Still learning so bear with me but I’m trying to set up an automation for when a device leaves one location and arrives at another. I’m currently doing this based on state, but am concerned that it will not function as I intend.
Consider this state timeline: home, not_home, work
Current automation:
trigger:
platform: state
from: "home"
to: "work"
entity_id: device_tracker.myphone
action:
service: notify.notify_push_android
data:
message: I made it to work!!!
I’m thinking this will never be triggered due to the state changing from home to not_home BEFORE being changed to work.
Is there a way to ignore the transitive state? Or is there a better way to do this?
Only using “state: work” should trigger when the device changes to that state, no matter the previous state. Haven’t tested this myself though.
Current automation:
trigger:
platform: state
state: "work"
entity_id: device_tracker.myphone
action:
service: notify.notify_push_android
data:
message: I made it to work!!!
Thanks Martin, but I’m interested in taking it a step further. Perhaps I drive by work on my way to the grocery store, or what have you. I’d like to only alert when I leave home and arrive at work.
I might be able to set a boolean if I leave home, and check it when I arrive at work to see if I’d just left home…
Current automation:
trigger:
platform: state
state: "work"
entity_id: device_tracker.myphone
condition:
platform: state
state: 'not_home'
for:
minutes: 30 #or the time you spent to travel from home to work
action:
service: notify.notify_push_android
data:
message: I made it to work!!!