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Could anybody can help me in this:
I have 2 scripts:

  1. device_on - Power on device, some action
  2. device_off - Power off device, some action

I need to link that scripts with one switch.
switch:
switches:
some_switch:
turn_on:
service: script.device_on
turn_off:
service: script.device_off
I’m beginner and I’m sure that something is missing. Please help :slight_smile:

2

Read here

You need to use the template platform I think and provide a template to work out whether the state should be on or off.

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Thank you, my code should be like:
switch:
platform: template
value_template: "false"
switches:
some_switch:
turn_on:
service: script.device_on
turn_off:
service: script.device_off

4

Well, it’s not working like I need. Switch turns off after activating.
Can anyone tell me please what value_template I should use for that switch will not turning off?

5

What is the device and do you have anyway of sensing if it is off or on?

Other option is to use and input_boolean as the template value and get your tunr on and off scripts tonset that at the same time.

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6

This is an amplituner with no sensing of it is on or off

7

You can use an input_boolean and start the scripts with an automation.

input_boolean:
  amplituner:
    name: Amplituner
    inital: off

automation:
  turn_amplituner_on:
   trigger:
    platform: state
    enitity_id: amplituner
    from: off
    to: on
  action:
    service: script.turn_on
    entity_id: script.amplituner_on

Vice versa for turning off.

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8

Thanks for help! In my case it should like to be:

input_boolean:
  amplituner:
    name: Amplituner
    inital: off

automation:
  - alias: amplituner_on
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.amplituner
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
    action:
      service: script.turn_on
      entity_id: script.device_off
9

My overall goal is to have alexa run a tv script for on and one for off.

I’m having trouble with the formatting of the input boolean component. Am I correct in placing it in with the automations?
Below I have one of the automations that I already have working, I can’t get past the input boolean parsing block errors to add the new automation that I want to put in place for the script. I am using the code from the previous post just to get the formatting in order.

  - alias:  Morning Lights On
    trigger:
      platform: time
      at: "05:00:00"
    action:
      service: switch.turn_on
      entity_id: group.night_lights

          input_boolean:
             amplituner:
             name: Amplituner
             inital: off

          - alias: amplituner_on
            trigger:
                platform: state
                entity_id: input_boolean.amplituner
                from: 'off'
                to: 'on'
            action:
                service: script.turn_on
                entity_id: script.device_off
10

It needs to go in it’s own file if you use separate files but with out the input_boolean: or in the configuration.yaml like you have it there, i.e. outside of the automation.

11

Ok, so I need to create a boolean yaml and its state will be referenced by the alias I create for each script?

12

Should look like this…

if in configuration.yaml

input_boolean:
  amplituner:
    name: Amplituner
    inital: off

automation:
    - alias:  Morning Lights On
        trigger:
          platform: time
          at: "05:00:00"
        action:
          service: switch.turn_on
          entity_id: group.night_lights

automation 2:
    - alias: amplituner_on
      trigger:
        platform: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.amplituner
        from: 'off'
        to: 'on'
      action:
          service: script.turn_on
          entity_id: script.device_off

You will have to modify for separate files - see here…

13

I reread and split up my configs and still could not get it to work…until…I realized that “initial” was misspelled and that is why I was not loading. Still not done making this work, but man that wasted some time…:scream: Thanks again for the help though, the end is in sight.

Update: Got it working. Thanks again.

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I missed the initial miss-spelling too :frowning: , but glad you got it working :slight_smile: