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blueprint:
name: Zone Enter/Leave Notification
description: Send a notification to a device when a person enters or leaves a specific zone.
domain: automation
author: Sjorsa
input:
person_entity:
name: Person
selector:
entity:
filter:
- domain:
- person
multiple: false
zone_entity:
name: Zone
selector:
entity:
filter:
- domain:
- zone
multiple: false
notify_device:
name: Device to notify
selector:
device:
filter:
- integration: mobile_app
multiple: false
notify_when_entering:
name: Notify when entering zone
description: Toggle this even if you want it off, otherwise you'll get an error when saving the automation. If both options are off, no notifications will be sent. You can also turn both on of course.
selector:
boolean:
notify_when_leaving:
name: Notify when leaving zone
description: Toggle this even if you want it off, otherwise you'll get an error when saving the automation. If both options are off, no notifications will be sent. You can also turn both on of course.
selector:
boolean:
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input person_entity
variables:
zone_entity: !input zone_entity
zone_state: '{{ states[zone_entity].name|lower }}' # Not really "state", but lowering the name works too.
zone_name: '{{ states[zone_entity].name }}'
person_entity: !input person_entity
person_name: '{{ states[person_entity].name }}'
notify_when_leaving: !input notify_when_leaving
notify_when_entering: !input notify_when_entering
condition: []
action:
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ notify_when_leaving == true and trigger.from_state.state == zone_state and trigger.to_state.state != zone_state }}'
then:
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
device_id: !input notify_device
message: '{{ person_name }} has left {{ zone_name }}'
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ notify_when_entering == true and trigger.from_state.state != zone_state and trigger.to_state.state == zone_state }}'
then:
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
device_id: !input notify_device
message: '{{ person_name }} has entered {{ zone_name }}'
Yes, I assumed the official one worked, but it does not for me. I tested it by spoofing my location with an app, I saw my location change on the home assistant map but I did not get a notification. When I manually execute both automations, the notification does work.
So this is the official zone blueprint example, with one tiny modification, that failed its tests.
Yes, I figured it may be usefull for someone even less savvy than me. I assumed the official version worked, so figured that the small change shouldn’t effect break it.
Are you posting it here to help get it fixed?
No, I actually noticed it doesn’t work after I posted it (sorry about posting before testing ). Now I don’t know if the official one is broken in general or just broken on my end. If it is just broken on my end the zone_entering part should work for other people still.
Yesterday I created 3 zones and 6 automations to notify when entering and leaving zones but didn’t received notifications.
I revised zones and I’ve seen zones are " Passive", I disabled option and today I received notifications for all, entering and leaving but only after I unlocked my phone, home assistant app was “sleeping” even if I disabled battery optimisation, maybe it’s possible to add some priority to blueprint?
So, it’s working, you can upload blueprint to github, thank you!
I modified that same blueprint and noticed that it does seem to work for zones other than the home zone. I changed the notification to use my telegram notify and that does work but again, there seems to be something about the home zone specifically that does not trigger this automation when running from a blueprint. I’ve set up a separate automation not using the blueprint and the home zone does seem to work. It’s a bit frustrating…
I found the official leaving zone blueprint doesn’t work for me. I tracked it down (thanks to the automation tracing) to the fact the state and name do not match case… trigger.from_state.state == home and states[zone.home].name == Home.
So, when the check of the state vs the zone name happen, it never matches as coming from THAT zone. It might only happen with certain device trackers (I’m using nmap for this example) or the default Home zone has some quirks.
Hi, it’s December 2022 as I type this. This is an old thread, but still has some value.
What I want:
A notification to my android Home Assistant app that a person arrived at a zone
How I did it:
add person in Home Assistant under Settings > People
install Android Home Assistant app in those people’s phones, enable notifications, vibrate, pop on screen, etc, enable location (of course)
create your target zone(s) in Settings > Area & Zones
open File Editor
navigate to /config/blueprints/automation/homeassistant
open notify_leaving_zone.yaml
copy all code from notify_leaving_zone.yaml
create a new file, name it notify_entering_zone.yaml
paste all code from notify_leaving_zone.yaml into the newly created notify_entering_zone.yaml
reverse the logic in line 37, from this
value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state == zone_state and trigger.to_state.state != zone_state }}"
to this
value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state != zone_state and trigger.to_state.state == zone_state }}"
and change the action text:
action:
- alias: "Notify that a person has left the zone"
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
device_id: !input notify_device
message: "{{ person_name }} has left {{ zone_state }}"
to this
action:
- alias: "Notify that a person has entered the zone"
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
device_id: !input notify_device
message: "{{ person_name }} has arrived at {{ zone_state }}"
Save changes
Navigate back to Settings > Automations & Scenes > Bluebrints
You should see your newly created Zone Entry Notification blueprint
Select “create notification” to create a new automation
Just tested (by pressing Run in the automation), it’s working. Crossing fingers that it works when the person actually enters
The quirk is that for all zones EXCEPT zone.home the device will report back the zone name (ie friendly name), while in zone.home the device will report back “home” rather than the friendly name, this poses some challenge to the blueprint as it needs to test for the special case zone.home being supplied as input.
I am (trying to) use this automation too and have the same problems as the posters above. I can run the automation manually and receive notifications. But when devices enter zones (even if they are not the home zone), nothing happens. When checking the logs of the autmation, I did see a trigger where
I replaced the blueprint with a normal automation from scratch:
alias: Me at the Office
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: zone
entity_id: person.rolf
zone: zone.office
event: enter
condition: []
action:
- device_id: f6f1e7XXXXXXXXXX32bf2
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
message: Rolf at Work
mode: single
Of course this is easiest with the graphical editor (or paste this script in yaml and then switch back to the UI to get a headstart on what to fill in where.
The normal automation seems to work more reliable than the blueprint for some reason. I also note that homeassistant, the browser and the app require some restarts/logins for some changes which to me seem like trivial. That could be an improvement.
I added a custom iPhone sound to the notification in the yaml (this cannot be done in the GUI):
alias: Me at the Office
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: zone
entity_id: person.rolf
zone: zone.office
event: enter
condition: []
action:
- device_id: f6f1e7XXXXXXXXXX32bf2
domain: mobile_app
type: notify
message: Rolf at Work
data:
push:
sound: 'shake.caf'
mode: single
I hope this helps others with these intermitting notification problems, although it is a bit frustrating that I did not get to why the blueprint does not work reliably.
). Now I don’t know if the official one is broken in general or just broken on my end. If it is just broken on my end the zone_entering part should work for other people still.