As Katie says, it’s far easier using the interface.
Try this:
Code:
condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
- condition: sun
after: sunset
after_offset: '-00:30:00'
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Try this:
Think this is just basic program logic, ie:
condition: sun
before: sunset
So the time before the sun sets
before_offset: "-00:30:00"
after: sunrise
So the time after the sun rises
That's the day time by any logic is it not?
This turns the lights on during the day by the look of it. Conditions should be After Sunset, Before Sunrise
thanks all so reversed my sun conditions just now and ran the automation, and it seemed to work okay, and no more automation running during the day when motion is detected, roll on tonight to confirm then around another dozen to duplicate and set up.
Thanks all for being patient with me
spoke to soon lights still running when motion detected
alias: Hall @ night
description: Turn dimmed hall light on after dark when motion detected
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 818546953f4583a966e13c6afdc86ff4
entity_id: binary_sensor.hall_sensor_occupancy
domain: binary_sensor
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
after: sunset
after_offset: "-30:00:00"
action:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_pct: 17
target:
entity_id: light.hall
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 1
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.hall
mode: single
Thanks all for being patient with me
spoke to soon lights still running when motion detected
alias: Hall @ night
description: Turn dimmed hall light on after dark when motion detected
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 818546953f4583a966e13c6afdc86ff4
entity_id: binary_sensor.hall_sensor_occupancy
domain: binary_sensor
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
after: sunset
after_offset: "-30:00:00"
action:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_pct: 17
target:
entity_id: light.hall
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 1
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.hall
mode: single
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Argh. changed and reloaded will leave it for a few minutes then test
Thanks
I think this still says it has to be both before sunrise and after sunset at the same time for the automation to run. This needs to apply to the single day so before sunrise today or after sunset today (rather than after sunset one day and before sunrise the next). See my example above.
so as a newbie do i just copy what you have in place of lines 13-17 in my yaml ?
alias: Hall @ night
description: Turn dimmed hall light on after dark when motion detected
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 818546953f4583a966e13c6afdc86ff4
entity_id: binary_sensor.hall_sensor_occupancy
domain: binary_sensor
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
after: sunset
after_offset: "-00:30:00"
action:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_pct: 17
target:
entity_id: light.hall
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 1
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.hall
mode: single
As an also-newbie with just 3 automations to my name, yes, this is what I’d suggest. Hopefully that works!
Know this was an issue a couple of years ago, but think this was resolved?
ie:
0.112: Making things faster; Logbook & History
And another three weeks passed! Home Assistant Core 0.112! At this point, I almost feel like “Making things easier” as the motto for our current development is replaced by: Making things faster! The last couple of releases, tons of performance improvements where made, most notably the...
community.home-assistant.io
Certainly it's lightning fast for me?
Yes spot on!
sorry i am trying, but getting an error after pasting
Message malformed: Expected a dictionary @ data['condition'][0]
alias: Hall @ night
description: Turn dimmed hall light on after dark when motion detected
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 818546953f4583a966e13c6afdc86ff4
entity_id: binary_sensor.hall_sensor_occupancy
domain: binary_sensor
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
- condition: sun
after: sunset
after_offset: '-00:30:00'
action:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_pct: 17
target:
entity_id: light.hall
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 1
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.hall
mode: single
Message malformed: Expected a dictionary @ data['condition'][0]
alias: Hall @ night
description: Turn dimmed hall light on after dark when motion detected
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 818546953f4583a966e13c6afdc86ff4
entity_id: binary_sensor.hall_sensor_occupancy
domain: binary_sensor
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
condition: or
conditions:
- condition: sun
before: sunrise
- condition: sun
after: sunset
after_offset: '-00:30:00'
action:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_pct: 17
target:
entity_id: light.hall
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 1
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.hall
mode: single
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Just threw a quick one together, this works perfectly:
description: ""
mode: single
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 53f2d8d935f449a983c771264ec18f15
entity_id: binary_sensor.driveway_sensor_motion
domain: binary_sensor
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunset
after: sunrise
action:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 7d0132ebf385465cb34ef06f393341e2
entity_id: light.bedside_light_katie_side
domain: light
Try just inserting
condition:
- condition: sun
before: sunset
after: sunrise
As your red part and then test, then you can add the offset.
as I've said, highly recommend just doing in GUI though, just a few clicks and much easier
It's very very very slow for meKnow this was an issue a couple of years ago, but think this was resolved?
ie:
0.112: Making things faster; Logbook & History
And another three weeks passed! Home Assistant Core 0.112! At this point, I almost feel like “Making things easier” as the motto for our current development is replaced by: Making things faster! The last couple of releases, tons of performance improvements where made, most notably the...
Certainly it's lightning fast for me?
Odd, might be something more local - you running on a Pi, Nas etc?
Might be worth digging into a bit to see if anything slowing down (or just post on HA discord/forum and get one of the gurus to give you some tips).
Certainly I've got a pretty complex system and runs very, very fast just on a RPi 4 8gb, so would be surprised if it's a HA thing...?
Might be worth digging into a bit to see if anything slowing down (or just post on HA discord/forum and get one of the gurus to give you some tips).
Certainly I've got a pretty complex system and runs very, very fast just on a RPi 4 8gb, so would be surprised if it's a HA thing...?
Ah right - I think both CPU and RAM would make a big difference, but particularly the 1GB feels very low and well below the usual 2GB min and 4GB recommended.
Think it'll work for the basics with that, but can totally see it being challenged on anything more!
RPi4 8gb - CCTV with 4 feeds very smooth?