Goal: I’m trying to have a condition using the trigger.to_state to check if the to_state attribute includes color instructions for a light and if it does to not continue with the automation, but if it doesn’t include color instructions to continue with the automation.
The automation action is to set the brightness and color temperature to a default when the light is turned on normally, but I don’t want it to run if the light is turned on with a color instruction. This may happen when you tell Alexa to turn on the light to “crimson”, instead of just turning the light on. (See example event for each scenario below)
Current state of the automation: The trigger and the actions work.
What I’ve tried:
I’ve tried various Conditions attempting to combine instructions from these two posts:
This says I should be able to see if the attribute I want (in this case rgb_color) is empty/null/missing/etc.
This says that i should get the attribute list of the new state attributes by using state_attr(‘trigger.to_state’, ‘rgb_color’) or something like that.
What I tried but didn’t work:
condition: template
value_template: >-
{% if trigger.to_state.attributes.rgb_color is defined %}False{% else %}True{%
endif %}
I’ve also tried
condition: template
value_template: >-
{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.rgb_color != None }}
And tried this
condition: template
value_template: >-
{% if state_attr('trigger.to_state', 'rgb_color') == None %}False{% else
%}True{% endif %}
What am I doing wrong?
The complete automation:
alias: Bulb toggle set to default (Soft White) (BP upgrade)
description: a description
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: light.living_room_lamp_right
condition:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
{% if trigger.to_state.attributes.rgb_color is defined %}False{% else
%}True{% endif %}
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ trigger.from_state.state == ''off'' }}'
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
color_temp: 370
brightness: 255
entity_id: light.living_room_lamp_right
default: []
mode: parallel
max: 100
Example Events:
This should trigger the automation
You can see in new_state attributes that there are not color values like xy_color, rgb_color, and xy_color
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "light.living_room_lamp_right",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "light.living_room_lamp_right",
"state": "off",
"attributes": {
"min_mireds": 154,
"max_mireds": 500,
"off_brightness": null,
"friendly_name": "Living Room Lamp Right",
"icon": "mdi:floor-lamp",
"supported_features": 59
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-18T16:11:46.883780+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-18T16:11:46.883780+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "f273334cf84603659777e16b7563d91f",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "af282cb2b56a49718a9eaa7336fc52d9"
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "light.living_room_lamp_right",
"state": "on",
"attributes": {
"min_mireds": 154,
"max_mireds": 500,
"brightness": 254,
"color_temp": 370,
"off_brightness": null,
"friendly_name": "Living Room Lamp Right",
"icon": "mdi:floor-lamp",
"supported_features": 59
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-18T16:11:52.924514+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-18T16:11:52.924514+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "12f4868c703ae4203c9e800167bdd267",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "af282cb2b56a49718a9eaa7336fc52d9"
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-18T16:11:52.924514+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "12f4868c703ae4203c9e800167bdd267",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "af282cb2b56a49718a9eaa7336fc52d9"
}
}
This should NOT trigger the automation
You can see in new_state attributes that there are color values like xy_color, rgb_color, and xy_color
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "light.living_room_lamp_right",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "light.living_room_lamp_right",
"state": "on",
"attributes": {
"min_mireds": 154,
"max_mireds": 500,
"brightness": 254,
"color_temp": 370,
"off_brightness": null,
"friendly_name": "Living Room Lamp Right",
"icon": "mdi:floor-lamp",
"supported_features": 59
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-18T16:11:52.924514+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-18T16:11:52.924514+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "12f4868c703ae4203c9e800167bdd267",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "af282cb2b56a49718a9eaa7336fc52d9"
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "light.living_room_lamp_right",
"state": "on",
"attributes": {
"min_mireds": 154,
"max_mireds": 500,
"brightness": 254,
"hs_color": [
347.94,
91.284
],
"rgb_color": [
255,
22,
69
],
"xy_color": [
0.658,
0.284
],
"off_brightness": null,
"friendly_name": "Living Room Lamp Right",
"icon": "mdi:floor-lamp",
"supported_features": 59
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-18T16:11:52.924514+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-18T16:12:53.150930+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "52791494972feabaf1a439d804728cab",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "40aa582d109c4e999e21c6956b29442e"
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-18T16:12:53.150930+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "52791494972feabaf1a439d804728cab",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": "40aa582d109c4e999e21c6956b29442e"
}
}