Help with Xbox Automations!

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Hi,

My automations triggers when the kids have been playing for 2 hours. First the Google Hub tells them that it has been 2 hours and that they should to something else, after 10 minutes the automation turns off the Xbox setup, that is done via the Harmony hub. It works great :slight_smile:

My problem is that the kids just turns it back on if i am not home (clever as they are). I want to have an automation after it has been turn off that stops the Harmony to restart the Xbox setup again for at least 30-60 min.

How to do that in the automation?

Best regards
Thekholm

alias: TTS - Turn off Xbox
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: switch.harmony_hub_xbox
    to: 'on'
    for:
      hours: 2
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
condition: []
action:
  - service: script.x
    data: {}
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 10
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: My device id
    entity_id: switch.harmony_hub_xbox
    domain: switch
mode: single
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I don’t have any experience using Harmony hub, so there may be easier/better ways to do this from that angle. The basic method is to use an Input Boolean as a flag:

alias: TTS - Turn off Xbox
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    id: 2hr
    entity_id: switch.harmony_hub_xbox
    to: 'on'
    for:
      hours: 2
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
  - platform: state
    id: On
    entity_id: switch.harmony_hub_xbox
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    id: Reset
    entity_id: input_boolean.XXXX
    to: 'on'
    for:
      hours: 1
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
    - conditions:
      - condition: trigger
        id: 2hr
      sequence:
      - service: input_boolean.turn_on
        entity_id: input_boolean.XXXX
      - service: script.x
        data: {}
      - delay:
        hours: 0
        minutes: 10
        seconds: 0
        milliseconds: 0
      - type: turn_off
        device_id: My device id
        entity_id: switch.harmony_hub_xbox
        domain: switch
    - conditions:
      - condition: trigger
        id: On
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.XXXX
        state: 'on'
      sequence:
      - service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.harmony_hub_xbox
    - conditions:
      - condition: trigger
        id: Reset
      sequence:
      - service: input_boolean.turn_off
        entity_id: input_boolean.XXXX
    default: []
mode: single
3

Hi,

Thanks for your help and input, I where thinking it should be done with Boolean, haven’t really played with that. I will try and see how it works! :grin:

The basic method is to use an Input Boolean as a flag:

Best regards
Thekholm

4

Couldn’t they just use the power button on the xbox to turn it back on?

I’d look into turning off the power to the Xbox with a smart plug.
Ideally also place the smart plug somewhere nog easily accessible, like behind a media closet or something.

Looking back to my younger years, software would not have stopped me.
You needed to take away the power cable.

5

Yeah, there are a lot of possible failure points when you’re relying on smart plugs or smart remotes to control a device that the kids have physical access to. I’ve never used it, but XBox does have a parental control app that can exercise higher level control of the XBox itself.

It might be a good backup to use the DLNA Digital Media Renderer integration and a HIstory Stats sensor to track how many hours the Xbox is ebing used every day.

6

Haha, I liked that!

You needed to take away the power cable.

But they wouldn’t dear to mess with all the home cinema gear and smart home products wear the Xbox stands :slight_smile:

When they get a little older, then I will probably need to to something else

Best regards
Thekholm