Notifiy Person Entering zone with custom sound

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I adjusted a template I found on this forum to get an alert when a person enters a zone. The reason for sharing this blueprint is:

  • When using the zone entering template, it only works for GPS trackers. The blueprint below works for Persons.
  • You can configure the sound of the (iPhone) notification.

Things to pay attention to to get this working:

  • Make sure all system notification sounds are imported in the Home Assistant Companion app
  • Restart home assistant after creating the automations
  • Log all users out, and in again on the phones so that they get all zone info
blueprint:
  name: Zone Entering Notification
  description: Send a notification to a device when a person enters a specific zone.
  domain: automation
  input:
    person_entity:
      name: Person
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: person
    zone_entity:
      name: Zone
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: zone
    notify_device:
      name: Device to notify
      description: Device needs to run the official Home Assistant app to receive notifications.
      selector:
        device:
          integration: mobile_app
    ios_sound:
      name: Notification sound
      description: Notification sound for iOS (Optional). Default <US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Someone-Is-Arriving.wav>
      default: US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Someone-Is-Arriving.wav
      selector:
        select:
          mode: dropdown
          custom_value: true
          options:
            - shake.caf
            - Tink.caf
            - Swish.caf
            - US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Someone-Is-Arriving.wav
            - US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Motion-Detected.wav
            - US-EN-Daisy-Back-Door-Motion.wav
            - US-EN-Daisy-Front-Door-Motion.wav
            - US-EN-Alexa-Motion-Detected-Generic.wav

trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: !input person_entity

variables:
  zone_entity: !input zone_entity
  # This is the state of the person when it's in this zone.
  zone_state: "{{ states[zone_entity].name }}"
  person_entity: !input person_entity
  person_name: "{{ states[person_entity].name }}"

condition:
  condition: template
  value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state != zone_state and trigger.to_state.state == zone_state }}"

action:
  domain: mobile_app
  type: notify
  device_id: !input notify_device
  message: "{{ person_name }} has entered {{ zone_state }}"
  data:
    push:
       sound: !input ios_sound
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Okay this blueprint is not that reliable in sending notifications. The original has the same problem, see here: Notify Entering Zone - #17 by rolfje