always understood how a state works and if you read carefully on my screenshots, I have done it exactly the way you said I should, even before you posted.
anyway the solution to my problem was to restart my Z2MQTT.
thanks again @tom_l for your help!
Because a restart caused the entityâs state to change to unavailable. Itâs the state-change that serves to trigger a State Trigger.
no. you are wrong. my trigger works everytime i switch off my smart plug now. a restart works for me.
you are completely missing the point. i have no problems understanding how a state change works.
maybe learn reading my initial problem statement first. i have been powering on and off my smart plug to simulate a server room power off event for a state change trigger.
Can you explain why you reported, several times, that the automation failed to be triggered?
maybe learn reading
Iâll assume you canât explain why. Because âthe solution to my problem was to restart my Z2MQTTâ doesnât explain why it wasnât triggering prior to the restart.