Can someone explain automation condition checking?

[Stiltjack]

Don’t confuse triggers with conditions.

Automations #1: trigger only fires when it changes from not true to true

In an automation written to run when the heating drops below 20C, the trigger will fire when the temperature changes from 20 to 19. trigger: - platform: numeric_state entity_id: - climate.study for: hours: 0 minutes: 10 seconds: 0 below: 20 It will not fire again until the temperature rises above 20C and drops for a second time. A trigger is an event… Not a state, but a change of state. You can have more than one trigger: trigger: - platform: numeric_…

Automations #2: the condition block

The function of the condition block in an automation is to prevent it from running. Conditions affecting the flow of the automation (if-then, choose, etc) go in the action block; the condition block is for anything that will cause the automation to abort and do nothing… You can have several conditions. If you do, they will be AND by default - they all need to be true before the automation can run. You can use NOT and OR if you wish (in the UI, click on the Add Building Block button), but if yo…