Please help with simple wled automation

Configuration
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Hello new to automations never made one before. I just integrated wled and tried to setup an automation inside the HA configuration are im only able to get my wled to turn on after below sun but I would like to set an effect as well any help would be awesome.

2

Hi,

look at the wled integration page. There is a lot of information, what data could be used.

Below is a short codesnipped. It is for a wled preset, but effect is nearly the same. Just use the right service.


  - service: wled.preset
    entity_id: light.ambilight_tv
    data:
      preset: 1
3

Would something like this work?

- id: '1608552738889'
  alias: turn xmas lights on
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: sun
    event: sunset
  condition: []
  action:
  - domain: light
    entity_id: light.carport
    device_id: removed
    type: turn_on
    brightness_pct: 100
    data:
      effect: Merry Christmas
4

Don’t know where you get that “- domain:” from. Never seen that before in HomeAssistant (what doesn’t mean, that it doesn’t exist! I’m also a beginner).

Just checked again the integration page of WLED. It seems like the service “wled.effect” is only for the effect and for nothing else. No brightness, nothing. You need two service calls. 1st to turn the light on and set the brightness, 2nd to set the effect.
Just created a testfile for your scenario and it works.

action:
- service: light.turn_on
  entity_id: light.carport
  data:
    brightness_pct: 100
- service: wled.effect
  entity_id: light.carport
  data:
    effect: Merry Christmas
5

This is what i got using your example but still wont load in HA.
I grabbed the condition right from HA website.
from this bottom example https://www.home-assistant.io/cookbook/automation_for_rainy_days/
i only deleted the offset.

automation_xmas:
  - alias: Christmas 
    trigger:
      - platform: sun
        event: sunset
    condition:
        condition: state  
        entity_id: sun.sun
        after: sunset
    action:
      - service: light.turn_on
        entity_id: light.carport
      - service: wled.effect
        entity_id: light.carport
        data:
          effect: Merry Christmas
6

Remove automation_xmas: because that’s not a valid domain.

If you are creating the automation within the automations.yaml file, you shouldn’t be adding any domain name to it (it is implicitly understood to be automation:).

7

Still saying invalid config.

- alias: Christmas 
  trigger:
    - platform: sun
      event: sunset
  condition:
      condition: state  
      entity_id: sun.sun
      after: sunset
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      entity_id: light.carport
    - service: wled.effect
      entity_id: light.carport
      data:
        effect: Merry Christmas
8

The State Condition’s indentation looks off. What are you using to compose this automation?

Also, if you run Check Configuration, it reports much more detail than just ‘invalid config’. It would be helpful to share that.

9

log file I started out trying to use the UI Automation creator but couldnt not get it then start over and grabbing snippets from various automations i could find on the net my googlefoo is off lately

2020-12-22 15:54:39 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [automation]: [after] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->condition->0->after. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 9).

10

You have created a State Condition but borrowed an option from the Sunrise/Sunset Condition. There’s no after in a State Condition.

What you want is this:

condition:
  condition: sun
  after: sunset
11

i just figured it out one Tab too many i fixed the indentation and is now working thank You guys for helping me figure this out.

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12

changed condition to this and working.

  condition:
    condition: state  
    entity_id: sun.sun
    state: below_horizon
13

There you go! It’s State Condition or Sunrise/Sunset Condition but not an amalgamation of the two. :slightly_smiling_face:

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