many of my automations/scripts have a notify element, so that i now what happening, or just that the automation was triggered and working correctly.
There are several situations i dont want all of these notifications happening.
Ive made this silly input_boolean Masterswitch, which i can add to all of them as a condition being On, to be able to notify.
Still , i was wondering whether a built-in switch in HA would exist, the could make that even simpler.
Glas to hear of your findings/opinions,
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.notify_master_switch
state: 'on'
notify_master_switch:
name: Notify master switch
initial: On
icon: mdi:bell
that’s the approach I would have taken, and if you’re on iOS you can set an automation to switch that input off so you dont’ get notified if you no longer want to, without having to log on the app/web interface
yes, working like the now, really simple but functional.
Not really sure i follow your remark here though about being in iOs and automation?
I just flip the switch now, independent from the device im on.
Not what your implying here though i think?
just saying that if you get a notification and want to disable it, you don’t need to open the app,just reply to the notification and have an HA automation that turns that switch off.
o thats cool, have iOS installed of course, get my share of notifications there (also cutoffs for crossing the limits…)
any hint on creating an automation like that with the destructive notification in Ios?
would be really helpful indeed! thishttps://home-assistant.io/docs/ecosystem/ios/notifications/actions/ is a bit overwhelming without any guidance…
action:
service: notify.ios_phone
data:
message: "Something happened at home!"
data:
push:
badge: 5
sound: <SOUND FILE HERE>
category: "alarm" # Needs to match the top level identifier you used in the ios configuration
action_data: # Anything passed in action_data will get echoed back to Home Assistant.
entity_id: input_boolean.notify_master_switch
my_custom_data: select 'Off'
How to set the my_custom_data?
not sure about the sound here. Is that on the iPhone, or at home in the media setup…
not really sure how to use that input_boolean.switch in the data field… please help would you?
secondly:
been discerning a bit in the booleans, for a bit of selectivity.
made these Master on and off automations, but am sure this can be done in 1 automations using a template for the on/off in trigger and action fields?
Would you know how to?
- alias: 'Master - Switch off'
id: '1511601570102'
initial_state: 'off'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: 'input_boolean.notify_master_switch'
from: 'on'
to: 'off'
condition: []
# - condition: state
# entity_id: group.probably_at_home
# state: 'off'
action:
- service: notify.notify
data_template:
title: "All Motion alerts switch on"
message: "{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} is set to {{???? state}}."
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.notify_movement_switch
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.mode_notification
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.activity_notification
- alias: 'Master - Switch on'
id: '1511601570103'
initial_state: 'off'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: 'input_boolean.notify_master_switch'
from: 'off'
to: 'on'
condition: []
# - condition: state
# entity_id: group.probably_at_home
# state: 'on'
action:
- service: notify.notify
data_template:
title: "All Motion alerts switched on"
message: "{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} is set to {{???? state}}."
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.notify_movement_switch
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.mode_notification
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.activity_notification
If you use the master switch as a condition to the automation, the automation will not trigger. I 7nderstood that you want to run the automation but not send a notification.
i use it as a trigger.
in the wanted iOS notification, i want it to be the action (set it to on or off, depending on the situation) so i can act when away from home, without having to open the Hassio app and flip the switch.
