topic Re: Can the same voice command do diffferent things at different times? in Home Automation

Can the same voice command do diffferent things at different times?

stickyrice — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:45:58 GMT

When I voice command "kickstart" during daytime, I want to turn on light A.

When I voice the same command during night, I want to turn on light B.

It seems Google Home doesn't allow creation of two automations (and they have conditions exclusive to each other) using same voice command.

So I was trying some nested automations like this (note the red). Basically turn on Driveway and then off after 15 minutes, but then right after turning it on, conditionally do (or not) something else. Still, I keeps receiving errors with the scripts.

How should I tackle the situation at the top?

automations:
starters:
- type: assistant.event.OkGoogle
eventData: query
is: Testing
actions:
- type: device.command.OnOff
devices: Driveway
on: true
- automations:
starters:

type: assistant.command.OkGoogle
eventData: query
is: testing

condition:

type: time.between
after: sunset
before: sunrise
actions:

type: device.command.OnOff

devices: Home light

on: true

- type: time.between
after: sunset
before: sunrise

- type: device.command.OnOff
on: false
devices: Driveway

Re: Can the same voice command do diffferent things at different times?

salbando — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:18:36 GMT

You're on the right track, just don't use the automation key more than once. Here is a script that should work for you. Make sure you use the hyphen on "starters". This tells the automation there is more than one starter (even thought they are the same starter).

metadata: name: Same starter example description: How to use the same starter automations: - starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: kickstart condition: type: time.between before: sunrise after: sunset actions: - type: device.command.OnOff on: true devices: some light - some room - starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: kickstart condition: type: time.between before: sunset after: sunrise actions: - type: device.command.OnOff on: true devices: some other light - some other room

The hyphen inside the "actions" block is not necessary unless you are going to have more than one action. The same goes true for the hyphen inside each of the "starters" block. If you did put more than one starter in those "starters" blocks, then you could have multiple starters for each of your conditions (nighttime and daytime in this example). These starters would act like a logical "or" in case you wanted each light to come on, say at a time of day or if some other event happens.

Re: Can the same voice command do diffferent things at different times?

stickyrice — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:34:20 GMT

thank you very much. It works! Very happy with that 😁