From zone 'x' to zone 'y' automation

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Hello,

i’m trying to figure out how I can detect i’m coming from work to home.
I cannot simply rely on a zone enter event since it will trigger everytime i’m coming home.

i’m trying to setup a “zone to zone” automation, but it doesn’t work.

I tried something like that:

- id: 'trigger_xxx'
  alias: "Triger xxx"
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.thomas_phone
    from: 'work'
    to: 'home'
  action:
...

But of course it doesn’t work since my device tracker is doing work -> not_home -> home.

So i’m wondering if I can achieve that with a “zone to zone” automation or something else ?

Thanks for your help !

Thomas

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I’d do this with two automations

The first automation is triggered when you leave the work zone, and it turns on the second automation:

action:
  service: homeassistant.turn_on
  automation.THE_OTHER_ONE

The second automation is then triggered when you arrive at the home zone, and as the last action, turns itself off.

3

The proximity component was designed for this use case.

4

Thanks !

i’m gonna try both solutions. I wasn’t aware proximity does actually a bit more than proximity;