Manual home / away mode?

Configuration
1

How do I setup a manual home / away mode? Nothing fancy - I select the button when leaving the house and it turns off all switches, lights etc…

2

Use an input_boolean:

3

yes, but what do I put in the automation.yaml file to control it?

4 
automation:
  - alias: Away
    trigger:
      platform: state 
      entity_id: input_boolean.home
      state: 'off' 
    action:
      [WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GO OUT]

  - alias: Home
    trigger:
      platform: state 
      entity_id: input_boolean.home
      state: 'on'
    action:
      [WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GET BACK]
5

Thanks… Sorry I’m kinda dumb to this but will get it quickly when I see a working example.

Like this?

  - alias: Away
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.home
      state: 'off'
    action:
      entity_id: group.all_lights


  - alias: Home
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.home
      state: 'on'
    action:
      entity_id: group.all_lights
6

Nearly :slight_smile:

You’ll want to tell it what to do with the lights…

      - alias: Away
        trigger:
          platform: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.home
          state: 'off'
        action:
          service: homeassistant.turn_off 
          entity_id: group.all_lights

      - alias: Home
        trigger:
          platform: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.home
          state: 'on'
        action:
          service: homeassistant.turn_on
          entity_id: group.all_lights
7

Thanks - I added that to the automation file but get an error on my config:

Invalid config for [automation]: [state] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->state. (See /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 66). Please check the docs at Automation - Home Assistant Invalid config for [automation]: [state] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->state. (See /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 66). Please check the docs at Automation - Home Assistant

line 66 on my config file is
automation: !include automations.yaml

8

Yeah sorry, in the triggers change

state: 'on'

TO

to: 'on'

(and off)

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9

Perfect - thank you! That works when I hit the ‘trigger button manually’

Final question. What do I put in the config file? I’m following this but can’t see the alias?

input_boolean:
  home:
    name: Notify when someone arrives home
    initial: off
    icon: mdi:car
10

That should be fine, have you restarted homeassistant since adding it?

11

Also to customise that input_boolean to better fit your application you can change the name or icon to whatever you want:

input_boolean:
  home:
    name: "Home Mode"
    initial: off
    icon: mdi:home

You can use any of icons here: https://materialdesignicons.com/ just relace the bit after icon: mdi: with the icon you like’s name (no space).

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12

You guys are freaking awesome - thank you @anon43302295 and @tom_l

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