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Wife (debbie) hate my Cuckoo clock

its a
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plug into some PC speakers after playing around with a automation

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I have

- id: 33dcd8e2-e87c-4d18-82bc-c7f9b53a1624
  alias: Cuckoo Clock
  initial_state: true
  mode: restart
  trigger:
    - platform: time_pattern
      minutes: 0
    - platform: time_pattern
      minutes: 15
    - platform: time_pattern
      minutes: 30
    - platform: time_pattern
      minutes: 45
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: person.debbie
      state: not_home
  action:
    - wait_template: "{{ not is_state('media_player.cuckoo_clock', 'playing') }}"
    - service: media_player.play_media
      data_template:
        entity_id: media_player.cuckoo_clock
        media_content_id: >-
          {%set chime = ['GrandFatherChime', 'cuckoo-clock-'] | random %}
          {% if now().strftime("%M")|int == 0 %}
          /local/Chime/{{chime}}{{now().strftime("%I")}}.wav
          {% elif now().strftime("%M")|int == 15 %}
          /local/Chime/GrandFatherChime_quarter.mp3
          {% elif now().strftime("%M")|int == 30 %}
          /local/Chime/GrandFatherChime_half.mp3
          {% elif now().strftime("%M")|int == 45 %}
          /local/Chime/GrandFatherChime_3quarter.mp3
          {% endif %}
        media_content_type: audio/mp4

wife debbie not home

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then when the wife debbie home

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I can now see whats in my head and what my house is doning

and the best bit is we can see what the templating did

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Our cuckoo clock (a real one) rang 13 at midnight once.

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You could have a look at Node-Red also if you like to actually see logical paths and flows. :wink:

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Been there can’t get my head around that one

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