Switch off power plug when pc is shut down after 20:00

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Hello,

I use Wake on Lan to detect if my PC is switched on or off. Everything works so far and I can switch off a power plug when I shut down the PC.
However, I would like the power plug to be switched off when the PC is already switched off at 8:00 p.m. I tried this, but it doesn’t work:

alias: "Steckdose aus: Büro Matthias wenn PC aus"
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - switch.pc_buro_matthias
condition:
  - condition: time
    after: "20:00:00"
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.pc_buro_matthias
    state: "off"
action:
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.steckdose_schlafzimmer
mode: single

I think the problem is because the state of the PC doesn’t change, so nothing is triggered.
Can you help me, please?

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use a ping sensor to detect if the PC is on😉

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@Warrender
something like:

alias: Disconnect power to PC after 20::0
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: "20:00:00"
    id: eight
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.pc_ping
    to: "off"
    from: "on"
    id: pc-off
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 10
      seconds: 0
condition: null
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: eight
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.pc_ping
            state: "off"
        sequence:
          - service: switch.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: switch.pc_power
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: pc-off
          - condition: time
            after: "20:00:00"
        sequence: 
          - service: switch.turn_off
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: switch.pc_power
mode: single

Note that when PC is turned off after 20:00, it will switch the power off 10 minutes after the ping goes down (so the PC is allowed to power down gracefully, before cutting the power)

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