topic Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights in Home Automation

Home/Away Routines only show lights

kinto — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:45:44 GMT

Hi! I would like to do some of the following automations:

- Turn off TV when everyone leaves

- Start robot vacuum when everyone leaves

All other automations allow me to select actions from every device I have. However, for the home/away routines it only lets me select lights. Is this Intentional? It doesn't make sense to me why it would be since I can't imagine a reason triggers wouldn't compose with every action.

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

kinto — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:50:36 GMT

I just found the google home web beta and it's sweet. It lets me do everything I want:

```

metadata:
name: Leaving home (non-lights) # Choose a short name that summarizes important starters and actions, like “Sunset lights”.
description: start the robot vacuum and turn off TV when we are away

automations:

- type: home.state.HomePresence
state: homePresenceMode
is: AWAY

actions:
- type: device.command.StartStop # Start or stop the device.
start: true
devices: robot - Living Room
- type: device.command.OnOff # Turn the device on or off.
on: false
devices: GoogleTV6694 - Living Room

```

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

stickyrice — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:56:00 GMT

hi Kinto, are you now able to control/set non-light/switch devices, from Home/Away routines?

(I'd like to switch the arming mode of my ARLO security cameras)

Alex

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

kinto — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:02:43 GMT

yeah you can do it in the web UI configuration language

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

stickyrice — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:04:18 GMT

thanks but I am new to this. are you referring to the "public preview"?

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

stickyrice — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:16:45 GMT

was trying following in the script editor. The log shows it's "succeeded", but the physical switch didn't get turned on. Something missing?

starters:
- type: home.state.HomePresence
state: homePresenceMode
# [available operators: is, isNot]
is: AWAY

# ---- 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”.

# ---- 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: Heated mattress - Dummy

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

stickyrice — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:23:05 GMT

oh @kinto do I need to wait "public preview" is sorted?

Alex

Re: Home/Away Routines only show lights

stickyrice — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:20:42 GMT

all sorted now. this is so good. Thanks!