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[Alekisan]

Feedback

You have information about what the helper does but no examples on how to use it.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/schedule/

Version

2022.9.2

Additional information

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[clydefrog76]

Yeah, I am struggling with this too. Do I use automations, scenes, scripts? Where can I select the schedule I just created for the device I want to control? It's a bit of a mystery at the moment. Thanks!

[guitarmanusa]

Agreed. I have switch that I would like to turn on at the begin of the scheduled time, and turn off at the end. It is not obvious how to use the entity next_event in an Automation, and even when using the UI to make a new automation, there are no options for Schedules in the Trigger section, where as a user I would expect this to be.

[guitarmanusa]

Found the following in the user forums, apparently you're supposed to use a 'state' trigger, even though the doc has no mention of a state with values of 'on' and 'off' listed.

Question: How to Use the Scheduler / Helper Function in the 2022.9 Release

I should note, I haven't gotten the following to work yet:

- id: control-hot-water-heater-with-schedule
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: schedule.hot_water_schedule
  condition: "{{ trigger.to_state.state in ['on', 'off'] }}"
  action:
    - service: 'switch.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'
      target:
        entity_id: switch.hot_water_heater_switch

[clydefrog76]

Found the following in the user forums, apparently you're supposed to use a 'state' trigger, even though the doc has no mention of a state with values of 'on' and 'off' listed.

Question: How to Use the Scheduler / Helper Function in the 2022.9 Release

I should note, I haven't gotten the following to work yet:

- id: control-hot-water-heater-with-schedule
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: schedule.hot_water_schedule
  condition: "{{ trigger.to_state.state in ['on', 'off'] }}"
  action:
    - service: 'switch.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'
      target:
        entity_id: switch.hot_water_heater_switch

I made it work using the UI. I created 2 separate automations, one for the on trigger and one for the off trigger. I didn't want to use toggle but that's fine for me.

Create new empty automation -> trigger = state -> entity = your schedule -> attribute from = off / attribute to = on -> action = device -> pick your device and your action -> save automation

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