Nested or inside an and

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So i can’t believe this is the first time this has got me, but my automation didn’t fire as my light led_uplighter was marked as unavailable.

- alias: 'Turn LEDUpLighter on when the sun get dim and someone is in the frontroom'
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    - platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sun.sun
      value_template: '{{ state.attributes.elevation }}'
      below: 2.0
    - platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.esp4_ldr
      above: 65
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.guest_mode
        state: 'off'
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.frontroom_occupancy
        state: 'on'
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.esp1_ldr
        above: 140
      - condition: state
        entity_id: light.led_uplighter
        state: 'off'
      - condition: time
        after: '06:30:00'
        before: '22:00:00'

So can i say the state of the uplighter is “off” or “unavailable” ? that way it will still trigger if the light is off the wifi.

2

you could say state is not on?

      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ not is_state('light.led_uplighter', 'on') }}"
3

@lolouk44 's solution is more foolproof for your scenario I think, but for future reference you can nest the OR like this…

- alias: 'Turn LEDUpLighter on when the sun get dim and someone is in the frontroom'
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    - platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sun.sun
      value_template: '{{ state.attributes.elevation }}'
      below: 2.0
    - platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.esp4_ldr
      above: 65
  condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.guest_mode
        state: 'off'
      - condition: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.frontroom_occupancy
        state: 'on'
      - condition: numeric_state
        entity_id: sensor.esp1_ldr
        above: 140
      - condition: or 
        conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: light.led_uplighter
            state: 'off'
          - condition: state
            entity_id: light.led_uplighter
            state: 'unavailable'
      - condition: time
        after: '06:30:00'
        before: '22:00:00'
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Perfect !, But yes saying not on would be better.

It’s editing in nano, it makes my eyes hurt for trying to line everything up right.