Use the select entity if you don’t know how to call activities from the remote.turn_on service.
The select entity answers all your questions and solves all your problems.
Only 1 activity can be on at a time. It’s the main state of the select entity. If that’s not set to Watch Movie, then the Watch Movie activity is not on.
I guess I missed the updates on this topic.
In my case there are still 15 entries that need to be fixed. Yes it is a simple change…but it take time, and it still takes time…mostly to make sure you don’t break something during the change.
I will have to look at that plugin…
Mic
I still do not see the answer to my question:
Read what I wrote a number of days ago
Here is the type of error message I received.
switch.hub_receiver_power is being used in script.theater_mode_off. adjust script.theater_mode_off to fix this issue.
Here is what my script looked like before repair…
theater_mode_off:
alias: Everything Off
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id: switch.hub_receiver_power
Here is the fix I did…
theater_mode_off:
alias: Everything Off
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.hub
data:
num_repeats: 1
delay_secs: 0.4
hold_secs: 0
command: PowerOff
device: 40278468
The command and device were found in the harmony_xxx.conf file.
The good news is as I transition away from Harmony…It is easier to understand where and how to put in the commands. (for example IR over IP devices)
Mic
Hi Pedro,
I followed your instructions - but not sure what I did wrong. Nothing seems to have changed. I’m attaching some screenshots.
What do I do from here?
copy and paste that into configuration.yaml
Where do I do that? Sorry I’m not as familiar with browsing these files.
I tried to add this template like:
configuration.yaml:
switch: !include_dir_merge_list switch/
inside switch/
harmony_schlafzimmer.yaml:
I get errors:
Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: mapping values are not allowed here
in “/config/switch/harmony_schlafzimmer.yaml”, line 2, column 13
How can I get the template sorted into directories?
[EDIT] before platform a space was missing [/EDIT]
The contents should look like
- platform: switch
switches:
### Harmony_Hub_Schlafzimmer FERNSEHEN Harmony Activty ###
...
if it starts out like this…
- platform: switch
switches:
### Harmony_Hub_Schlafzimmer FERNSEHEN Harmony Activty ###
...
make sure the platform and switch are at the same indentation level.
There was a space missing before platform.
That now works
I’m just not sure how to get a switch to power off the activities.
You just say "turn off <activity name>" or turn off the switch via the UI.
I thought so too.
The switch on activity works
Switch off doesn’t work.
Alexa replies with the sound for command done, but nothing happens.
In the HA logs I don’t find any entries for this
You can find any entity in developer tools → states page.
in my section:
smart_home:
I now have the new entities and switching with the alexa app works thanks for the help.
But in the past alexa got the frienldy names. How can I get friendly names? Alexa shows a weird mixture it looks like the frindly name with spaces between names but the first names are with underscores. Is there a way to give the friendly names I set in the template?
change the friendly name in the UI like any other entity.
Hi!
I just created an account to thank you!
I discovered that feature and combined to your code chunk it was so helpful!
I have the same problem. I have two “hints” like the ones mentioned here and I’ve only been at it for 3 weeks and I don’t know how to help despite the hints.
Can you support me with this?
I have two automations and I’m not even sure if I need to make changes in both automations or just one automation.
Thanks for your support.
Shawn26
Here Automation #1:
alias: "Automat: Umgebungslicht einschalten "
description: |
trigger:
- platform: sun
event: sunset
offset: "-00:20:00"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.helfer_umgebungslicht
state: "off"
- condition: device
type: is_off
device_id: f30e4065ea5f84c9ee394009e2d06ab6
entity_id: 0a9104e807f6fb4aa3c76dcd6e2a967c
domain: light
- condition: device
type: is_off
device_id: 8b163d5e9f16fac0e0de78826864a898
entity_id: 2701e512c2dd5f5fe6ea244b63927645
domain: light
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.sch_i_sh_003_harmonyhub_fernsehen
state: "on"
enabled: true
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.sch_i_sh_003_harmonyhub_video_gucken
state: "on"
enabled: true
action:
- type: turn_on
device_id: f30e4065ea5f84c9ee394009e2d06ab6
entity_id: 0a9104e807e6fb4aa3c76dcd6e2a967c
domain: light
- type: turn_on
device_id: 8b163d5e9f16fac0e0de78826864a898
entity_id: 2701e512c2dd5f5fe6ea244b63927645
domain: light
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.helfer_umgebungslicht
data: {}
mode: single
Here Automation #2:
alias: "Automat: Fernsehen Umgebungslicht"
description: |
trigger:
- platform: device
type: turned_on
device_id: c6c05b5c9f03beb960cb2a38e73971fe
entity_id: 52ab67fcec846e94aa29a188d34f1df0
domain: switch
enabled: true
- platform: device
type: turned_on
device_id: c6c05b5c9f03beb960cb2a38e73971fe
entity_id: 2cda07765af7273df1a1bdd288078d5c
domain: switch
enabled: true
condition:
- condition: sun
after: sunset
action:
- service: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.ambilight
- service: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
device_id: 8b163d5e9f1ecdc0e0de78826864a898
mode: single
Thanks a lot for the script. Even tough to this day, I still don’t understand why we are removing something and are forced to go back to yaml files when all other things are moving away from yaml.