topic Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30 in Home Automation

Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

Joakim_Lind — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:09:09 GMT

Is it possible to make an comming home automation script that turn on all 2 lights when the sun is set. But by 18:30 at night the automation should not run. Because the sun sets after 18:30 i the summer time and before in the winter I can´t figured out how this should be made?

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

OpethNJ — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:11:46 GMT

Script Editor FTW , along with a very similar script to what you want to do. If this doesn't make sense just let me know.

https://developers.home.google.com/automations/example-scripts#scheduled_lighting_with_multiple_times

metadata:
  name: Scheduled lighting
  description: Turn on the lights at sunset, dim them at 10pm and turn them off at midnight.
automations:
# At sunset
- starters:
  - type: time.schedule
    at: SUNSET
  actions:
  # Adjusting brightness will automatically turn on the lights.
  # No need to add a separate OnOff command.
  - type: device.command.BrightnessAbsolute
    devices:
    - Christmas lights - Living Room
    brightness: 100

# At 10 PM
- starters:
  - type: time.schedule
    at: 22:00
  actions:
  - type: device.command.BrightnessAbsolute
    devices:
    - Christmas lights - Living Room
    brightness: 50

# At midnight
- starters:
  - type: time.schedule
    at: 00:00
  actions:
  - type: device.command.OnOff
    devices: Christmas lights - Living Room
    on: false

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

jwl_ — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:27:56 GMT

If I understand what you're asking, what about something like this?

metadata: name: Coming home lighting description: Turn on 2 lights when someone arrives home after sunset but before 18:30 automations: - starters: type: home.state.HomePresence state: homePresenceMode is: HOME condition: type: time.between before: 18:30 after: sunset actions: type: device.command.OnOff on: true devices: - Light 1 - Home - Light 2 - Home

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

Joakim_Lind — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:57:52 GMT

Yes, that would work if the sun did´nt set after 18:30 in the summer time. So it will turn on the light after 18:30 in the summer time.

It would work if it was possable to add a second condition between sunset and sunrise.

Is it possable to do that?

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

Joakim_Lind — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:00:09 GMT

No, this does not make sense to my question.

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

ViciousNarwhal — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:39:50 GMT

Just a thought for future, if you have something with a lux sensor, you can create the automation to turn on the lights is the level is too low. This works irrespective of time of day like if it is really stormy.

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

jwl_ — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:19:17 GMT

In that case, you can try to do an "AND" conditional with another set of times to make sure it falls between a standard range. Maybe something like this where you can change the second time conditions to fit your needs?

metadata: name: Coming home lighting description: Turn on 2 lights when someone arrives home after sunset but before 18:30 automations: - starters: type: home.state.HomePresence state: homePresenceMode is: HOME condition: type: and # "AND" together two or more conditionals conditions: - type: time.between before: 18:30 after: sunset - type: time.between before: 18:30 after: 15:00 actions: type: device.command.OnOff on: true devices: - Light 1 - Home - Light 2 - Home

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

Joakim_Lind — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:58:37 GMT

That was exactly what I tried to do but I got an error when I had 2 conditions. But now when I tried this again there was no errors. So this made the trick.

Thank you for your help!

Re: Automation that ends if the sun sets after 18:30

Joakim_Lind — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:33:10 GMT

So yesterday when we got home the lights turned on when the sun was still upp. I have not made any changes and another routine with only sunset to sunrise and no "AND" command still works.

My goal is to turn the lights on after sunset but not if the time is 18:30 or later.

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
# Lines starting with “#” are comments and will be ignored by the automation.
# Indentation determines hierarchy within the script.
# Visit g.co/home/script-editor-docs for full documentation.
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #

metadata:
name: Tänd sovrum vid hemkost # Choose a short name that summarizes important starters and actions, like “Sunset lights”.
description: Tänd sovrummen vid hemkost senast 18:30 # Write a detailed description that includes everything the automation does, like “At sunset, on weekdays, close blinds, turn on lights to 50%, and play the sunset playlist on certain speakers.”

automations:
# “starters” and “actions” are required; “conditions” are optional.
# Use Ctrl + Space to see autocomplete suggestions.

# ---- STARTERS ---- #
# Starters describe events that will start the automation.
# To add more than one starter, duplicate the "- type" section under "starters".
# If you add multiple starter events, any one of them happening will start the automation.
starters:
- type: home.state.HomePresence
state: homePresenceMode
# [available operators: is, isNot]
is: HOME

# ---- CONDITIONS ---- #
# Conditions are optional. Delete this section if it’s empty.
# Conditions will prevent an automation from starting if the conditions aren’t met.
# See g.co/home/script-editor-docs for documentation about how to use logical operators like “and”, “or”, and “not”.
condition:
type: and
# "AND" together two or more conditionals
conditions:
- type: time.between
# Optional. Accepts either clock time (10:00:00 AM, with seconds optional, or in a 24 hour format), or 'sunrise' or 'sunset', with an optional offset ('sunrise+10m', for instance)
before: sunrise
# Optional. Accepts either clock time (10:00:00 AM, with seconds optional, or in a 24 hour format), or 'sunrise' or 'sunset', with an optional offset ('sunrise+10m', for instance)
after: sunset
# Optional. Days of the week to apply condition on.
weekdays:
- MON
- TUE
- WED
- THU
- FRI
- SAT
- SUN
- type: time.between
# Optional. Accepts either clock time (10:00:00 AM, with seconds optional, or in a 24 hour format), or 'sunrise' or 'sunset', with an optional offset ('sunrise+10m', for instance)
before: 18:30
# Optional. Accepts either clock time (10:00:00 AM, with seconds optional, or in a 24 hour format), or 'sunrise' or 'sunset', with an optional offset ('sunrise+10m', for instance)
after: sunrise
# Optional. Days of the week to apply condition on.
weekdays:
- MON
- TUE
- WED
- THU
- FRI
- SAT
- SUN

# ---- ACTIONS ---- #
# Actions will start when a starter event takes place and all conditions are met.
# Actions will start in the order they appear in the script and with any delay specified.
# To add more than one action, duplicate the "- type" section under "actions".
actions:
- type: device.command.OnOff # Turn the device on or off.
# Whether to turn the device on or off.
on: true
devices:
- Ellas fönsterlampa - Ellas rum
- Sovrumsfönstret - Sovrum
- Edvins fönsterlampa - Edvins rum