Weather automation doesnt work - why? Simple for experienced people!

Configuration
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Hey there guys,

i am writing my first automation.
It should close my covers at the window when its warmer than 20 degrees C and the weather is cloudy.
I am using the standard weather entities from HA.

Heres the config:

  - alias: 'Rollos runter'
    initial_state: on
    trigger:
      - platform: numeric_state
        entity_id: weather.home
        value_template: "{{ state.weather.home.temperature }}"
        above: 20
    condition:
      condition: or
      conditions:
         - condition: state
           entity_id: weather.home
           state: 'partlycloudy'
         - condition: state
           entity_id: weather.home
           state: 'partlycloudy'
    action:
      - service: cover.open_cover
        data:
          entity_id: cover.17000681bcddc2b0d390

HA ERROR says:

Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while scanning for the next token
found character '\t' that cannot start any token
  in "/config/automations.yaml", line 14, column 3

The condition is wrong. But I dont get it…

2

You’ve used a tab character instead of a space.

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3

There may be other issues, but that error is saying you have a tab character in configuration.yaml. You should set your editor to replace tabs with spaces.

4

Thanks!
The Tab was the problem…
Was using the vim editor with an ssh tunnel…
Thanks!!!

5

Are you sure this is correct:

        value_template: "{{ state.weather.home.temperature }}"

That doesn’t look right.

EDIT: Also you have the same condition twice.