Automation with temp sensors - Synology

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Hello, I’m new to HA and trying out some automation. I have a synology in a closet and recently installed some fans connected to a TP Link plug. I want to turn on the fans when the avg temperate of the synology goes above a certain point and then turn them off when it goes below. So below is what I’ve come up with so far. I believe it’s working… I had to stress my NAS to increase temps and then turn on the device fans to max to decrease temps to get this to work properly.

I have a few questions. Is this a correct way to do it? Does the script look correct? Is there a better way to do it? I noticed that in my dashboard the temps listed doen’t update often enough. Is there a way to get those to update more frequently… or better yet get my script to run more frequently based on real time temp of the synology drives?

alias: Synology Fans
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.synology_average_disk_temp
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: sensor.synology_average_disk_temp
            below: '95'
        sequence:
          - type: turn_off
            device_id: 40a760a1a440502a0cbf941cb95d1b1c
            entity_id: switch.fans
            domain: switch
          - service: notify.mobile_app_turtle_power
            data:
              message: 'Synology Fans Turned Off '
              title: Synology
      - conditions:
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: sensor.synology_average_disk_temp
            above: '95'
        sequence:
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 40a760a1a440502a0cbf941cb95d1b1c
            entity_id: switch.fans
            domain: switch
          - service: notify.mobile_app_turtle_power
            data:
              message: Synology Turned Fans On
              title: Synology
    default: []
mode: single
2

You could create a generic thermostat rather than using an automation.

3

Hey thanks! I got this to work as well. I think the problem I’m having is that the Synology temp sensor doesn’t update frequently. I get big time gaps between when it updates in my dashboard to what it actually is viewing from DSM > Info > Storage and looking at all the temps.

Is this just a limitation of synology or is there a way to have the automation pull up-to-date temp readings?

Would I be better off buying a HA compatible temp sensor to get a reading of the enclosure instead of the hard drives?

4

Can you share the configuration for your temperature sensor?

5

This works but it’s pulling the same data that is listed on the main dashboard. The main dashboard doesn’t update in real time. I think it might becaue the type of polling that synology does? Not 100% sure.

alias: Test
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: /1
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: sensor.synology_average_disk_temp
            above: '95'
        sequence:
          - type: turn_on
            device_id: 40a760a1a440502a0cbf941cb95d1b1c
            entity_id: switch.fans
            domain: switch
      - conditions:
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: sensor.synology_average_disk_temp
            below: '95'
        sequence:
          - type: turn_off
            device_id: 40a760a1a440502a0cbf941cb95d1b1c
            entity_id: switch.fans
            domain: switch
    default: []
mode: single
6

That’s your automation, not your temperature sensor configuration. Where does this come from:

sensor.synology_average_disk_temp
7

Okay, guess I had a brain fart… I Was watching a youtube video while reading your comment and think I got them mixed up. I guess I have no idea how to add a generic thermostat. I don’t see it anywhere in the automation set up?

sensor.synology_average_disk_temp

is pulled from Synology DSM that I added as a device.

8

So this integration?

Does not look like you have any control over update interval.

9

Yep that’s it!

10

Alright so I guess what I have is the best I can do for now. Any recommendations maybe for Air temperature devices that are compatiable with HA that have the ability to control update interval?