You just need to add an enter and leave trigger for each zone. Unfortunately you can’t have one trigger for multiple zones or for leave and enter event.
Is it possible to use platform.state as the trigger, person.brayden as the entity_id, and trigger.state as zone? This wouldn’t technically be triggered when someone entered or left a zone, but instead when a person’s state changed (and I think their state is the name of their current zone). If this is do-able, the benefit would be that you’d only need one automation for all persons (because you can list multiple persons as entity_ids) and for all zones (as the value of trigger.state would be whatever zone they are in).
And maybe somehow there’s a way to use the historical value of trigger.state to represent the zone they just changed from?
I’m new to this, so not only do I not know the syntax, I also don’t know if it’s even possible.
In addition to the automation in this thread I am also using an “Everyone Left” and “Someone Arrived” script that isn’t granular and instead uses a group of people to check against. It actually works more reliable than the individual person check. Sounds like that’s what you are talking about:
- id: '6534565422234'
alias: Everyone Left Home
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: group.people
from: home
to: not_home
condition: []
action:
- device_id: 6abf55abb534c8sa376t5c0t56yh0f3r
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
title: Everyone Left
message: Everyone Left
mode: single`
Like I said, I’m new to this and don’t know the language or syntax yet, but I hope the snippet of nonsense below at least conveys my idea. My thought is to have a list of hardcoded persons be the trigger*, then the payload of the message could display the name of the person(s) and the names of the zones they left and/or entered, without needing a separate automation hardcoded for entering and/or leaving each zone.
alias: 'test notify when enter or leave zone '
description: notification when person enters or leaves a zone.
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: person.john, person.jane
condition:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ trigger.from_state.state != trigger.to_state.state }}'
action:
- variables:
person: '{{ trigger.state.attributes.friendly_name }}'
to_zone: '{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'
from_zone: '{{ trigger.from_state.state }}'
- service: notify
title: Location update {{ states.sensor.time.state }}
message: >-
{{ person }} {% if to_zone == 'not_home' %}has left {{ from_zone }}{% endif %}{% if from_zone == 'not_home' %}arrived at {{ to_zone }}{% endif %}
mode: single
*The trigger
entity_id: person.john, person.jane
acts as an “or”, right? As in: it will trigger if person.john or person.jane meet the criteria?
Sorry for my maybe stupid question.
But do you need a tracker, or can i use my Phone.
Say, i’m almost home and i want to turn on the light in the hallway automatic
when my Phone enters the zone of my home ?
Thanks.
@KSC you rock man ! thx will be using this as well.
Maybe you can make a blueprint of your work… I think many will be using this !
Thx for the automation !
@KSC lol, theres something wrong with my automation
When leaving school, i got a message, when coming home, i didnt get a message, heres the error
Last logged: 16:33:21
Error while processing state change for person.x
Error while processing state change for person.y
Error while processing state change for person.z
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/event.py”, line 272, in _async_state_change_dispatcher
hass.async_run_hass_job(job, event)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py”, line 433, in async_run_hass_job
hassjob.target(*args)
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/zone/trigger.py”, line 61, in zone_automation_listener
from_match = condition.zone(hass, zone_state, from_s) if from_s else False
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/condition.py”, line 839, in zone
raise ConditionErrorMessage(“zone”, “no zone specified”)
homeassistant.exceptions.ConditionErrorMessage: In ‘zone’ condition: no zone specified
This is my automation
- alias: Zone Notification
trigger:
- platform: zone
entity_id:
- person.x
- person.y
- person.z
zone: zone.thuis
event: enter
- platform: zone
entity_id:
- person.x
- person.y
- person.z
zone: zone.thuis
event: leave
- platform: zone
entity_id:
- person.x
- person.y
zone: zone.school
event: enter
- platform: zone
entity_id:
- person.x
- person.y
zone: zone.school
event: leave
- platform: zone
entity_id:
- person.z
zone: zone.z_werk
event: enter
- platform: zone
entity_id:
- person.z
zone: zone.z_werk
event: leave
action:
- service: notify.mobile_devices
data:
message: "{% if trigger.event == \"leave\" %}\n {{ trigger.from_state.attributes.friendly_name\
\ }} left {{ trigger.zone.attributes.friendly_name }}\n{% else %}\n {{ trigger.from_state.attributes.friendly_name\
\ }} arrived {{ trigger.zone.attributes.friendly_name }}\n{% endif %}\n"
mode: queued
I’m trying to get this method to work; but I get what I assume is a syntax error:
alias: Son School notify
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: zone
entity_id: device_tracker.life360_son
zone: zone.abc
event: enter
- platform: zone
entity_id: device_tracker.life360_son
zone: zone.abc
event: leave
condition: []
action:
- variables:
event: '{{ ''left'' if trigger.event == ''leave'' else ''arrived at'' }}'
person: '{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }}'
zone: '{{ trigger.zone.attributes.friendly_name }}'
- service: tts.cloud_say
entity_id: media_player.googlehome7371
data:
message: >
{{ person + ' ' + event ' ' + zone }}
mode: single
I get the error:
Message malformed: template value should be a string for dictionary value @ data[‘action’][1][‘data’]
This is from the automation gui’s yaml editor, so no - doodad at the top. (Which is another question of mine, as it make copy/paste hard from here regarding indents - but that’s probably for another thread!)
