I’m trying to create an automation to close the curtains based on temperature and position (azimuth) of the sun. I have both values but it’s not working as it should. I’m struggling with trigger <-> condition: trigger: - entity_id: binary_sensor.sun_azimuth_front from: "off" platform: s…

Yesss, understood Sir! :star_struck: You explained it very well and it needed some time/effort to comprehend (this is not my native language and even though I’m using HA for some time now and try to help others from time to time to learn and give back, it’s not that obvious to get it) There was 1…

What “is not right” for you?

Here is a baseline to use if you want to steal it. My conditions are a little different, and mine is for my awning instead of shades so I do not extend it if the weather forecast has wind gusts being greater than 20 AND (the temp is forecast to be above 70 degrees F OR the HVAC cooling system ran t…

There is a very interesting project regarding covers/blinds automatically setting after the sun, that you could easily use for curtains as well. See here: [image] Automatic blinds / sunscreen control based on sun platform Share your Projects! Based on feedback on my post…

Hi Chris, the problem is that it doesn’t work as expected. The obvious way - to me - is to use the azimuth as trigger and the temperature as condition but what if the temperature is below the threshold when the azimuth turns on. I have managed to create 2 azimuth helpers for both positions (front …

Correct me if I’m wrong please. Like this: the automation is triggered if the sensor switches from off to on, so 1 time only when this happens the action will run if the trigger is fired AND the temperature is above 25° What if the temperature is lower at the time the automation is triggered and…

I would create an automation with multiple triggers one for temperature, and one for azimuth, since the triggers are “or’ed”. I would then add an “and condition” that both of these triggers are where you want them for the automation to proceed. This way if the automation is triggered by either one o…

Both of your triggers are kind of “one-time” triggers as they only trigger in the one moment where the treshhold is passed. This will not work for what you want to achieve. What you’d need despite is a trigger, that triggers more often, eg. the sun.azimuth. That gives you the possibility to check f…

Thank you for explaining it like this, that makes it more clear! So creating a sensor for the azimuth made it even more ‘unusable’ for my goal… Similar to using a range for the azimuth, defining a upper value for the temperature would also make that trigger work? I’m reading into trigger based te…

Guys, does this work as a range in a trigger? platform: state entity_id: - sun.sun attribute: azimuth from: "162" to: "286"

No, check numeric state trigger here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/trigger/#home-assistant-trigger

[solved] Close curtains based on temp & azimuth?

Configuration

paddy0174 (Patrick) June 19, 2023, 2:53pm 4

There is a very interesting project regarding covers/blinds automatically setting after the sun, that you could easily use for curtains as well.

See here: