I found a solution to do what I want, but it is quite convoluted so I’m wondering if there isn’t a better option:
Example: I want an action to be triggered if 5 conditions are met (with no delay).
my phone is charging
my phone is locked
no motion is detected in the living room
no motion is detected in the hallway
I’m home
… this should trigger “all lights off”
As of now, the only way I can think of, is to list each affected entity as a trigger and then again list each entity as a condition. Having to list them both as triggers and conditions seams to unnecessary create bloated code.
My question: Is there no way where I don’t have to list all the entities as triggers as well as conditions? Basically just having a trigger that is like “trigger if all conditions bellow are met”?
Yes, you can create a single trigger from a combination of entities using templates. Keep in mind that some entities may have multiple state values that could satisfy what we might think of as a single criteria. For example, both the values “charging” and “full” can indicate that the phone is plugged into a charger when using the battery state sensor. And there may be other sensors that can address the same condition, just from a different angle. For example, you could use the value of the “charger type” sensor. Without knowing which sensors you have enabled the best I can do is the following sketch:
trigger:
- platform: template
value_template: >
{{ is_state('person.c', 'home') and
is_state('sensor.your_phone_battery_state', ['charging', 'full']) and
is_state('sensor.your_phone_lock_state, 'locked') and
is_state('binary_sensor.hall_motion', 'off') and
is_state('binary_sensor.living_room_motion', 'off') }}
condition: []
action:
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: all
