I’m still learning, so please bear with me :), also my programming skills are very beginner. I have HA setup, my devices are integrated, and I want to start with automation. This is my automation for heating. if I manually trigger the automation its working…also if i have only 1 condition under time…so obviously multiple AND / OR statements for time is giving me trouble.
What i want to achieve:
turn on AC heating if temperature is below certain point in the morning time frame and afternoon time frame during the week, if someone is at home, and additional time frame condition for weekends.
here is what i came up with;
Thank you for your help.
- alias: Turn on AC heating
initial_state: True
trigger:
platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.current_temperature
below: '26'
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 1
seconds: 0
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: 'device_tracker.xxx'
state: 'home'
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: time
after: '03:30:00'
before: '05:30:00'
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- condition: time
after: '16:30:00'
before: '22:00:00'
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: time
after: '13:35:00'
before: '22:00:00'
weekday:
- sat
- sun
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_XXXXX
data:
message: Current temperature is below 23 degrees!
title: Turning AC heating ON!
- service: climate.set_temperature
entity_id: climate.melcloud_xxxx
data:
temperature: '28'
- service: climate.set_fan_mode
entity_id: climate.melcloud_xxxx
data:
fan_mode: 'Speed Auto'
- service: climate.set_hvac_mode
data:
entity_id: climate.melcloud_xxxx
hvac_mode: 'heat'
- service: climate.set_swing_mode
entity_id: climate.melcloud_xxxx
data:
swing_mode: 'Swing'
thank you very much for the help…i changed my code…but still i have some issue…
now its weekend, so condition for weekend should take affect, its working if i set the condition: time after: actual time -5 min, if I set it actual time + 5 minutes, and wait for it to trigger after 5 min and HA restart, it doesn’t trigger.
Should the times be in UTC format or local time format? currently I’m using local.
It will only trigger when the temperature goes below 26 for 1 minute. If it’s already below that temperature when your time range occurs it won’t trigger (except after a restart, as you have discovered).
oh boy… there goes Sunday for learning :), thank you for pointing me to the right direction…so i added time triggers like this;
- alias: Turn on AC heating
initial_state: True
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.current_temperature
below: '23'
- platform: time
at: '05:45:01'
- platform: time
at: '16:16:01'
- platform: time
at: '07:00:01'
condition:
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: 'device_tracker.XXXX'
state: 'home'
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: time
after: '05:45:00'
before: '07:30:00'
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- condition: time
after: '16:15:00'
before: '22:00:00'
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- condition: time
after: '07:00:00'
before: '22:00:00'
weekday:
- sat
- sun
After that i have automation to turn heating off when reaching above XX degrees:
- alias: Heating AC off
initial_state: True
trigger:
platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.current_temperature
above: '24'
for: "00:15:00"
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: climate.melcloud_XXXX
state: 'heat'
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_xxxxx
data:
message: Current temperature is above 24 degrees!
title: Turning AC heating OFF!
- service: climate.set_hvac_mode
data:
entity_id: climate.melcloud_xxxxx
hvac_mode: 'off
So each time inside the condition-time before hh:mm after hh:hh, temperature droops below 23 the heating on automation will trigger heating ? or do I still have to include below 23 for X time?
Good work now the automation actions will occur if the temperature is already below your trigger point when the time ranges start.
You still have to include the temperature trigger for the case when the temperature drops below the trigger point if the time is somewhere in your time range conditions.
Remove the quotes from around the numbers in your below: and above: levels though.
23 to 24 degrees does not seem like much of a temperature range between on and off.
values are just for testing purpose I will adjust them for real world scenario…removed the quotes as you suggested…now the temperature trigger when temperature falls below trigger point in given time frame…no clue how to do that
i dont suppose this will do it?
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below: ‘23’
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 30
seconds: 0
¨¨
there goes Sunday for learning :), thank you for pointing me to the right direction…so i added time triggers like this;