5 AUTOMATIONS everyone needs to know in Home Assistant

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Subscribe to get notified when the blog post drops (will add a community post)! The part that I missed was around the condition to only trigger this if you are either away or if you had your alarmed armed (away or night)!

[@SimonPickup]

Thanks, I learnt about the proximity integration!

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DigVision]

Would be nice to only monitor the power consumption and see how it relates to an open door, malfunction or other conditions.

[@markloughtonUK]

I thought I needed Nabu Casa when I first set up my 'arrived home' routine. The speakers would chirp like they were about to do the announcement but then it would just buffer. Turned out that in the end I had to change a firewall rule to allow New State packets from my IoT network (where my Chromecast speakers were) to the LAN network (where Home Assistant is). No subscription needed. Strange really because normal chromecasting works perfectly.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hey Mark!!! Great shout! Are you using the google tts service ? That should work without Nabu Casa

[@markloughtonUK]

@@SmartHomeMakers I am. It actually uses TTS Translate which is rather strange but it works perfectly now. Shame it needed that 'New State' enabled in the firewall though as it's ruined the whole idea of not allowing the IoT network to access the LAN network :(

[@nigelholland24]

My fridge has a build in sensor which beeps if door is open. But I also fitted another which tells me how many times the fridge door has been opened each day.

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Amazing Nigel! Did you consider a temperature sensor in case the fridge malfunctions ?

[@Nqrgaard]

I have some issues with my iPhone location tracker. I think some is working after many changes and bug findings. My issue now is that it changed to “Home” 20 minutes after I came “Home”. But the state should have changed as soon as I entered the area. Do you know why that is?

[@maxedmini]

Hi I noticed in you config file you are using hdanywhere hdmi switch any chance on a video setting it up with home assistant and some automation examples, looking to move away from harmony hub and use the hdanywhere api via home assistant?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hi Scott! I made a video about this around 6-12 months ago! Don’t quite remember the video title

[@Ryan_Chisholm]

Hey would you have any idea on why my automations aren’t saving?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

What error are you getting ?

[@epotnwarlock]

what speaker do you use? Ive heard the sonos are good but pricey especially if you want more than 1

[@SmartHomeMakers]

I have been buying them over the years I think the oldest has around 10 years still working

[@epotnwarlock]

@@SmartHomeMakers I thought I heard something about a different company buying them and now they are not as friendly to HA?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

@@epotnwarlock ah really? Maybe you are right :)

[@robertaccess]

nice automations but why from close to open? is not better just to put open and for (time)? If is unknown state and open the door (to Open) and remain open wont tirgger? I ask you because I never use "from" and maybe that's why I have problems in some automations... sometime work sometime not :(

[@SmartHomeMakers]

In case we get a reboot or the device goes from unavailable to open

[@robertaccess]

@@SmartHomeMakers wow, you're right... hmmm I have to rethink all my automations :(((

[@arifsardar1684]

Hi Gio great video thanks , I just got a question on your fridge door Automation how would I do it so that if the door is still open after it’s announced open that it keeps announcing until the door is closed ?

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Hey Arif! It should announce only once, unless it is on a loop setting! Or the trigger happens again (close the door and reopen for x time)

[@Sparky_D]

You can use a "repeat while" loop in your action, with it repeating the announcement (followed by a delay to make it wait a while) for as long as the door sensor is open

[@111Leonidas]

What if I want a spoken message on my Google home in the kitchen when the fridge stays open and the google home was playing music. I want the music to resume after the fridge is closed or the message was repeated 10 times. Music could be Spotify or radio streaming on more than one google home (group).

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Interesting use case for these things you might also want to consider using node red

[@111Leonidas]

@@SmartHomeMakers ok, I'll look into that again. I have been struggling with that for a long time. I hoped there was an easier doable solution with the automations.

[@emms-place]

@@SmartHomeMakers Can you only do something like this in NODE red, currently all my automatons are in HA

[@lukasmarek1436]

You’ve missed the condition in police call automation. 😅

[@radislionestar]

hi thanks for the video only I'm wrong or in the coming home it triggers yes even if you are not yet inside. I have solved this with a door contact that triggers when I or my girlfriend or together come home. The one from the home away I did not know, thank you very much and greetings from Switzerland

[@SmartHomeMakers]

Great point! I was thinking I could make a follow on video to look at this advance cases :) Trying to keep it simple for anyone new! Thanks for watching from Switzerland!