Multiple actions on trigger each with it's own condition

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Hi all,

Noob here.

I have this:

automation:
  - alias: Sync Heating Status from Zipato
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.HeatStatus
    action:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.HeatStatus
        state: 'on'
      - service: switch.turn_on
        entity_id: switch.zipato_sensor
      #off  
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.HeatStatus
        state: 'off'      
      - service: switch.turn_ff
        entity_id: switch.zipato_sensor

An attempt at 2 actions with it’s own condition each. Independently, these definitely work. But when combined like above, only the first action works.

Is my syntax wrong? Is the above possible or do I have to break it out into two triggers - one for “on” and one for “off”?

Thanks.

2

If your first condition is not fulfilled the first action is not triggered and the second condition is not evaluated because the sequence has not made it beyond the first condition.

I see two options:

  1. Wrap your conditons/actions into an if-then-else
  2. Use a template template to evaluate what the trigger was and adjust the action accordingly.

Both will work only after you corrected turn_ff to turn_off, of course.

Here is an example of how to evaluate triggers and adjust the action accordingly:

- alias: XMas Lights Mirror
#  initial_state: "off"
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_s31_01, switch.sonoff_s31_02
      from: 'on'
      to: 'off'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_s31_01, switch.sonoff_s31_02
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
  action:
    service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" %}
      switch.turn_on
      {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" %}
      switch.turn_off
      {% endif %}
    data_template: 
      entity_id: >
        {% if trigger.from_state.entity_id == "switch.sonoff_s31_01" %}
        switch.sonoff_s31_02
        {% elif trigger.from_state.entity_id == "switch.sonoff_s31_02" %}
        switch.sonoff_s31_01
        {% endif %}

Because you only using one switch as trigger and action you can lose a lot of code, obviously, e.g. the whole entity_id thing.

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3

Thank you. This will do.

4

I’m getting:

Error loading /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml: while scanning for the next token
found character ‘%’ that cannot start any token
in “/home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml”, line 205, column 8

For this:

automation:
  - alias: Sync Heating Status from Zipato
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.HeatStatus
    action:
      service_template: >
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" %}
      switch.turn_on
      {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" %}
      switch.turn_off
      {% endif %}
      data: 
       entity_id: switch.zipato_sensor

Line 205 is the “if trigger.to_state.state == on” line.

5

Try and indent the text under service_template by 2 spaces and the entity_id by 1:

automation:
  - alias: Sync Heating Status from Zipato
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.HeatStatus
    action:
      service_template: >
        {% if trigger.to_state.state == "on" %}
        switch.turn_on
        {% elif trigger.to_state.state == "off" %}
        switch.turn_off
        {% endif %}
      data: 
        entity_id: switch.zipato_sensor
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6

that was it. thank you.

side question while I have you: can one use a data template for the initial value of sensors?

7

Can you please elaborate, what do you mean with ‘initial value’?
Got an example?