topic Re: Device status for routine conditions? in Home Automation

Device status for routine conditions?

Olfader — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 22:49:22 GMT

Hello. Would it be possible to add a condition to routine activator that they activate depending on the state of another device?

For example: WHEN motion is detected IF x device is on THEN turn off lights.

Having only times as activation conditions is very limited.

Thanks

Re: Device status for routine conditions?

shogo — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 02:12:46 GMT

I think this is already possible but not for all devices - i.e. the belowmentioned is valid for Chromecast but not for Nest Hub

condition:
type: device.state.OnOff

state: on
is: true
device: Chromecast - My Bedroom

Re: Device status for routine conditions?

Olfader — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:16:01 GMT

Is this possible for Google Home? If so how? I don't know about that functionality you're talking about

Re: Device status for routine conditions?

GBD — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:20:57 GMT

@Olfader This is not something that you can do in the home app on your phone. You have to use Google's automation script editor at https://home.google.com/home. to create an automation that uses conditions as @shogo showed.

Follow the link above and when you land on the page, select automations on the left. This will take you to the script editor where you can create a script to perform the automation that you're after.

The script that you are looking to create would look something like this

metadata: name: Light automation description: Turn off XXX light when motion detected and XXX is on automations: starters: - type: device.event.MotionDetection device: (Your motion sensor goes here) condition: type: device.state.OnOff state: on is: true device: (Your device to check if it's on goes here) actions: - type: device.command.OnOff # Turn the device on or off. # Whether to turn the device on or off. on: true devices: (Your light to turn off goes here)