Question: How to Use the Scheduler / Helper Function in the 2022.9 Release

[Kaizen28]

Hey there,

I know that I will kick myself but here goes… Once I have created a schedule using the new Helpers function in the 2022.9 release, how do I link it to an entity or to an automation?

Thank you.

[Kaizen28]

Um… the Scheduler is the trigger, right?

[123 (Taras)]

Use a State Trigger to detect when the schedule entity changes state from off to on (a scheduled time period has started) and from on to off (a scheduled time period has finished).

Simple automation that turns a light on/off according to a schedule entity.

alias: example
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: schedule.your_schedule
condition: "{{ trigger.to_state.state in ['on', 'off'] }}"
action:
  - service: 'light.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light

[Kaizen28]

That is awesome! Thank you so much.

To clarify. Are two Automation routines required? One from On-to-Off and the other from Off-to-On?

[123 (Taras)]

The example I posted handles both.

[Kaizen28]

Thank you! I have much to learn.

[123 (Taras)]

You’re welcome!

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[guitarmanusa (Kyle F.)]

@Kaizen28, did you test the solution and did it work for you? I added the following to my automations.yaml and the event did not trigger, and I don’t show any errors in the logfile.

- id: control-hot-water-heater-with-schedule
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: schedule.hot_water_schedule
  condition: "{{ trigger.to_state.state in ['on', 'off'] }}"
  action:
    - service: 'switch.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'
      target:
        entity_id: switch.hot_water_heater_switch

Has the schedule option not been implemented in the UI yet?

[curtis-r]

My variation seems to be working

alias: Driveway Monitor Schedule
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - schedule.driveway_monitor
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ trigger.to_state.state in ['on', 'off'] }}"
action:
  - service: switch.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.driveway_monitor_socket_1
mode: single

[umtauscher]

any idea how I could switch the helper apart from the schedule?
TIA

[huuub (Jeroen Houben)]

To make a minor improvement to use it with everything that can be turned on or off:

alias: Sync schedule koelingen
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - schedule.koelingschedule
condition: []
action:
  - service: homeassistant.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - switch.spp_grotekoeling
        - switch.spp_3frigoshal
mode: single

[Glaciero]

@huuub I think you need to change homeassistant.{{ trigger.to_state.state }} to homeassistant.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}

[bmaehr]

Again I don’t understand why it is so difficult to find a blueprint for this basic task. So I have created what is necessary:

1.) Create a helper with the required schedule
2.) Add this blueprint

blueprint:
  name: Schedule-activated Switch
  description: Turn on and off a switch by schedule.
  domain: automation
  input:
    schedule_entity:
      name: Schedule
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: schedule
    switch_target:
      name: Switch
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain: switch

trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: !input schedule_entity
action:
  - service: homeassistant.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}
    target: !input switch_target
mode: single

3.) Reload the blueprints
4.) Create an automation by selecting for the blueprint Schedule-activated Switch the schedule and the traget switch to opperate