Calendar Integration and Xmas Lights Automation

Configuration
21

Not sure how I missed that. Thanks. I’ll continue to test.

So how would I store these template conditions in a dictionary?

22

So I was able to get this working using the template condition in Choose actions (one for each holiday). As long as the message matches the calendar event, it returns true . Thanks again @123 for pointing me in the right direction.

alias: Lighting - Holidays
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.holiday_lights_time
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: >-
              {{ is_state_attr('calendar.holiday_lights', 'message',
              'Christmas') }}
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.house_wled
                - light.front_porch_light
                - light.front_yard_light
          - service: select.select_option
            target:
              entity_id: select.house_wled_preset
            data:
              option: Chunchun
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: >-
              {{ is_state_attr('calendar.holiday_lights', 'message',
              'Valentines') }}
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
            target:
              entity_id:
                - light.house_wled
                - light.front_porch_light
                - light.front_yard_light
mode: single
23

FWIW, this does exactly the same thing as your posted example.

alias: Lighting - Holidays
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.holiday_lights_time
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >
      {{ state_attr('calendar.holiday_lights', 'message') in ['Christmas', 'Valentines'] }}
action:
  - service: light.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - light.house_wled
        - light.front_porch_light
        - light.front_yard_light
  - condition: "{{ is_state_attr('calendar.holiday_lights', 'message', 'Christmas') }}"
  - service: select.select_option
    target:
      entity_id: select.house_wled_preset
    data:
      option: Chunchun
mode: single
24

One thing to note, I’ll have different WLED preset based on the calendar event. I haven’t added them all yet.

25

That important detail wasn’t obvious from the example you posted.

If each holiday has a different combination of lights, it can be templated in the (single) service call. Any additional things done on a per holiday basis may still need a choose. I’ll refrain from making more suggestions until I see the complete version of your automation.