Away lights automation not triggering?

Configuration
1

Any idea why this does not trigger?

- id: 'awaylights'
  alias: Away Lights
  trigger:
  - entity_id: group.family
    from: home
    platform: state
    to: not_home
    for:
      hours: 24
  condition:
  - condition: sun
    after: sunset
    after_offset: "+01:00:00"
  action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.keittio
  - delay: "00:{{ (range(30, 120)|random|int) }}:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.keittio
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hue_color_lamp_1
    data:
      brightness: 200
      kelvin: 2700
  - delay: "00:{{ (range(15, 90)|random|int) }}:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.hue_color_lamp_1
2 
    for:
      hours: 24

This means that your family needs to be away from the house for entire 24 hours before the automation will trigger. Is that what you are after? Try removing those lines, and the automation should trigger as soon as group.family is marked away.

3

yes, that is the purpose. I don’t want it to trigger until 24h has passed as sometimes somebody is home with mobile off and then it would trigger these lights.

4

Ok. The automation will only trigger once, after 24 hours of everyone being away. If that happens to be before sunset, then your automation will will fail the condition and won’t run.

You may be better off using the sunset + offset as your trigger, and using the status of the group as the condition. That way it will fire every night at sunset if it passes the condition.

5

Ah, OK that makes sense. I will try that. Thank you!!

6

OK, I modified the script and it still does not trigger. Any ideas what I might have done wrong?

- id: 'awaylights'
  alias: Away Lights
  trigger:
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "+01:45:00"
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: group.family
    state: not_home
    for:
      hours: 12
  action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.keittio_katto_1
  - delay: "00:{{ (range(30, 120)|random|int) }}:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.keittio
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hue_color_lamp_1
    data:
      brightness: 200
      kelvin: 2700
  - delay: "00:{{ (range(15, 90)|random|int) }}:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.hue_color_lamp_1
7

Anyone? I really cannot figure this out. :frowning:

8

You need to have both items in the trigger (if this or this occur) and both items in the condition and set the condition as an and condition.

9

Hello, Now it seems to work :slight_smile: This is the latest code:

- id: 'awaylights'
  alias: Away Lights
  trigger:
  -  platform: sun
     event: sunset
     offset: "+01:45:00"
  -  platform: state
     entity_id: group.family
     from: home
     to: not_home
     for:
       hours: 24
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: group.family
        state: 'not_home'
        for:
          hours: 24
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sun.sun
        state: 'below_horizon'
  action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.keittio_katto_1
  - delay: "00:{{ (range(30, 120)|random|int) }}:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.keittio
  - service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: light.hue_color_lamp_1
    data:
      brightness: 200
      kelvin: 2700
  - delay: "00:{{ (range(15, 90)|random|int) }}:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    entity_id: light.hue_color_lamp_1