Why wont my automation notify on door closed?

Configuration
1

I cant figure out why my automation will not notify when door closed. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

- id: '1683001364190'
  alias: Broadcast Door open close
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
    - binary_sensor.family_room_slider
    - binary_sensor.garage_backdoor
    - binary_sensor.garage_door
    - binary_sensor.garage_side_door
    to: 'on'
    from: 'off'
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    data_template:
      entity_id: media_player.broadcast_speakers
      volume_level: 1
  - service: tts.cloud_say
    entity_id: media_player.broadcast_speakers
    data_template:
      message: '{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} {% if trigger.to_state.state
        == ''on'' %} Open {% else %} Closed {% endif %}'
  - service: notify.mobile_app_iphone
    data:
      title: Door Change
      message: '{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} {% if trigger.to_state.state
        == ''on'' %} Open {% else %} Closed {% endif %}'
      data:
        push:
          interruption-level: time-sensitive
  mode: single
2

Your automation’s State Trigger is configured to trigger only when any of the listed binary_sensors change state from off to on which means when the door opens. When a door closes (state-change from on to off) the State Trigger ignores it.

Change the State Trigger to this:

  - platform: state
    entity_id:
    - binary_sensor.family_room_slider
    - binary_sensor.garage_backdoor
    - binary_sensor.garage_door
    - binary_sensor.garage_side_door
    to:
    - 'on'
    - 'off'
    from:
    - 'off'
    - 'on'
3

Or just:

  - platform: state
    entity_id:
    - binary_sensor.family_room_slider
    - binary_sensor.garage_backdoor
    - binary_sensor.garage_door
    - binary_sensor.garage_side_door
    to:

For any state change.

4

I believe that will trigger for state-changes to/from unavailable. Given the automation’s current design, it’ll erroneously report “Closed” when there’s a state-change from on to unavailable.

5

Easy fix

  - service: tts.cloud_say
    entity_id: media_player.broadcast_speakers
    data_template:
      message: '{{ trigger.to_state.name }} is {{ trigger.to_state.state|title }}'
6

If imv8n wants the automation to announce all of the door’s possible states, including if it becomes unavailable, that’s the recommended way to do it.

There may also be a seemingly odd announcement if the state-change is from unavailable to on or off. The announcement will report the door’s new state even if the door never physically moved to get to that state.

7

This is how I had it originally however the zigbee door sensors, I assume would briefly lose connectivtiy at some point and in the middle of the night I would get announcements that a door was closed. My assumpition is that the sensor went from unavailabale to closed.

8

@123 Works great. Thanks very much!

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