Automation condition to stop working for an hour one day a week

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Hi there,

I am trying to set up my motion detector as a sort of intruder alarm. The problem is though that I don’t want it to work on a thursday between 08:30am & 11:00am.

How would I code that as a condition? Or am I going about it in the wrong way & should have an automation that turns off that automation (if that makes sense)?!?!?

This is my current code:

- id: '5'
  alias: Intruder Detection
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.hall_motion_sensor
      to: 'on'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.family
    state: not_home
   - condition: time
     weekday:
     - mon
     - tue
     - wed
     - fri
     - sat
     - sun
  action:
  - service: notify.pushbullet
    data:
      message: 'ALERT! ALERT! Someone is in the hall'
      target: 'device/Google Pixel 2'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.living_room
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hall_downstairs_big_lamp
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hall_downstairs_ceiling_light
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.outside_back_lights
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.outside_front_lights  
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data_template:
      entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_home
      volume_level: 0.7
  - service: tts.google_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speaker
      message: "Intruder Alert!  Home owner notified, security systems operational"
2

You can do mixed ‘and’ and ‘or’ conditions so yep I would do it as another or condition with an and condition of it being thursday and time after/before.

Have a look here for some inspiration :slight_smile:

3

So am I right in thinking that I would need to add this condition for the automation to not be active on a Thursday between 08:30am & 11:00am:

- id: '5'
  alias: Intruder Detection
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.hall_motion_sensor
      to: 'on'
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.family
    state: not_home
  - condition: time
    before: '08:30'
    after: '11:00'
    weekday:
    - thu
  - condition: time
    weekday:
    - mon
    - tue
    - wed
    - fri
    - sat
    - sun
  action:
  - service: notify.pushbullet
    data:
      message: 'ALERT! ALERT! Someone is in the hall'
      target: 'device/Google Pixel 2'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.living_room
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hall_downstairs_big_lamp
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hall_downstairs_ceiling_light
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.outside_back_lights
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.outside_front_lights  
  - delay: '00:00:01'
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data_template:
      entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_home
      volume_level: 0.7
  - service: tts.google_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speaker
      message: "Intruder Alert!  Home owner notified, security systems operational"
4

You indentation look wrong to me - any list items need to indented by 2 spaces, lists are anything with a - so…

  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: group.family
      state: not_home
    - condition: time
      before: '08:30'
      after: '11:00'
      weekday:
        - thu
    - condition: time
      weekday:
        - mon
        - tue
        - wed
        - fri
        - sat
        - sun
  action:
    - service: notify.pushbullet
      data:
        message: 'ALERT! ALERT! Someone is in the hall'
        target: 'device/Google Pixel 2'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.living_room
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.hall_downstairs_big_lamp
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.hall_downstairs_ceiling_light
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.outside_back_lights
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.outside_front_lights  
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: media_player.volume_set
      data_template:
        entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_home
        volume_level: 0.7
    - service: tts.google_say
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speaker
        message: "Intruder Alert!  Home owner notified, security systems operational"
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Thanks for the indentation info - helped me solve lots of issues!