Hi, I have the Siemens Home Connect integration installed, en have made an automation that there enough solar power is then I would start the dishwasher. But I cannot start the dishwasher remote before I pushed the button “remote start button” but is there away to avoid this? Because it is possible to turn on the dishwasher and start an program with the automations in HA.
Hi Willem,
We also have a photovoltaic system since July and I have created the following automations.
Once during the day for solar production and once at night for use via our solar storage.
Am currently but also still testing, so no guarantee
alias: "Geschirrspüler: Reinigung tagsüber mit Solarproduktion"
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- switch.geschirrspuler_power
to: "on"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.geschirrspuler_operation_state
state: Ready
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.geschirrspuler_remote_start
state: "on"
- condition: sun
after: sunrise
after_offset: "01:30:00"
- condition: sun
before: sunset
before_offset: "-02:30:00"
action:
- wait_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.geschirrspuler_door', 'off' ) }}"
continue_on_timeout: true
- wait_template: "{{ states('sensor.pv_power_surplus') | int(0) >= 1500 }}"
continue_on_timeout: true
- service: switch.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.geschirrspuler_power
- service: switch.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id:
- switch.geschirrspuler_program_eco50
- service: notify.familie
data:
title: Information
message: >-
Der Überschuss an PV Stromerzeugung beträgt aktuell
{{states.sensor.pv_power_surplus.state}} W. Die Spülmaschine startet
jetzt die Reinigung mit dem ausgewählten Programm.
data:
group: information
push:
interruption-level: active
mode: single
alias: "Geschirrspüler: Reinigung nachts mit Solarspeicher"
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- switch.geschirrspuler_power
to: "on"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.geschirrspuler_operation_state
state: Ready
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.geschirrspuler_remote_start
state: "on"
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
after: sunset
after_offset: "-00:30:00"
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.battery_level
above: 75
action:
- wait_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.geschirrspuler_door', 'off' ) }}"
continue_on_timeout: true
- service: switch.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.geschirrspuler_power
- service: switch.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id:
- switch.geschirrspuler_program_eco50
mode: single
Greetings
Moss
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No its not possible, my automation were exactly the same.
But due to the safety restriction that the remote acces is set to disabled when opening the door, you cannot start it.
There are a lot of topics going around in this forum about this issue.
Thanks to an earlier topic I changed my point of view regarding the automation.
I dont trigger when my production matches the maximum power of the dishwasher but I calculate the amount of power given back to the grid if that matches the max. power I start the automation during the night.
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So this statement I do not understand, sorry.
The automation has been running for 6 weeks, what should not work? The only thing that occurred yesterday for the first time, the dishwasher just went off again after a few minutes before the power surplus was present. But is now also occurred yesterday for the first time.
As a trigger I take the power button that you have seen?
But if you have a working automation, gladly times, provide.
My siemens dishwasher has a protection system build in.
If you enable remote start and close the door of the dishwasher the automation works fine. But when you open the dishwasher door the remote start functionality will be reset to disabled. They do that for a security reason.
So yes, if you enable remote start and keep the door afterwards shut the automations work fine.
But if you open the door again it you will have to manually set the remote start again before starting the automation.
I will give your automations a try this weekend, kinda curious now if you template work.
So the automation unfortunately does not work correctly. When I turn on the dishwasher and the conditions are not met, the dishwasher unfortunately goes off again after about 20 minutes.
Maybe someone has an idea how to work around this or optimize the automation.
Must revise my answer fortunately, the automation works.
Just had the power surplus that I have stored as a condition and the dishwasher starts its program.
Very coooool 
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I tested it , and indeed, you have to go Local to enable the Remote button, so that it can be switched on remotely by the App or HA.
What if Home Connect would consider an automated safety check before the machine can be switched on from the App or HA? … a "door closed"would do it , then we dont need to go local to flip the remote switch.
Strange logic the makers of HC use. I personally don’t see the point.
Let this be a call to Home Connect makers to rethink this local-remote strategy.
Home automation is there to avoid us to go check machines manualy to start it automatically.