Question: how do I control an engine valve

[sohnvonoff]

Have motorized valves for irrigation. In Homeassistant they are set up as covers. How can I control these devices (e.g. entity: cover.ventil001) with Irrigation Unlimited? Control attributes are 'open', 'close', 'stop'(typical for covers in homeassistant) .

Thanks

[rgc99]

Create an automation that tracks the sensor (binary_sensor.irrigation_unlimited_c1_z1 for example). When it changes make a service call to the cover.ventil001 entity. You can control any using this technique. This is untested but it will go something like this:

automation:
  - alias: Irrigation Unlimited Cover Control
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id:
        - binary_sensor.irrigation_unlimited_c1_z1
    action:
      service: >
        {% if trigger.to_state == 'on' %} 
          cover.open_cover
        {% else %}
          cover.close_cover
        {% endif %}
      target:
        - cover.ventil001

Let me know your final work as it would be good to publish it in the documentation for others in this situation.

[sohnvonoff]

Many thanks for the answer. I've only now come to test the proposal. The following automation with the "Pforte" motorized valve works in my test environment:

alias: rTestIrrigation
description: Testumgebung
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.irrigation_unlimited_c1_z1
condition: []
action:
  - service: |-
      {% if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' %} 
        cover.open_cover
      {% else %}
        cover.close_cover
      {% endif %}
    entity_id: cover.ventilp_179_cover_1
mode: single

That's a workable solution.

For the test, I set up a switch to control a solenoid valve. My configuration.yaml:

...
irrigation_unlimited:
  controllers:
    - name: "Wasser"
      zones:
        - name: "Pforte"
          entity_id: "cover.ventilp_179_cover_1"
          schedules:
            - time: "08:00"
              duration: "00:20"
        - name: "Test"
          entity_id: "switch.bre_et125"
          schedules:
            - time: "08:00"
              duration: "00:20"
...

The valve test should be switched on at 8:00 for 20 minutes. But, switch.bre_et125 comes on at 8:00 only for about 15s. The status of the related entity 'binary_sensor.irrigation_unlimited_c1_z2' goes On at 8:00 and Off at 8:20. What is wrong?

[rgc99]

Remove the entity_id: "cover.ventilp_179_cover_1" line, the automation should be driving this. What is the underlying switch.bre_et125 and can you drop it on a button card and control it from there?

irrigation_unlimited:
  controllers:
    - name: "Wasser"
      zones:
        - name: "Pforte"
          schedules:
            - time: "08:00"
              duration: "00:20"
        - name: "Test"
          entity_id: "switch.bre_et125"
          schedules:
            - time: "08:00"
              duration: "00:20"

[sohnvonoff]

Many thanks for the quick response. I adjusted my configuration.yaml as indicated.

For Irrigation Unlimited I installed the HACS frontend.

This allows me to control the "Pforte" motorized valve very well via the automation.

The "Test" valve (switch.bre_et125) is also only activated for approx. 15s here. The status of the related entity 'binary_sensor.irrigation_unlimited_c1_z2' goes On for e.g. 2 minutes. switch.bre_et125 is a Sonoff WiFi switch for switching a solenoid valve.

[rgc99]

I have a number of Sonoff zigbee switches and get the same result when there is a communication problem. HA sends the signal to the device and displays it as 'on' but fails to receive a response after about 15 seconds and then displays it as 'off'. There is usually a corresponding message in the log.

Add an entities card like this and see if it does the same thing.

type: entities
entities:
  - switch.bre_et125
title: Test switch

[sohnvonoff]

Sorry -.-" forget the 15s problem. In my Sonoff (Tasmota) a Pulsetime=15 was set. Now he does what he should.