Automation for Bathroom lights and music and blinds not working. Never triggers and goes down default choose path. Help Please

maplequasar · December 2, 2021, 9:46pm

alias: Bathroom Enter (Alex Home Alone)
description: ‘’
trigger:

platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Sunday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Monday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Tuesday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Wednesday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Thursday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Friday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
to: ‘on’
id: Saturday
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
id: Evening Trigger
to: ‘on’
platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.presence_5
id: Late Trigger
to: ‘on’
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: not
  conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    state: playing
  - condition: state
    entity_id: person.cori
    state: home
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.guest_mode
    state: ‘on’
- condition: state
  entity_id: person.alex
  state: home
  action:
choose:
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Sunday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - sun
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_type: amazon_music
    media_content_id: dababy
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Monday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - mon
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_id: asap rocky
    media_content_type: amazon_music
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Tuesday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - tue
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
    media_content_id: lil wayne
    media_content_type: amazon_music
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Wednesday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - wed
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_type: amazon_music
    media_content_id: soja
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Thursday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - thu
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_type: amazon_music
    media_content_id: led zeppelin
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Friday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - fri
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_id: boogie wit da hoodie
    media_content_type: amazon_music
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Saturday
    - condition: time
      after: ‘06:00:00’
      before: ‘18:00:00’
      weekday:
      - sat
        sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id:
    - light.bathroom_lights
    - light.bathroom_dome_light
    data:
    brightness_pct: 100
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.35
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_type: amazon_music
    media_content_id: kings of leon
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
    entity_id: input_boolean.sunsa_blinds
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Evening Trigger
    - condition: time
      after: ‘18:01:00’
      before: ‘22:00:00’
      sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id: light.bathroom_lights
    data:
    brightness_pct: 40
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    volume_level: 0.25
  - service: media_player.play_media
    target:
    entity_id: media_player.bathroom_echo
    data:
    media_content_id: Christmas music
    media_content_type: amazon_music
- conditions:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: trigger
      id: Late Trigger
    - condition: time
      after: ‘22:01:00’
      before: ‘05:59:00’
      sequence:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
    entity_id: light.bathroom_lights
    data:
    brightness_pct: 2
    default: []
    mode: single

123 · December 2, 2021, 10:06pm

Your automation contains 9 identical State Triggers.

How do you think those nine State Triggers work?

maplequasar · December 2, 2021, 10:18pm

I was thinking they work as like connections to triggers so you can do multiple automations in one. But obviously I have no idea. I use the choose to add booleans for other devices that dont have integrations and thought that I knew what i was doing. But I am not sure.

r-j-taylor · December 2, 2021, 10:26pm

This is quite the automation you’ve built… Can you edit your post with correct formatting? Just throw three back-ticks (`) in a row both before and after your YAML.

"It will should up like this in the preview when you've done it correctly"

It will just make it easier for people to read through and process!

Take a look here for other helpful tips:

123 · December 2, 2021, 10:36pm

Based on a quick look, it seems like whenever binary_sensor.presence_5 turns on you want something different to happen depending on day of the week. Your automation only needs one State Trigger and you can remove all of the Trigger Conditions.

maplequasar · December 2, 2021, 11:27pm

Ok cool, thanks Tara’s. So if I leave the one trigger for the motion and then the trigger id from all the (and) actions and leave just the day condition it should work? I will check it out. So what are the trigger Ids actually used for since I obviously have no idea and use them horribly wrong?

123 · December 3, 2021, 12:46am

Usually to differentiate similar triggers (not identical triggers). For example, let’s say I want to trigger an automation at two different times, where one time is for turning on a switch and the other for turning it off. I could use the trigger id to indicate which one triggered.

alias: example
trigger:
- platform: time
  at: '18:35:00'
  id: 'on'
- platform: time
  at: '18:55:00'
  id: 'off'
action:
- service: 'switch.turn_{{ trigger.id }}'
  target:
    entity_id: switch.whatever

maplequasar · December 3, 2021, 3:49pm

Thank you for your help, I appreciate it.