Once your devicesA device is a model representing a physical or logical unit that contains entities. are set up, it’s time to put the cherry on the pie: automationAutomations in Home Assistant allow you to automatically respond to things that happen in and around your home.
[Learn more]. We’re going to create a simple automation to turn on the lights when the sun sets. Of course, this assumes that you have set up an integration that provides a light at this point.
Automatically turn on the lights before sunset
Go to Settings > Automations & scenes and in the lower right corner, select the Create Automation button.
You are presented with a blank automation screen.
The first step is defining what should triggerA trigger is a set of values or conditions of a platform that are defined to cause an automation to run.
[Learn more] the automation to run.- In this case, we want to use the event of the sun setting to trigger our automation.
- Select Add trigger, type
Sunand select it.
Select Sunset.
- We want the automation to be triggered a little before that, so let’s add
-00:30as the offset. This indicates that the automation will be triggered 30 minutes before sunset. Neat!
- We want the automation to be triggered a little before that, so let’s add
Once we have defined our trigger, we need to define what should happen.
- Select Add action.
- Type
Serand select Call service
Select Light > Turn on or directly enter
light.turn_on.See AlsoInstallation Overview- For this automation, we’re going to turn on all lights in the living room, so let’s select the Area.
- This only works if your lights are assigned to an areaAn area in Home Assistant is a logical grouping of devices and entities that are meant to match areas (or rooms) in the physical world: your home. For example, the
living roomarea groups devices and entities in your living room..
To save the automation, select Save, give the automation a name and Save again.
- Now wait till it’s 30 minutes until the sun sets and see your automation magic!
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If after completing this getting started you are interested in reading moreabout automations, we recommend the following pages:
Please note, these pages may require a bit more experience with Home Assistantthan you probably have at this point of this tutorial.
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