging in poort
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_poort_1
      to: 'on'
  condition:
    condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: time
        after: '19:00:00'
      - condition: sun  
        before: sunrise
  action:
    service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.rfx_tuinlicht
11

This works for me.