Turn on switch on every 4th sunday at 7:30am

Configuration
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I don’t see what I entered wrongly

22

oh BUGGER I had entity id instead of entity_id (you did too in your reply LOL)

23

haha! Thanks so much for your help. I entered it in the graphical editor and it goes into the .yaml file as:

  • action:
    • data:
      entity_id: switch.coffeemaker
      service: switch.turn_on

It was only the underscore that was defeating me. But you’re a champ.

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glad it’s working. btw, i’m envious you only have to drink coffee once every 4 weeks. :wink:

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hahaha! Well the rest of the time my standard wemo on/off times work it’s just every 4th sunday I have to get up earlier. Thanks so much for your help. I learnt a lot. Thanks.

26

I reckon you should simply integrate with Google Calendar. That way you get the strength of their recurring scheduling, and keep your config simple…
JP

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I had thought of that if I couldn’t get it working through Home Assistant. In fact way back I did look at doing this but I don’t see how it is possible. Easy to trigger something from a notification, but not from a specific notification that I can see.

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You should be able to this also by a simple automation conditions

- action:
    service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.coffeemaker
  condition:
  condition: and
  conditions:
    - condition: state
      entitiy_id: switch.coffeemaker
      state: 'off'
      for:
        days: 28  # not sure if days is an actual variable. if not just use hours: 672
    - conditon: ANY OTHER CONDITON

Simply add any desired trigger. Could be every morning at 6.
Not tested, but should work :slight_smile:

29

Thanks for the suggestion.

30

I’d make a binary commandline sensor:

binary_sensor:

  • platform: command_line
    command: ‘date +%e | grep 28 && echo 1 || echo 0’
    name: day28_sensor

Then just run your automation based on that condition. Will work thru reboots. :wink: