Automation including energy pricing condition ignoring condition and running anyway

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Hi all, I’m trying to set my Givenergy setup to charge the battery when my half hourly Agile rate is below x.x£/Kwh. Currently in testing so the trigger is manual to charge for 2 mins. No matter what I put in the condition pass or fail, or even remove the condition the manual trigger always sets the battery to charge for 2 mins.

Here is the code, I’ve tested the condition and it states “CONDITION DID NOT PASS” which should stop the automation (allbeit currently triggered manually whilst I confirm it)

alias: manual_cheap_charge
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: manual_cheap_charge
condition:
  - type: is_monetary
    condition: device
    device_id: xxxxxx
    entity_id: xxxxxx
    domain: sensor
    below: 0.21
action:
  - device_id: xxxxxx
    domain: select
    entity_id: xxxxxx
    type: select_option
    option: "2"
mode: single

Any help appreciated :slight_smile:

2

Triggering an automation manually skips all the triggers and conditions and just tests the actions.

If you use the trigger automation service in Developer Tools → Services instead you will see there is an option to also test the conditions.

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Aha! I set to a time trigger and that’s done it. Thank you @tom_l

I can’t see my automation under developer tools > services, are you able to guide me please?

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Select the “Automation: Trigger” service. Choose your automation entity. Turn off the skip conditions switch. Call the service by pressing the button.

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