I’m new to HA.
I’m trying to create a script that will discharge my battery above 30% to the Grid between 16:00-19:00. I really wanted a script along the lines:
If battery>30% and (timestamp>=16:00 and timestamp<19:00) then start discharge
If (battery <30% or timestamp>=19:00) and discharging then stop discharge
However, with the HA Automation I don’t seem to have this flexibility.
Instead I’ve made it really basic with a very simple start script - the system crafted YAML:
id: ‘1744822807422’
alias: Discharge Libbi
description: Start discharge of Libbi @16:00
triggers:
- trigger: time
at: ‘16:00:00’
conditions: - type: is_battery_level
condition: device
device_id: 2da904fc876fe9986c9e71d1c454427f
entity_id: e6b531030f9934a1c871568521505159
domain: sensor
above: 30
actions: - device_id: 2da904fc876fe9986c9e71d1c454427f
domain: select
entity_id: cca0015f5c0143c73f80f4b6369847cb
type: select_option
option: Export
mode: single
This seems to work (though I haven’t tested when the battery % is below 30).
I have 3 scripts to stop the discharge - one to run at 17:00, 18:00 and 19:00 (though the 19:00 just stops the discharge irrespective of the storage capacity). Here is the 18:00 system crafted YAML:
id: ‘1744823758157’
alias: Stop Libbi Discharge @18:00
description: If @18:00 the Libbi is below 30% then stop the discharge
triggers:
- trigger: time
at: ‘18:00:00’
conditions: - type: is_battery_level
condition: device
device_id: 2da904fc876fe9986c9e71d1c454427f
entity_id: e6b531030f9934a1c871568521505159
domain: sensor
below: 30
actions: - device_id: 2da904fc876fe9986c9e71d1c454427f
domain: select
entity_id: cca0015f5c0143c73f80f4b6369847cb
type: select_option
option: Normal
mode: single
When I manually force this script to run (ie not at 18:00) it always stops the discharge irrespective of the % utilisation.
Any pointers?
This is running on
- Core 2025.4.2
- Supervisor 2025.04.0
- Operating System 15.2
- Frontend 20250411.0
This is all running on a RPI3.
