I am using the Tapo control to expose the privacy switches to HomeKit. I basically want to create an automation that enables:
switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy
switch.hallway_privacy
switch.living_room_view_privacy
When:
person.derek_graham or person.maria are home but only during 12 am to 1 pm daily.
And if no one is home or it is not during that time period then those switches are turned off.
How can I create this?
Whilst you could code this into a single automation, and I probably would, I’d suggest keep it nice and simple with two separate automations:
alias: Cameras on
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
- platform: time
at: "12:00:00"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
state: 'home'
match: any
- condition: time
after: "11:59:59"
before: "13:00:00"
action:
- action: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id:
- switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy
switch.hallway_privacy
switch.living_room_view_privacy
and
alias: Cameras off
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
- platform: time
at: "13:00:00"
condition:
- not:
- condition: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
state: 'home'
match: any
- or:
- condition: time
before: "12:00:00"
- condition: time
after: "12:59:59"
action:
- action: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy
switch.hallway_privacy
switch.living_room_view_privacy
Thanks this works, I had to edit it a little but it is working!
I noticed that my automations aren’t working, any help would helpful
alias: Turn on Privacy Mode
description: Turns on Privacy Mode for interior cameras
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
enabled: true
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
state: home
match: any
- condition: time
after: "11:59:59"
before: "13:00:00"
action:
- action: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id:
- switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy
- switch.hallway_privacy
- switch.living_room_view_privacy
data: {}
Second one
alias: Turn off Privacy Mode
description: Turns off Privacy Mode on interior cameras
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
enabled: false
- platform: time
at: "13:00:00"
condition:
- not:
- condition: state
entity_id:
- person.derek_graham
- person.maria
state: home
match: any
- or:
- condition: time
before: "12:00:00"
- condition: time
after: "12:59:59"
action:
- action: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy
- switch.hallway_privacy
- switch.living_room_view_privacy
data: {}
You’ll have to be a bit more specific. What’s not happening? If your person entities are changing state, the automations will be triggering and generating a trace — look at that to see what’s going wrong.
Three dots / Download trace / paste here as code if you need more help.
The “off” automation has the person state trigger disabled, and why did you remove the 12:00 trigger in the “on” automation?
Here is one trace
"trace": {
"last_step": "condition/0/conditions/0/entity_id/1",
"run_id": "626e3372044ce0dff6a304498a04f1dc",
"state": "stopped",
"script_execution": "failed_conditions",
"timestamp": {
"start": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440519+00:00",
"finish": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440630+00:00"
},
"domain": "automation",
"item_id": "1727879962748",
"trigger": "state of person.derek_graham",
"trace": {
"trigger/0": [
{
"path": "trigger/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440534+00:00",
"changed_variables": {
"this": {
"entity_id": "automation.cameras_off",
"state": "on",
"attributes": {
"id": "1727879962748",
"last_triggered": "2024-10-02T15:16:20.240700+00:00",
"mode": "single",
"current": 0,
"friendly_name": "Turn off Privacy Mode"
},
"last_changed": "2024-10-02T19:45:08.418331+00:00",
"last_reported": "2024-10-02T19:45:08.418331+00:00",
"last_updated": "2024-10-02T19:45:08.418331+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "01J97C7KT256G7JK53ESEP02MC",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"trigger": {
"id": "0",
"idx": "0",
"alias": null,
"platform": "state",
"entity_id": "person.derek_graham",
"from_state": {
