Trigger automations based on time set in frontend

Configuration
1

I want to select the weekdays and times in the frontend, in order to automate my sprinklers. For testing purposes i am trying to switch on an off a light based on this schedule. The frontend looks like this:

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This is the yaml code for it:

      - type: vertical-stack
        cards:
          - type: entities
            show_header_toggle: false
            entities:
              - entity: light.kuche_1
              - entity: sensor.timer_1_start_time
                icon: mdi:clock-start
                name: Starten um...
              - type: custom:fold-entity-row
                padding: 0
                group_config:
                  toggle: false
                  type: custom:slider-entity-row
                head:
                  label: Uhrzeit
                  type: section
                items:
                  - entity: input_number.timer_1_start_hour
                  - entity: input_number.timer_1_start_minutes
              - entity: sensor.timer_1_finish_time
                name: Beenden um....
                icon: mdi:clock-end
              - type: custom:fold-entity-row
                padding: 0
                group_config:
                  toggle: false
                  type: custom:slider-entity-row
                head:
                  label: Uhrzeit
                  type: section
                items:
                  - entity: input_number.timer_1_finish_hour
                  - entity: input_number.timer_1_finish_minutes
          - type: horizontal-stack
            cards:
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: Mo
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_mon
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: Di
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_tue
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: Mi
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_wed
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: Do
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_thu
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: Fr
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_fri
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: Sa
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_sat
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)
              - type: custom:button-card
                name: So
                entity: input_boolean.timer_1_sun
                icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle
                color: rgb(25, 155, 20)
                state:
                  - value: 'off'
                    icon: mdi:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
                    color: rgb(61,61,61)

Here are my defined input number:

##  START TIME 
timer_1_start_hour:
  name: Stunden
  icon: mdi:timer
  #initial: 6
  min: 0
  max: 23
  step: 1

timer_1_start_minutes:
  name: Minuten
  icon: mdi:timer
  #initial: 30
  min: 0
  max: 59

##  FINISH TIME 
timer_1_finish_hour:
  name: Stunden
  icon: mdi:timer
  #initial: 6
  min: 0
  max: 23
  step: 1

timer_1_finish_minutes:
  name: Minuten
  icon: mdi:timer
  #initial: 30
  min: 0
  max: 59
  step: 1

Here are my defined sensors:

##  START TIME ###################################################################
- platform: template
  sensors:
    timer_1_start_time:
      friendly_name: "Start Time"
      value_template: >-
        {{ "%0.02d:%0.02d" | format(states("input_number.timer_1_start_hour") | int, states("input_number.timer_1_start_minutes") | int) }}

##  FINISH TIME #################################################################
- platform: template
  sensors:
    timer_1_finish_time:
      friendly_name: "Finish Time"
      value_template: >-
        {{ "%0.02d:%0.02d" | format(states("input_number.timer_1_finish_hour") | int, states("input_number.timer_1_finish_minutes") | int) }}

This is the automation i have tried, however i cant get it to work, it just wont trigger:

- id: "1769202750885"
  alias: Timer 1 Finish Time
  description: ""
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: sensor.timer_1_finish_time
  condition:
    - condition: template
      value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.timer_1_' ~ ['mon','tue','wed','thu','fri','sat','sun'][now().weekday()], 'on') }}"
  action:
    - service: light.turn_off
      target:
        entity_id:
          - light.kuche_1
      data: {}
  mode: single

The sensor state contains the right time, as can be seen in this picture:

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i really dont know what could be the problem here, any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

2

Your sensor needs to be a timestamp sensor, and it needs to have a isoformatted time as the state.

- platform: template
  sensors:
    timer_1_start_time:
      friendly_name: "Start Time"
      device_class: timestamp
      value_template: >
        {% set entities = "input_number.timer_1_start_hour", "input_number.timer_1_start_minutes" %}
        {{ today_at(entities | map('states') | map('int') | list | join(":")) }}

- platform: template
  sensors:
    timer_1_finish_time:
      friendly_name: "Finish Time"
      device_class: timestamp
      value_template: >
        {% set entities = "input_number.timer_1_finish_hour", "input_number.timer_1_finish_minutes" %}
        {{ today_at(entities | map('states') | map('int') | list | join(":")) }}
3

I tried to apply your suggested change, however it doesnt quite work. The only change i see is that the time in the frontend is now “unavailable”

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The automation still does not start.

4

paste the template into the template editor or look for errors in your logs. The templates work on my end.

5

i wrote the sensors in a seperate file and added it to configuration.yaml with this line:

sensor: !include sensor.yaml

do you want me to delete my existing sensors and replace them with the ones you provided?

6

Yes, you have to do that. You can’t have 2 slugs with the same name.

7

Oh yes, now it works just fine! Thank you so much!!