Rene Tode

indeed HA pushes the state changes, and there is a backup in the loop that checks if its still correct. that checkup is done every 10 minutes. doing it more...

the problem is that HA changes a lot and quick. this wasnt possible in the past. and the AD devs have very busy lives nowadays, which causes that AD there...

@BradyRosino the options are already available, but as you say you forget how to use them. so make a bookmark from this doc section: https://appdaemon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/APPGUIDE.html#callback-constraints and instead of run_daily etc....

> Agreed with all that there is no real new functionality being proposed. Primary benefit is that it is easier to hit some more complex time triggers using a more...

areas has been merged 3 days ago. it isnt even in the latest version. and i cant even find a trace from it in the docs. i am sure that...

i dont know what MVP support means, but i am sure Andrew is willing to look at a PR from you if you think it is that important.

ah, ok. thanks for explaining. I think that in case from something as new as this in HA, its always wise to let it go on HA for a while....

whats the advantage from an area called livingroom over a group called livingroom? in both cases you need to ad the devices that belong to livingroom. i have groups like...

> This will simplify contextual automations like turn on all lights in an area maybe this is a wrong example, because it was already simple to automate turn on all...

but how do you see if an entity belongs to an area? is that given as an attribute from the entity? i dont think so. i can hardly find anything...