"entity_id": "person.derek_graham",
"state": "home",
"attributes": {
"editable": true,
"id": "derek_graham",
"device_trackers": [
"device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"device_tracker.ipad"
],
"latitude": 41.97349586582725,
"longitude": -87.65216647147656,
"gps_accuracy": 3,
"source": "device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"user_id": "2581b06774ae4454b92d26ebf0d627cb",
"friendly_name": "Derek Graham"
},
"last_changed": "2024-10-02T19:45:00.602403+00:00",
"last_reported": "2024-10-03T03:04:50.211545+00:00",
"last_updated": "2024-10-03T03:04:50.211545+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "01J985CQ93Q49PGBDW2WZCFWM6",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"to_state": {
"entity_id": "person.derek_graham",
"state": "home",
"attributes": {
"editable": true,
"id": "derek_graham",
"device_trackers": [
"device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"device_tracker.ipad"
],
"latitude": 41.97349586353138,
"longitude": -87.65216645574765,
"gps_accuracy": 3,
"source": "device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"user_id": "2581b06774ae4454b92d26ebf0d627cb",
"friendly_name": "Derek Graham"
},
"last_changed": "2024-10-02T19:45:00.602403+00:00",
"last_reported": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.439623+00:00",
"last_updated": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.439623+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "01J985V9AF31R80F2GY1RF9GKA",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"for": null,
"attribute": null,
"description": "state of person.derek_graham"
}
}
}
],
"condition/0": [
{
"path": "condition/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440550+00:00",
"result": {
"result": false
}
}
],
"condition/0/conditions/0": [
{
"path": "condition/0/conditions/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440565+00:00",
"result": {
"result": true
}
}
],
"condition/0/conditions/0/entity_id/0": [
{
"path": "condition/0/conditions/0/entity_id/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440579+00:00",
"result": {
"result": true,
"state": "home",
"wanted_state": "home"
}
}
],
"condition/0/conditions/0/entity_id/1": [
{
"path": "condition/0/conditions/0/entity_id/1",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T03:12:47.440602+00:00",
"result": {
"result": true,
"state": "home",
"wanted_state": "home"
}
}
]
},
"config": {
"id": "1727879962748",
"alias": "Turn off Privacy Mode",
"description": "Turns off Privacy Mode on interior cameras",
"trigger": [
{
"platform": "state",
"entity_id": [
"person.derek_graham",
"person.maria"
]
},
{
"platform": "time",
"at": "13:00:00"
}
],
"condition": [
{
"not": [
{
"condition": "state",
"entity_id": [
"person.derek_graham",
"person.maria"
],
"state": "home",
"match": "any"
}
]
},
{
"or": [
{
"condition": "time",
"before": "12:00:00"
},
{
"condition": "time",
"after": "12:59:59"
}
]
}
],
"action": [
{
"action": "switch.turn_off",
"target": {
"entity_id": [
"switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy",
"switch.hallway_privacy",
"switch.living_room_view_privacy"
]
},
"data": {}
}
]
},
"blueprint_inputs": null,
"context": {
"id": "01J985V9AG5NZMYHXR4VP6BZQC",
"parent_id": "01J985V9AF31R80F2GY1RF9GKA",
"user_id": null
}
},
"logbookEntries": []
}
Second one
{
"trace": {
"last_step": "condition/1",
"run_id": "3b6125847ffe4b9d3337080aa2e5e88e",
"state": "stopped",
"script_execution": "failed_conditions",
"timestamp": {
"start": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517474+00:00",
"finish": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517644+00:00"
},
"domain": "automation",
"item_id": "1727879927210",
"trigger": "state of person.derek_graham",
"trace": {
"trigger/0": [
{
"path": "trigger/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517520+00:00",
"changed_variables": {
"this": {
"entity_id": "automation.cameras_on",
"state": "on",
"attributes": {
"id": "1727879927210",
"last_triggered": "2024-10-02T17:00:00.318647+00:00",
"mode": "single",
"current": 0,
"friendly_name": "Turn on Privacy Mode"
},
"last_changed": "2024-10-03T06:18:21.262471+00:00",
"last_reported": "2024-10-03T06:18:21.262471+00:00",
