Automation for a office lamp to turn on, when the PC is on and its dark outside

[sinful schooner]

Hey,
i want an automation that turns on my office lamp, when my pc is on and its dark outside (don't got a light level sensor yet).
Here is my actual automation:

description: ""
mode: single
triggers:
  - minutes: /1
    trigger: time_pattern
  - type: turned_on
    device_id: d28db8e23301483c2a1bb0b2b832ef50
    entity_id: 828b89bbee6dd4fb17a161c2b087f61c
    domain: switch
    trigger: device
conditions:
  - condition: sun
    before: sunrise
    after: sunset
    after_offset: "-00:45:00"
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: device
        type: is_on
        device_id: d28db8e23301483c2a1bb0b2b832ef50
        entity_id: 828b89bbee6dd4fb17a161c2b087f61c
        domain: switch
actions:
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 66fe6f3c8873df09795ecce41c2441a9
    entity_id: light.tl01
    domain: light```

The issue is, when i manual turn off the lamp, it turns automatically on again, because the trigger still works.
It should only trigger once, per pc on (f.e. when i turn the PC off at 22:00 and on again at 23:00, the lamp should go on, even when i manual turned off the lamp at 21:55).

Has anyone a good way to do this?

[real verge]

why are you triggering every minute?
just trigger on the change to night and on computer turning on
if triggered by change to night then check to see if computer is on

[ivory dune]

small suggestion (doesnt rly answer your question though) is rather than use a time offset like this, set it by the suns elevation it'll be a lot more consistent as the seasons change

[fresh badge]

I agree with the comments already. This code doesn’t implement the sun elevation change but you should be able to do that easily.

description: ""
mode: single
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: switch.pc
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
  - trigger: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "-00:45:00"
conditions:
  - condition: sun
    before: sunrise
    after: sunset
    after_offset: "-00:45:"
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.pc
    state: "on"
actions:
  - action: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.tl01

[sinful schooner]

Sorry guys, i totally forgot about this somehow 😅

[sinful schooner]

I am not very good with those things, i try this for now:

alias: Office lamp v2
description: ""
mode: single
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - switch.tp03
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    to: "-4"
conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.tp03
    state: "on"
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    state: "-4"
actions:
  - action: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.tl01

[fresh badge]

For elevation you’ll want to use a “numeric state” trigger and condition instead of a “state” trigger

[sinful schooner]

Hmmm, does not seem to work:

description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - switch.tp03
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
  - trigger: numeric state
    entity_id:
      - sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    to: "-4"
conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.tp03
    state: "on"
  - condition: numeric state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    state: "-4"
actions:
  - action: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.tl01
    data: {}
mode: single

nevermind its "numeric_state"

[fresh badge]

yes that, plus you will need to use above or below instead of state

[sinful schooner]

do i need a above?

[fresh badge]

I was expecting you were using the UI instead of writing YAML from scratch. If you are writing it without the help of the UI, then refer to the docs for the right fields: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/trigger/#numeric-state-trigger

I think you want to trigger when the sun elevation drops below -4 degrees right? So you would want below

[sinful schooner]

looks like so now:

description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - switch.tp03
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    below: -4
conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: switch.tp03
    state: "on"
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    attribute: elevation
    below: -4
actions:
  - action: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.tl01
    data: {}
mode: single

[fresh badge]

looks right to me