Hi all. I’m trying to create an automation to automatically turn my airconditioning down low when not at home then restore it to its previous state when I return. The two automations look like this:
Turn aircon down
alias: "Aircon: Turn down when away"
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- group.people
to: not_home
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 30
seconds: 0
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.guests_over
state: "off"
- condition: not
conditions:
- condition: device
device_id: 4ac4d062aef87be3fbfe4e681ec360d1
domain: climate
entity_id: climate.daikin_ducted_ac
type: is_hvac_mode
hvac_mode: "off"
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.did_ac_automation_run
state: "off"
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_primary_iphone
data:
title: Aircon automation ran
message: >-
Old aircon temperature {{ state_attr("climate.daikin_ducted_ac",
"temperature") }}
- service: scene.create
data:
scene_id: auto_save_ac_state
snapshot_entities: climate.daikin_ducted_ac
enabled: true
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.did_ac_automation_run
enabled: true
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: device
device_id: 4ac4d062aef87be3fbfe4e681ec360d1
domain: climate
entity_id: climate.daikin_ducted_ac
type: is_hvac_mode
hvac_mode: heat
sequence:
- service: climate.set_temperature
data:
temperature: 16
target:
device_id: 4ac4d062aef87be3fbfe4e681ec360d1
- conditions:
- condition: device
device_id: 4ac4d062aef87be3fbfe4e681ec360d1
domain: climate
entity_id: climate.daikin_ducted_ac
type: is_hvac_mode
hvac_mode: cool
sequence:
- service: climate.set_temperature
data:
temperature: 20
target:
device_id: 4ac4d062aef87be3fbfe4e681ec360d1
enabled: true
mode: single
Turn aircon back up:
alias: "Aircon: Restore mode on return"
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- group.people
to: home
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.guests_over
state: "off"
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.did_ac_automation_run
state: "on"
action:
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.did_ac_automation_run
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.auto_save_ac_state
metadata: {}
mode: single
For some reason the second automation (the one that restores the previous settings) is incredibly inconsistant and doesn’t seem to work majority of the time. The automation runs but either the scene didn’t accurately capture the previous settings or it doesn’t apply. This results in the temperature staying at the lowered setting which is okay but I’d prefer it to restore it.
I originally had the scene creation step set to this instead but it still didn’t work:
- service: scene.create
data:
scene_id: auto_save_ac_state
snapshot_entities:
- climate.daikin_ducted_ac
Changing it to just climate.daikin_ducted_ac did seem to work once but its now broken again.
I’ve also tried manually applying the scene myself and that doesn’t do anything either, its like the scene was captured at the lower temperature or without any entities at all.
Any idea what I’m doing wrong?
The Daikin unit is a ducted system using the Daikin AC addon/integration and I’m running Home Assistant 2023.5.4 using the Operating System install (10.2 I think?).
Thanks in advance for any help!