I'm receiving `state_changed` (event | Home Assistant | Page 1

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 4:49 AM

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Entire event data:

event_type: state_changed
data:
  entity_id: event.hacomms_keyboard_combo_event
  old_state:
    entity_id: event.hacomms_keyboard_combo_event
    state: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.282+00:00"
    attributes:
      event_types:
        - keyboard_combo_pressed
      event_type: keyboard_combo_pressed
      combo_id: play_pause_music
      friendly_name: HAcomms Keyboard Combo Event
    last_changed: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.282857+00:00"
    last_reported: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.282857+00:00"
    last_updated: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.282857+00:00"
    context:
      id: 01J3VT6YDTJYHGKP924Y8X81AW
      parent_id: null
      user_id: null
  new_state:
    entity_id: event.hacomms_keyboard_combo_event
    state: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.305+00:00"
    attributes:
      event_types:
        - keyboard_combo_pressed
      event_type: keyboard_combo_pressed
      combo_id: play_pause_music
      friendly_name: HAcomms Keyboard Combo Event
    last_changed: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.305598+00:00"
    last_reported: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.305598+00:00"
    last_updated: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.305598+00:00"
    context:
      id: 01J3VT6YEH8J1HHSSHAS3RBTFJ
      parent_id: null
      user_id: null
origin: LOCAL
time_fired: "2024-07-28T04:40:04.305598+00:00"
context:
  id: 01J3VT6YEH8J1HHSSHAS3RBTFJ
  parent_id: null
  user_id: null

In the Automation's "Event data" section I put this, because it's the only part I care about:

entity_id: event.hacomms_keyboard_combo_event
new_state:
  attributes:
    combo_id: play_pause_music

but it doesn't trigger. If I remove the new_state and everything underneath it, then it'll trigger, but regardless of what the combo_id is.

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How can I correctly set that up to only trigger when that combo_id attribute is play_pause_music?

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 4:53 AM

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Correct. Trigger on all state changes and use a condition

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 4:53 AM

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.... or I could just respond to the State Change event with a condition.

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Yup. Just found that. 🙂

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Thank you!

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Oddly enough, still doesn't work. I created an Automation, Trigger on State, selected my entity (an event), Attribute is "Combo ID" and To is "play_pause_music" but it doesn't fire. If I remove the Attribute information, then it fires for all state change regardless of the combo id.

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If I put in Attribute Event type and select "keyboard_combo_pressed" from the dropdown, it still fails. So it's not a typo thing.

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:09 AM

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The attribute is 'event_type'

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 5:09 AM

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I send a payload:

{
  "event_type": "keyboard_combo_pressed",
  "combo_id": "music_play_pause"
}

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But even when I match on the event_type string, it won't fire.

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:10 AM

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Or combo_id in that case

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It's not Combo ID, it's 'combo_id'

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 5:10 AM

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I selected those from the dropdown. I'll type it in manually.

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okay, if I type combo_id in manually into the Attribute filed it selects "Combo ID"

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Switching to YAML I can see it's correct.

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:11 AM

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UI doesn't matter. The YAML does

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 5:12 AM

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trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - event.hacomms_keyboard_combo_event
    attribute: combo_id
    to: play_pause_music

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:13 AM

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The event you showed above doesn't show that attribute having changed

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 5:14 AM

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That's it. It's not changing. The event is being fired, but it's the same combo_id as above.

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So trigger on all state change from that entity. What condition can I put to filter for that combo_id regardless of whether or not it changed?

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Okay, I found it. Add the State condition and it doesn't filter the same way.

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:15 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/#state

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 5:15 AM

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Just checks the current state. Exactly what I wanted.

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:16 AM

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You want what I just gave you

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See the examples

thick zenith Jul 28, 2024, 5:17 AM

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I used:

condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: event.hacomms_keyboard_combo_event
    attribute: combo_id
    state: music_play_pause

which is a little verbose but works correctly.

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Works on changed combo_id and on repeat combo_id.

austere bone Jul 28, 2024, 5:18 AM

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Ok

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Its better to get acquainted with trigger variables

#I'm receiving `state_changed` (event