I would be very grateful if someone could help me with automation script that would do following:
I would like to have one switch on lovelace panel what will activate this automation rule called “Away temperature”.
When activated, this rule should then control my heater so that it will switch it on when temperature difference between inside and outside is below lets say 3 degrees. And stop heating when temperature difference will increase to 5 degrees.
I have following entities:
outside temp: sensor.sonoff_1000bed77c_temperature
inside temp: sensor.mokki_patteri_mh_si7021_temperature
heater switch: switch.mokki_patteri_mh
And I also would like to be able control heater switch manually on top of automation. So that I could switch heater on even this rule is activated.
Let’s assume you create an input_boolean to indicate when away temperature should run, and it’s called input_boolean.enable_away_temperature. To make this an “easy” single automation, we’ll use a choose block.
- alias: Away temperature
trigger:
# Any time the temperature inside or outside changes, check the conditions
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.outside_temperature
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.inside_temperature
# Also check on HA startup, or when you reload automations
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
- platform: event
event_type: automation_reloaded
condition:
# Only run when enabled
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
state: 'on'
# Only run if it's below 10 degrees outside
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.outside_temperature
below: 10
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
# The heater must be off
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.heater
state: 'off'
# And inside is less than three degrees warmer than inside
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float - states('sensor.outside_temperature')|float < 3}}"
sequence:
# Turn on the heater
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.heater
- conditions:
# The heater is on
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.heater
state: 'on'
# It's more than 5 degrees warmer inside than out
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float - states('sensor.outside_temperature')|float > 5}}"
sequence:
# Turn off the heater
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.heater
Of course, if it’s -5 outside, this would let the house get below freezing. You could add some more logic to the templates to handle that. For example
wow, that was more than I expected. Avoiding below zero was also on my list but I though I can figure it out after some help on this. But great that you red my mind on that
Thanks a lot, I will try it soon and let you know.
I just realised I missed a bit, I should have added the state of the boolean to the initial logic
- alias: Away temperature
trigger:
# Any time the temperature inside or outside changes, check the conditions
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.outside_temperature
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.inside_temperature
# Also check on HA startup, or when you reload automations
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
- platform: event
event_type: automation_reloaded
# Run when turned on
- platform: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
to: 'on'
condition:
# Only run when enabled
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
state: 'on'
# Only run if it's below 10 degrees outside
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.outside_temperature
below: 10
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
# The heater must be off
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.heater
state: 'off'
# And inside is less than three degrees warmer than inside, or it's less than 5 degrees inside
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float - states('sensor.outside_temperature')|float < 3) or (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float < 5) }}"
sequence:
# Turn on the heater
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.heater
- conditions:
# The heater is on
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.heater
state: 'on'
# It's more than 5 degrees warmer inside than out, and above 5 degrees inside
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float - states('sensor.outside_temperature')|float > 5) and (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float > 5) }}"
sequence:
# Turn off the heater
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.heater
This will still leave the heating on when you turn off the boolean, so maybe this instead:
- alias: Away temperature
trigger:
# Any time the temperature inside or outside changes, check the conditions
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.outside_temperature
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.inside_temperature
# Also check on HA startup, or when you reload automations
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
- platform: event
event_type: automation_reloaded
# Run when turned on or off
- platform: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
condition:
- condition: or
conditions:
# Only run when enabled
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
state: 'on'
# Or if we've just been turned off
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state and (trigger.to_state.entity_id == 'input_boolean.enable_away_temperature') }}"
# Only run if it's below 10 degrees outside
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.outside_temperature
below: 10
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
# Only run when enabled
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
state: 'on'
# The heater must be off
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.heater
state: 'off'
# And inside is less than three degrees warmer than inside, or below 5 degrees inside
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float - states('sensor.outside_temperature')|float < 3) or (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float < 5) }}"
sequence:
# Turn on the heater
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.heater
- conditions:
# The heater is on
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.heater
state: 'on'
- conditions: or
conditions:
# We've just been turned off
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state and (trigger.to_state.entity_id == 'input_boolean.enable_away_temperature') }}"
# Or enabled and it's warm enough
- condition: and
conditions:
# Only run when enabled
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.enable_away_temperature
state: 'on'
# It's more than 5 degrees warmer inside than out, and more than 5 degrees inside
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float - states('sensor.outside_temperature')|float > 5) and (states('sensor.inside_temperature')|float > 5) }}"
sequence:
# Turn off the heater
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.heater
