Turning on LG webOS Can't find platform webostv.turn_on for automation

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In dozens of posts online I’m seeing this below as part of the process for turning on a webOS LG tv using an automation, along with the Wake on LAN: Send magic packet. Where do you get this Platform from?

    trigger:
      - platform: webostv.turn_on
        entity_id: media_player.lg_webos_smart_t
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Thank you fried cheese. Didn’t know I needed all that in configuration.yaml, I thought it was part of an automation. I must admit, as a new user I don’t understand when and why things go into configuration.yaml.
Anyway, when I put it in, I get an error, Duplicate key, the word “Automation”. Can you take a look:

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
binary_sensor: !include binary_sensor.yaml

homeassistant:
  !include customize.yaml

ffmpeg:

# To have LG TV turn on
wake_on_lan: 

automation:
  - alias: "Turn On Living Room TV with WakeOnLan"
    trigger:
      - platform: webostv.turn_on
        entity_id: media_player.lg_webos_smart_tv
    action:
      - service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
        data:
          mac: HI:DD:EN:MA:C#:ID
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Since you have automation declared already with automation: !include automations.yaml you can’t add it again.

So, take the stuff out of configuration.yaml that you just added and put it into the existing automations.yaml file.

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Sorry, I’m still confused. The automations.yaml file has all my automations in it. Where do I put these lines? Will it show up when I go into Settings → Automations?

automation:
  - alias: "Turn On Living Room TV with WakeOnLan"
    trigger:
      - platform: webostv.turn_on
        entity_id: media_player.lg_webos_smart_tv
    action:
      - service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
        data:
          mac: HI:DD:EN:MA:C#:ID

And do I keep the

wake_on_lan:

in the configuration.yaml file?

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Yes, the wake_on_lan line stays.

If you aren’t comfortable with manually adding the automation, you can do this through the UI.

  1. Go to automations and add a new one.
  2. Click the kebab (three vertical dots) in the upper right-hand corner.
  3. Select the option for “Edit in YAML”.
  4. Paste this in:
alias: Turn On Living Room TV with WakeOnLan
trigger:
  - platform: webostv.turn_on
    entity_id: media_player.lg_webos_smart_tv
action:
  - service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
    data:
      mac: HI:DD:EN:MA:C#:ID

Update the MAC of course and save.

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This

HI:DD:EN:MA:C#:ID

or this:

HI-DD-EN-MA-C#-ID

When I put it in with colons, it won’t let me put in the last two digits, it turns red. When I do it with dashes, it allows it.

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Weird…it should be colonized:

de:ad:be:ef:12:34

image

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Very strange. Even in this Blueprint which sends the magic packet every time the TV is turned on, they use dashes:

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Even here: