Track multiple people / zones - 228 automations reduced to 3!

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Thank you so much

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some of the above is incorrect as to what each service does.

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Hello, I am a bit confused as to what to put in replace of notify.alexa_media_living_room_echo_dot
I dont have any aleax devies in my house only google speakers but I dont understant what serive the notify.alexa is and if it is combatible with google

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Another noob here would like to use this blueprint, can someone please let us know the correct syntax to use for google tts.
Specifically, I am asking about:

I have tried a bunch of different variations when creating the automation from this blueprint, but I’m just guessing and they are not working.

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I had the same Issue not to sure what to put.

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Figured it out, the problem for me was in the action part.

have adjusted and will repost the blueprint that now works for me and google tts example

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blueprint:
  name: 1 Person Multi-Zone Change - Audio Notification
  description: Send a notification to a device when a person enters a different zone.
  domain: automation
  input:
    # Person/Device that will be tracked
    person_entity:
      name: Person
      description: Person/Device that will be tracked.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: person
    # Service to call for device that will be notified - have to type manually as can't select from a dropdown yet
    notify_device_1_1:
      name: Media Player Notification Service
      description: "Notifier service for Media Player to receive audio/tts notifications.  Example: tts.cloud_say"
    # Media device that will be notified
    notify_device_1_2:
      name: Media Player to notify
      description: Media Player to receive audio/tts notifications.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: media_player

trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: !input person_entity

variables:
  # This is the state of the person when it's in this zone
  person_entity: !input person_entity
  person_name: "{{ states[person_entity].name }}"

condition:
  # Check that the old and new states(zones) are different
  condition: template
  value_template: "{{ trigger.from_state.state != trigger.to_state.state }}"

action:
  # Send the message to the media device with the chosen settings using tts
  - service: !input notify_device_1_1
    data:
        entity_id: !input notify_device_1_2
        message: "{{ person_name }} has entered {{ states.zone[trigger.to_state.state].name }}"

One ‘problem’ I am having is the automation doesn’t like zones that are two words.

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Hi, sorry for noob question but if i good understand, this code i put to this file?

/config/blueprints/automation/homeassistant/notify_leaving_zone.yaml

or i create new file?
thx

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Were is the Blueprint url to be imported on HA?

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Just found it.
Just past this url on your import blueprint field Track multiple people / zones - 228 automations reduced to 3! - #2 by Dean_James

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Moved from {{ states.zone[trigger.from_state.state].name }}  to {{ states.zone[trigger.to_state.state].name }}

Does not work for me when the state is equal to not_home. All zones look nice, home is displayed as Home, but instead of not_home I get just nothing. So my notifications then look like "Moved from Home to " and “Moved from to Work”.

Moved from {{ trigger.from_state.state }} to {{ trigger.to_state.state }}

Works, but it is ugly - “Moved from home to not_home” and “Moved from not_home to Work”. Is there any simple way to make it nicer?

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@hubikj - I’ve got a sensor which deals with this exact thing, it also works with zones to show the zone name nicely:

platform: template
sensors:
  xxx_location:
    friendly_name: xxx
    entity_picture_template: "{{ state_attr('person.xxx', 'entity_picture') }}"
    value_template:  >
      {% if is_state('device_tracker.iphone', 'home') %}
        Home
      {% elif is_state('device_tracker.iphone', 'not_home') %}
        {% if state_attr('sensor.iphone_geocoded_location', 'Sub Locality') != 'N/A' %}
          {{ state_attr('sensor.iphone_geocoded_location', 'Thoroughfare') }}, {{ state_attr('sensor.iphone_geocoded_location', 'Sub Locality') }}
        {% else %}
          {{ state_attr('sensor.iphone_geocoded_location', 'Thoroughfare') }}, {{ state_attr('sensor.iphone_geocoded_location', 'Locality') }}
        {% endif %}
      {% else %}
        {{ states('device_tracker.iphone') }}
      {% endif %}
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is this abandoned? Im having an issue for the past few months of the condition failing.

Executed: March 29, 2022, 2:53:26 AM
Result:
result: false
entities: []

the condition:

condition: template
value_template: '{{ trigger.from_state.state != trigger.to_state.state }}'

any ideas whats going on here?

edit: looks like its related to this Notify Entering Zone - #13 by DigitalFeonix

my zone.home is Home and the person.xx is home.

need to regx that template or soemthing, make it all the same case for Home. i just dont know how.