I have an automation that turns off the HVAC based on some trigger.
If trigger occurs > set the hvac_mode to ‘off’.
I am currently in a season when I switch between cooling the house during the day and heating it at night so the hvac_mode is set to ‘heat_cool’. This will change in a few weeks and it will always be on ‘cool’ but I don’t want to keep messing with the automation and want to make it dynamic so that it works in all scenarios.
I am now trying to configure the second automation to turn the HVAC back to it’s last state before I turned it off.
i.e:
- if it was set to ‘cool’ and the automation turned it off, when I turn it back on it needs to go back to ‘cool’.
- if it was set to ‘heat_cool’ and it was turned off, it needs to turn back on to ‘heat_cool’.
I’m assuming I have to create a helper that holds the last state of the HVAC?
What would that helper be? An input_select dropdown?