Dog mode for Covers

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Hello,

here is an automation that handles the cover when I open the door so the dog can go in the garden.
Step 1: I open the door => it sets the Cover position to 40% so the dog can go out.
Step 2: I close the door
Step 3: I open the door to let the dog in
Step 4: I close the door => it closes the cover.

Hopefully it can be helpfully to someone else.

alias: Dog Mode Stairs
description: ""
triggers:
  - type: opened
    device_id: 556aaaa871702edd0be58d5a852e0249
    entity_id: d29f0a718b7c82f42e83818330f92e23
    domain: binary_sensor
    trigger: device
  - type: not_opened
    device_id: 556aaaa871702edd0be58d5a852e0249
    entity_id: d29f0a718b7c82f42e83818330f92e23
    domain: binary_sensor
    trigger: device
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - type: is_open
            condition: device
            device_id: 556aaaa871702edd0be58d5a852e0249
            entity_id: d29f0a718b7c82f42e83818330f92e23
            domain: binary_sensor
        sequence:
          - choose:
              - conditions:
                  - condition: device
                    device_id: bd9a657acd3457caad07407a1f7c5c8f
                    domain: cover
                    entity_id: 91e4387957124f92f330d81c624e3c59
                    type: is_closed
                sequence:
                  - device_id: bd9a657acd3457caad07407a1f7c5c8f
                    domain: cover
                    entity_id: 91e4387957124f92f330d81c624e3c59
                    type: set_position
                    position: 40
              - conditions:
                  - condition: device
                    device_id: bd9a657acd3457caad07407a1f7c5c8f
                    domain: cover
                    entity_id: 91e4387957124f92f330d81c624e3c59
                    type: is_position
                    above: 20
                    below: 70
                sequence:
                  - action: input_boolean.turn_on
                    metadata: {}
                    data: {}
                    target:
                      entity_id: input_boolean.dog_mode
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: input_boolean.dog_mode
            state: "on"
        sequence:
          - device_id: bd9a657acd3457caad07407a1f7c5c8f
            domain: cover
            entity_id: 91e4387957124f92f330d81c624e3c59
            type: close
mode: single

It needs an input_boolean helper (also called “Toggle”) called dog_mode

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Don’t use device IDs.

Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts

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this article makes sense, I will modify my Blueprint then. Thanks for your sharing!