Switching off the automaton with NFC Tag

1

Hello Guys
I looking for a way to toggle on and off the motion sensors by NFC tag, But unfortunatley the toggle automation with NFC doesn’t work and sometime it is only disable the automation and never toggle it as it plans!
my YAML code is like this:

alias: Tag Unlock key
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: tag
    tag_id: 5a75176a-a649-44e1-a7cb-2ce702152607
condition: []
action:
  - service: automation.turn_off
    data:
      stop_actions: true
    target:
      entity_id:
        - automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
        - automation.motion_sensor_2_back_door
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 15
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: automation.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
        - automation.motion_sensor_2_back_door
mode: restart
2

Sure there will be a better way, but you could use the choose action with condition of whether the automation is on or off.

3

Can you please explain more?

4

Trigger exactly as you are

But in the action pick the choose option. Use the condition pick state, pick your automation, and for state select on.

then pick action, call service turn automation off, pick your automation.

then for default action pick call service and turn on automation, pick your automation.

Should work but not tried anything like that, so may take some fiddling about.

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5

I just tried that and doesn’t work.the state of automation not toggle off and nothing happens

6

show us the yaml, then someone will be able to help.

7

sure.here is the YAML

alias: Tag Unlock key
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: tag
    tag_id: 5a75176a-a649-44e1-a7cb-2ce702152607
condition: []
action:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
    state: "off"
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 15
      seconds: 0
  - condition: state
    entity_id: automation.motion_sensor_2_back_door
    state: "off"
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 15
      seconds: 0
  - condition: state
    entity_id: automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
    state: "on"
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
  - condition: state
    entity_id: automation.motion_sensor_2_back_door
    state: "on"
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
mode: single
8

There is no choose action in that yaml. Not sure what you did pick as action.

9

I set the actions as state, as you said.

10

except for the bit where i said

But in the action pick the choose option

11

thank you so much.
I changed it to what you said.
is this what you are looking for?

alias: Tag Unlock key
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: tag
    tag_id: 5a75176a-a649-44e1-a7cb-2ce702152607
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
            state: "on"
        sequence:
          - service: automation.turn_off
            data:
              stop_actions: true
            target:
              entity_id:
                - automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
                - automation.motion_sensor_2_back_door
    default:
      - service: automation.turn_on
        data: {}
        target:
          entity_id:
            - automation.motion_sensor_backdoor
            - automation.motion_sensor_2_back_door
mode: single