Any ideas what I’m doing wrong? Tried without continue on timeout, without for: 00:00:01 as well
continue_on_timeout: true is worthless if you haven’t specified a timeout. If you didn’t provide a value for timeout then it uses the trigger(s) exclusively.
You’re using a Numeric State Trigger which will trigger only when the battery_level increases and crosses the threshold value of 25. According to the trace, it’s currently 63 so it won’t trigger (because it already exceeds the threshold value).
The only way that will trigger is when the battery_level is below 25 and increases above 25.
If that doesn’t answer your question, post the entire automation so we can understand what you are trying to accomplish.
I encountered a similar issue with an automation to turn off lights when there is no more motion, where I was also struggling to use wait_for_trigger because motion was already off. I solved this by adding an if statement to first verify the condition/state and move the wait to the else clause. Probably not the cleanest solution but it works.
principle:
if
value = off
then
do action
else
wait_for_trigger
to: off
do action
actual config:
action:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: group.motion_sensors
state: "off"
for:
seconds: 0
then:
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.mylight_on_off
else:
- wait_for_trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- group.motion_sensors
to: "off"
for:
seconds: 1
continue_on_timeout: false
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.my_light_on_off
mode: single
If group.motion_sensors is off, turn off the light. Otherwise wait for the group to turn off then turn off the light. If it doesn’t turn off within a minute, the automation ends.
action:
- wait_template: "{{ is_state('group.motion_sensors', 'off') }}"
timeout: '00:01:00'
continue_on_timeout: false
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: light.mylight_on_off
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