Help needed for simple automation

Configuration
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Hi all,

I would like to turn my entrance lights on when I open my front door whist its dark, could anyone let me know where I’ve gone wrong with this?

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I am getting this error message;

Configuration invalid
Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while parsing a block collection
in “/config/automations.yaml”, line 1, column 3
expected , but found ‘?’
in “/config/automations.yaml”, line 31, column 3

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Easy, these three lines need pushing in two spaces…

  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:

At a guess “line 31, column 3” in the errors coincides with the ‘c’ in the first ‘condition:’, use an editor that shows line numbers and it’s easy to find where errors like that are.

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That will get the configuration to pass. however, can you guarantee that the binary_sensor.door_window_xxxx will trigger before or after sunset?

To me, I don’t think its guaranteed.

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True, I use…

- condition: state
  entity_id: sun.sun
  state: below_horizon

…for one of my HC automations.

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I don’t use a sensor to handle my lights, so I donno. I mean it could make sense to have those conditions. I’ve never really thought about needing the light on in the daytime with cloud cover.

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Thanks for your help, could you also point me in the right direction with this one? I want to turn some lights one when the first person arrives home if its dark. I have added this but if someone else is already home it still turns the lights on. How do I make it only turn the lights on for the first one home?

  • alias: Turn the lamps on after dark when arriving home
    initial_state: True
    hide_entity: False
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id: group.all_door_sensors
      to: ‘on’
      condition:
      condition: and
      conditions:
      • condition: sun
        after: sunset
        after_offset: “-00:30:00”
      • condition: state
        entity_id: group.all_devices
        state: ‘home’
        action:
    • service: homeassistant.turn_on
      entity_id: group.living_room_lamps
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can you use the code block when posting? Can’t really help if the code isn’t formatted correctly. The documentation is at the top of the page.

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Hi Petro,

Sorry but I new to this, I’ve been trying to work out how to do it like everyone else does, how do you do that?

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at the top of the page, it describes how to do it in the link. Take a look at the previous photo that I posted and click on that link.

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Maybe it’s just me, but that link seems to have disappeared.

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WTF?? yeah me too… well I don’t have that link.

EDIT: It’s not even covered in the FAQ…

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sorry man, here’s the link. Not sure why it’s gone.

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Thanks for that, it’s been doing my head in since I started on here.

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Simplest way is to highlight the relevant text and hit the ‘</>’ button in the toolbar.