Get wake up alarm from a phone?

Configuration
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Alas no, I am using Blackberry’s own calendar app. Not a friend of Google, in general.
Any other calendar app to sync with HA that you know about/ heard about?

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/caldav/ :slight_smile: Should work for BB

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Hi!

Really interesting app… How this should work if I have multiple persons who like to use this?

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Hello!
You can install the app on multiple devices and just pick a different sensor/input_datetime ID for each device. You can change this in the connection settings in the app.

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Is there a way to do that on iphone?

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Sorry for a stupid question but I am still NOOB for HA. You mentioned “just pick a different sensor/input_datetime ID”… So do I have to add something more to the configuration or sensor.yaml files or does it create automatically new Entity id if I am choosing to use new one on phone app?

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Yes, if you check the readme here: https://github.com/Johboh/hassalarm
just add another sensor in step one called something else then next_alarm, like this:

input_datetime:
  next_alarm_for_me:
    name: Next scheduled alarm
    has_date: true
    has_time: true
  next_alarm_for_my_friend:
    name: Next scheduled alarm
    has_date: true
    has_time: true

and then in the hassalarm app, set the name of the input_datetime accordingly.
Then in your automations, setup automations using the different sensors.

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@Antraciten, did you ever find an answer to your question?

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https://wltd.org/posts/how-to-automatically-sync-ios-alarms-with-home-assistant

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So awesome! I just assumed the Shortcut app was bloatware

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Hi, tried the app. Connection established, but there seems to be a problem with only
{"state": "2021-11-26 06:45:00","attributes": {}, .... }
sent in the body. Attributes are missing and then there is nothing displayed in lovelace GUI for my input_datetime.phone_alarm and there is no “timestamp” attribute to use in automation as in your example on GitHub.
Any idea of the problem source? Should Homeassistant add all attributes when received the HTTP POST request? It doesn’t for me.
Thanks.

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Hi,
It looks like you are using the legacy sensor configuration in the app. Please check the connection settings in the app and make sure that toggle to use legacy sensor is set to off.
Also make sure that you added the input_datetime in your home assistant configuration (see Readme at GitHub - Johboh/hassalarm: Android app for integration with Hass.io as a sensor for the next scheduled alarm on the device)

//Johan

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Ahhh, thanks, now it works. :+1: The problem was the legacy sensor switch. I have smaller only 5.5 inch phone display and the text for the legacy switch is not visible all. So I didn’t get the point. The button TEST CONNECTION hides second line of the text and it is not possible to scroll the app view down. Also when typing, keyboard hides half of the window and it is not possible to view what is being written to the Entity ID box. Maybe it needs some fix? :slight_smile:
Anyway, definitely fine app. :slight_smile:

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Yes, there is room for improvement :blush:. I will look into it.

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Sharing that for iOS there is an easier way to do this by triggering iOS Shortcut automations using the Sleep Schedule and firing events to Home Assistant.
I wrote this up here - Syncing iOS wake up alarm to Home Assistant | by Paul Wheeler | Sep, 2024 | Medium