Is it just me or not. My time pattern trigger every 2 minutes does not always fire every 2 minutes:
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are you playing something else on your GH? If so it’ll stop the automation from running if you’ve set conditions (which you should have)
No. Nothing else is running. It looks like it misses 2 minute pattern
Hi @majkers, reading you in Error reading from socket / communicating with socket for cast speakers · Issue #47923 · home-assistant/core · GitHub I think you aready found this:
It’s not triggering because the google home goes “unavailable” due to that bug.
I’ve updated the automation so it also triggers when chromecast becomes available.
alias: Keep Google Home Alive
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: /2
- platform: state
entity_id: media_player.home
from: unavailable
to: idle
- platform: state
entity_id: media_player.home
from: unavailable
to: 'off'
condition:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: media_player.home
state: 'off'
- condition: state
entity_id: media_player.home
state: idle
action:
- service: media_player.play_media
entity_id: media_player.home
data:
media_content_id: 'media-source://media_source/local/silence.mp3'
media_content_type: music
mode: single
Not sure if this will fix the problem, I’m going to try and see. Please let me know of the result if you also give it a try.
Edit: It works! Even with minutes: /4 
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Ok. I will check it tomorrow. Thanks
I did something similar in Node-Red using castv2. It sometimes chops the first few milliseconds of the audio file but it works flawlessly otherwise.
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Input Payload:
msg.payload = {
type: "MEDIA",
media: {
url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/gilfoyle/the-skypark/v1/common/sounds/effects/kaching.mp3",
contentType: "audio/mp3",
streamType: "LIVE",
}
}
Hi Carlos, I have several google minis around the house. I was wondering if there’s a smart way (maybe with templates) to reproduce this automation to all minis (maybe creating a group?) instead of add as many triggers and conditions for every mini.
What’s your thought?
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I don’t know if it is even possible. Templating is SO POWERFUL but so complicated. You need to be a jedi master to use it eheheh
I made this automation to keep alive many google minis. I tested in debug trace console and the error is
Error: Template rendered invalid entity IDs
It’s “strange” because I take this layout from this page (last example)
alias: Mantieni tutti i Google Home Mini attivi
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- media_player.corridoio
- media_player.cucina
- media_player.disimpegno
- media_player.bagno_principale
- media_player.bagno_secondario
- media_player.google_home_mini
to: 'off'
for: '00:00:10'
from: 'on'
- platform: state
entity_id:
- media_player.corridoio
- media_player.cucina
- media_player.disimpegno
- media_player.bagno_principale
- media_player.bagno_secondario
- media_player.google_home_mini
from: unavailable
to: idle
- platform: state
entity_id:
- media_player.corridoio
- media_player.cucina
- media_player.disimpegno
- media_player.bagno_principale
- media_player.bagno_secondario
- media_player.google_home_mini
from: unavailable
to: 'off'
action:
- service: media_player.volume_set
target:
entity_id: '{{ trigger.to_state.entity_id}}'
data:
volume_level: 0
- service: media_player.turn_on
target:
entity_id: '{{ trigger.to_state.entity_id}}'
- service: media_player.play_media
target:
entity_id: '{{ trigger.to_state.entity_id}}'
data:
media_content_id: 'http://192.168.2.101:8123/local/1sec.mp3'
media_content_type: music
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 10
milliseconds: 0
- service: media_player.volume_set
target:
entity_id: '{{ trigger.to_state.entity_id}}'
data:
volume_level: '{{states(''sensor.period_of_day_volume'')|float}}'
mode: queued
max: 10
I also tried changing to
entity_id: '{{ trigger.to_state.entity_id}}'
No results.
any hint?
replace trigger.to_state.entity_id with trigger.entity_id
That should work better
By the way you could simplify your automation by removing one block:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- media_player.corridoio
- media_player.cucina
- media_player.disimpegno
- media_player.bagno_principale
- media_player.bagno_secondario
- media_player.google_home_mini
from: unavailable
to: idle
- platform: state
entity_id:
- media_player.corridoio
- media_player.cucina
- media_player.disimpegno
- media_player.bagno_principale
- media_player.bagno_secondario
- media_player.google_home_mini
from: unavailable
to: 'off'
becomes
- platform: state
entity_id:
- media_player.corridoio
- media_player.cucina
- media_player.disimpegno
- media_player.bagno_principale
- media_player.bagno_secondario
- media_player.google_home_mini
from: unavailable
- id: mantieni_google_home_mini_attivi_hub
alias: Mantieni tutti i Google Home Mini attivi
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: >-
media_player.corridoio,media_player.cucina,media_player.disimpegno,media_player.bagno_principale,media_player.bagno_secondario,media_player.google_home_mini
to: 'off'
for: '00:00:10'
- platform: state
entity_id: >-
media_player.corridoio,media_player.cucina,media_player.disimpegno,media_player.bagno_principale,media_player.bagno_secondario,media_player.google_home_mini
from: unavailable
- platform: state
entity_id: >-
media_player.corridoio,media_player.cucina,media_player.disimpegno,media_player.bagno_principale,media_player.bagno_secondario,media_player.google_home_mini
to: 'off'
for: '00:00:10'
from: idle
- platform: state
entity_id: >-
media_player.corridoio,media_player.cucina,media_player.disimpegno,media_player.bagno_principale,media_player.bagno_secondario,media_player.google_home_mini
to: idle
for: '00:00:10'
from: 'on'
action:
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
volume_level: 0
entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
- service: media_player.turn_on
data:
entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
media_content_id: 'http://192.168.2.101:8123/local/1sec.mp3'
media_content_type: music
entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 2
milliseconds: 0
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
volume_level: "{{states('sensor.period_of_day_volume')|float}}"
entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
mode: queued
max: 10
trigger.entity_id do the trick.
Than you
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So question for @lolouk44 , @CarlosGS and @Emphyrio ; does this also work for Google/Nest devices with a screen? E.g. my Nest Hub with picture frame is beneath my TV. i would not want it to switch to a different view all of the time.
Well yes and no. Yes it will work and not play the connection sound, but no because it’ll stop displaying the photo and display the media player screen instead.what you probably want to do instead is have a script that will bring the vol to 0, connect with a 1 sec, then set the vol to whichever number you then play your announcement.
This will mean a delay, and the announcement will anyway stop the photo display
Oh magic ! Exactly what i am searching ! Thanks ! Work flawlessly. Only slow to start playing but worth it for not hearing the cast start sound 
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I tried this automation but the minis keep bleeping every 2 seconds. I do not have the sensor.period_of_day_volume and filled in 0.55 as volume. how did you define this sensor? In a script? And you don’t have the constant volume change bleepings?
Is it just me or is is something with 2021.12.2 version that google home mini stays in ‘playing’ state after playing 1 second sound for more or less 5 minutes so my automation to defeat this prompt sound is not working?
For me have the same problem after update. “playing” always.
same here, which means the google mini turns off after 5 min and triggers the cast start sound 
Exactly. Unfortunately nothing is happening with my issue