Call Service and Automation

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1

He Guys,

One question:

If i run these on my HA my Denon Receiver changes its input correctly:

In my automation, this doesn’t work

- alias: Fernsehen
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_select.fernbedinung
    to: "Fernsehen"
  action:
    - service: script.vierapoweron
    - service: media_player.turn_on
      entity_id: media_player.denon
    - service: media_player.select_source
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.denon
        source: TV Audio
    - delay: '00:00:10'
    - service: script.vierafernsehen

Anyone can guess why?

2

Could it be that you need a bit of time after turning on the device before it’ll accept commands?

(aside - I can’t remember… can you use delays in actions or only in scripts? Also, I’m not 100% sure you’ve got the format for delay correct. )

3

He @ih8gates thanks for Input. I’ll give it a try after my wife is finished with watching tv. Delay is working in automation and syntax should be correct. I’m using it in another automation.

BR

4

Got it to work. Have to put TV AUDIO under “”.

Here the working Code:

- alias: Fernsehen
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_select.fernbedinung
    to: "Fernsehen"
  action:
    - service: script.vierapoweron
    - service: media_player.turn_on
      entity_id: media_player.denon
    - service: media_player.select_source
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.denon
        source: "TV AUDIO"
    - delay: '00:00:10'
    - service: script.vierafernsehen
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5

That likely raised an error in your home_assistant.log. Always check there first when things act up.

6

@outrun Thanks so much for this piece of code - I now have a script running to get everything setup for when I go out to swim in the backyard - turns on zone 2 and sets source appropriately. Much appreciated!!