Home Assistant Alarm Clock Template

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I want to trigger a good morning script using the Input Datetime helper on the frontend. I need to be able to set different times for different days so I set up input_datetime.sunday_alarm, input_datetime.monday_alarm, etc. When the set time is reached on that particular day I want it to turn on input_boolean.wakeactivated which runs my script. How do I fashion the trigger template so it knows which day and time it is? If there’s a better way to go about this I’m all ears.

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I would think something like this could be easier to manage.

{% set times = {"Sun":"10:00", "Mon":"08:00", "Tue": "07:00", "Wed": "05:00", "Thur": "09:00", "Fri": "09:00", "Sat": "07:30" } %}

{{ times[(now().timestamp() | timestamp_custom("%a"))]}}

times could be an input text I think.

But can’t you use the alarm on your phone?

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If you’ve already setup (or just prefer) the input_datetimes, as long as you keep the naming convention you gave in the first post, you can use a template trigger like:

trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: >
      {% set input = "input_datetime."~(now().strftime("%A")|lower)~"_alarm" %}
      {{ now() >= today_at(states(input)) }}

Another option if you want something that is easy to adjust in the frontend is the Scheduler custom component and its associated lovelace card (both available in HACS)

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Thanks. It works great. I’ll take a look at the Scheduler Card. I’m pretty happy with what I have though.

Morning Alarm Lovelace
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@jwelvaert Do you have the yaml-code for that setup? I would like to do something similar for me and my partners alarms. I’m updating my frontend and my alarm clocks look very basic in comparison to this.

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This is the frontend (Lovelace)YAML

cards:
  - entities:
      - entity: input_boolean.wakestatus
        name: Mode
      - entity: input_datetime.sunday_alarm
      - entity: input_datetime.monday_alarm
      - entity: input_datetime.tuesday_alarm
      - entity: input_datetime.wednesday_alarm
      - entity: input_datetime.thursday_alarm
      - entity: input_datetime.friday_alarm
      - entity: input_datetime.saturday_alarm
    show_header_toggle: false
    show_icon: true
    show_name: true
    type: entities
    title: Morning Alarm
type: horizontal-stack

This is from my automations.yaml

- alias: Morning Alarm
  initial_state: true
  trigger:
    - platform: template
      value_template:
        '{% set dow = now().strftime("%A")|lower %} {% set input = "input_datetime."~dow~"_alarm"
        %} {{ now() >= today_at(states(input)) }}
        '
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.wakestatus
      state: "on"
  action:
    - service: input_boolean.turn_on
      entity_id: input_boolean.wakeactivated
    - delay: 00:00:05
    - service: input_boolean.turn_off
      entity_id: input_boolean.wakeactivated
  id: c7f5197f730d423ba890a1bc1f28c424
- alias: Alarm Activated
  initial_state: true
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.wakeactivated
    to: "on"
  action:
    service: script.turn_on
    entity_id: script.wake_up_lygea
  id: f23a9ede9640492fb71d1e1a6914fa94

You have to make 9 helpers - 1 for each day of the week - for example - input_datetime.sunday_alarm, input_boolean.wakestatus for the Mode switch and input_boolean.wakeactivated to activate the alarm when the wake time is achieved.

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Do you still have this working, @jwelvaert?

Did you have to change the template in the automation?

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The automation is exactly the same as when I posted it almost a year ago. It has been working great.

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Weird, it’s not triggering.
And in development tools I get:

ValueError: could not convert str to datetime: '2023-05-26 15:46:00'

For:

{% set dow = now().strftime("%A")|lower %} {% set input = "input_datetime."~dow~"_alarm"%} {{ now() >= today_at(states(input)) }}
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Your input datetimes need to to be time-only, not date and time.

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Thanks, @Didgeridrew.

And, @jwelvaert, what kind of script are you using to activate the alarm itself (script.wake_up_lygea); just to have some ideas… I was thinking of activating it in an android devices, but without defining in advance the time in the msg/command to notify the device, it seems it will not work out.

edit: Hmmm, its working fine with media start playing on a google nest speaker.

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Here is the script. It basically turns the fans off, turns on the bedroom lights gradually, reactivates the motion sensors and plays a message.

wake_up_lygea:
  sequence:
    - service: switch.turn_off
      entity_id:
        - switch.jeffs_fan
    - service: script.toggle_lygeas_fan_power
    - delay: 00:00:03
    - service: notify.alexa_media
      data:
        target: media_player.bedroom_echo
        data:
          type: tts
        message:
          Lidgy Lou... It's time to rise and shine.. honey.... today is going to be your best day ever. Time
          for sunshine in a cup!
    - service: automation.turn_on
      entity_id: automation.master_bathroom_light_on_with_ceiling_motion_sensor
    - service: light.turn_on
      data:
        transition: 300
        brightness_pct: 100
      target:
        entity_id: light.master_bedroom_level
    - delay: 00:01:00
    - service: zwave_js.set_config_parameter
      target:
        entity_id: light.master_bedroom_level
      data:
        parameter: 6
        value: Enabled
    - service: zwave_js.set_config_parameter
      target:
        entity_id: light.master_bedroom_level
      data:
        parameter: 3
        value: Occupancy
    - service: input_boolean.turn_off
      entity_id: input_boolean.snooze
  mode: single
  alias: Wake Up Lygea
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