"last_updated": "2024-10-03T06:18:21.262471+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "01J98GF26E3ED0820YJ0JVTCJY",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "2581b06774ae4454b92d26ebf0d627cb"
}
},
"trigger": {
"id": "0",
"idx": "0",
"alias": null,
"platform": "state",
"entity_id": "person.derek_graham",
"from_state": {
"entity_id": "person.derek_graham",
"state": "home",
"attributes": {
"editable": true,
"id": "derek_graham",
"device_trackers": [
"device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"device_tracker.ipad"
],
"latitude": 41.97347069315663,
"longitude": -87.65208377632348,
"gps_accuracy": 20,
"source": "device_tracker.ipad",
"user_id": "2581b06774ae4454b92d26ebf0d627cb",
"friendly_name": "Derek Graham"
},
"last_changed": "2024-10-03T06:17:55.839639+00:00",
"last_reported": "2024-10-03T06:30:42.804171+00:00",
"last_updated": "2024-10-03T06:30:42.804171+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "01J98H5PBMKHFEXWF7KSK1G89Y",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"to_state": {
"entity_id": "person.derek_graham",
"state": "home",
"attributes": {
"editable": true,
"id": "derek_graham",
"device_trackers": [
"device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"device_tracker.ipad"
],
"latitude": 41.97351237574414,
"longitude": -87.65212262430386,
"gps_accuracy": 6,
"source": "device_tracker.dereks_iphone_15_pro",
"user_id": "2581b06774ae4454b92d26ebf0d627cb",
"friendly_name": "Derek Graham"
},
"last_changed": "2024-10-03T06:17:55.839639+00:00",
"last_reported": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517317+00:00",
"last_updated": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517317+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "01J98HMQGX5VKWJJKGDTC4GCQA",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"for": null,
"attribute": null,
"description": "state of person.derek_graham"
}
}
}
],
"condition/0": [
{
"path": "condition/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517542+00:00",
"result": {
"result": true
}
}
],
"condition/0/entity_id/0": [
{
"path": "condition/0/entity_id/0",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517558+00:00",
"result": {
"result": true,
"state": "home",
"wanted_state": "home"
}
}
],
"condition/0/entity_id/1": [
{
"path": "condition/0/entity_id/1",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517586+00:00",
"result": {
"result": true,
"state": "home",
"wanted_state": "home"
}
}
],
"condition/1": [
{
"path": "condition/1",
"timestamp": "2024-10-03T06:38:55.517616+00:00",
"result": {
"after": {
"__type": "<class 'datetime.time'>",
"isoformat": "11:59:59"
},
"now_time": {
"__type": "<class 'datetime.time'>",
"isoformat": "01:38:55.517625"
},
"before": {
"__type": "<class 'datetime.time'>",
"isoformat": "13:00:00"
},
"result": false
}
}
]
},
"config": {
"id": "1727879927210",
"alias": "Turn on Privacy Mode",
"description": "Turns on Privacy Mode for interior cameras",
"trigger": [
{
"platform": "state",
"entity_id": [
"person.derek_graham",
"person.maria"
],
"enabled": true
}
],
"condition": [
{
"condition": "state",
"entity_id": [
"person.derek_graham",
"person.maria"
],
"state": "home",
"match": "any"
},
{
"condition": "time",
"after": "11:59:59",
"before": "13:00:00"
}
],
"action": [
{
"action": "switch.turn_on",
"target": {
"entity_id": [
"switch.alternate_living_room_view_privacy",
"switch.hallway_privacy",
"switch.living_room_view_privacy"
]
},
"data": {}
}
]
},
"blueprint_inputs": null,
"context": {
"id": "01J98HMQGXT7G60XQVQTGCQ9K2",
"parent_id": "01J98HMQGX5VKWJJKGDTC4GCQA",
"user_id": null
}
},
"logbookEntries": []
}
All I went it to do is enable the privacy switches when either of us are home between 12 am to 1 pm
And privacy switches turned off if not home and between 1 pm and midnight
Ok, those triggers are from attributes of the person entity changing: the GPS coords in this case.
Add:
to: null
to each person trigger to avoid this.
And apologies — just realised you mean 00:00 not 12:00. The conditions will need altering: you will probably only need a single before/after.
Let me know if you’re still having problems and I’ll have a look when I’m not just on a phone.