Hi, I wonder if anyone could help please. I am ok at basic automations but don’t understand yaml or some of the other tems in HA. I have an automation where my tuya presence sensor puts my tv into standby using my broadlink mini 3 if no detection for 10 mins. This is great but if the sensor picks up any occupancy even for a split second the automation is triggered again and when I come back to the tv it is now on! Is there a way to control the automation better so it doesn’t keep happeng. My apologies if i’m missing something obvious.
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This is normal because every time the presence sensor detects that there is no more movement, it sends a new signal.
Presumably a new power on/off signal. So in your example, it would probably also come on when the TV is in standby and then you leave the room.
You need a way to detect whether the TV is on. In other words, a condition. This can either be an integration, e.g. to the TV, if available. Or a socket that measures the consumption and recognizes whether the TV is on. Or perhaps also WLAN/LAN, which recognizes whether the TV is connected, i.e. switched on.
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You could also use a toggle helper (input_boolean).
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