Home Assistant Automation - Help :)

IOT (The internet of things)
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Haha that or line 1 needs to be one “tab space” forward (less changes required).

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Spaces, indentations…highly frustrating but I think I got it right :slight_smile:

I’ll test and see if it works

Thank you guys so much for helping me with this, I really appreciate it :slight_smile:

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I just keep my life simple and have my config files split, also keeps indentation happy. folder structures and filename help too, well once you exceed a number of automations and manually configured sensors/entities, my last count was 70 odd files just for automations, most relating to notifications and events

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Definitely a more comprehensive setup than I have! Mine is limited to less than 10 automations of which most are updating inputs on my GUI if I change them manually on the GX. :sweat_smile:

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It didn’t work :frowning:
My battery was 88% and I set it to turn off the pool pump when > 89%

Back into the laboratory :expressionless:

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Where is your 89% used, in the trigger, or the condition?

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You mean less than 89%?

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More then 89%

Yes, that is in the condition

  • alias: Trigger Pool Pump
    trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.Battery_SOC
    condition:
    condition: and
    conditions:
    - condition: sun
    before: sunset
    - condition: sun
    after: sunrise
    - condition: template
    value_template: “{{ (states(‘sensor.Battery_SOC’)|int) > 90 }}”
    action:
    - data:
    entity_id: switch.pool_pump
    service: switch.turn_on
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Is Battery_SOC and pool_pump the names of your sensor and switch respectively? Those are just the ones I gave in my sample code.

Also, you say your battery was at 88%, but the code above says it wants to turn on at more than 90%, so it wouldn’t have executed the action yet?

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This automation serves to turn on Switch.pool_pump
Have you made one to turn it off?
The switch doesnt automatically turn off.

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Not yet…
I was just going to check that it does indeed turn it on…I can turn the pump off via ewelink so it won’t be running all the time

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Im confused as this post states you expected it to turn off.

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As @jykenmynie has said and I mentioned earlier, check what the names of the sensors and entities are. It does not look like you have changed it from his example.

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Hmm, where can I check for the correct names of my sensors?

Would this be one? (from /config/sensors/04-victron.yaml)

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What I have found easiest is to have multiple tabs open, one on the developer tools, search for the sensor and copy and past that name into the yaml

I also then have a tab open to check the configuration before rebooting, that is a crucial step as any configuration or syntax issues will cause HA not to boot.

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You can also see the state of each entity on the developer tools page which will help you establish if the sensor is actually getting any data

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Mine looks like this:

    - name: Battery SoC
      hub: victron
      unit_of_measurement: "%"
      slave: 100
      register: 843

And then when I refer to it, I put underscores instead of spaces. So I think you are correct.

Have you output that sensor to your GUI to check its value?

*Edit: Never mind adding it to the GUI, didn’t know @Thaelian’s developer tools trick!

@Bobby You still just need to check the name of your switch for the pool pump.

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I found this in the developer tools (quite useful section - I never used it before but will start using it :slight_smile: )

This is the actual pool pump : switch.sonoff_1000d90a15
And gets managed via service : switch.turn_on or switch.turn_off

Battery state of charge is: sensor.battery_soc

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Then you need to replace my “pool_pump” with “sonoff_1000d90a15”

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Ok, so I compiled this (via the automations thing)…I will clean up the empty things

  • id: ‘1626782260356’
    alias: Pool Pump OFF by the SOC
    description: This automation turns the Pool Pump Off based on Victron Battery SoC
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.battery_soc
      from: ‘98’
      to: ‘0’
      condition: []
      action:
    • service: switch.turn_off
      data: {}
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000d90a15
      mode: single
  • id: ‘1626782367495’
    alias: Pull Pump ON by the SoC
    description: This automation turns the Pool Pump On based on Victron Battery SoC
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.battery_soc
      from: ‘99’
      to: ‘100’
      condition: []
      action:
    • service: switch.turn_on
      data: {}
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_1000d90a15
      mode: single

Now another question - I would like to use > and < rather then “from” and “to”
Can I do that (and how)?