Hi!
I want to turn the switch on ever hour for 1 minute between 10:30 am and 6:30 pm, will this below automation work?
So, it’ll switch on at 10:30,11:30,12:30…5:30,6:30
alias: Watering Every hour
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
hours: '1'
minutes: '12'
condition:
- condition: time
before: '18:30:00'
after: '10:30:00'
action:
- type: turn_on
device_id:
entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000ecdac0
domain: switch
mode: queued
max: 9
No. That will turn the switch on at 01:12 And it will not switch it off. Try this:
alias: Watering on Every hour
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: '30' # matches at 30 minutes past the hour
condition:
- condition: time
before: '18:31:00'
after: '10:29:00'
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000ecdac0
- delay: 60
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000ecdac0
mode: single
How long does your home assistant server take to restart?
(not an unrelated question)
It takes around 40 seconds to a minute I’m guessing.
For the switch off, I created another automation
alias: New Automation
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: device
type: turned_on
device_id: 42ea5a399e4a52010546fd34aded725d
entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000ecdac0
domain: switch
for:
hours: 0
minutes:
seconds:60
condition: []
action:
- type: turn_off
device_id:
entity_id: switch.
domain: switch
mode: queued
I did not want to use the delay functionality as I read in this post that the delay would be reset in case the HA is restarted on automations reloaded
That is really only relevant for long delays. Yours is only a minute.
Your off automation suffers the same issue. The for time won’t work after a restart.
The only way around this is to set an input datetime +1 minute from now() when you turn the switch on. Then use a time trigger to turn off the switch at that time.
Unfortunately as your restart time may be greater than one minute (hence my leading question) this off automation may miss the off time too. So not really worth doing, unless you also trigger an automation on restart of home assistant and check if the input datetime is in the past.
Wow!
Sounds too complex!
Thank you for all the support and answering my stupid queries!
Much gratitude 
I have 11 zones in my irrigation system and I use this. I water for short amount of time for multiple cycles which helps with water consumption and minimizes. I have input variables that control start and duration of each zone. My maximum zone time is 15 minutes and most are set to 5 minutes. This may be more than you want to do.
- id: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
alias: Water Lawn with repeat
description: Water all zones with repeat
trigger:
- platform: time
at:
- input_datetime.cycle1
- input_datetime.cycle2
- input_datetime.cycle3
- input_datetime.cycle4
- input_datetime.cycle5
- input_datetime.cycle6
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.watering_days
state: '0'
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.run_irrigation
state: 'on'
action:
- repeat:
count: '11'
sequence:
- variables:
zone: switch.zone_{{ repeat.index }}
- service: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id: '{{ zone }}'
- delay:
minutes: '{{ states(''input_number.zone'' ~ repeat.index) | int }}'
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id: '{{ zone }}'
mode: single
Here is my dashboard:
My zones and other variables are set up like this:
sensor:
# Total cycle watering time
- platform: template
sensors:
total_watering_time:
friendly_name: "Total Cycle Time"
unique_id: "Total Cycle Time in Minutes"
unit_of_measurement: "min"
value_template: >-
{% set z1 = states('input_number.zone1') | float %}
{% set z2 = states('input_number.zone2') | float %}
{% set z3 = states('input_number.zone3') | float %}
{% set z4 = states('input_number.zone4') | float %}
{% set z5 = states('input_number.zone5') | float %}
{% set z6 = states('input_number.zone6') | float %}
{% set z7 = states('input_number.zone7') | float %}
{% set z8 = states('input_number.zone8') | float %}
{% set z9 = states('input_number.zone9') | float %}
{% set z10 = states('input_number.zone10') | float %}
{% set z11 = states('input_number.zone11') | float %}
{{ (z1 + z2 + z3 + z4 + z5 + z6 + z7 +z8 + z9 + z10 + z11) }}
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Input Variables
input_datetime:
# Set up the input variables for irrigation cycle start times
cycle1:
name: Cycle 1
has_date: false
has_time: true
cycle2:
name: Cycle 2
has_date: false
has_time: true
cycle3:
name: Cycle 3
has_date: false
has_time: true
cycle4:
name: Cycle 4
has_date: false
has_time: true
cycle5:
name: Cycle 5
has_date: false
has_time: true
cycle6:
name: Cycle 6
has_date: false
has_time: true
irrigation_valve_on_morning:
name: Irrigation Valve on Morning
has_date: false
has_time: true
irrigation_valve_on_evening:
name: Irrigation Valve on Evening
has_date: false
has_time: true
irrigation_valve_off_morning:
name: Irrigation Valve off Morning
has_date: false
has_time: true
irrigation_valve_off_evening:
name: Irrigation Valve off Evening
has_date: false
has_time: true
input_number:
# Irrigation system zone run time
zone1:
name: Zone1
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 4
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone2:
name: Zone2
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 4
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone3:
name: Zone3
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 5
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone4:
name: Zone4
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 6
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone5:
name: Zone5
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 5
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone6:
name: Zone6
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 5
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone7:
name: Zone7
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 8
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone8:
name: Zone8
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 8
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone9:
name: Zone9
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 6
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone10:
name: Zone10
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 5
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
zone11:
name: Zone11
icon: mdi:clock-start
# initial: 10
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: min
# Boolean to control irrigation
input_boolean:
run_irrigation:
name: irrigation control
# initial: true - keep value through reboot so that is why commented out
icon: mdi:water-pump
I have a rainmachine that is controlled locally and the switches are named zone[1…11].
I use garbage collection to determine watering days S, T, Th every week between April and October. I also have a shutoff valve that I control with a separate automation.
- id: 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyy'
alias: 'Water Lawn - Turn on/off main water '
trigger:
- platform: time
at: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_on_morning
- platform: time
at: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_on_evening
- platform: time
at: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_off_morning
- platform: time
at: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_off_evening
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.watering_days
state: '0'
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.run_irrigation
state: 'on'
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: time
after: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_on_morning
before: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_off_morning
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id: switch.irrigation_current_value
- conditions:
- condition: time
after: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_on_evening
before: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_off_evening
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id: switch.irrigation_current_value
- conditions:
- condition: time
after: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_off_morning
before: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_on_evening
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id: switch.irrigation_current_value
- conditions:
- condition: time
after: input_datetime.irrigation_valve_off_evening
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id: switch.irrigation_current_value
default:
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 10
mode: single
I do not have much trouble keeping my system alive so the reboots are minimized.