Thanks for the great automation
i have one question but can i modify the notification i receive:
actually : the notification says that : Iphone de “name” entered SAMCHA (it’s my zone home), can i have something more explicit ? For example : “name” vient de rentrer à la maison
Thanks
Hi Guys,
I would like to do something similar.
The idea is, after a certain time (like 10 p.m.) check the location of people and if they are all in the house turn on a green light, if one is out of the house turn on a red light until they come back in.
This is what I did and it is working
alias: Back Home
description: “”
trigger:
platform: time_pattern
minutes: /10
condition:
condition: time
after: “22:00:00”
before: “02:00:00”
condition: zone
entity_id: device_tracker.iphone_di_rosy
zone: zone.home
condition: zone
entity_id: device_tracker.iphone_di_sofy
zone: zone.home
condition: zone
entity_id: device_tracker.iphone_13_di_bea
zone: zone.home
condition: zone
entity_id: device_tracker.unknown
zone: zone.fede_home_milan
action:
service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.lamp_green
metadata: {}
mode: single
But I do not like that the time pattern is always running, I did not find a way to start it after a certain time. And also I have to run in parallel another automation that turn a red light after 9:59PM like this:
alias: Turn ON Red Lamp
description: “”
trigger:
platform: time
at: “21:59:00”
condition: []
action:
service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.lamp_red
metadata: {}
mode: single
but now that call service I guess isn’t supported. Looks like you need to use Notification service. Where do i put this information so it specifies the person and the zone in question instead of a generic message?
I was also looking to setup this same automation and I think your solution is the best for what the OP was asking. I didn’t want to have to create a trigger for every zone. I find myself adding new zones all the time and I just wanted to be notified when my family enters and leaves these zones without having to update the automation. It was stated that you can’t have one trigger for multiple zones but your strategy does this perfectly. I’m surprised no one responded to you to help you figure out your syntax. Anyway, better late than never. Here is how I used you started to setup this automation:
alias: "Notify: Zone Changes"
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- device_tracker.laura
id: Laura
- platform: state
entity_id:
- device_tracker.robert
id: Robert
condition:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state != trigger.to_state.state }}"
action:
- variables:
person: "{{ trigger.from_state.attributes.friendly_name }}"
to_zone: "{{ trigger.to_state.state }}"
from_zone: "{{ trigger.from_state.state }}"
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: Laura
sequence:
- device_id: [DEVICE ID]
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
message: >-
{{ person }} {% if to_zone == 'not_home' %} left {{ from_zone }}{%
endif %}{% if from_zone == 'not_home' %} arrived at {{ to_zone
}}{% endif %}
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: Robert
sequence:
- device_id: [DEVICE ID]
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
message: >-
{{ person }} {% if to_zone == 'not_home' %} left {{ from_zone }}{%
endif %}{% if from_zone == 'not_home' %} arrived at {{ to_zone
}}{% endif %}
mode: single
