dire loom
I've got a group, that is made up of my mobile devices with HA installed on it. I've got areas setup like home for instance, but I also have a zone that encompasses my home called "Keep House Warm"
The idea behind this that I want to create an automation that basically says "If all the devices within the group are in the zone Keep House Warm, do not set heating to away mode"
Does anyone know how I can achieve this? I can't see anything obvious
past dock
probably going to need to write a fairly complex template condition
the group attributes list the individual members
you can iterate those and check their zone (either home or the larger zone)
dire loom
well, the group lists the closest one to home doesn't it?
im not actually sure why 2 are unknown, but Home seems to take priority
past dock
I'm not sure what you mean "the closest one to home" ?
dire loom
so i have "Home" which is a zone of like 20m around my house
and then "Keep Warm" is a zone of like 2000m around my house
now if i leave "Home" I suspect my device would then show "Keep Warm"
calm folio
I'd use the Proximity integration instead of a secondary zone for this. Then it's a simple template of if all devices are within x of home zone, set keep warm = true.
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dire loom
ahh nice ty
calm folio
Yup 🙂
calm folio
Not sure on that one... haven't touched an Android device in a long, long time.
dire loom
hmmm. proximity says im 255 meters away from the zone
even though in HA the zone is 2000m around my house lol
calm folio
Don't use the big zone, just use your home zone.
calm folio
Ah, no, I'm not explaining well.
dire loom
oh i think i misread
i can use home, and it'll tell me how far i am away and which way im going
calm folio
Create the proximity integration on your home zone. Then, use sensor.smart_home_nearest_device (or sensor.smart_home_nearest_distance) as your calculation.
There is another solution where you can create a simple binary sensor template helper with your big home zone as well: '{{ states('zone.big_home_zone') | int(0) == [number of people in your house] }}`. BUT... having proximity setup opens you up to a lot more possibilities (imho). I have one automation that if I'm more than 500 miles from home, it automatically turn on my alarm to vacation mode.
past dock
There is another solution where you can create a simple binary sensor template h...
AFAIK that won't work.
people at Home are not counted in big_home_zone's state counter
overlapping zones is weird :\
calm folio
TBH, I've never tested it, but now I'm curious. And yeah, zones in general get weird. lol
past dock
you could maybe add the count of home and big_home, but that only works if every person in the house is in the original group
calm folio
And this is why I suggested Proxmity. One of my favorite integrations for stuff like this without complicating zones.
calm folio
So, working better than big zone?