I’m trying to make blueprints for my lights automations (mostly turning on and off lights in the morning and evening).
I’m trying to get the state of the choosen light and use it in a condition, but I can’t get it to work. This is the error I get:
Blueprint Fade in light at sunset (light_timer_on_evening) generated invalid automation with inputs OrderedDict([('time_offset', '-00:45:00'), ('time_trigger_before', 'input_datetime.edvin_window_timer_off_evening_time'), ('light_target', 'light.edvin_window_all')]): expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data['action'][1]['target']. Got None
And this is my Blueprint:
blueprint:
name: Fade in light at sunset (light_timer_on_evening)
description: Fade in lights at sunset, with offset
domain: automation
input:
time_trigger_before:
name: input_datetime, don't trigger after
selector:
entity:
domain: input_datetime
time_offset:
name: offset
selector:
time:
default: -00:45:00
light_target:
name: Window light to trigger
selector:
entity:
domain: light
mode: single
trigger:
- platform: sun
event: sunset
offset: !input time_offset
condition:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: !input light_target
state: 'off'
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: !input light_target
attribute: brightness
below: '16'
- condition: time
before: !input time_trigger_before
action:
- delay: '{{ range(0, 901)|random }}'
- service: light.turn_on
target: !input light_target
data:
brightness: 255
transition: 900
In the example in the docs are two selector inputs,one with and one without target:
motion_sensor:
name: Motion Sensor
description: This sensor will be synchronized with the light.
selector:
entity:
domain: binary_sensor
device_class: motion
target_light:
name: Lights
description: The lights to keep in sync.
selector:
target:
entity:
domain: light
Still no replies from anyone in the know, but can confirm that changing target to entity_id works and the only difference I can see is the service difference between light.turn_on and homeassistant.turn_on
