I have a sensor called sensor.tautulli_last_msg where i get tautulli / plexpy massages. (user action player)
example: admin play Chrome
so what i want to do is (something like this):
IF the sensor.tautulli_last_msg = admin play Chrome
“brightness_pct”: 10,
“color_name”: “red”,
“entity_id”: “light.altan”
OR IF the sensor.tautulli_last_msg = admin pause Chrome
“entity_id”: “light.altan”,
“brightness_pct”: 50,
“color_name”: “white”
OR IF the sensor.tautulli_last_msg = admin stop Chrome
“entity_id”: “light.altan”
There are some “fancier” ways to do this, but the simplest and most straightforward is to create an automation for each of these. The first might look like this:
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
to: admin play Chrome
action:
service: light.turn_on
entity_id: light.altan
data:
brightness_pct: 10
color_name: red
Yeah i already tried that out and it did work BUT i had a problem with my off sequens,
i wantet to: (off action)
{
“entity_id”: “light.altan”,
“brightness_pct”: 50,
“color_name”: “white”
delay: 00:01:00
then light.off
}
and this was an issue because when i watch a tv show on my tv (plex) after an episode is finish i go back to plex and thats starts this sequens ,so that means i can start a new / next episode and it will turn red but after 1 minute the light will turn off
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_start
condition:
condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has startet streaming
action:
data:
brightness_pct: 10
color_name: red
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on¨
PAUSE
alias: 1_Altan_pause
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_paused
condition:
condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has paused streaming
action:
data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
STOP
alias: 1_Altan_stop
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_stop
condition:
condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has stopped streaming
action:
data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
delay: 00:01:00
data:
entity_id: light.altan
and the problem is , lets say i watch an episode and decide to stop (NOT PAUSE) and continue again
then the lights will turn red (like it suppose to) but after 1 minute it will turn off (because my #STOP setup)
#START AND RESUME
alias: 1_Altan_start_resume
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_start
condition:
condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has startet streaming
action:
data:
brightness_pct: 10
color_name: red
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on¨
#PAUSE
alias: 1_Altan_pause
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_paused
condition:
condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has paused streaming
action:
data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
#STOP
alias: 1_Altan_stop
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_stop
condition:
condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has stopped streaming
action:
data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
delay: 00:01:00
data:
entity_id: light.altan
and the problem is , lets say i watch an episode and decide to stop (NOT PAUSE) and continue again
then the lights will turn red (like it suppose to) but after 1 minute it will turn off (because my #STOP setup)
Phil means that you use the </> button above (in the text editing box header) and paste your code into the slot it creates, you can also insert the back ticks manually if you prefer.
It’s very hard to read code and assess yaml compliance if the thing you are looking for is invisible.
- id: '1567447711685'
alias: 1_Altan_start_resume
trigger:
- platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
- entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_start
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has startet streaming
action:
- data:
brightness_pct: 10
color_name: red
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
- id: '1567447961743'
alias: 1_Altan_pause
trigger:
- platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
- entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_paused
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has paused streaming
action:
- data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
- id: '1567445672196'
alias: 1_Altan_stop
trigger:
- platform: mqtt
topic: tautulli
- entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
platform: state
to: playback_stop
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has stopped streaming
action:
- data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
- delay: 00:01:00
- data:
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_off
and the problem is , lets say i watch an episode and decide to stop (NOT PAUSE) and continue again
then the lights will turn red (like it suppose to) but after 1 minute it will turn off (because my #STOP setup)
First, your triggers and conditions are strange. Why do you have a trigger for sensor.tautulli_last_msg changing to 'playback_stop', but then have a condition that it must be 'Local has stopped streaming'? And you have an mqtt trigger. What is that for?
It would seem to me that what you should have is just the following trigger, and no condition, as I suggested earlier (even though you’ve changed the details since then):
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: 'Local has stopped streaming'
But regarding your original question, I think I finally understanding what you’re trying to say. I.e., if you stop, and then play again within one minute of stopping, the stop automation will still be running and will eventually turn the light off. If so, then probably the easiest way to solve that problem is don’t do that! But if you must, then the next easiest thing is to add a condition step after the delay but before the turn off to check to see if the last message is still stop:
action:
- data:
brightness_pct: 50
color_name: white
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_on
- delay: 00:01:00
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.tautulli_last_msg
state: Local has stopped streaming
- data:
entity_id: light.altan
service: light.turn_off
But if you insist on pushing buttons too fast, even this won’t work. E.g., if you stop, then start, then stop again before the one minute delay has finished from the first stop, then the stop automation will abort the delay step and immediately turn the light off. That, unfortunately, is how automations work. So you’d need to move the actions into a script, then stop and start the script from the automation action. That’s the usual way to deal with that issue.
But if you must, then the next easiest thing is to add a condition step after the delay but before the turn off to check to see if the last message is still stop: