Basic time trigger automation help

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1

Hi All,

If this is in the wrong place or is not formatted correctly, please let me know, it’s my first post.

I’m trying to automate my garage to open and close when I leave for work in the morning. I leave at about the same time every morning (~7:30am) but I’d like it to only do so during the week (mon-fri) and when I’m actually home. For some reason the automation below does not work and I’m not sure why.

- alias: 'Morning garage cycle'
  hide_entity: false
  trigger:
    platform: time
    hours: 7
    minutes: 20
    seconds: 0
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: time
        weekday:
          - mon
          - tue
          - wed
          - thu
          - fri
      - condition: state
        entity_id: danny.device_tracker
        state: home
  action:
    - service: homeassistant.turn_on
      entity_id: script.morning_garage

I use this configuration to open and close the garage routinely:

- alias: Open and close garage upon arrival
  initial_state: 'on'
  hide_entity: false
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: device_tracker.danny
      from: 'not_home'
      to: 'home'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: device_tracker.christina
      from: 'not_home'
      to: 'home'
  condition:
    - condition: time
      before: '23:59:00'
  action:
    service: homeassistant.turn_on
    entity_id: script.garage_trip_cycle

Any help would be great. Thanks

2

There is a workday sensor, which will probably help simplify it (since it also takes into account national holidays). I think too you want to use an actual time, rather than separate hours, minutes and seconds:

- alias: 'Morning garage cycle'
  hide_entity: false
  trigger:
    platform: time
    after: '07:20:00'
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: 'binary_sensor.workday_sensor'
        state: 'on'
      - condition: state
        entity_id: danny.device_tracker
        state: home
  action:
    - service: homeassistant.turn_on
      entity_id: script.morning_garage

If you then trigger the automation manually, does it open the garage?

3

shoudn’t

  - condition: state
    entity_id: danny.device_tracker
    state: home

be

  - condition: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.danny
    state: home
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4

Can’t believe I missed that :frowning: Good spot!

5

As @forsquirel already mentioned, the problem is probably with danny.device_tracker, but I would like to add that the part below seems a bit unnecessary, just remove the condition part if you want the trigger to work all the time.

condition:
    - condition: time
      before: '23:59:00'
6

you are right since the clock resets at midnight anyway, “00:00:01” would be before '07:30:00", and before ‘23:59:00’

7

Oh dear, no wonder it wasn’t working. Thanks for spotting that.

8

Thanks for showing me the workday sensor, that’s going to simplify a lot of my other automations too.