Twils122
December 26, 2020, 6:48pm
1
Hi all, I’m new to HA and was wondering if someone could help me with my “wait” syntax, I came up with the code through the Automation Editor, but when I put it in the Automation editor it saves but doesn’t work. Under “Wait” I put {{ is_state('binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion', 'on') }} with the “Timeout” being “00:00:03”. Under “Option 1” of the “Choose” template in the Automation Editor I put {{ wait.completed }} and under the second “Option” I put {{ not wait.completed }}. But it doesn’t work.
When I put I translate it all to YAML is translates to this:
timeout: '00:00:03'
wait_template: '{{ is_state(''binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion'', ''on'') }}'
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ wait.completed }}'
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ not wait.completed }}'
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- delay: '00:00:01'
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.bed_time
service: automation.turn_on
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
default: []
When I cleanup the apostrophes in the Template Editor (which I can’t save in the Automation Editor) to this:
timeout: '00:00:03'
wait_template: '{{ is_state('binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion', 'on') }}'
...
It finally tells me, the wait is undefined.
tom_l
December 26, 2020, 7:47pm
2
You have not cleaned them up you have made this:
wait_template: '{{ is_state('
See where the quotes open and close?
They’re even coloured to show you this in your post (red = a string).
If you don’t like the single quotes escaped with single quotes that the UI editor uses (I don’t), use double quotes outside the template, like this:
wait_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion', 'on') }}"
Twils122
December 27, 2020, 2:34pm
3
Hi, thanks for your help…Sorry it took me so long to reply, but I didn’t quite see the difference in the appostrophes you were talking about at first, but I did see the color difference, so I changed it from apostrophes to quotations and it still didn’t change colors until I eliminated the spacing here ) } and added it back and it was red afterwards, but it still tells me that the wait isn’t defined. Could you help me a bit further? I’m sorry if it seems like the same thing lol, but I have this now.
timeout: '00:00:03'
wait_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion', 'on') }}"
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ wait.completed }}'
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ not wait.completed }}'
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- delay: '00:00:01'
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.bed_time
service: automation.turn_on
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
default: []
Edit: I see it’s still not red on here…where is it you were saying? I’m not seeing the difference.
tom_l
December 27, 2020, 2:40pm
4
The code block is not picking up that your code is yaml because it has recognised keywords from another language.Try this before your block of code:
```yaml
Can you paste your whole automation, the bit before the wait template as well?
Twils122
December 27, 2020, 2:43pm
5
Ok, I even copied and pasted the code you put here, but it’s still not recognizing it as code. What about in the Template Editor or in the Automation Editor? What should I put to get it to recognize it there? Or if I put it in the “automations.yaml” file? What should I place before it there?
tom_l
December 27, 2020, 2:44pm
6
I don’t understand your question. Can you paste your whole automation, the bit before the wait template as well?
Twils122
December 27, 2020, 2:46pm
7
Edit: Ok, Here’s my automation:
- id: '1607192223149'
alias: Going to Sleep/Sleeping
description: Going to Sleep
trigger:
- device_id: b512556005b948f8b7e7e89df960329f
domain: binary_sensor
entity_id: binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion
platform: device
type: motion
condition:
- condition: zone
entity_id: person.terrence
zone: zone.home
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: device
device_id: 1d9bb876f9564603b05ef417fd7c9824
domain: binary_sensor
entity_id: binary_sensor.media_room_motion_sensor_motion
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 10
type: is_no_motion
- condition: device
device_id: 63d492c118614773af81e28c0ef3a41a
domain: binary_sensor
entity_id: binary_sensor.office_motion_sensor_motion
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 6
type: is_no_motion
- condition: not
conditions:
- condition: device
device_id: b512556005b948f8b7e7e89df960329f
domain: binary_sensor
entity_id: binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 4
type: is_motion
- condition: not
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: automation.bed_time
state: 'on'
action:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- delay: 00:00:01
- choose:
- conditions:
- above: '120'
condition: numeric_state
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_ceiling
value_template: '{{ state.attributes.brightness }}'
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: device
device_id: 1d9bb876f9564603b05ef417fd7c9824
domain: binary_sensor
entity_id: binary_sensor.media_room_motion_sensor_motion
type: is_motion
- condition: device
device_id: 63d492c118614773af81e28c0ef3a41a
domain: binary_sensor
entity_id: binary_sensor.office_motion_sensor_motion
type: is_motion
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
- conditions: []
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions: []
sequence:
- timeout: 00:00:03
wait_template: '"{{ is_state(''binary_sensor.master_bedroom_motion_sensor_motion'',
''on'') }}"'
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ wait.completed }}'
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: '{{ not wait.completed }}'
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- delay: 00:00:01
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.bed_time
service: automation.turn_on
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
default: []
default: []
default: []
- conditions: []
sequence:
- device_id: 49c749c8c17f4829a692c9a4139ae8b1
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_1
type: flash
- device_id: 8b85ba4057b04c5a9e457d035a287f84
domain: light
entity_id: light.master_bedroom_lamp_2
type: flash
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.bed_time
service: automation.turn_on
- data: {}
entity_id: automation.going_to_sleep_sleeping
service: automation.turn_off
default: []
mode: restart
tom_l
December 27, 2020, 3:03pm
8
Other than the UI editor mangling the quotes again I don’t see anything wrong with it. However I don’t use the UI automation editor and do not know what is supported and what isn’t. You could try using a state trigger instead of a device trigger. I vaguely remember something about device automations not supporting templates. As I said though, I could be wrong on that.
It is quite a complex automation. You may be better off just using yaml. The editor is not complete yet and may be struggling with it.
Twils122
December 27, 2020, 3:06pm
9
Ah, that makes sense…I do rarely see advanced coders using devices. I think they’re more in favor of states. I thought I might try it though lol. I’m not very good when it comes to syntax so I use the editors for help lol. Thanks for your help.