My automations aren't kicking off

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Does your cover support tilt position? Are there errors in the logs when you manually trigger it?

That’s personal preference. If you don’t think programatically, then node-red would probably be better for you.

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no errors in the logs. I’m running iBlinds zwave component.

I believe I can think programatically. I’ll try Node_RED and see if I even like working with it. I may like sticking with the automations file

FYI
The blinds do work if I manually slide the slider bar in the Front Entry Blinds Level entity. So the zwave device is functioning properly.

Thanks

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One more thing. I ran the below to test and this automation is working. So it’s only the blinds automation giving me a headache right now

# Front Outdoor Lights off sunrise
- alias: 'Outdoor Lights off sunrise'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sun.sun
      from: below_horizon
      to: above_horizon
  action:
    - service: switch.turn_off
      data:
        entity_id: switch.frontoutdoorlights_enerwave_smart_single_relay_switch
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node red is for people who think like a flow chart. So, what do you think like? a if then programmer or a flow chart.

Is that a tilt position or a cover position? I believe (I don’t have a cover) tilt is the angle of the cover blades, where position is the open/close position.

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I’m running horizontal blinds, so I assume tilt is the way to go.

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Can you post a screenshot of the cover and attributes on the developer tools > states page?

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Here you go

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Here’s the entity information

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Hope this helps

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yep it does, your’s doesn’t support tilt. So you have to use cover.set_cover_position

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and do I still use
tilt_position: 60
or just
position: 60

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just position: 60

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Well that did the trick except for one thing. The dang blinds aren’t stopping at the correct position. They are opening all the way up (as if you close blinds with the slats facing the up/close position)
The new problem is possibly a whole other issue somewhere else on the forum. The automation issue has been solved.

Is there a place where I could have gone where it states these blinds us cover.set_cover_position?

Or are you (petro) just a genius? Appreciate all the help.

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I just know the code. Typically if you look at the attributes they’ll have signs that it would use tilt position. For example, the attributes in your picture do not have a ‘tilt position’ attribute. I still wasn’t positive so I looked up the supported features code for tilt position.

Now if you care about how supported features work… The value for supporting tilt position is 16, your supported features is 15. That means, if tilt position was supported by your device, your supported features attribute would be at least 16, but it’s not. I.E. does not use tilt position.

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