I wanted to extend my hass.io with automations and scripts but as usual when I attempted to break into a new field of hass.io I failed to find a quick walkthrough online of how to get started. These are my learnings.
Automations are very handy when you want a trigger (the time becomes 10:00 a.m, the sun sets or a motion sensor is enabled) to create an action. I find scripts more suitable when you want a number of actions to be executed in series. Quite often I end up with an automation or a user interface button starting a script.
There are some basic things that needs to be in place in hass.io for automations and scripts to work.
Create an automations.yaml and a scripts.yaml in your config folder. These are the files where you write the actual code. For hass.io to know that the code are in these specific files you need to point to them in the configuration.yaml.
In configuration.yaml add
If you can not locate Server Controls that is because you first need to enable Advanced Mode of hass.io. That is done by clicking your name below Notifications and then flip the switch to enable Advanced Mode.
Needless to say this took me some time to figure out, I thought my yaml code was faulty but instead there were other things preventing my automations and scripts from running as I intended.
The same procedure needs to be followed to create and update a script. As en example a script that turn off six lights on the first floor in my house.
I put the code in scripts.yaml
In the same way, to get this script to take effect you need to hit Reload Scripts under Server Control.
Please let me know in the comments field if you have any questions or comments.
Automations are very handy when you want a trigger (the time becomes 10:00 a.m, the sun sets or a motion sensor is enabled) to create an action. I find scripts more suitable when you want a number of actions to be executed in series. Quite often I end up with an automation or a user interface button starting a script.
There are some basic things that needs to be in place in hass.io for automations and scripts to work.
Create an automations.yaml and a scripts.yaml in your config folder. These are the files where you write the actual code. For hass.io to know that the code are in these specific files you need to point to them in the configuration.yaml.
In configuration.yaml add
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
- id: '1570820783744'
alias: light shutdown at 8:30
trigger:
- at: '8:30'
platform: time
action:
- data:
entity_id: light.living_room
service: light.turn_off
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| Figure 1. For changes in automations.yaml to take effect you need to hit reload automations under server control. |
If you can not locate Server Controls that is because you first need to enable Advanced Mode of hass.io. That is done by clicking your name below Notifications and then flip the switch to enable Advanced Mode.
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| Figure 2. Enable Advanced Mode in hass.io to be able to update automations and scripts. |
The same procedure needs to be followed to create and update a script. As en example a script that turn off six lights on the first floor in my house.
I put the code in scripts.yaml
lights_off_1st:
alias: Lights Off First Floor
sequence:
- service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.lounge
- service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.lounge_window
- service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.kitchen_wall
- service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.kitchen_ceiling
- service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.piano_window
- service: light.turn_off
entity_id: light.hallway_wall
- type: custom:button-card
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.turn_on
service_data:
entity_id: script.lights_off_1st
entity_id: script.lights_off_1st
In the same way, to get this script to take effect you need to hit Reload Scripts under Server Control.
Please let me know in the comments field if you have any questions or comments.
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