Help automatio with alexa

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hi guys i have a problem with an automation

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this is the automation

- alias: ritorno a casa
  trigger:
    # - platform: state
    #   entity_id: binary_sensor.porta_ingresso
    #   to: 'on'
    - platform: zone
      entity_id: 
        - person.federico
        - person.serena
      event: enter
      zone: zone.home
  condition: []
  action:
    - wait_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.porta_ingresso', 'on') }}"
      timeout: '00:30:00'
      continue_on_timeout: 'false'
    - delay:
        seconds: 5
    - service: scene.turn_on
      entity_id: scene.rientro_a_casa
    - service: script.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: script.rientro_a_casa
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and this the script

rientro_a_casa:
  alias: "Rientro a casa"
  sequence:
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data_template:
      target:
        - media_player.alexa_echo_dot
      data:
        type: announce
        method: spoken
      message: "Bentornato a casa. La temperatura esterna è di {{states('sensor.dark_sky_temperature')}} gradi. 
        Le previsioni meteo sono {{states ('sensor.dark_sky_hourly_summary') }}."
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if I as a trigger put the entry in the zone the announcement of alex does not start…
if instead I use the door sensor as a trigger everything works correctly

5

Ok, and what is the problem? Please post everything in a single post instead of splitting it into multiple posts.

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ok sorry me

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Are you sure that “person.federico” and “person.serena” enter the zone? Do you have multiple device trackers assigned to the persons?
You could change this to trigger on the specific device tracker that “comes” home like this:

- alias: ritorno a casa
  trigger:
    # - platform: state
    #   entity_id: binary_sensor.porta_ingresso
    #   to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: 
        - device_tracker.federico_phone #entity id of device tracker, which says that federico is home
        - device_tracker.serena_phone #entity id of device tracker, which says that serenais home
      to: home
  condition: []
  action:
    - wait_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.porta_ingresso', 'on') }}"
      timeout: '00:30:00'
      continue_on_timeout: 'false'
    - delay:
        seconds: 5
    - service: scene.turn_on
      entity_id: scene.rientro_a_casa
    - service: script.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: script.rientro_a_casa
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yes I’m sure … i use the IOS app and has always worked well… I have other automations controlled on the person who guarantees correctly

9

So you have other automations with the “enter zone” trigger, which work fine but this one doesn’t?

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exactly, i have other automatio based on the person entity and the zone

11

Could you please post the code of this working automation?

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yes

- alias: arrivo notturno
  trigger:
    platform: zone
    entity_id: 
    - person.federico
    - person.serena
    event: enter
    zone: zone.home
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    state: below_horizon
  - condition: state
    entity_id: script.arrivo_notturno
    state: 'off'
  action:
    service: script.arrivo_notturno
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maybe I understood the problem … there are two more spaces in front of the entities people in the non-functioning one

14

Yes this could be, indentation is very important in YAML.

15

I will do some tests later and if that was the problem I will close the post. thank you very much for the moment

16

your issue is going to be with your wait template. The spacing won’t do anything if you have extra spaces in front of the listed entities. That’s a personal preference. Your issue most likely revolves around the wait template not being true. Start there.

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ok, ok thank you but could you help me?

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Not sure what I can do. Your wait template is syntactically correct. You gotta verify that your state for binary_sensor.porta_ingresso is changing to on, or is already on.

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yes, it changes to on, in fact the notification of the opening has arrived and the light turns on, but the announcement of alexa does not start.

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that should be

method: speak